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What’s The Dumbest Solution To A Problem That Actually Worked? This Guy’s Genius Hospital Trick Goes Viral
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What’s The Dumbest Solution To A Problem That Actually Worked? This Guy’s Genius Hospital Trick Goes Viral

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Some situations require heavy out-of-the-box thinking which produces solutions that seem too dumb to work. But sometimes they do. Sh0tgunLlama has asked reddit “What is the dumbest solution to a problem that actually worked?” and there were quite a few responses, but one of them stood out from the rest.

Stellapotamus’s response has received nearly 21K upvotes on the site, surpassing all of its competitors. The best part? As other people pointed out, you can probably apply the same method to other places as well. Scroll down to hear Stellapotamus tell his brilliant ‘game plan’ in his own words!

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    Stille20
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If there is a charge for canceling, I'm a bit surprised there isn't a charge for rescheduling at the last minute. That's basically canceling. I'm thinking you got someone who didn't know what they were doing.

    Michele Dietrick
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No my doctor's offices are the same. 24 hour notice or reschedule is no charge. Try to cancel within that last 24 hour time and they can charge you the full fee. So if you have no valid excuse then reschedule and if you have to then cancel a few days later.

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    Greg Biery
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wants had an interest bearing savings account that I went in and told the teller I wanted to withdraw $100 from she told me that I can only withdraw or deposit and amounts of 250 or more so I simply told her I want to withdraw $350 and took the hundred out of the 350 and gave her back the 250 to deposit she said oh and scratched here head and said ok.

    Brigitte Obermaier
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 1965 I applied for Allstate auto insurance at a local Sears’s store. Never had an accident, never had a ticket but I was a divorced female. My check was returned and I was given a 60 (or 90 day ?) grace period to find another insurance company. The Allstate agent was an acquaintance and told me, according to Allstate “divorced females are unstable and not a good insurance risk”. At the end of my grace period the agent tried again to sign me up “just in case they made a mistake/changed their mind”. Same thing happened. Again my check was returned with another grace period. At the end of the second grace period I went to another Sears store (Allstate had offices at many Sears stores in the SF Bay Area) and signed up again. Guess what, I was rejected again. Again, check was returned, again I had coverage for a few month. FREE!!!! I can’t remember how many times I changed Sears/Allstate offices before they finally had me on a list and refused to fill out papers.

    Šimon Špaček
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you post this on "Not always working" by any chance? I think that I saw something similar there. Especially “divorced females are unstable and not a good insurance risk” sounds extra familiar.

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    Stille20
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If there is a charge for canceling, I'm a bit surprised there isn't a charge for rescheduling at the last minute. That's basically canceling. I'm thinking you got someone who didn't know what they were doing.

    Michele Dietrick
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No my doctor's offices are the same. 24 hour notice or reschedule is no charge. Try to cancel within that last 24 hour time and they can charge you the full fee. So if you have no valid excuse then reschedule and if you have to then cancel a few days later.

    Load More Replies...
    Greg Biery
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wants had an interest bearing savings account that I went in and told the teller I wanted to withdraw $100 from she told me that I can only withdraw or deposit and amounts of 250 or more so I simply told her I want to withdraw $350 and took the hundred out of the 350 and gave her back the 250 to deposit she said oh and scratched here head and said ok.

    Brigitte Obermaier
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 1965 I applied for Allstate auto insurance at a local Sears’s store. Never had an accident, never had a ticket but I was a divorced female. My check was returned and I was given a 60 (or 90 day ?) grace period to find another insurance company. The Allstate agent was an acquaintance and told me, according to Allstate “divorced females are unstable and not a good insurance risk”. At the end of my grace period the agent tried again to sign me up “just in case they made a mistake/changed their mind”. Same thing happened. Again my check was returned with another grace period. At the end of the second grace period I went to another Sears store (Allstate had offices at many Sears stores in the SF Bay Area) and signed up again. Guess what, I was rejected again. Again, check was returned, again I had coverage for a few month. FREE!!!! I can’t remember how many times I changed Sears/Allstate offices before they finally had me on a list and refused to fill out papers.

    Šimon Špaček
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you post this on "Not always working" by any chance? I think that I saw something similar there. Especially “divorced females are unstable and not a good insurance risk” sounds extra familiar.

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