18 People Who Have No Idea How The Real World Works.
You just assume everyone knows this stuff.
Published 3 years ago in Facepalm
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A student working part time at my laboratory at a University came into my office and asked “so what all can I eat in the refrigerator, I didn’t know I was supposed to bring my own lunch”. I looked at him, stunned and replied “nothing, that food is what people brought for their own lunch, but you can use my grub hub to order”. He DID NOT UNDERSTAND. It took 4 tries to get him to realize he can’t just eat someone else’s lunch. Same student: I walked into the lab room and told him I made a full pot of coffee in the office and he could help himself. Him: “a pot of coffee? What’s that?” He never used a coffee maker other than a Kuerig before and didn’t even know it was a thing. He was fired a month later for stealing chloroform.
9
When my roommate, who never once paid for rent or groceries or anything, turned down the only job offer they have ever gotten, in front of me, TWICE. They were so desperate they called him twice, offering good pay, during covid, and he had the gal to say no in front of me. His excuse was “nah I’m sure there’s something better. $20 an hour is garbage in this city” -_-
10
I worked for a very sheltered and entitled Mother as a nanny. Shortly after I got hired she called me at 3am asking me to come in because the baby wouldn’t stop crying. When I said no, she responded with “but you’re the nanny!”. And that was a constant thing. At one point she got sick of breastfeeding and asked if I could start nursing. All of this was very casual too. Like she wasn’t really mean about it.
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A first year college student of mine thought that assignment deadlines were guidelines. Nothing was handed in on time. She emailed me the night before her final exam to see if I’d take some of her late work. I told her hell no. She threatened to report me. I let her. She failed, got reprimanded and was eventually expelled due to plagiarism.
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Me. I was 18 and living in my first apartment. I spent 15 minutes looking for a “button” on the trash shoot. Didn’t realize until the 3rd time that I just needed to throw the trash down. I had lived with my parents until then, and they failed to teach me a lot of basic life necessities. Love them, but man was I stupid.
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