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Rachael Smith
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This Facebook Page Is All About 'Awkward Memes,' And Here Are 35 Of The Most Randomly Hilarious Ones
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Hey Pandas, What's The Worst Rule You've Seen Someone Actually Try To Enforce?
My school implemented a "one way" rule in the hallways. The problem is, each grade level is on their own sort of loop, with bathrooms and closets in the middle. So, if you have two classes next to each other, you will get yelled at by a woman who's job is to harrass you about why you have no life plans if you don't walk all the way around. They also closed the 2nd-3rd floor segment of one of the staircases, so now everybody coming and going from the 3rd floor has to use one staircase, in addition to the people using that staircase because it's closer. We live in fear of the fire marshal.Hey Pandas, What's The Worst Rule You've Seen Someone Actually Try To Enforce?
My school implemented a "one way" rule in the hallways. The problem is, each grade level is on their own sort of loop, with bathrooms and closets in the middle. So, if you have two classes next to each other, you will get yelled at by a woman who's job is to harrass you about why you have no life plans if you don't walk all the way around. They also closed the 2nd-3rd floor segment of one of the staircases, so now everybody coming and going from the 3rd floor has to use one staircase, in addition to the people using that staircase because it's closer. We live in fear of the fire marshal.Hey Pandas, What Is Something You Wish Someone Would Invent?
A substance that you could add to water that would attract and congeal micro plastics into large forms that would make it easier to collect.Show All 7 Upvotes
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Hey Pandas, What Was The Day You Were Most Proud Of Yourself?
This is easy. It is a much longer story, but I was in France on a cycling tour with my husband (he was a rider, and my overweight butt was in the support van taking in the sites). I had promised to meet him in a village before the top of a particular mountain, and we would either walk up the short distance or stay in the village. Long story short, the van had to go a different way, roads closed, and they could not drive to the village. They radioed to his group that I would meet him at the top, and I walked the 10 miles to the top of the mountain. I was hot, exhausted, probably also dehydrated from not carrying enough water or having access to more. At the top, I couldn't find the tent in the very large, loud crowd. And yet somehow I managed to hear him calling my name as he walked along the route calling my name. We both went to extraordinary efforts that day to keep a simple promise of "see you at the top". It's what keeps me going some days.Hey Pandas, What Was The Day You Were Most Proud Of Yourself?
This is easy. It is a much longer story, but I was in France on a cycling tour with my husband (he was a rider, and my overweight butt was in the support van taking in the sites). I had promised to meet him in a village before the top of a particular mountain, and we would either walk up the short distance or stay in the village. Long story short, the van had to go a different way, roads closed, and they could not drive to the village. They radioed to his group that I would meet him at the top, and I walked the 10 miles to the top of the mountain. I was hot, exhausted, probably also dehydrated from not carrying enough water or having access to more. At the top, I couldn't find the tent in the very large, loud crowd. And yet somehow I managed to hear him calling my name as he walked along the route calling my name. We both went to extraordinary efforts that day to keep a simple promise of "see you at the top". It's what keeps me going some days.Hey Pandas, What Was The Day You Were Most Proud Of Yourself?
Last month, the 4th of August. This day, it's been a year since i last self-harmed. It was really hard to finally stop physically hurt myself, and sometimes my scars are burning a little. But i'm still here, and there are not new scars on my arms.Hey Pandas, Did You Or Your Partner Have Any Weird Pregnancy Signs?
It wasn't in fact a pregnancy sign, more of pregnancy premonition. My wife and I had really terrible sex once. No passion, awkward positions, I just wasn't feeling anything, and neither was she. After another silly attempt, we just started to laugh and get dressed. Then she said, "You know what they say, it's bad sex that makes one pregnant". And that's how my youngest daughter was brought to this world. She's 4 now and I love her crazy.
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This story does not have very high stakes but it still brings a smile to my face. I use to work at a certain video game retail store. One day a mother came in with tears in her eyes. Her son stole rent money and bought a psp with it. She was such a kind lady and she explained her situation. She knew that she could only get a fraction of the money back in case but she needed it for rent. She was looking to trade it in for cash. She had read the receipt and knew she was past the one week deadline and was not even trying to get a refund. So I quickly jumped on the computer and moved every psp out of stock. Then took her psp and smashed its screen on the counter. I then gave the shocked woman a smile and apologized that she had been given a broken psp. I told her that, while I would normally be happy to trade it out for a new one, I was unable to at the moment as we were fresh out. So all I could do was give her a full refund. She was so greatful and kind. I was really happy to be able to do that for her.JediKnightDub reply
My best day was also one of my worst days when I worked at Apple. Years ago, a lady came into the Apple Store in her pajamas and looked like a mess. She was crying, cursing and just beyond frustrated. My Manager knew I loved dealing with difficult people (I have no idea why I do), so I got paired with this lady. She tore me apart like all the other employees she talked to. After slowly calming her down I found she dropped her iPhone 4 in the tub and the phone had photos of her baby who passed away from complications. The iPhone would not turn on and water was seen moving in the display. Now, policy back then was to just replace the phone no questions asked. While this was my option, she also had no backup of her photos and this was before iCloud. I worked with water damage before outside of Apple and wanted to give this a go. I requested to clock out (Apple did not support repairs like this and I knew I would never in a million years get the OK to work on this on company time...) and began working with my own tools and with lots of alcohol. It took about 3 hours, and I was successful to get it to turn on to the point where we could get the phone on and transfer to her replacement via the Bump (or Bumped?) app. I got to see the photos of her baby and she cried on me for some time. She went back to the store and apologized to everyone, she was living in a Hell since the baby's passing. My store leader heard the story and called me in her office. Thinking I was in trouble, she let me have some extra Steve days (those were like personal days off) and bought me a great lunch to thank me as well as replaced the time on my timecard.
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I was typing a report parked outside of a mall when a little girl who was 3-5 years old walked in front of my cruiser wearing pink gum boots and a yellow rain coat. She began waving at me and I waved back and even flashed the lights. She was super excited and turned to her dad to say something while smiling ear to ear and jumping around. They dissapeared into the mall and came out a minute later with a coffee and a cookie. The girl brought the food to my window and I thanked her for them and asked if she wanted to sit in the driver seat. She was so excited and hopped in the car, I let her chirp the sirens, turn on the lights and even use the load speaker to say hello to her dad. The dad was almost tearful with how much his daughter was enjoying this experience and told me that the country that they came from you couldn't trust the police and nothing like this interaction could ever happen. I cant remember what country he said they immigrated from but it was in the middle east. He asked me to join them for a coffee. I had to decline do to being horrifically behind on paper already but thanked him for the coffee and cookie. I think about this day a lot when I have bad ones, it is quite a cherished memory of mine.
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Very early in my career as a criminal defense attorney, I had a black college student charged with a shooting. It was getting a lot of media statewide due to one of the people involved being a professional athlete. After investigating, I became convinced that he was innocent and the actual shooter was probably one of the state's primary witnesses. I had only had a few jury trials at that point and they all were defendants that were guilty as hell but refused to plead out. I didn't have a ton of faith in either a jury or my own ability to handle the case/consequences. I worked my a*s off in preparation. Once we started trial, I realized I was knocking down every piece of evidence that the state was presenting. I was pumped with adrenaline and growing confidence. I tore up their star witness, who I thought was probably the actual shooter. One of the jurors actually laughed at the guy in disbelief of some of the things he was testifying to. I gave a thirty minute closing argument without even looking at my notes with the jury nodding along to everything I was saying. They were out 20 minutes and came back with a not guilty verdict. Front page news article in the biggest papers in the state. Client's mom is hugging me a crying with relief in one of the photos. That guy still calls me up once a year to check in. Married, kids, solid white collar job. I always think of that case when I start to have doubts about doing defense work.Show All 8 Upvotes
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This Facebook Page Is All About 'Awkward Memes,' And Here Are 35 Of The Most Randomly Hilarious Ones
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Rachael Smith • upvoted 7 items 1 year ago
Hey Pandas, What's The Worst Rule You've Seen Someone Actually Try To Enforce?
My school implemented a "one way" rule in the hallways. The problem is, each grade level is on their own sort of loop, with bathrooms and closets in the middle. So, if you have two classes next to each other, you will get yelled at by a woman who's job is to harrass you about why you have no life plans if you don't walk all the way around. They also closed the 2nd-3rd floor segment of one of the staircases, so now everybody coming and going from the 3rd floor has to use one staircase, in addition to the people using that staircase because it's closer. We live in fear of the fire marshal.Hey Pandas, What Is Something You Wish Someone Would Invent?
A substance that you could add to water that would attract and congeal micro plastics into large forms that would make it easier to collect. Rachael Smith • upvoted 13 items 2 years ago
Hey Pandas, What Was The Day You Were Most Proud Of Yourself?
This is easy. It is a much longer story, but I was in France on a cycling tour with my husband (he was a rider, and my overweight butt was in the support van taking in the sites). I had promised to meet him in a village before the top of a particular mountain, and we would either walk up the short distance or stay in the village. Long story short, the van had to go a different way, roads closed, and they could not drive to the village. They radioed to his group that I would meet him at the top, and I walked the 10 miles to the top of the mountain. I was hot, exhausted, probably also dehydrated from not carrying enough water or having access to more. At the top, I couldn't find the tent in the very large, loud crowd. And yet somehow I managed to hear him calling my name as he walked along the route calling my name. We both went to extraordinary efforts that day to keep a simple promise of "see you at the top". It's what keeps me going some days.Hey Pandas, What Was The Day You Were Most Proud Of Yourself?
Last month, the 4th of August. This day, it's been a year since i last self-harmed. It was really hard to finally stop physically hurt myself, and sometimes my scars are burning a little. But i'm still here, and there are not new scars on my arms.
That One Time When Gaining Weight Is A Good Idea
I beat anorexia. I'm a guy and I do not have photos of me from that time (due to shame) so I have no proof. I have gone from 70lbs to ~130lbs.JediKnightDub reply
My best day was also one of my worst days when I worked at Apple. Years ago, a lady came into the Apple Store in her pajamas and looked like a mess. She was crying, cursing and just beyond frustrated. My Manager knew I loved dealing with difficult people (I have no idea why I do), so I got paired with this lady. She tore me apart like all the other employees she talked to. After slowly calming her down I found she dropped her iPhone 4 in the tub and the phone had photos of her baby who passed away from complications. The iPhone would not turn on and water was seen moving in the display. Now, policy back then was to just replace the phone no questions asked. While this was my option, she also had no backup of her photos and this was before iCloud. I worked with water damage before outside of Apple and wanted to give this a go. I requested to clock out (Apple did not support repairs like this and I knew I would never in a million years get the OK to work on this on company time...) and began working with my own tools and with lots of alcohol. It took about 3 hours, and I was successful to get it to turn on to the point where we could get the phone on and transfer to her replacement via the Bump (or Bumped?) app. I got to see the photos of her baby and she cried on me for some time. She went back to the store and apologized to everyone, she was living in a Hell since the baby's passing. My store leader heard the story and called me in her office. Thinking I was in trouble, she let me have some extra Steve days (those were like personal days off) and bought me a great lunch to thank me as well as replaced the time on my timecard.Nilocmirror reply
This story does not have very high stakes but it still brings a smile to my face. I use to work at a certain video game retail store. One day a mother came in with tears in her eyes. Her son stole rent money and bought a psp with it. She was such a kind lady and she explained her situation. She knew that she could only get a fraction of the money back in case but she needed it for rent. She was looking to trade it in for cash. She had read the receipt and knew she was past the one week deadline and was not even trying to get a refund. So I quickly jumped on the computer and moved every psp out of stock. Then took her psp and smashed its screen on the counter. I then gave the shocked woman a smile and apologized that she had been given a broken psp. I told her that, while I would normally be happy to trade it out for a new one, I was unable to at the moment as we were fresh out. So all I could do was give her a full refund. She was so greatful and kind. I was really happy to be able to do that for her.Cleaborg reply
I was typing a report parked outside of a mall when a little girl who was 3-5 years old walked in front of my cruiser wearing pink gum boots and a yellow rain coat. She began waving at me and I waved back and even flashed the lights. She was super excited and turned to her dad to say something while smiling ear to ear and jumping around. They dissapeared into the mall and came out a minute later with a coffee and a cookie. The girl brought the food to my window and I thanked her for them and asked if she wanted to sit in the driver seat. She was so excited and hopped in the car, I let her chirp the sirens, turn on the lights and even use the load speaker to say hello to her dad. The dad was almost tearful with how much his daughter was enjoying this experience and told me that the country that they came from you couldn't trust the police and nothing like this interaction could ever happen. I cant remember what country he said they immigrated from but it was in the middle east. He asked me to join them for a coffee. I had to decline do to being horrifically behind on paper already but thanked him for the coffee and cookie. I think about this day a lot when I have bad ones, it is quite a cherished memory of mine.WinterPush reply
Very early in my career as a criminal defense attorney, I had a black college student charged with a shooting. It was getting a lot of media statewide due to one of the people involved being a professional athlete. After investigating, I became convinced that he was innocent and the actual shooter was probably one of the state's primary witnesses. I had only had a few jury trials at that point and they all were defendants that were guilty as hell but refused to plead out. I didn't have a ton of faith in either a jury or my own ability to handle the case/consequences. I worked my a*s off in preparation. Once we started trial, I realized I was knocking down every piece of evidence that the state was presenting. I was pumped with adrenaline and growing confidence. I tore up their star witness, who I thought was probably the actual shooter. One of the jurors actually laughed at the guy in disbelief of some of the things he was testifying to. I gave a thirty minute closing argument without even looking at my notes with the jury nodding along to everything I was saying. They were out 20 minutes and came back with a not guilty verdict. Front page news article in the biggest papers in the state. Client's mom is hugging me a crying with relief in one of the photos. That guy still calls me up once a year to check in. Married, kids, solid white collar job. I always think of that case when I start to have doubts about doing defense work.Hey Pandas, Did You Or Your Partner Have Any Weird Pregnancy Signs?
It wasn't in fact a pregnancy sign, more of pregnancy premonition. My wife and I had really terrible sex once. No passion, awkward positions, I just wasn't feeling anything, and neither was she. After another silly attempt, we just started to laugh and get dressed. Then she said, "You know what they say, it's bad sex that makes one pregnant". And that's how my youngest daughter was brought to this world. She's 4 now and I love her crazy.Hey Pandas, What Was The First Sign Of Pregnancy For You Or Your Partner?
Weirdest thing ever but with all my pregnancies my left thumb would start twitching really early on for about a week. I'm 1000 years old now but whenever my thumb twitches I'm still like GAH! 😅Hey Pandas, How Do You Feel About Prince Charles, Now Becoming King Charles?
Charles The First was beheaded by his own people. Charles The Second ruled during plague and the Great Fire of London. Hopefully Charles The Third will break the tradition.
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