When I was a kid I thought it was normal that we could buy movies the day after they came out from the Chinese lady in the chicken shop. I didn’t realize it was a crime until middle school when I told someone my grandma had Avatar on DVD and they said that was impossible since the movie was still in theaters.
I had my license for 7 years before someone told me that you’re supposed to stop at the red light when making a right in NJ ( where I live)
Back when my ex was a barista at Starbucks I would drive her to work every day at 4AM and take a specific route.
Thought nothing of it and the route became muscle memory.
One day she asks me to pick her up early and I take the usual route. After I make a right turn on a red light (perfectly legal in the US) I suddenly get those dreaded lights flash behind me.
The police officer came up to my window and asked for my credentials. Fine…I thought. I considered myself a very competent driver up to this point and had never gotten into a crash or so much as gotten a ticket. I was also upset by the officer’s cold demeanor.
She comes back and the conversation went something like this:
Officer: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Me: (annoyed) no.
Officer: Do you realize that turn you made back there was illegal?
Me: Last time I checked it was legal to turn right on red, no?
Officer: Sure, but there’s obviously a sign that says that you can’t do it at that specific intersection.
Me: Impossible… I’ve been taking that turn every day for the past 6 months…
Officer: ……..
Sure enough after the officer gave me the “are you fing serious” look along with my ticket I drove back to the intersection and every traffic light had a “Do Not Turn On Red” sign on it as the police officer themselves had circled back and installed them before I could get there.
I totally deserved that ticket lol…
‘Steal’ .25 salad dressing packets because there extra even with a salad.
As a teen living in the US, (Utah to be specific), and I was really questioning the sanitation of the utensils in the high school cafeteria. So I was carrying a multi-purpose tool with me that had a fork and a spoon on it. However, I wasn’t aware that it had a fully functional blade on it, 3 and 3/4 inches to be precise. Oops.