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What wouldn't we sometimes give to find out a secret or two? In a sick twist of fate, some secrets come out to us totally accidentally and even at times when we least want them to. When it comes to the workplace, 37% of American employees say they have come across confidential information at work about their colleagues, like salaries or bonuses.
Turns out, loads of people have found out certain things involuntarily. One minute, you're snooping through family Christmas stockings to find some sweets. The next, you're finding out about your parents' preferences in bed against your will.
Bored Panda has come across some disturbing and hilarious answers to the question, "What was something you saw you were definitely not supposed to see?" that someone posted online. So, scroll down and find out what knowledge and sights traumatized these poor folks.
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#1
I was about 8 or 9 and my parents were going to be out of town so they had me and siblings stay with a family from our church. Once we got to the house (which was really nice BTW) they had one rule, you can play wherever you want but the basement is off limits. I was snuck down there first chance I got and was supremely disappointed to only find rows and rows of plants growing under lights.
Michael Largey 1 month ago
If you want to insure that a kid goes into a room, tell him not to.
Brian Droste 1 month ago (edited)
If the family didn't want anybody going down in the basement, they should have a lock on the door.
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#2
My dad’s AA chips. Learned it’s why my parents got divorced. Proud of him for being in recovery though.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 month ago
AA does good work. I've seen several people in my life who wouldn't be around anymore thanks to them.
Con O Cuinn 1 month ago
*if you believe in god. Going to AA/NA/GA as an atheist is trying to deal with a*******n while people try indoctrinate you into their religion. They can talk all the bollix about using the group as your higher power and non-religious people being welcome, I've never been to a meeting where they practice what they preach.
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FranSinclair 1 month ago (edited)
Im proud of him! As a recovering alcoholic myself though, i personally dont think its best to hide past addictions from our children, when they are old enough to know. I think old enough is when you start to realize your specific child is coming to a point where this may be something they are considering trying or being offered. In my case, theres a very high chance ( due to multigenerational alcoholism) that my children are predisposed to an unhealthy relationship with it as well Once mine were teens i let them know alot about my suffering at that time, the emptiness that hollows you down to your bone marrow, no matter what you have or how lucky you are. The cold hard truth that theres never a me again that just "oh just 1 glass of wine." Maybe today...but not tomorrow. Tommows two...bc *my tolerance went up ;)* I want them to UNDERSTAND.
Lene 1 month ago
I want my bf to start at AA before I lose all my love for him. He is the father of my kids and so we will still need to work together to give the kids a good upbringing. I just don't want us to live with him anymore because of the drinking. I've been looking for a new place since June 1st and at this point have had no luck. 😕
Bewitched One 1 month ago
How can they virtue signal because of AA? They may tell people to go, but they have zero to do with it otherwise unless they are running the meetings or in them
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#3
When I was a young teen I was once leaving my house to go do something in the neighborhood. As soon as I got out of the door I heard my parents at the garage. My mother seemed to be in her car, and my father...was sitting down behind her car, and pleading with her not to leave. My parents were divorcing, and I saw a few scenes that I wish I never had. Not really horrific, but seeing your parents in emotional pain can be rough.
hardrad2009 1 month ago (edited)
It’s even harder when your parents wants and makes you to see and participate in this scenes.
Chich the witch 1 month ago
Went through this and when *I* got divorced made it a point to let our son be aware of it but not drag him through it.
Bored Trash Panda 1 month ago
My parents got in all sorts of fights before they divorced, even borderline physical. They even let me stay at my BFs one night when I was 16 because they were fighting. I was so glad when they got divorced, but unfortunately had to live with my dad.
A lot of the stories on this list feature someone sneaking up on people who are being unfaithful. According to a 2015 study, 90% of people in relationships would want to know if their partner is cheating. But a common dilemma people who witness someone else cheating face is whether to tell the other person that their partner is cheating.
According to intimacy coach Georgia Grace, it depends. Here are some things to consider:
- How sure are you about the infidelity? Did you just hear about it or witness it with your own eyes? If you have proof you can present to the partner and are absolutely sure, it's more likely they'll believe you.
- What's your relationship with the partner? Are you friends or just acquaintances? People are more likely to believe people they have known for a long time. So, telling on someone you're only vaguely connected to might backfire – the partner may accuse you of stirring the pot needlessly or even of jealousy.
#4
I once arrived early to pick up a girl for a first date. She was renting a small garden apartment behind a bigger house. It was just after dusk and I walked around the corner. The sliding door was standing open and she was inside walking around, brushing her hair, wearing only her underwear. She did not see me, so I just walked back around that corner and waited another 10 minutes. When I walked round again she had a dress on. I never told her.
edit: Since a few asked. The date went well. I only got to see her underwear again several weeks later.
#5
I was working part-time at a library for a school subject. One day, they made me enter the data for new books into the library's computer system. As I worked, I did something (don't know what), that made Windows Outlook display onto the PC screen, along with some e-mails by the librarian's director to my teacher and to the other librarians. The e-mails basically said that I was really good at my job and very hard-working, and that the collaboration would be very beneficial both for me and them.
I wasn't supposed to read those messages, but they made me feel really happy.
#6
My dad's face as he was listing off all the friends that he lost during Vietnam. He never talks about it because of PTSD. He's talked to my mom a few times when they are alone.
This time I was a teenager coming in to borrow the car keys. I just walked right in cause the door was open. Then I realized my dad was reciting names. I looked over and saw the pure anguish on his face. Tears streaming. I realized I had overstepped and my mom threw me the keys.
My mom told me that later he started reciting names again and went for over 20 mins and this is on top of what he said before.
I still love him despite giant personality flaws. I wouldn't wish the pain I saw on his face upon anyone in the world.
Johnnynatfan 1 month ago
What a terrible waste that war was. My cousin did two tours there and was never the same again. He rarely talked about it and would only discuss it with those of us in the family who also served in the military. He never really found peace and died in a massive heart attack in 2001.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 month ago
My dad was in the war as well, in the Air Force. All he would tell me is that he lost a lot of his close friends during the war, and also that it was a beautiful country over there. When I was a little kid I didn't know any better and I'd pester him for stories about Vietnam and the war. I thought he was a hero, and that there was no greater honor than serving your country. I wanted to join the Air Force just like he had. The one time I told him that, he looked at me with an expression I'd never seen on his face before and said "No, please no." I never brought it up to him again. I wish I'd been able to talk to him about it more respectfully once I got older - he had an accident when I was 18 that caused catastrophic brain damage. I did find several carousels of slide images he'd taken while serving in Vietnam, but because he was usually the photographer, he's only in a few of the photos himself. He was right though... it IS a beautiful country. And the war WAS a horrible waste.
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Bewitched One 1 month ago
Want to share some of those good d***s you’re on?
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Grace recommends talking about such a delicate topic as cheating in person. Don't do it over a phone call or a text. "Deliver this information to them in a safe and respectful way," she says. She also suggests mentioning something about it to a mutual friend. That way, you can check if there's really something going on, or if your suspicions are unfounded.
At the end of the day, it's an incredibly complex issue, and even if some people say they would like to know, they may feel completely different once they're experiencing it. "You should really never place your values or opinions or ideas on any situation," Grace explains. "However, it's vital to create a safe space for people to come to their own conclusions based on the information that they've got."
#7
So I'm fresh out of school and taking a gap year before starting university. I'd managed to get a job working for the USAF at an airbase in the UK (details of the job aren't important).
So, about 2am on this particular night in early 1988 the runway lights that are normally off come on briefly, for perhaps 30 seconds then go off. That's when I hear something clearly landing on the runway and off to the right of the runway one of the larger hangars opens its doors. In the pitch black, the light from that hangar is quite spectacular. That's when I see it, a small black triangular aircraft rolls straight into that hangar and within seconds the doors close behind it.
This was my honest thought when I saw that, "I was DEFINITELY not supposed to have seen that." I put my cigarette (hey, I was young and dumb) out and walked back into my building.
A few weeks later we got our first pictures of the F-117 Nighthawk followed by a confirmation it existed. I smiled a little and thought to myself, "Already knew about that...".
Pferdchen 1 month ago (edited)
Gee, I was hoping for a good Rendlesham / Bentwaters UFO story 🤣 I saw a stealth fighter fly about 10 stories overhead one time. Since it wasn't on a normal flight path and went right over a commercial airport, for a split second I thought it was a UFO 🤣 I still don't know what it was doing. My only guess is that it was a post-911 training exercise or an unannounced t*******m scare (it was about a mile away from and headed towards the Pentagon).
Noyfb noyfb 1 month ago (edited)
I had a similar experience driving along the Potomac River less than a mile from the Pentagon (headquarters of the US military across the river from Washington DC). A big B2 stealth bomber flew by slowly, low over the river in a place where stealth bombers never go. It was making a slow pass over Arlington National (military) Cemetery nearby, doing a flyby for the funeral of a deceased B2 pilot.
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Laserleader 1 month ago
My brother us retired airforce technician, and currently a government contractor with high clearance and he has seen a lot of "secret" aircraft, but he can't actually tell me about it (even though I saw some on an airforce recruitment commercial).
ॐBoyGanesh 1 month ago
D**n! I thought it was going to be a CIA rendition plane on some sort of black ops mission. I’ve been watching too much telly.
Kevin Hickey 1 month ago
Expensive secret weapons are really cool until they tell us that we can't afford universal healthcare.
#8
A bit boring, but I found an engagement ring in a closet six months before my boyfriend popped the question. In those six months I kept going back to the closet to put the ring on my finger and admire it.
Josh P 1 month ago
Wouldn't it be a funny sitcom storyline that the ring doesn't fit, amd OP sneaks it out to get it resized only for their partner to discover it's missing.
Michael Largey 1 month ago
And the reason it doesn't fit is that it's intended for another woman.
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Colleen Glim 1 month ago
I know it’s probably a stock photo but the ring in the picture is gorgeous
#9
Hard drive failed on my dad's computer.
The data recovery software did a pretty good job really, but I could have done without it recovering lingerie shots of the various women he's been cheating on my mother with over the years.
Another common topic on this list was confidential breaches in the workplace. What do you do when you accidentally find out something about other employees or even your boss? If someone sent it to you by mistake, be sure to inform them immediately so that they're aware and don't make the same mistake again. The next step is to inform HR or the IT department about the breach. Perhaps the most important thing is not to copy, share, or save the information that you saw.
#10
Borrowed my Dad's camera, found out he was gay.
whodunnitfan2013 1 month ago
I'm pretty sure mine is also gay. I think I knew as a little girl. He's really homophobic.
Mimi M 1 month ago
Not sure why you got downvoted. What is it about his homophobia that makes you think he's actually gay?
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#11
The salaries of everyone working at the company I was working at - it was a smaller, start-up digital ad agency with about 60 employees total, and someone from HR was making copies of a document that listed everyone’s salary, and left the original on the glass of the copier. I found it, and turned it back in, but not before I went through that list to see what everyone else made, and discovered that a couple new hires working the same position as me were making more than me. So after turning it in, I met with my manager and used my newfound knowledge to my advantage to successfully negotiate for a raise (along with a tacit promise that I wouldn’t divulge what I knew to anyone else in the company).
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 month ago
I suspect the OP was a woman or other minority and the others were white men. That's how the statistics work and it's a proven fact white men make more money in the USA.
Adam Zad 1 month ago
Well, ya know, that's because men pursue higher paying jobs, like doctor, lawyer, and engineer. Meanwhile, women pursue lower paying jobs like lady doctor, lady lawyer, and lady engineer. I do apologize. Snark-Off spray will clean that sarcasm I just spilled all over your screen.
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KnightOwl86 1 month ago
I would have made sure everyone saw it, especially if i was working for a company that didn't want us to know. Salary transparency is good for everyone.
Cardigan 1 month ago
This has been the case at nearly every company I've ever worked for. New hires start at more than those who've been there for perhaps up to 5 years. Those who've been there longer might make more, but I'm not certain. Companies always seem to find the money to bring new people in, but don't seem to care about retaining the ones they have.
Angela C 1 month ago
Loyalty used to be rewarded and nowadays it's punished
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I want to say thank you to the o.p. for your grammar and the use of the word tacit. These are often important nods to a person's intelligence which isn't always noticeable in posts.
Karl der Große 1 month ago
I work for a state government in the US, and our salaries are published online. I think there is a code of honor not to look at them, but it hasn't stopped me! I actually find the salaries pretty fair. There are a couple of exceptions, but they are working on fixing it.
#12
Leaving work late one evening, I saw the HR director and CFO in a dark office shredding papers (no, that's not an euphemism). I didn't say anything but quietly walked on down the hall. Two weeks later we were raided by the SEC and several people were charged with cooking the books.
Janissary35680 1 month ago
"And he walked on down the hall. And he came to a door. And he looked inside..."
Finding out a secret can put a person in an incredibly awkward position. Some of the stories in this list might make you cringe or shake your head in disbelief, but we're curious to find out about your experiences, Pandas! Have you ever witnessed something you definitely weren't supposed to see? How did it go? Let us know in the comments, and while you're here, don't forget to check out other unexpected times people saw something they weren't supposed to!
#13
My severance check. Apparently someone at the payroll company addressed it to me instead of HR. Opened it at my desk and laughed, packed up my things and left.
#14
I tend to have a way of finding things out that I’m not supposed to due to my inquisitive nature, but one that comes to mind was when I left my last job. My general manager wasn’t exactly a warm wooly person and was not pleased that I was leaving. I had to get something out of the managers office and saw my name in an email on the desk. She had told the other two managers to wish me the best of luck in my future career and that I would be missed. I was shocked because she actually took the time to send that out to them. Never heard that from any of them, but seeing it showed that she actually cared.
Na Schi 1 month ago (edited)
In Germany the speech in the business world is heavily coded (as law doesn't allow to say something bad on the recommendation papers). Wishing someone the best of luck means that this person is an underperformer, so they need luck to do better in the future. Wishing someone instead professional success and good luck means that they indeed will be missed.
Janissary35680 1 month ago (edited)
I've always liked the circumlocution "Works very well with supervision".
Load More Replies... Pferdchen 1 month ago
Similarly, I was troubleshooting a colleague's PC and needed some paper to make notes, so I grabbed a sheet from her recycling box. A happenstance glance at the front side revealed that said colleague was attempting to recruit people from other departments to overthrow our boss. Pro tip: never commit your plans for a revolution to paper.
Riccola Tesla 1 month ago
lol imagine if she hadnt been leaving already and thats how she found out she was about to get fired lmao.
GalPalAl 1 month ago
It's nice the OP got to see the praise. If managers were smart, they would praise employees for work well done as incentive to drive people to work smarter instead of waiting until they leave to share. Like so many posts say, people will remember you for the way you treat them. Words are the same
#15
The code to open all the doors in my primary school at the time. A lot of power to open any locked door for an 8 year old.
Tea Drinker 1 month ago
I found that out by accident: I leaned on a wall and ended up leaning on a bell-push and all the doors opened and all the kids came streaming out wondering why class was over so soon. And it wasn't even my school.
#16
Went to visit grandma and grandpa. The front door was locked so I went around through the back and found them gardening totally naked.
Uffe Steenberg 1 month ago
Month of May?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day
#17
My like 3rd job I had, at 17, was at a pizza place.
I had 2 managers, 1 male, 1 female, and they were both married to other people.
Well, I went to hand in my drawer at the end of one shift and walked into the office and there they were just making out with some heavy petting.
Their spouses found out. They left their families, and then those 2 managers got married to each other. As far as I know, they’re still together.
Emily Phillips 1 month ago
So my former boss called my cousin her work husband even though her husband did work with us. Then my cousin's wife started working there. A few years later my boss's husband passes away from cancer. A few weeks later my cousin moves in with my boss and leaves his wife. As far as i know they're still together
#18
Was a little kid, went looking for something in the house. Opened a closet in the basement that I usually never looked into and found a huge stack of Christmas presents. Walked over to them and saw they all said “from Santa”.
Why would Santa deliver presents 2 weeks early? And why would he leave them in the basement closet?
Oh.
Papa 1 month ago
At one point our daughter told my wife that she no longer believed in Santa, but if her mom wanted to continue to believe that was okay.
Peter Bear 1 month ago
Well, obviously Santa doesn't deliver everything in one night. He delivers a lot of presents early and leaves it to his assistants and your parents to get them under the tree on time.
Riccola Tesla 1 month ago
when i was about 7 i opened the spare room door in my house because i was a curious little f****r and closed doors were rife with mystery. inside was my mom wrapping Christmas presents, i remember she was wrapping a cabbage patch doll for my sister. she told me to get out and shut the door so i did and went on my way. 2 weeks later at christmas i watch my 4 year old sister unwrap a gift from "santa" and it was the same cabbage patch doll. it all clicked into place and my mom looked at me and she knew that i know so she just put her finger on her lips and said shhh so i wouldnt ruin it for my sister. pretty sure thats the christmas i became sentient.
Laserleader 1 month ago
It's not sentience you got (you have that if you aware you are hungry or thirsty) you gained awareness, which is knowing there is something beyond what you have been told.
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Melanie Filmer 1 month ago
This is why we told our kids that Santa only brings 1 gift. The rest are off us parents, are in the bedroom cupboard and if you go snooping you only spoil it for yourself. Though they were always wrapped as soon as I bought them
#19
I found invitations to my big surprise 18th birthday just lying on the floor a few weeks before the event, I had to act surprised when the time came to walk through the door to the party, which I did. The only thing is, my twin brother also knew (which I didn’t know at the time) and lets just say his acting skills are really bad...
So we both found out in different ways about the surprise party but neither of us knew that we found out about it. So when I walked through the door for the ‘surprise’, I could tell from his reaction that he knew...
#20
An email from my Dad's mistress on his computer.
Mentioned it to my Mum and that's when she told me my Dad had been having an affair for the past 7 years and I have a half sister because of it.
Colleen Glim 1 month ago
Sometimes it’s easier mentally to stay and deal with it than leave and try to be a single mother
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#21
Happened to a friend of mine. She was dating this dude forever, they broke up and he moved out, she was devastated. About a month later she was cleaning out old stuff and found a receipt for a ring that he had bought for her and never given her. That's how she found out that he had once intended to propose, before he fell out of love with her. She was hurt pretty bad about that.
Con O Cuinn 1 month ago
There's more to this story. You don't go from spending (presumably) thousands on an engagement ring to falling out of love without something else happening.
Michael Largey 1 month ago
Just because you buy an engagement ring intended for someone doesn't mean you're really in love with her. And sometimes you find that out.
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As a middle schooler, I picked up a book at the library, flipped through the pages and found an application for a replacement birth certificate for some old man. It had every detail about his personal identification on it, so naturally I took it home thinking, "I'll just hold onto this incase I ever need to assume a fake identity by pretending to be an 80 year old man and flee the country."
My mom found it and had to explain to me that no we don't steal people's identities.
#23
When I was 14 and friend hosted a birthday party at his house with all the parents invited. Needed to use the restroom but the main one was occupied so my friend told me I can use the one in his moms bedroom. As I walked up to the door I could hear somebody in there so I decided to wait until whoever was in there was finished. A good 10 minutes later, my friends mom (who was hosting the party) and another good friends step-father walk out and see me standing there all confused. They asked what I was doing there and I just said I was waiting to use the bathroom. Surprisingly they played it cool and just said I can use it now and walked off.
Colleen Glim 1 month ago
They totally weren’t playing hide the sausage. Honest.
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I accidentally found someone's notice of performance improvement plan on our company open access SharePoint site. Went straight to my manager so they could quietly inform the manager of the person and have it removed. The person on the performance plan quickly became a top performer and closed the second biggest deal in the region not long after their manager was replaced.
#25
My wife and I vacationed to London a couple years ago. After dinner, we decided to go try out some local pubs because, ya know, London. We didn’t want to go to the tourist trap places so we followed around some locals.
It was about 11pm when we got to the last pub. Was a nice looking place with a younger crowd. I really had to pee, but I couldn’t find a restroom anywhere. I walked up to the guy working the front door and asked him where the restroom was. He looked at me kinda funny and said, “Upstairs. First door on your left.” I thanked him and scurried back into the bar.
The staircase was in the back left corner, blocked by a table. I found it odd. I had to ask the group sitting at the table to move to let me slide by. They thought it was strange too, by the looks on their faces. You could tell that these stairs weren’t meant to be used, but I had been drinking and my bladder was about to bust.
As I reach the next floor there’s a long hallway with about 5 doors. The bouncer had told me it was the first door on the left, so, I tried it. Nope, it was a dark room with empty kegs. Pretty normal, maybe he meant the right door? Nope, dark room with extra supplies. I started to wonder if I was too drunk to follow directions, but then I noticed that I could see light under the door at the end of the hallway. That must be the bathroom, or so I thought.
I open up the door to find a group of people in very sharp business attire seated around an oval table. They were clearly having a meeting of some sort, with their laptops out. They were incredibly surprised to see me. They all froze in place and we all looked at each other for a good 15-30 seconds. Finally, one of the guys says, “What the hell are you doing, mate?” I replied, “I’m just looking for the bathroom, the door guy told me it was up here.” They all looked a little confused, but the guy responded, “We don’t have a restroom in this building, now please leave.”
I apologized and closed the door, then headed back down the stair case confused as hell. The good news was that my urge to pee went away. I slid past the group at the table and returned to my wife, who had ordered some fish and chips, and told her all about what happened. We both agreed it was strange, but ordered another round and thought nothing of it.
About 5 minutes later, I notice the guy in the very nice looking suit come down the same stairs. He saw me, then went to the security guy at the front and said something to him, then pointed at me. The bouncer walks up to me and says, “You guys have to leave.” I told him that I had not paid my tab yet, and he said not to worry about, just go ahead and leave. I obliged.
My wife and I stand outside of the bar while we wait for our uber to take us back to our hotel. The bouncer is sitting their just staring at us. It was a very awkward 5 minute wait. When our Uber gets there, the bouncer says in a very Jamaican accent, “You all have a very good night!”, followed by a very loud laugh.
To this day, one of the weirdest events of my life. Why were they having a business meeting at 11pm, in a pub, on a Saturday night? Why did the bouncer tell me to go upstairs when he knew there was no bathroom? Why did they kick us out afterwards? Why did the bouncer creepily laugh at us?
We have no idea what happened, but we love to tell this story and see what everyone’s theories are.
Forrest Hobbs 1 month ago
Cee Cee: I'm guessing not a regular pub. Sounds like the whole thing was at least somewhat unofficial. Asking for the "restroom" - well, that's not a UK expression, so perhaps the bouncer misunderstood something and directed the OP towards some *deeply* unofficial business. If you leave when told to do so, it can be okay. Don't ask - I did...
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highwaycrossingfrog 1 month ago
I've been in many pubs, but never one without a loo. They were probably confused by the word "restroom" and wanted to mess with the Yank
Jane Doe-Doe 1 month ago
I was eagerly waiting for the explanation at the end, now I NEED to know
Heffalump 1 month ago
A British pub where you pay your tab? We pay for our drinks before the barperson hands them over.
highwaycrossingfrog 1 month ago
It's quite usual for people to have tabs on a British pub. People most often pay when ordering, but you can also request a tab. When I worked in a pub 25 years ago we would get the person's card and put it behind the bar so they didn't run off without paying.
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nicholas nolan 1 month ago
This documentary I watched, called Lovejoy, makes me think it's an antiques ring.
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les 1 month ago
you ended up in a gangsters den. that wasn't a business meeting, it was blackmarket dealings, identity theft and fraud. the bog is the nearest alleyway/phone box
Russell Rieckenberg 1 month ago
For gangsters, that's a business meeting.
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Freshman year of college, walk into the kitchen area late at night and there's my girlfriend sitting on the counter....making out with one of my good friends. I just left quietly without them noticing and cut off all contact with both of them. So, pretty sure I wasn't supposed to see that.
#27
A while back someone posted a video of a father singing to his baby in the NICU after an emergency C-Section. The baby had been taken out early because the mom has passed away unexpectedly overnight. The baby was gone shortly after.
After I watched that, I felt like I had intruded i on someone's private moment with their child, and that I was not supposed to see that. I filter the links I click on a lot more carefully now. I hope that man has found a way to begin his healing.
Edit: For those asking, yes, it's the man singing Blackbird.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 month ago
It's not nearly the same thing, but on the night my dad was dying and I was sitting with him, I sang to him and my then-boyfriend took some videos and photos. I took a few photos of myself hugging my dad after the actual moment of his death. It's been over four years now and I still can't go back and look at them. If I happen across them in my camera roll accidentally (because I'm looking for some other photo taken around that same time) it brings all of the pain right back all over again. If losing my father was bad, I cannot fathom how it must be to lose a wife or a child.
Colleen Glim 1 month ago
Lost mum a couple months ago and I can still see her in her coffin when I close my eyes. Thank the deity of your choice that my babies are still healthy
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 month ago
I wonder if it was initially another family member of either the wife or husband who posted it, with honestly good intentions at the time (as it was a heartfelt moment for them) and it got spread around. Not justifying it, just wondering if that could be an explanation.
Load More Replies... Johnnynatfan 1 month ago
Jesus that is such a sad story and a hard video to watch. I can't imagine his pain.
Huddo's sister 1 month ago
I have a few series of photos taken around the times they died, including ones from the day my older brother died. I like seeing them and would share them happily.
#28
I came home from working my second job to my now ex wife with some guy in our house.
#29
I do conventions and corporate events for a living.
Was once called into a room to fix a power cable. It was a meeting of a world wide well known house paint manufacturer. It was a closed door meeting and I had to be let in to do my job quickly.
They didn't stop talking as I did my work.
"we've pulled all the units from production and recalled all units on the shelves, but the ones still in transit can not be recalled. They might be caught when they reach the sales floor if the retailers are still watching the recall, but it will have been weeks since we issued it."
The guy who then responds to that states that they can prove they did their diligence in court with the recall and any units sold to consumers will be the retailers fault.
I never did get to hear what the recall was for but they seemed pretty tense over it, legally speaking. So I doubt it was quality control.
Etienne Brinkman 1 month ago
I don't know the year of this event. But until 2009, it was perfectly okay to put lead in paint.
highwaycrossingfrog 1 month ago
If you go to the original post, which is 7 years old, OP says it was 10 years ago. So around 2008. OP also says it was "well past the lead laws". (Laws banning lead based house paint were enacted in 1978 in the USA and 1992 in the UK, for example.)
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Years ago a colleague had an old smartphone that he brought in to give to another coworker as theirs broke. The phone was sitting on the new owners desk but she hadn't yet tried it out, as it was still charging after months of not being used. We were talking about how cool it was with the coworker (smartphones were not widespread yet), and I picked it up to see how it felt in my hand. I pressed a button and the first thing that I saw was a Google search for "lump on butt". I quickly put the phone back down.
This must have been the last thing he searched for when he last used it a long time ago, and forgot about it...
Debbie 1 month ago
If smartphones weren't widespread yet, that knowledge wasn't either.
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I am on mobile so sorry up front.
My first vacation with my family as a kid (probably 03 or 04), we go to Wisconsin Dells. Towards the end of the trip I remember hearing a ambulance siren and it’s getting closer and closer. Next thing I know, my mom is telling me to close my eyes, and being a 3 or 4 year old, I didnt listen. I saw the emt’s and lifeguards on top of a girl my age at the time (3 or 4), and rushing her to the ambulance. She ended up not being able to be recessitated*. She had gone off the cliff in a pool that was 2 ft, and sunk to the bottom of a 9 ft part. This was right next to where we were.
TlDr: first vacation ever as a little kid, see a little girl drown in the pool within 20 ft of me.
Edit: This occured at the Polynesian Resort
#32
I used to work nights at a manufacturing plant. I went to the bathroom one night, picked out my favorite stall and sat on the toilet to spend the next 10 minutes contemplating life. After a few minutes, a male janitor walked in and started cleaning the bathroom. Another minute later, another male janitor came in to help. They were talking to each other in Spanish and then started kissing near the sinks, not realizing anyone was in the bathroom. I just sat there silently for a while not knowing what to do. After another minute or two of heavy kissing between the two, I decided to make a few noises so that they knew they weren't alone. My toilet seat creaked when I moved. They both stopped their romance session, looked at my stall, giggled, and ran out of the bathroom leaving all of their cleaning stuff behind. I quickly cleaned up, flushed and ran out. I actually never saw those same janitors again.
Tony Zecco 1 month ago
Plot twist. They weren't actually janitors. It was just some weird kink.
Bewitched One 1 month ago
Probably a temp company that has a contract with the company to do the cleaning
#33
My principal bribed off an inspector and he saw me see him, we made eye contact for 10 seconds and i didn't say anything, no one knows
Edit:people are saying this is fake, bribes are something natural in romania and i did exagerate with the 10 secs lol we did make eye contact. What you guys need to understand is that this is happening in a 3rd world country in a school in which most of the kids have a record, i am pretty smart but don't get me wrong the school and class i was in was a bad one, i was the smartest of the stupidest you can say. My 9(that was my grade) would have been a 5 or 6 in another school, but my grades did inflate a bit(from 8.23 to 9.47) don't believe if you don't want but i am telling you all i know.
Purple Gurl 1 month ago
Can confirm. My family was on vacation in Romania several years ago. We took a night train from Bucharest to Budapest, Hungary. At the border, the train was boarded by several military troops. They took our passports, and almost took me. I was 19 at the time. My father had to basically pay $200 each-there were 4 of us-plus an extra $200 for me to get the passports back and me back in the cabin. When we told our friend and host, Manuel, he said it was normal, unfortunately.
#34
What everyone in my company made, salary-wise, CEO and all high ranks included. It was a very detailed excel file meant for the owners of the company.
For every tier you went up, the salary pretty much doubled.
#35
As a kid I saw the scene from Poltergeist where the clown pulls the kid under the bed. My entire bedroom was filled with clown pictures and toys.
I was upset.
SheamusFanFrom1987 1 month ago
Kid, I tell you this as a friendly reminder that will hopefully save you from any clowns: Be careful or you're gonna get IT! -_-" XP
#36
Dude robbed a gas station. I was riding my bike in the back saw him take off his mask and get in a car. We made eye contact. I turned my head and acted like I didnt see anything.
Tony Zecco 1 month ago
Snitches get stitches. It wasn't his problem so why report it?
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I found a letter between my parents back when my dad was in the army (10 years before I was born) when cleaning out the house. He was saying how they should get a divorce because it just wasn't seeming to work out. When I was 16 they did end up getting a divorce, I've never talked to them about it.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 month ago
It is. I spent 24 years in that situation. Fortunately we didn't have kids, though it was hard enough leaving one of my cats with him (the cat loved him and he loved the cat, so it was the best thing for the cat. Still broke my heart.)
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Huddo's sister 1 month ago
I found the letter my mum wrote (though not sure if she gave it) to my dad about why she wanted to divorce. I was about 17 I think. I never told either of them about it.
#38
I was in elementary school playing basketball, I shot the ball but it ended up going over the fence on the other side was someone's backyard. My teacher requested that after school I knock on the door of the house where the ball had landed to get it back and so I did. I did not expect a woman wrapped in a towel with one of her nipples revealed to answer the door. I was shocked but carried on with my mission.
For those wondering, she stated she did not have the ball.
#39
A woman using a sink as a bidet.
Barbara McCullough 1 month ago
That's foul, just plain nasty. I'm going to start using paper towels and clean wipes to touch anything in a public bathroom. I try not to have to use one, by limiting my liquids when I out and about.
#40
When I was little, my father set a password on a computer I was using for playing games. I wanted him to type the password (while I was away), but set a camera to record it. Hid it behind a pile of books.
The trick was, the camera back in the days was only able to record for 30 seconds, so I had to call my father and run out of the room, so he could type it as quickly as possible. It stopped filming just as he hit Enter.
#41
Way back in high school I was in Honours Anatomy and Physiology while also fighting a serious case of senioritis. Now I wanted a good grade on the final to keep my A and get a good GPA for the quarter, but I didn't study anything at all.
Now to the story: day of the final. I had it at 8:30AM (finals week had 2 finals a day that lasted like 2 and a half hours each) and got to school at around 7:45 AM to do some last minute studying on the human skull. I was sitting outside the classroom when my teacher comes by holding a stack of papers and her laptop, walks in the room places them down and comes back outside. She passes me and asks me to come help her bring more stuff in from her car while she runs to the office for something. Being the teachers pet I was, I said yes and followed her to her car.
My teacher proceeds to grab a single white piece of paper, place it on top of a stack of papers, and hand me the stack telling me to take this into her room and to start letting people into her room as well. So I take the papers in, take the top paper off, and of course it's not the final we were taking... It's the answer key. Now the test is 100 problems and 50 fill in the blanks on diagrams of various parts of the body (anatomical and physiological) -- test was about to be hard.
I take my phone out, take pictures of every page, and go to my seat in the far back, way away from her desk and very obscured from her view due to more papers and books she had stacked.
Luckily the pictures were of the version of the test I got, so I got 115% after the curve...
She never expected a thing because throughout the year I was always a pretty good student and was considered one of the "good kids" by all my teachers (I was known by pretty much everyone in school due to my participation in school and family presence in the community).
Now I just barely got through university :) but GPA doesn't matter when you have a career 🤙🏼.
Michael Largey 1 month ago
Many people, including teachers, confuse a curve with a gift.
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BarfyCat 1 month ago
After my dad died, my brother and I were sorting through his stuff. Turned out he wasn't laid off, he was fired. Among the many infractions, he told a colleague they were an idiot in a meeting full of people, which totally tracks, lol! The big mystery is why did he hold on to the documentation of his own misconduct?
Chich the witch 1 month ago
Went into work early one day to catch up on a database that I occasionally had to update. Fired up the computer, signed in and I had access to *everything*. The Dbase was housed on a server at HQ and someone must have been doing an update and given the wrong permissions to the wrong people. Did not last long though, was gone in a few minutes.
John Dilligaf 1 month ago
a Georgia National Guard unit once accidentally sent me a spreadsheet of all their unit's personnel. Names, ranks, sexes, race, Dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers (home & work), SSNs. Pretty much everything I'd need to launch a very successful career as an identity thief. Along with it was their unit movement orders taking them from GA to California for training. .... TBF I had the exact same name as the intended recipient and I was also in the Army at the time. ..... At least they used the official Army email system to send it so it wasn't totally unsecure.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 month ago (edited)
When I was a little kid (like age 5-7ish) I used to snoop around in my parents' bedroom upstairs, because I was a little sh!t XD They had a big roll-top wooden desk in their room that I loved, and a big closet. Well, I found TWO secrets in that room on two separate occasions: one was a Polaroid of a woman holding a baby, and it was labeled "Rose and Crystal, 1982" - my name is Crystal and I was born in 1982, but my mom's name isn't Rose. That's how I learned I was adopted :p The second thing I found was my parents' stash of VHS pórn tapes. They had all the classics: Deep Throat, Debbie Does Dallas, etc. And that's how I learned the "Deep Throat" theme song when I was like 8. I REALLY wish I hadn't watched some of those tapes XD (I didn't watch all of them, nor did I watch any of them all the way through - I was scared I was going to get caught, so I only watched a few minutes before I shoved the whole box back in the closet, lol.)
Forrest Hobbs 1 month ago
LakotaWolf (she/her): those pr0n tapes. Oh dear. I tried to watch Deep Throat one time - middle aged curiosity more than anything else - and couldn't: it was just too awful. 😬
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Randy Sanders 1 month ago
I had that experience too. My ex and I are great friends now, along with her new husband. 25 years sober.
BarfyCat 1 month ago
After my dad died, my brother and I were sorting through his stuff. Turned out he wasn't laid off, he was fired. Among the many infractions, he told a colleague they were an idiot in a meeting full of people, which totally tracks, lol! The big mystery is why did he hold on to the documentation of his own misconduct?
Chich the witch 1 month ago
Went into work early one day to catch up on a database that I occasionally had to update. Fired up the computer, signed in and I had access to *everything*. The Dbase was housed on a server at HQ and someone must have been doing an update and given the wrong permissions to the wrong people. Did not last long though, was gone in a few minutes.
John Dilligaf 1 month ago
a Georgia National Guard unit once accidentally sent me a spreadsheet of all their unit's personnel. Names, ranks, sexes, race, Dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers (home & work), SSNs. Pretty much everything I'd need to launch a very successful career as an identity thief. Along with it was their unit movement orders taking them from GA to California for training. .... TBF I had the exact same name as the intended recipient and I was also in the Army at the time. ..... At least they used the official Army email system to send it so it wasn't totally unsecure.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 month ago (edited)
When I was a little kid (like age 5-7ish) I used to snoop around in my parents' bedroom upstairs, because I was a little sh!t XD They had a big roll-top wooden desk in their room that I loved, and a big closet. Well, I found TWO secrets in that room on two separate occasions: one was a Polaroid of a woman holding a baby, and it was labeled "Rose and Crystal, 1982" - my name is Crystal and I was born in 1982, but my mom's name isn't Rose. That's how I learned I was adopted :p The second thing I found was my parents' stash of VHS pórn tapes. They had all the classics: Deep Throat, Debbie Does Dallas, etc. And that's how I learned the "Deep Throat" theme song when I was like 8. I REALLY wish I hadn't watched some of those tapes XD (I didn't watch all of them, nor did I watch any of them all the way through - I was scared I was going to get caught, so I only watched a few minutes before I shoved the whole box back in the closet, lol.)
Forrest Hobbs 1 month ago
LakotaWolf (she/her): those pr0n tapes. Oh dear. I tried to watch Deep Throat one time - middle aged curiosity more than anything else - and couldn't: it was just too awful. 😬
Load More Replies... Randy Sanders 1 month ago
I had that experience too. My ex and I are great friends now, along with her new husband. 25 years sober.
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