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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/hold-my-beer-and-my-soymilk/327172/ This customer]] who allegedly thinks a "soy" is an animal due to the existence of soymilk -- the submitter thinks they were just sassing them, taking "there's no such thing as a stupid question" as a challenge, but it could have also been that they were genuinely confused due to not having English as a first language.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/hold-my-beer-and-my-soymilk/327172/ This customer]] who allegedly thinks a "soy" is an animal due to the existence of soymilk -- the submitter thinks they were just sassing them, taking "there's no such thing as a stupid question" as a challenge, but it could have also been that they were genuinely confused due to not having English as a first language.
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!!Website/NotAlwaysRomantic
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-obviously-the-girls-fault-for-having-legs/138866/ This teenager touching girls on the school bus]] has a learning disability, according to his parents. Comments are divided on the parents either lying about it to keep their child from being punished -- many citing that his grinning when he's about to touch a girl's legs indicates that he's fully aware of what he's doing and that it's wrong -- or they [[DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery willingly don't do anything to help him, letting him run loose and wild, hoping this (alleged) disability will absolve them of any responsibility]].
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/bosomless-buddies/ The girlfriends in this story]] overhear their boyfriends talking about what sounds like appearance-preferences, and banish their boyfriends to [[ExiledToTheCouch the couches]]. The few comments think the girlfriends overreacted to something they overheard without knowing the actual topic or consider their reaction to be emotionally abusive. However, the "we just need to find some" comment doesn't really make the boyfriends look good either.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/fall-of-bridezilla/118156/ In this story]], the behavior of a {{Bridezilla}} causes her mother to eventually decide that the wedding will no longer be paid by the mother but the would-to-be bride would have to pay for it herself[[labelnote:Summary]]At first, the bride kicked out her sister from the wedding (she was supposed to be a bridesmaid) because she was pregnant "because I don’t want to deal with the problems your pregnancy will cause". A few months later, the sister has a miscarriage and, when the bride learns it from their mother, the bride's only reaction is to casually answer that not being pregnant anymore means she could be back in the wedding. This is the comment which caused to mother to stop paying for the wedding, to the complete incomprehension of the bride[[/labelnote]], then the would-to-be groom entirely cancels the wedding the next day. Commenters debate whether the groom cancelled the wedding because he broke up with his girlfriend after the incident showed how awful his bride was, or if he only cancelled because the wedding was no longer funded by his mother-in-law (which could mean either greed, or just being unable to afford to pay entirely for it). In the latter option, it could mean he only courted this woman in the first place because she belongs to a rich family.
* Many commenters believe that the man in [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-and-we-cannot-stress-this-enough-the-f/210187/ this story]] may have suffered a stroke or some kind of injury. While what he said was definitely inappropriate and creepy, it's worth noting that his wife is unfazed by this, and her first reaction is to apologize to the OP, stating that "He's learning boundaries".
* Commenters on [[https://notalwaysright.com/making-a-clean-getaway-2/216292/ this story]] have conjectured that the husband's irrational paranoia of his wife cheating was because '''he''' was cheating and projecting his mindset onto his wife. It could have also been because he was on-edge due to having previously been cheated on by a different partner.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-opposite-of-happy-hour/181864/ this story]], the submitter works in a pub and witnesses a couple of married patrons having a "messy break-up", then being apparently so distraught they forgot to pay when leaving (they did after being reminded). A comment wonders if the heated argument was actually a scheme to have free drinks, planning on the staff being too embarrassed by the scene to ask for payment.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/bright-green-with-envy/159238/ this story]], did the submitter's boyfriend, who is "on the spectrum", really not understand his friend was lying about catching the submitter cheating due to an unrequited crush... or did he find a way to calmly employ ConvictionByContradiction without directly accusing her of anything, thus not even giving her the satisfaction of upsetting him?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/those-flowers-had-better-be-made-of-diamonds/293594/ This story]] features a husband planning a full apology dinner for his wife, after she had a lousy day entirely due to mistakes he made. Some comments slam the guy hard for thinking he can just apologize without changing his behavior (it's indicated in the story that he's made some of those mistakes several times before), but multiple commenters with [=ADHD=] say his behavior sounds ''just'' like untreated [=ADHD=] and the guy needs to be tested.
* While many are against the submitter in [[https://notalwaysright.com/canceled-orders-and-canceled-relationships/294954/ this story]], without much information, some have wondered if they had this conversation multiple times, and this one moment just happened to be [[RageBreakingPoint the straw that broke the camel's back]] rather than him blowing up for no reason.
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!!Website/NotAlwaysLearning
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/that-class-is-bombing/38993/ This professor]]: senile, or secretly testing his students to find out which ones don't do their own research?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/an-introversion-of-justice/125293/ This teacher]] deals with a 10th grade class that had been unruly all year by refusing to approve their requests to go on to AP or even just Honors, with the exception of the sole well-behaved student. The replies have been divided as to whether the teacher should have tried harder throughout the year to rein them in, or if she tried all she was allowed under the administration and her hands were ultimately tied up until that point. Doubly so since she's a first-year teacher, so she might lack the experience and know-how to deal with such students.
* The teacher in [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text/108889/ these]] [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text-part-2/139273/ two]] stories is so unhelpful that by the second one, the commentators were beginning to suspect that he was either [[SadistTeacher being unhelpful on purpose and likes seeing the students squirm]] through and through or, in regards to the second story, was being unhelpful (and, eventually, outright hostile) to the students as payback for getting him suspended from the school over the Problem Girl incident.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/forced-friendship/119472/ This teacher]]: well-intentioned, InnocentlyInsensitive idiot who doesn't understand anything about boundaries, [[ShrinkingViolet introversion]], or that [[UnwantedAssistance trying to force a shy girl to come out of her shell before she feels comfortable with making friends at this particular school is going to make her a bully magnet]]? Or, as a few commenters pointed out, a [[FridgeHorror possible groomer]]?
* Did [[https://notalwaysright.com/addressing-the-big-safety-elephant-in-the-room/36144/ this vice-principal]][[labelnote:summary]]The story is set in a high school where the students have a jaywalking habit, which caused several near-misses and an actual (benign) accident. One day, a vice-principal makes a school-wide intercom announcement to explain jaywalking is dangerous. The message was pronounced with a goofy cartoon voice, was announced as if it was told by a mascot, and its content was stating the obvious.[[/labelnote]] sincerely underestimate their student body's mental age, or did they deliberately pass the message in such a goofy way to be sure the students would remember it? The submitter assumes the former, but a few comments assumed the latter.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/excuse-me-while-i-spam-the-save-button/254118/ In this story]], the poster appears to think a professor's way of teaching his students to save their work regularly (namely, cutting power to the computer lab while the students are in the middle of coursework) was "tough love". The comments almost universally slam the professor, both for deliberately sabotaging his students' coursework and for the damage he was likely doing to the terminals by playing with the breaker switch.
* While [[https://notalwaysright.com/money-makes-the-school-go-down/136770/ this principal]] brought everything on himself, some debates happened around his daughter; was she a SpoiledBrat who cut her father off because she didn't get what she wanted? Or was she disgusted by her father's stunt? Some have even speculated that this may have been the latest in a long line of broken promises and parental failures; in that case, this may have simply been the straw that broke the camel's back. If that last point is true, then this adds another layer to the principal's actions; he may have realized he was on his last chance with his daughter, and did that stunt out of desperation to save whatever relationship he still had with her, [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for the results to make her cut him off for good after she finally had enough]].
* The OP in [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-is-your-damage/291429/ this story]] gets last-minute inspiration for a writing assignment in a dream, only for a friend to point out that it's basically the plot of a movie they saw last week. (Specifically, ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.) With no time to think of anything else, OP just tells themself that it's OK since it's not a word-for-word rehash and turns it in anyway. When they're called to the office, they think they're getting penalized for plagiarism, only for it to turn out that the staff were just concerned that OP was about to go on a killing spree due to the nature of the essay. OP successfully argues that it was ultimately an argument for pacifism and walks away thinking the staff had no idea about the movie. Some comments theorize that they could have recognized the general plot, but didn't consider it plagiarism because it was still the OP's own take on it.
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!!Website/NotAlwaysRelated
* The mother in [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-does-not-spark-joy/138818/ this story]]: [[TheDitz Scatterbrained]] [[MyBelovedSmother smother]] whose mind is too far up in the clouds to stop and listen to her grown-up child's wishes (and what they're allergic to), or {{Jerkass}} who knows full well she's using a detergent her kid is allergic to, but just doesn't care [[ItsAllAboutMe because she herself likes it]]? The fact that she put clothing that the submitter was planning to donate back in their drawers in spite of them saying what it was for implies the former.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/born-again-hypocrite/139306/ The father-in-law becoming a born-again Christian]] and becoming much more abrasive and rude to his family and friends over time. Several commenters question whether the guy's change of attitude might be indicative of a health issue -- like a brain tumor or illness -- and not a case of BeliefMakesYouStupid. Or was he just always an asshole, but his new religion gave him an outlet and "appropriate" targets? Or is he suffering from a self-righteousness addiction?
* The comments in [[https://notalwaysright.com/snow-time-to-slow-down this story]] seem divided over whether the submitter's dad was awesome for navigating out of a state about to get hit by a massive snowstorm (and only just barely keeping ahead of said snowstorm), or if he was just crazy for risking crashing his car and injuring himself and his family in rapidly deteriorating weather conditions just to not end up stranded in a hotel in Wyoming for Christmas (it's mentioned that semis are already losing control and toppling over).
* Is [[https://notalwaysright.com/put-on-all-the-calendars-the-date-he-moves-out/184124/ this cousin]] who frivolously buys things for himself and his family members merely very unwise with his money or are his bizarre spending habits the result of an untreated psychological disorder (especially since he buys his family members the same exact thing over and over again, such as constantly giving one person calendars)?
* The aunt in [[https://notalwaysright.com/is-senior-center-code-for-cult/193471/ this story]], zealously insisting that anyone old enough should be dependent on the services of a senior center, and particularly adamant that they join the one to which she belongs. Is it indeed a cult run by the director she clearly reveres, or is she senile and misinterpreting the words of a well meaning director? Indeed, she may be misinterpreting advice given specifically to her.
** The [[https://notalwaysright.com/senior-center-is-definitely-code-for-cult/226873/ sequel]] shows that the director does indeed say that every senior 'needs' to join a center, and is in fact pushing for a law that would ''mandate'' it (though given that the director explicitly mentions wanting the law to bring more money into her center, it seems likely that her motives are selfish).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/singular-they-traces-back-to-the-1300s-as-it-happens/203022/ this story]], the submitter repeatedly tries to contact their mother to debate about something the mother posted on Facebook, which resulted in the mother trying to burn all bridges with the submitter and their close family (the relation was amended a few times later); it turns out the mother felt harassed. At least one comment points out lack of context about the family's background and past interactions allows a potential interpretation which makes the mother's reaction much more understandable:
-->'''Comment from user Lord Circe:''' [...] Now, was cutting you out of her life an overreaction? Yes, provided that this is honestly the single inciting incident, and not simply the latest in a pattern of you harassing her when she is doing something you think is wrong. You may think that you were trying for a "reasonable discussion", but you ultimately were just hounding her for not engaging with you.
** Another point of contention among commentators is how the submitter mentioned that their mother was diagnosed with UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome. General consensus is that the submitter blames their mother's behaviour on her diagnosis.
* While no one's defending the Step-Aunt in [[https://notalwaysright.com/auntie-dearest-created-terror-all-on-her-own/224044/ this story]] for dragging the (child at the time) OP around Epcot all day, a lot of people pondered if she was trying to do the "Drink Around The World" challenge, where you get an alcoholic beverage from each "country" showcased at Epcot. Building from this, some wonder if that was her original plan for the day and she was bitter that it was interrupted by the request to take OP to ride the Tower of Terror. (Though many of those same commenters [[StatingTheSimpleSolution point out that]] the Step-Aunt could have taken the OP to the ride, dropped her back at the hotel, and ''then'' gone drinking and everyone would have been happy.)
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/if-you-cant-act-like-an-adult-about-it-make-your-own-food/265216/ this story]], the submitter's step-father [[HairTriggerTemper blows his stack]] and demands that the staff at a fast food restaurant be fired when they get the family's order wrong three times in a row, with the submitter finding out from a classmate who worked there that the manager ''did'' fire half the staff afterward. The story presents this as [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the step-father getting a bunch of innocent employees at a restaurant fired]] by a BadBoss, but the comments point out that the staff messed up their order ''three'' times, [[JerkassHasAPoint leaving the step-father's complaints completely justified]] (assuming the orders were ''completely'' messed up all three times and the complaints weren't over extremely minor things) and suggesting that the restaurant may have been full of lazy slackers who didn't care about their jobs.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/she-lacks-the-bare-necessities-to-be-a-rat/273510/ this story]], the submitter and their mother take in an abandoned hamster. At some point after this, a neighbor comes in and remarks to the mother that she "didn't know [they] kept rats" upon seeing the hamster. The mother, who has a phobia of rats, is immediately driven into a panic attack and isn't placated until the vet reassures her the hamster is still a hamster and did not spontaneously morph into a rat. Commenters questioned the intent behind the friend's rat remark, wondering whether or not it was an InnocentlyInsensitive remark or a comment [[KickTheDog meant to deliberately trigger the mom's phobia]] (it's worth mentioning that the friend in question was the same person who found and brought the abandoned hamster to them in the first place).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/same-thing-happened-when-a-spider-crawled-across-my-keyboard/297659/ this story]], the submitter notices that their mother's computer has gone missing. When they ask their sister about it, she responds with "you need to ask Mom" in a serious tone while smiling, and their mother later admits to setting the computer on fire because of a ScreamerPrank that claimed the NSA was spying on her through her computer. Some commenters theorised that the sister may have been behind the pop-up, based on her reaction.
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!!Website/NotAlwaysFriendly
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/hunger-is-binary/102415/ The beggar in this story]] claims to have not eaten for most of the day, but when the OP offers him a sandwich, he asks what kind it is. Unreasonable PickyEater, or a victim of an allergy/intolerance/disease that leaves him with dietary restrictions that he still has to be wary about regardless of how hungry he is? Many commenters seem to think the latter, calling out the OP for being rude and snarky about what could have been a legitimate concern.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-very-model-of-a-modern-major-pain-in-the-a/131269/ A theater patron being incredibly disruptive during a live play]], laughing when he shouldn't and not when he should, talking back to the actors, and generally being disruptive, is dismissed as just being a brat by the submitter. The comments might have agreed if he was a child, but he's described as being in his ''20s'', leading a few to wonder if he has neurodivergent special needs that were neglected when he was growing up.
* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] at the end of [[https://notalwaysright.com/jerk-your-chain/136797/ this story]], where the submitter questions whether or not they or her elderly acquaintance was in the wrong in the described situation, wherein the submitter gets him a chain to attach his glasses to so he won't keep losing them, only for him to later give said chain away to another elderly friend of his right in front of the submitter, claiming that "once a gift is given, the receiver can do with it as he pleases".[[note]]The general consensus in the comments section is that [[StrawmanHasAPoint while the elderly man does have a point, as the chain was his and he had the right to do with it as he pleased]], giving said chain away right in front of the person who gave it to him in the first place was ill-considered at best and totally rude at worst.[[/note]]
* Is the submitter's friend really TheDitz [[https://notalwaysright.com/causing-a-divide/29243/ in this story]], or did she just use ObfuscatingStupidity to make the boy stop trying to use bad pickup lines on her?
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/conspiracy-theories-caught-camera/101681/ this story]], the submitter was watching a cartoon on their laptop during a long travel in bus; a stranger asks if he could watch too and the submitter doesn't mind, but then the stranger notices the laptop's webcam is covered in tape and starts a long, insult-filled rant where he accuses the submitter of believing conspiracy theories.[[note]]The submitter doesn't believe in conspiracy theories; they covered the webcam because their ex ''did'' hack the computer and managed to take nudes from the webcam.[[/note]] Was he just a jerk who intended to show off by explaining how "tech-savvy" they are? Or was he a decent person who happened to have conspiracy theories as BerserkButton, for various reasons (for instance, having lost friends who became conspiracy theorists)? In either case, it still makes him a rude asshole.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/deconstructing-friendships/230142/ This peer of the submitter's]] is unable to comprehend that the submitter built their daughter's playhouse themselves and repeatedly asks who their contractor was or where they got the playhouse from [[TheyJustDontGetIt no matter how many times the submitter tells him that they built it by themselves]]. Did the other parent not think that anyone wealthy enough to send their child to an affluent private school would bother building something themselves, or was the submitter (whose gender is never mentioned) a woman and the other parent [[StayInTheKitchen was refusing to believe that a woman could build a playhouse by herself]]?
* Does the old lady in [[https://notalwaysright.com/parents-versus-the-oldies/156901/ this]] story really have trouble walking or was she lying to try and steal the parking spot?
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[[folder:Not Always Healthy]]
!!Website/NotAlwaysHealthy
* Medical staff insisting on performing pregnancy tests on any female patient - including those who have had hysterectomies, are sterile due to medical reasons, or weren't even ''born'' female. While they might be trying to milk more money by performing unnecessary tests, it's possible that they've been subjected to the ButICantBePregnant line from patients so often that they simply choose to ignore any patient and perform the test anyways. (Of course, in many cases, a quick glance at the patient's medical history would be an easier solution.)
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-insurance-is-the-assurance/107112/ This transplant patient's wife]] gets told that her husband will be thrown off the transplant list for failing to show up for an appointment. After a week of back-and-forth, the submitter gets a letter and tells the coordinator that her insurance paid for the supposedly missed appointment, so the staff is either committing insurance fraud or lying about her husband not having appeared for his appointment. After that, the paperwork suddenly appears. Was there really attempted insurance fraud going on, or did the staff honestly misplace the paperwork?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/allergic-common-sense-part-13-2/107599/ This woman]] complains that she was put down as having an egg allergy when she's only allergic to the yolks. When the submitter pries further, she finds that the woman didn't have an allergy; she just doesn't like runny yolks. Honest mistake about what an allergy is, or was she served food with something she requested be left off so many times that she habitually claims allergy because that's the only way her request will be honored?
* Pick any story where a person is DIY-ing a treatment for something that clearly needs professional medical attention. If the location is in the US (or not given, at which point people will generally assume the US unless implied otherwise), commenters will assume it's because the person can't afford medical help.
* Several comments to [[https://notalwaysright.com/did-did-it-work/229770/ this story]] speculate that the loony-acting folk healer was trying to convince his client to go to a real hospital for his affliction (all but stated to be COVID-19). If he was, it worked.
* The [[DepravedDentist crooked dentist]] from [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-most-unfulfilling-dentist/221415/ this story]] dies from Covid-19 before legal action against them could succeed, and the last sentence mentions the people who started said legal action now have a private joke where they refer the pandemic as a "kill stealer." Comments debate whether those people literally wished for the dentist's death, or if it merely highlighted the dentist died before being tried and condemned for their fraud.
* The K-9 officer in [[https://notalwaysright.com/humans-arent-the-only-creatures-capable-of-drama/194542/ this story]]. Commenters pointed out that (1) the paw contains many nerve endings - the reason paper cuts hurt so much for us humans - so the officer might be genuinely hurting more than the submitter assumed, (2) the dog might have been hurt in the paw before and having a fear/pain reaction to that, or (3) it might not even understand how major/minor the pain is, only that it was hurting. Given how often humans who can communicate to doctors about their physical pain and mental trauma are dismissed, this could be the case for the K-9.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-dude-had-one-job-and-gave-up-so-quickly/301234/ This guy]] can't remember what strength of melatonin he needs to get for his girlfriend's son, and then gives up and insists on leaving even though the worker at the pharmacy he is at has no issue waiting for him to call her to clarify. Many of the comments believe (based on the man's flippant attitude and his comment that his girlfriend usually does this) that the guy was deliberately doing a terrible job at running this errand so he wouldn't be asked to do so again.
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[[folder:Not Always Legal]]
!!Website/NotAlwaysLegal
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/no-judgments-but-you-were-speeding/130812/ A woman gets a ticket for speeding]], but the policeman immediately gives up after learning she works for a local law firm owned by the local head judge (and is on a FirstNameBasis with her boss), which could be interpreted in several ways:
## Said judge is known for being corrupt, so the policeman thought it wouldn't be worth the effort since the ticket would be cancelled anyway.
## Since the woman is on FirstNameBasis with the local head judge (or at least claims to be), the policeman assumes that she'll try to pull a ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections.
## Said judge would have been the prosecutor for the speeding offence. Since he also is the woman's boss, that would create a conflict of interest, so the policeman destroyed the ticket to avoid some administrative headache.
## The driver ''didn't'' deserve this ticket, and the policeman was a DirtyCop who backed down once he learned the woman worked in a law firm (since she would have noticed this was fishy).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/if-the-accident-doesnt-kill-you-these-random-busybodies-will/201149/ this story]], the submitter gets in a car accident when the driver in front of the submitter abruptly slams on their brakes, causing the car behind her to rear-end the submitter. When the police are on the scene, two random busybodies who witnessed the accident suddenly rush up and try to make it seem like the submitter was at fault for the accident (when it is very obvious that the driver in front was at fault). While the police and the rear-ender prove the ladies' accusations incorrect, the submitter is left baffled as to why the two randomly decided to throw her under the bus. The comments theorize that the accident was actually an attempted ''insurance scam'' that the first driver and women were in on: the first driver meant to brake-check the submitter and blame them for the resulting accident, and the women were supposed to back the driver up to make the submitter look guilty and pay the insurance money. However, the submitter not hitting the driver's car along with [[SpannerInTheWorks the third driver unexpectedly hitting the submitter]] caused the scam [[GoneHorriblyWrong to go completely pear-shaped]], which resulted in [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere the driver fleeing]] and the women trying to salvage the scheme.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-is-equal-parts-bizarre-and-sad-as-heck/243967/ This teenage con artist]] has been repeatedly running away from home and getting caught by the police since she was ''ten'', and her parents didn't even bother reporting it this time. Is she just a ConsummateLiar, or are there problems at home, or is she mentally unwell and can't get help?
* Most of the comments agree that [[https://notalwaysright.com/thin-blue-line-acceptance-denial/113744/ this student's second email]] is a complete non-sequitur to the previous exchange, and is more likely meant for someone else and sent to the police address by mistake than the rude dismissal it was taken as.
* Did [[https://notalwaysright.com/i-dont-think-santa-makes-stops-at-the-jail/238842/ this robber]] (who robbed a computer store after writing his name, phone number, and address on an invoice) give false information or not? Sure, telling the truth would be ''very'' dumb of him and he could just as easily write in nonsense, but [[StupidCrooks petty crooks being unbelievably stupid]] is not exactly uncommon.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/advice-is-cheap-especially-from-opposing-counsel/69395/ This lawyer story]][[note]]The defendant in an upcoming trial calls ''the plaintiff'''s lawyer to ask if they have to show up for the trial. The lawyer answers the defendant doesn't technically have to be here but in this case ''will'' lose the trial if they don't, as there won't be anyone else to represent them. The defendant conclude they won't show up.[[/note]]:
** Some comments and the site's editor (the story has the "Stupid" tag) believe that the defendant is really dumb; but some comments postulate the defendant was sure they would lose the trial anyway, didn't want to waste time and energy in the matter, and just wanted to check if attendance was legally required.
** The "you’re not represented by anybody else" bit means the defendant has no lawyer yet. Some comments have interpreted the dialog as the defendant checking whereas they should have their own lawyer for the case, and the part where the defendant decide to not come after being told it would make them lose the case could mean they would send a lawyer instead.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/now-we-want-to-know-what-the-first-guy-did/284874/ this story]], a customer who cancelled an installation threatens to kill the technician who previously serviced him if he returns to his house. The comments note that there's no context for this situation or how warranted the threat is (i.e. it could be anywhere from "I don't want a [racist slur] in my house" to "this guy tried to look up my daughter's skirt").
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-fiesta-came-to-a-crashing-halt/242444/ This story]] has an apathetic clerk who doesn't care about someone stealing from his uncles' store and is indicated to be generally doing a pretty poor job running it. Is he simply lazy because he thinks he can get away with it due to {{Nepotism}} or was he coerced into taking the job by his family (possibly for little to no pay) and is deliberately doing a poor job in retaliation?
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!!Website/NotAlwaysRomantic
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-obviously-the-girls-fault-for-having-legs/138866/ This teenager touching girls on the school bus]] has a learning disability, according to his parents. Comments are divided on the parents either lying about it to keep their child from being punished -- many citing that his grinning when he's about to touch a girl's legs indicates that he's fully aware of what he's doing and that it's wrong -- or they [[DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery willingly don't do anything to help him, letting him run loose and wild, hoping this (alleged) disability will absolve them of any responsibility]].
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/bosomless-buddies/ The girlfriends in this story]] overhear their boyfriends talking about what sounds like appearance-preferences, and banish their boyfriends to [[ExiledToTheCouch the couches]]. The few comments think the girlfriends overreacted to something they overheard without knowing the actual topic or consider their reaction to be emotionally abusive. However, the "we just need to find some" comment doesn't really make the boyfriends look good either.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/fall-of-bridezilla/118156/ In this story]], the behavior of a {{Bridezilla}} causes her mother to eventually decide that the wedding will no longer be paid by the mother but the would-to-be bride would have to pay for it herself[[labelnote:Summary]]At first, the bride kicked out her sister from the wedding (she was supposed to be a bridesmaid) because she was pregnant "because I don’t want to deal with the problems your pregnancy will cause". A few months later, the sister has a miscarriage and, when the bride learns it from their mother, the bride's only reaction is to casually answer that not being pregnant anymore means she could be back in the wedding. This is the comment which caused to mother to stop paying for the wedding, to the complete incomprehension of the bride[[/labelnote]], then the would-to-be groom entirely cancels the wedding the next day. Commenters debate whether the groom cancelled the wedding because he broke up with his girlfriend after the incident showed how awful his bride was, or if he only cancelled because the wedding was no longer funded by his mother-in-law (which could mean either greed, or just being unable to afford to pay entirely for it). In the latter option, it could mean he only courted this woman in the first place because she belongs to a rich family.
* Many commenters believe that the man in [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-and-we-cannot-stress-this-enough-the-f/210187/ this story]] may have suffered a stroke or some kind of injury. While what he said was definitely inappropriate and creepy, it's worth noting that his wife is unfazed by this, and her first reaction is to apologize to the OP, stating that "He's learning boundaries".
* Commenters on [[https://notalwaysright.com/making-a-clean-getaway-2/216292/ this story]] have conjectured that the husband's irrational paranoia of his wife cheating was because '''he''' was cheating and projecting his mindset onto his wife. It could have also been because he was on-edge due to having previously been cheated on by a different partner.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-opposite-of-happy-hour/181864/ this story]], the submitter works in a pub and witnesses a couple of married patrons having a "messy break-up", then being apparently so distraught they forgot to pay when leaving (they did after being reminded). A comment wonders if the heated argument was actually a scheme to have free drinks, planning on the staff being too embarrassed by the scene to ask for payment.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/bright-green-with-envy/159238/ this story]], did the submitter's boyfriend, who is "on the spectrum", really not understand his friend was lying about catching the submitter cheating due to an unrequited crush... or did he find a way to calmly employ ConvictionByContradiction without directly accusing her of anything, thus not even giving her the satisfaction of upsetting him?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/those-flowers-had-better-be-made-of-diamonds/293594/ This story]] features a husband planning a full apology dinner for his wife, after she had a lousy day entirely due to mistakes he made. Some comments slam the guy hard for thinking he can just apologize without changing his behavior (it's indicated in the story that he's made some of those mistakes several times before), but multiple commenters with [=ADHD=] say his behavior sounds ''just'' like untreated [=ADHD=] and the guy needs to be tested.
* While many are against the submitter in [[https://notalwaysright.com/canceled-orders-and-canceled-relationships/294954/ this story]], without much information, some have wondered if they had this conversation multiple times, and this one moment just happened to be [[RageBreakingPoint the straw that broke the camel's back]] rather than him blowing up for no reason.
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!!Website/NotAlwaysLearning
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/that-class-is-bombing/38993/ This professor]]: senile, or secretly testing his students to find out which ones don't do their own research?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/an-introversion-of-justice/125293/ This teacher]] deals with a 10th grade class that had been unruly all year by refusing to approve their requests to go on to AP or even just Honors, with the exception of the sole well-behaved student. The replies have been divided as to whether the teacher should have tried harder throughout the year to rein them in, or if she tried all she was allowed under the administration and her hands were ultimately tied up until that point. Doubly so since she's a first-year teacher, so she might lack the experience and know-how to deal with such students.
* The teacher in [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text/108889/ these]] [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-a-con-text-part-2/139273/ two]] stories is so unhelpful that by the second one, the commentators were beginning to suspect that he was either [[SadistTeacher being unhelpful on purpose and likes seeing the students squirm]] through and through or, in regards to the second story, was being unhelpful (and, eventually, outright hostile) to the students as payback for getting him suspended from the school over the Problem Girl incident.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/forced-friendship/119472/ This teacher]]: well-intentioned, InnocentlyInsensitive idiot who doesn't understand anything about boundaries, [[ShrinkingViolet introversion]], or that [[UnwantedAssistance trying to force a shy girl to come out of her shell before she feels comfortable with making friends at this particular school is going to make her a bully magnet]]? Or, as a few commenters pointed out, a [[FridgeHorror possible groomer]]?
* Did [[https://notalwaysright.com/addressing-the-big-safety-elephant-in-the-room/36144/ this vice-principal]][[labelnote:summary]]The story is set in a high school where the students have a jaywalking habit, which caused several near-misses and an actual (benign) accident. One day, a vice-principal makes a school-wide intercom announcement to explain jaywalking is dangerous. The message was pronounced with a goofy cartoon voice, was announced as if it was told by a mascot, and its content was stating the obvious.[[/labelnote]] sincerely underestimate their student body's mental age, or did they deliberately pass the message in such a goofy way to be sure the students would remember it? The submitter assumes the former, but a few comments assumed the latter.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/excuse-me-while-i-spam-the-save-button/254118/ In this story]], the poster appears to think a professor's way of teaching his students to save their work regularly (namely, cutting power to the computer lab while the students are in the middle of coursework) was "tough love". The comments almost universally slam the professor, both for deliberately sabotaging his students' coursework and for the damage he was likely doing to the terminals by playing with the breaker switch.
* While [[https://notalwaysright.com/money-makes-the-school-go-down/136770/ this principal]] brought everything on himself, some debates happened around his daughter; was she a SpoiledBrat who cut her father off because she didn't get what she wanted? Or was she disgusted by her father's stunt? Some have even speculated that this may have been the latest in a long line of broken promises and parental failures; in that case, this may have simply been the straw that broke the camel's back. If that last point is true, then this adds another layer to the principal's actions; he may have realized he was on his last chance with his daughter, and did that stunt out of desperation to save whatever relationship he still had with her, [[GoneHorriblyWrong only for the results to make her cut him off for good after she finally had enough]].
* The OP in [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-is-your-damage/291429/ this story]] gets last-minute inspiration for a writing assignment in a dream, only for a friend to point out that it's basically the plot of a movie they saw last week. (Specifically, ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.) With no time to think of anything else, OP just tells themself that it's OK since it's not a word-for-word rehash and turns it in anyway. When they're called to the office, they think they're getting penalized for plagiarism, only for it to turn out that the staff were just concerned that OP was about to go on a killing spree due to the nature of the essay. OP successfully argues that it was ultimately an argument for pacifism and walks away thinking the staff had no idea about the movie. Some comments theorize that they could have recognized the general plot, but didn't consider it plagiarism because it was still the OP's own take on it.
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!!Website/NotAlwaysRelated
* The mother in [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-does-not-spark-joy/138818/ this story]]: [[TheDitz Scatterbrained]] [[MyBelovedSmother smother]] whose mind is too far up in the clouds to stop and listen to her grown-up child's wishes (and what they're allergic to), or {{Jerkass}} who knows full well she's using a detergent her kid is allergic to, but just doesn't care [[ItsAllAboutMe because she herself likes it]]? The fact that she put clothing that the submitter was planning to donate back in their drawers in spite of them saying what it was for implies the former.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/born-again-hypocrite/139306/ The father-in-law becoming a born-again Christian]] and becoming much more abrasive and rude to his family and friends over time. Several commenters question whether the guy's change of attitude might be indicative of a health issue -- like a brain tumor or illness -- and not a case of BeliefMakesYouStupid. Or was he just always an asshole, but his new religion gave him an outlet and "appropriate" targets? Or is he suffering from a self-righteousness addiction?
* The comments in [[https://notalwaysright.com/snow-time-to-slow-down this story]] seem divided over whether the submitter's dad was awesome for navigating out of a state about to get hit by a massive snowstorm (and only just barely keeping ahead of said snowstorm), or if he was just crazy for risking crashing his car and injuring himself and his family in rapidly deteriorating weather conditions just to not end up stranded in a hotel in Wyoming for Christmas (it's mentioned that semis are already losing control and toppling over).
* Is [[https://notalwaysright.com/put-on-all-the-calendars-the-date-he-moves-out/184124/ this cousin]] who frivolously buys things for himself and his family members merely very unwise with his money or are his bizarre spending habits the result of an untreated psychological disorder (especially since he buys his family members the same exact thing over and over again, such as constantly giving one person calendars)?
* The aunt in [[https://notalwaysright.com/is-senior-center-code-for-cult/193471/ this story]], zealously insisting that anyone old enough should be dependent on the services of a senior center, and particularly adamant that they join the one to which she belongs. Is it indeed a cult run by the director she clearly reveres, or is she senile and misinterpreting the words of a well meaning director? Indeed, she may be misinterpreting advice given specifically to her.
** The [[https://notalwaysright.com/senior-center-is-definitely-code-for-cult/226873/ sequel]] shows that the director does indeed say that every senior 'needs' to join a center, and is in fact pushing for a law that would ''mandate'' it (though given that the director explicitly mentions wanting the law to bring more money into her center, it seems likely that her motives are selfish).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/singular-they-traces-back-to-the-1300s-as-it-happens/203022/ this story]], the submitter repeatedly tries to contact their mother to debate about something the mother posted on Facebook, which resulted in the mother trying to burn all bridges with the submitter and their close family (the relation was amended a few times later); it turns out the mother felt harassed. At least one comment points out lack of context about the family's background and past interactions allows a potential interpretation which makes the mother's reaction much more understandable:
-->'''Comment from user Lord Circe:''' [...] Now, was cutting you out of her life an overreaction? Yes, provided that this is honestly the single inciting incident, and not simply the latest in a pattern of you harassing her when she is doing something you think is wrong. You may think that you were trying for a "reasonable discussion", but you ultimately were just hounding her for not engaging with you.
** Another point of contention among commentators is how the submitter mentioned that their mother was diagnosed with UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome. General consensus is that the submitter blames their mother's behaviour on her diagnosis.
* While no one's defending the Step-Aunt in [[https://notalwaysright.com/auntie-dearest-created-terror-all-on-her-own/224044/ this story]] for dragging the (child at the time) OP around Epcot all day, a lot of people pondered if she was trying to do the "Drink Around The World" challenge, where you get an alcoholic beverage from each "country" showcased at Epcot. Building from this, some wonder if that was her original plan for the day and she was bitter that it was interrupted by the request to take OP to ride the Tower of Terror. (Though many of those same commenters [[StatingTheSimpleSolution point out that]] the Step-Aunt could have taken the OP to the ride, dropped her back at the hotel, and ''then'' gone drinking and everyone would have been happy.)
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/if-you-cant-act-like-an-adult-about-it-make-your-own-food/265216/ this story]], the submitter's step-father [[HairTriggerTemper blows his stack]] and demands that the staff at a fast food restaurant be fired when they get the family's order wrong three times in a row, with the submitter finding out from a classmate who worked there that the manager ''did'' fire half the staff afterward. The story presents this as [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the step-father getting a bunch of innocent employees at a restaurant fired]] by a BadBoss, but the comments point out that the staff messed up their order ''three'' times, [[JerkassHasAPoint leaving the step-father's complaints completely justified]] (assuming the orders were ''completely'' messed up all three times and the complaints weren't over extremely minor things) and suggesting that the restaurant may have been full of lazy slackers who didn't care about their jobs.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/she-lacks-the-bare-necessities-to-be-a-rat/273510/ this story]], the submitter and their mother take in an abandoned hamster. At some point after this, a neighbor comes in and remarks to the mother that she "didn't know [they] kept rats" upon seeing the hamster. The mother, who has a phobia of rats, is immediately driven into a panic attack and isn't placated until the vet reassures her the hamster is still a hamster and did not spontaneously morph into a rat. Commenters questioned the intent behind the friend's rat remark, wondering whether or not it was an InnocentlyInsensitive remark or a comment [[KickTheDog meant to deliberately trigger the mom's phobia]] (it's worth mentioning that the friend in question was the same person who found and brought the abandoned hamster to them in the first place).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/same-thing-happened-when-a-spider-crawled-across-my-keyboard/297659/ this story]], the submitter notices that their mother's computer has gone missing. When they ask their sister about it, she responds with "you need to ask Mom" in a serious tone while smiling, and their mother later admits to setting the computer on fire because of a ScreamerPrank that claimed the NSA was spying on her through her computer. Some commenters theorised that the sister may have been behind the pop-up, based on her reaction.
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/hunger-is-binary/102415/ The beggar in this story]] claims to have not eaten for most of the day, but when the OP offers him a sandwich, he asks what kind it is. Unreasonable PickyEater, or a victim of an allergy/intolerance/disease that leaves him with dietary restrictions that he still has to be wary about regardless of how hungry he is? Many commenters seem to think the latter, calling out the OP for being rude and snarky about what could have been a legitimate concern.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-very-model-of-a-modern-major-pain-in-the-a/131269/ A theater patron being incredibly disruptive during a live play]], laughing when he shouldn't and not when he should, talking back to the actors, and generally being disruptive, is dismissed as just being a brat by the submitter. The comments might have agreed if he was a child, but he's described as being in his ''20s'', leading a few to wonder if he has neurodivergent special needs that were neglected when he was growing up.
* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] at the end of [[https://notalwaysright.com/jerk-your-chain/136797/ this story]], where the submitter questions whether or not they or her elderly acquaintance was in the wrong in the described situation, wherein the submitter gets him a chain to attach his glasses to so he won't keep losing them, only for him to later give said chain away to another elderly friend of his right in front of the submitter, claiming that "once a gift is given, the receiver can do with it as he pleases".[[note]]The general consensus in the comments section is that [[StrawmanHasAPoint while the elderly man does have a point, as the chain was his and he had the right to do with it as he pleased]], giving said chain away right in front of the person who gave it to him in the first place was ill-considered at best and totally rude at worst.[[/note]]
* Is the submitter's friend really TheDitz [[https://notalwaysright.com/causing-a-divide/29243/ in this story]], or did she just use ObfuscatingStupidity to make the boy stop trying to use bad pickup lines on her?
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/conspiracy-theories-caught-camera/101681/ this story]], the submitter was watching a cartoon on their laptop during a long travel in bus; a stranger asks if he could watch too and the submitter doesn't mind, but then the stranger notices the laptop's webcam is covered in tape and starts a long, insult-filled rant where he accuses the submitter of believing conspiracy theories.[[note]]The submitter doesn't believe in conspiracy theories; they covered the webcam because their ex ''did'' hack the computer and managed to take nudes from the webcam.[[/note]] Was he just a jerk who intended to show off by explaining how "tech-savvy" they are? Or was he a decent person who happened to have conspiracy theories as BerserkButton, for various reasons (for instance, having lost friends who became conspiracy theorists)? In either case, it still makes him a rude asshole.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/deconstructing-friendships/230142/ This peer of the submitter's]] is unable to comprehend that the submitter built their daughter's playhouse themselves and repeatedly asks who their contractor was or where they got the playhouse from [[TheyJustDontGetIt no matter how many times the submitter tells him that they built it by themselves]]. Did the other parent not think that anyone wealthy enough to send their child to an affluent private school would bother building something themselves, or was the submitter (whose gender is never mentioned) a woman and the other parent [[StayInTheKitchen was refusing to believe that a woman could build a playhouse by herself]]?
* Does the old lady in [[https://notalwaysright.com/parents-versus-the-oldies/156901/ this]] story really have trouble walking or was she lying to try and steal the parking spot?
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* Medical staff insisting on performing pregnancy tests on any female patient - including those who have had hysterectomies, are sterile due to medical reasons, or weren't even ''born'' female. While they might be trying to milk more money by performing unnecessary tests, it's possible that they've been subjected to the ButICantBePregnant line from patients so often that they simply choose to ignore any patient and perform the test anyways. (Of course, in many cases, a quick glance at the patient's medical history would be an easier solution.)
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-insurance-is-the-assurance/107112/ This transplant patient's wife]] gets told that her husband will be thrown off the transplant list for failing to show up for an appointment. After a week of back-and-forth, the submitter gets a letter and tells the coordinator that her insurance paid for the supposedly missed appointment, so the staff is either committing insurance fraud or lying about her husband not having appeared for his appointment. After that, the paperwork suddenly appears. Was there really attempted insurance fraud going on, or did the staff honestly misplace the paperwork?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/allergic-common-sense-part-13-2/107599/ This woman]] complains that she was put down as having an egg allergy when she's only allergic to the yolks. When the submitter pries further, she finds that the woman didn't have an allergy; she just doesn't like runny yolks. Honest mistake about what an allergy is, or was she served food with something she requested be left off so many times that she habitually claims allergy because that's the only way her request will be honored?
* Pick any story where a person is DIY-ing a treatment for something that clearly needs professional medical attention. If the location is in the US (or not given, at which point people will generally assume the US unless implied otherwise), commenters will assume it's because the person can't afford medical help.
* Several comments to [[https://notalwaysright.com/did-did-it-work/229770/ this story]] speculate that the loony-acting folk healer was trying to convince his client to go to a real hospital for his affliction (all but stated to be COVID-19). If he was, it worked.
* The [[DepravedDentist crooked dentist]] from [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-most-unfulfilling-dentist/221415/ this story]] dies from Covid-19 before legal action against them could succeed, and the last sentence mentions the people who started said legal action now have a private joke where they refer the pandemic as a "kill stealer." Comments debate whether those people literally wished for the dentist's death, or if it merely highlighted the dentist died before being tried and condemned for their fraud.
* The K-9 officer in [[https://notalwaysright.com/humans-arent-the-only-creatures-capable-of-drama/194542/ this story]]. Commenters pointed out that (1) the paw contains many nerve endings - the reason paper cuts hurt so much for us humans - so the officer might be genuinely hurting more than the submitter assumed, (2) the dog might have been hurt in the paw before and having a fear/pain reaction to that, or (3) it might not even understand how major/minor the pain is, only that it was hurting. Given how often humans who can communicate to doctors about their physical pain and mental trauma are dismissed, this could be the case for the K-9.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-dude-had-one-job-and-gave-up-so-quickly/301234/ This guy]] can't remember what strength of melatonin he needs to get for his girlfriend's son, and then gives up and insists on leaving even though the worker at the pharmacy he is at has no issue waiting for him to call her to clarify. Many of the comments believe (based on the man's flippant attitude and his comment that his girlfriend usually does this) that the guy was deliberately doing a terrible job at running this errand so he wouldn't be asked to do so again.
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!!Website/NotAlwaysLegal
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/no-judgments-but-you-were-speeding/130812/ A woman gets a ticket for speeding]], but the policeman immediately gives up after learning she works for a local law firm owned by the local head judge (and is on a FirstNameBasis with her boss), which could be interpreted in several ways:
## Said judge is known for being corrupt, so the policeman thought it wouldn't be worth the effort since the ticket would be cancelled anyway.
## Since the woman is on FirstNameBasis with the local head judge (or at least claims to be), the policeman assumes that she'll try to pull a ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections.
## Said judge would have been the prosecutor for the speeding offence. Since he also is the woman's boss, that would create a conflict of interest, so the policeman destroyed the ticket to avoid some administrative headache.
## The driver ''didn't'' deserve this ticket, and the policeman was a DirtyCop who backed down once he learned the woman worked in a law firm (since she would have noticed this was fishy).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/if-the-accident-doesnt-kill-you-these-random-busybodies-will/201149/ this story]], the submitter gets in a car accident when the driver in front of the submitter abruptly slams on their brakes, causing the car behind her to rear-end the submitter. When the police are on the scene, two random busybodies who witnessed the accident suddenly rush up and try to make it seem like the submitter was at fault for the accident (when it is very obvious that the driver in front was at fault). While the police and the rear-ender prove the ladies' accusations incorrect, the submitter is left baffled as to why the two randomly decided to throw her under the bus. The comments theorize that the accident was actually an attempted ''insurance scam'' that the first driver and women were in on: the first driver meant to brake-check the submitter and blame them for the resulting accident, and the women were supposed to back the driver up to make the submitter look guilty and pay the insurance money. However, the submitter not hitting the driver's car along with [[SpannerInTheWorks the third driver unexpectedly hitting the submitter]] caused the scam [[GoneHorriblyWrong to go completely pear-shaped]], which resulted in [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere the driver fleeing]] and the women trying to salvage the scheme.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-is-equal-parts-bizarre-and-sad-as-heck/243967/ This teenage con artist]] has been repeatedly running away from home and getting caught by the police since she was ''ten'', and her parents didn't even bother reporting it this time. Is she just a ConsummateLiar, or are there problems at home, or is she mentally unwell and can't get help?
* Most of the comments agree that [[https://notalwaysright.com/thin-blue-line-acceptance-denial/113744/ this student's second email]] is a complete non-sequitur to the previous exchange, and is more likely meant for someone else and sent to the police address by mistake than the rude dismissal it was taken as.
* Did [[https://notalwaysright.com/i-dont-think-santa-makes-stops-at-the-jail/238842/ this robber]] (who robbed a computer store after writing his name, phone number, and address on an invoice) give false information or not? Sure, telling the truth would be ''very'' dumb of him and he could just as easily write in nonsense, but [[StupidCrooks petty crooks being unbelievably stupid]] is not exactly uncommon.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/advice-is-cheap-especially-from-opposing-counsel/69395/ This lawyer story]][[note]]The defendant in an upcoming trial calls ''the plaintiff'''s lawyer to ask if they have to show up for the trial. The lawyer answers the defendant doesn't technically have to be here but in this case ''will'' lose the trial if they don't, as there won't be anyone else to represent them. The defendant conclude they won't show up.[[/note]]:
** Some comments and the site's editor (the story has the "Stupid" tag) believe that the defendant is really dumb; but some comments postulate the defendant was sure they would lose the trial anyway, didn't want to waste time and energy in the matter, and just wanted to check if attendance was legally required.
** The "you’re not represented by anybody else" bit means the defendant has no lawyer yet. Some comments have interpreted the dialog as the defendant checking whereas they should have their own lawyer for the case, and the part where the defendant decide to not come after being told it would make them lose the case could mean they would send a lawyer instead.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/now-we-want-to-know-what-the-first-guy-did/284874/ this story]], a customer who cancelled an installation threatens to kill the technician who previously serviced him if he returns to his house. The comments note that there's no context for this situation or how warranted the threat is (i.e. it could be anywhere from "I don't want a [racist slur] in my house" to "this guy tried to look up my daughter's skirt").
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-fiesta-came-to-a-crashing-halt/242444/ This story]] has an apathetic clerk who doesn't care about someone stealing from his uncles' store and is indicated to be generally doing a pretty poor job running it. Is he simply lazy because he thinks he can get away with it due to {{Nepotism}} or was he coerced into taking the job by his family (possibly for little to no pay) and is deliberately doing a poor job in retaliation?
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* Was [[https://notalwaysright.com/aint-no-mountain-wry-enough/71101/ this man]], who seemingly misunderstands "a large Dew" as calling him a Jew, gets offended [[BoomerangBigot despite actually being Jewish]], and replies that he's never been to the mountains when the submitter clarifies they meant a Mountain Dew actually confused, or joking?
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* Was [[https://notalwaysright.com/aint-no-mountain-wry-enough/71101/ this man]], who seemingly misunderstands "a large Dew" as calling him a Jew, gets offended [[BoomerangBigot despite actually being Jewish]], and replies that he's never been to the mountains when the submitter clarifies they meant a Mountain Dew actually confused, or joking?joking?
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!!Website/NotAlwaysWorking
* There's a surprising number of entries about someone trying to buy alcohol along with other items, realizing they don't have their ID, and trying unsuccessfully to inform the cashier (who keeps saying they need ID) to put the wine aside and just let them buy the other stuff. Are they really that clueless, or are they so lazy they're hoping the customer will go and put the wine back for them if they keep this up long enough? Or they may just be so used to people complaining that [[ReflexiveResponse they assume these people are doing the same]].
** A comment in a related story suggests that this is the result of a store policy (meant to prevent underage buyers from purchasing without an ID) [[GoneHorriblyRight taken too far]]: "If the customer doesn't show ID for alcohol, [[ExactWords nothing the customer says should change your mind]]."
* [[BystanderSyndrome The bystanders]] in [[http://notalwaysright.com/your-hesitancy-is-not-my-emergency this story.]] Were they all really that uncaring, or did they just figure the submitter had things under control and they were better off not getting involved? Alternatively, it's possible none of them intervened because they didn't know what to do when somebody has a seizure and didn't want to risk hurting the person (although someone could have at least helped keep the guard out of the way).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/their-health-and-safety-rules-will-come-under-fire/65708/ this story]], a court assistant cheerfully tells a concerned juror about how even the few hoses and extinguishers they pass without "Out of Order" signs don't work. Is their [[NoOSHACompliance safety really that bad]], or was it just some kind of twisted prank?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/not-taking-his-job-deathly-seriously/ This funeral home director]] seems to find it amusing that he didn't check whether his, ahem, customers are actually dead before sending the body to the incinerator. Was the person unprofessional and apathetic, or was it merely a dark joke? Note that [[GallowsHumor very dark humor]] is common in jobs with high emotional charge (such as funeral related ones).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/got-their-flatlines-crossed/ this story]], a woman is in labor and the fetal heart monitor flatlines twice; at the second time, the doctor asks the husband (the submitter of the story): "We could lose the baby and we could quite possibly lose your wife. What do you think we should do?" The submitter seems to have thought the doctor was incompetent (his reaction: "I think one of us went to medical school, and I sure as h*** hope it was you!"), but comments point out that the doctor's question may have been a poorly worded attempt at asking the husband whether they should focus on saving the wife or the baby.[[note]]All ends well - mother and child both pull through and are noted to be fine nowadays.[[/note]]
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/dont-freeze-under-lack-of-management/135231/ This story]] has an employee notice suspicious transfers in an account and heads to their manager, since only managers can freeze accounts. Their manager keeps brushing them off, citing them to be too busy, so the submitter goes to a different manager and gets them to freeze the account. The original manager gets annoyed because they think the submitter was causing a stink over nothing, despite being shown that ''$7,000'' had been transferred just a few minutes before the account was frozen. Several comments are discussing if this manager is on a power trip and didn't like that their subordinate did things on their own, or if they were actually aware or even part of these suspicious transactions and purposefully stalled their employee.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/in-receipt-of-the-receipt-but-still-not-receiving-you/138935/ In this story]], a customer goes to return a skirt and gives the cashier the receipt... only for the cashier to act like the customer did not give her a receipt [[ImplausibleDeniability despite the fact that the customer gave it to her mere seconds before and it's still lying on the cashier's computer]], frustrating the customer until the manager is called down to settle the problem. The comments theorize that the cashier was not merely just trying to be hard to get along with for no apparent reason and was actually trying to steal the receipt so they could pocket the money made with a fraudulent return using another of the same skirt with it.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-not-easy-avoiding-green/163044/ This story's OP]] is bewildered by the fact that the cashier says they don't like artichokes when seconds ago they didn't know what they were. Several comments point out the possibility that the cashier ate some artichokes in a different form, like in a soup or dip, and didn't like them then and simply didn't recognize them in the raw form that OP was buying.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/thats-a-real-bob-move-bob/190725/ this story]], a worker borrowed a coworker's loyalty card to replace his own, which he had lost. Comments debate whether the coworker willingly lent his card or if the first worker "borrowed" (read: stole) it.
* Did [[https://notalwaysright.com/thats-one-way-to-maintain-social-distance/210219/ this employee]] really see no difference between someone forgetting to put their mask back on and someone ranting about how the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic is a hoax designed to cause an [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Islamo-commie-fascist]] DayOfTheJackboot through Bill Gates microchipping people, or was the employee so fed up with anti-maskers refusing to cooperate and threatening her health that the one genuine mistake just happened to be [[RageBreakingPoint the straw that broke the camel's back]]?
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/say-what-you-mean-sarge/232835/ this story,]] every month or so several soldiers at a US military base are forced to clean absolutely everything, even the rocks outside, until one day the first sergeant becomes unhappy with the rocks still looking dingy and orders them "bleached" - which the sergeant left in command over the weekend [[ExactWords takes literally]], resulting in the first sergeant coming back to rocks that still look dingy in a bed of dead plants (the bleach killed them), but unable to find any specific soldier to punish for it [[LoopholeAbuse because they followed his orders to the letter]] and ultimately ending his obsession with how clean the rocks look. While the poster seems to think the lower-ranking sergeant was an idiot who made a blunder (the narration introduces him by pointing out he "isn’t the brightest bulb in the box"), commenters speculate it was [[BotheringByTheBook malicious compliance]] from his part to force his superior to stop issuing this absurd order.
* The OP in [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-lights-are-on-but-nobodys-answering-the-phone/59110/ this story]] raises eyebrows at their boss saying the scripted phone greeting before actually picking up the ringing phone. Some comments point to other stories of people flubbing phone greetings and theorize that the boss was practicing the script so he wouldn't do so when he actually answered.
* The comments for [[https://notalwaysright.com/owning-up-to-a-warmer-reception/251184/ this story]] are sharply divided between those who think the receptionist's rude, lying behavior was a one-time mistake and she deserved to be forgiven, and those who think it was proof of long-term dishonesty behind her boss's back and she did not.
* While nobody is really on the candidate's side in [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-little-class-in-class-will-pay-off-later-on/232771/ this story]], some people think he didn't realize he was a bully and thought it was all in good fun, or at the very least, his memories of OP are more positive than the actual events were. His comments seem to back up this interpretation, and indeed, it's not uncommon for bullies to not realize they were hurting their victims, and try to talk to them as if they were old friends years later.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/get-your-brain-out-of-the-binary/259382/ This manager]]. Misgendering asshole who got what was coming to him or did he legitimately not understand that the coworker he was looking for was non-binary and used different pronouns?
* At the end of [[https://notalwaysright.com/for-a-few-dollars-more/ this story]], the manager is described as "red-faced", but it's never stated if it's from embarrassment (due to the police calling him out for making a massive issue over something that his staff's fault, rather than the submitter) or rage (due to him not getting his desired outcome).
* The mother in [[https://notalwaysright.com/being-sweet-when-youre-sixteen/ this story]] is described as being the complete opposite of the introverted submitter and loudly announces to the waitress that it's the submitter's birthday; yet when the waitress instead asks the submitter if she wants to be sung to (and the submitter says no), is noted to have given her a big tip. InnocentlyInsensitive woman who didn't realize what her loud announcement could have triggered (or was simply just excited) or was she gunning for the waitstaff to sing to her daughter, only to have a HeelRealization after hearing the waitress's story and realizing how much the daughter didn't want people to sing to her?
* The maintenance worker in [[https://notalwaysright.com/mustve-had-his-heart-surgically-removed/277575/ this story]] enters unannounced in an apartment then goes to the bathroom to do some repairs, and unexpectedly encounters the submitter there, who was half naked and cleaning an incision on her chest (consequences of heavy surgery, which also left a huge scar). The maintenance worker then take offense from seeing such disgusting wounds, refusing to take account ''he barged unannounced in a bathroom without checking if it was occupied first''. While the situation may just be a coincidence caused by the maintenance worker being unprofessional, the story happened in a college housing facility (the submitter is the wife of a student studying here), and the maintenance worker's anger was specifically directed to the fact the submitter was doing something he found gross, which implies the man may have rushed to the occupied bathroom with the explicit intent of ogling at a pretty naked young woman, and got angry because he found something completely unsexy instead.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-holidays-are-creeping-up-on-you/185421/ The Holidays Are Creeping Up On You]] has ''three'' different interpretations, depending on how you read it: (1) the narrator is correct to [[GutFeeling trust her gut]] and her manager is a {{bad boss}} for not believing her. (2) The narrator is a {{nervous wreck}} who is [[FelonyMisdemeanor severely overreacting]] to the situation or (3) the narrator is a {{troll}} who wrote this story to prove that {{women are delicate}}.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/someone-didnt-read-the-big-yellow-print/287745/ this story]], one worker brought peanut butter treats and stored them in the workplace fridge, while knowing current rules forbid him to ''eat'' food with allergens onsite but not store it in the fridge. The same day, a new employee suffering from peanut allergy leaves early after suffering an allergic reaction and the other worker notices someone ate some of his peanut butter treats. The story ends with the company firing the new employee (for either poor judgment or deliberately trying to get someone else in trouble), but some comments speculate the food thief was someone else and the new employee was a collateral victim thanks to cross-contamination[[note]]many people with peanut allergies are sensitive enough that if some other person -- possibly the ''real'' food thief -- unwrapped and touched the friend's candy and then touched something the allergic coworker subsequently handled, even that small amount of peanut residue could trigger an allergic reaction[[/note]].(The incident, incidentally, caused the company to entirely ban allergenic food.)
* A handful of comments on [[https://notalwaysright.com/remember-fire-bad/285072/ this story]] theorize that the guards were actually asleep on the job; it would explain why there was zero reaction from any of them to the very visible fire on the cameras, while the banging of one person on the window woke them up, hence why they only reacted then. They also moved very slowly when they did wake up and chose a longer route to take the elevator to the basement (NEVER a good idea; the warnings against using the elevator during a fire are there for a reason), which could be attributed to them not being fully awake at that point.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/speech-prepared-right-gay-te/106591/ This submitter]], when calling out his horrible manager who got away with his behavior by claiming homophobia whenever anyone complains, claims to be a pansexual in a [[{{Polyamory}} polyamorous relationship with three other people]]. Was he really or was he lying to make a point to the manager that his sexuality isn't an excuse for him to be a horrible person?
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* There's a surprising number of entries about someone trying to buy alcohol along with other items, realizing they don't have their ID, and trying unsuccessfully to inform the cashier (who keeps saying they need ID) to put the wine aside and just let them buy the other stuff. Are they really that clueless, or are they so lazy they're hoping the customer will go and put the wine back for them if they keep this up long enough? Or they may just be so used to people complaining that [[ReflexiveResponse they assume these people are doing the same]].
** A comment in a related story suggests that this is the result of a store policy (meant to prevent underage buyers from purchasing without an ID) [[GoneHorriblyRight taken too far]]: "If the customer doesn't show ID for alcohol, [[ExactWords nothing the customer says should change your mind]]."
* [[BystanderSyndrome The bystanders]] in [[http://notalwaysright.com/your-hesitancy-is-not-my-emergency this story.]] Were they all really that uncaring, or did they just figure the submitter had things under control and they were better off not getting involved? Alternatively, it's possible none of them intervened because they didn't know what to do when somebody has a seizure and didn't want to risk hurting the person (although someone could have at least helped keep the guard out of the way).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/their-health-and-safety-rules-will-come-under-fire/65708/ this story]], a court assistant cheerfully tells a concerned juror about how even the few hoses and extinguishers they pass without "Out of Order" signs don't work. Is their [[NoOSHACompliance safety really that bad]], or was it just some kind of twisted prank?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/not-taking-his-job-deathly-seriously/ This funeral home director]] seems to find it amusing that he didn't check whether his, ahem, customers are actually dead before sending the body to the incinerator. Was the person unprofessional and apathetic, or was it merely a dark joke? Note that [[GallowsHumor very dark humor]] is common in jobs with high emotional charge (such as funeral related ones).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/got-their-flatlines-crossed/ this story]], a woman is in labor and the fetal heart monitor flatlines twice; at the second time, the doctor asks the husband (the submitter of the story): "We could lose the baby and we could quite possibly lose your wife. What do you think we should do?" The submitter seems to have thought the doctor was incompetent (his reaction: "I think one of us went to medical school, and I sure as h*** hope it was you!"), but comments point out that the doctor's question may have been a poorly worded attempt at asking the husband whether they should focus on saving the wife or the baby.[[note]]All ends well - mother and child both pull through and are noted to be fine nowadays.[[/note]]
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/dont-freeze-under-lack-of-management/135231/ This story]] has an employee notice suspicious transfers in an account and heads to their manager, since only managers can freeze accounts. Their manager keeps brushing them off, citing them to be too busy, so the submitter goes to a different manager and gets them to freeze the account. The original manager gets annoyed because they think the submitter was causing a stink over nothing, despite being shown that ''$7,000'' had been transferred just a few minutes before the account was frozen. Several comments are discussing if this manager is on a power trip and didn't like that their subordinate did things on their own, or if they were actually aware or even part of these suspicious transactions and purposefully stalled their employee.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/in-receipt-of-the-receipt-but-still-not-receiving-you/138935/ In this story]], a customer goes to return a skirt and gives the cashier the receipt... only for the cashier to act like the customer did not give her a receipt [[ImplausibleDeniability despite the fact that the customer gave it to her mere seconds before and it's still lying on the cashier's computer]], frustrating the customer until the manager is called down to settle the problem. The comments theorize that the cashier was not merely just trying to be hard to get along with for no apparent reason and was actually trying to steal the receipt so they could pocket the money made with a fraudulent return using another of the same skirt with it.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-not-easy-avoiding-green/163044/ This story's OP]] is bewildered by the fact that the cashier says they don't like artichokes when seconds ago they didn't know what they were. Several comments point out the possibility that the cashier ate some artichokes in a different form, like in a soup or dip, and didn't like them then and simply didn't recognize them in the raw form that OP was buying.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/thats-a-real-bob-move-bob/190725/ this story]], a worker borrowed a coworker's loyalty card to replace his own, which he had lost. Comments debate whether the coworker willingly lent his card or if the first worker "borrowed" (read: stole) it.
* Did [[https://notalwaysright.com/thats-one-way-to-maintain-social-distance/210219/ this employee]] really see no difference between someone forgetting to put their mask back on and someone ranting about how the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic is a hoax designed to cause an [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Islamo-commie-fascist]] DayOfTheJackboot through Bill Gates microchipping people, or was the employee so fed up with anti-maskers refusing to cooperate and threatening her health that the one genuine mistake just happened to be [[RageBreakingPoint the straw that broke the camel's back]]?
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/say-what-you-mean-sarge/232835/ this story,]] every month or so several soldiers at a US military base are forced to clean absolutely everything, even the rocks outside, until one day the first sergeant becomes unhappy with the rocks still looking dingy and orders them "bleached" - which the sergeant left in command over the weekend [[ExactWords takes literally]], resulting in the first sergeant coming back to rocks that still look dingy in a bed of dead plants (the bleach killed them), but unable to find any specific soldier to punish for it [[LoopholeAbuse because they followed his orders to the letter]] and ultimately ending his obsession with how clean the rocks look. While the poster seems to think the lower-ranking sergeant was an idiot who made a blunder (the narration introduces him by pointing out he "isn’t the brightest bulb in the box"), commenters speculate it was [[BotheringByTheBook malicious compliance]] from his part to force his superior to stop issuing this absurd order.
* The OP in [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-lights-are-on-but-nobodys-answering-the-phone/59110/ this story]] raises eyebrows at their boss saying the scripted phone greeting before actually picking up the ringing phone. Some comments point to other stories of people flubbing phone greetings and theorize that the boss was practicing the script so he wouldn't do so when he actually answered.
* The comments for [[https://notalwaysright.com/owning-up-to-a-warmer-reception/251184/ this story]] are sharply divided between those who think the receptionist's rude, lying behavior was a one-time mistake and she deserved to be forgiven, and those who think it was proof of long-term dishonesty behind her boss's back and she did not.
* While nobody is really on the candidate's side in [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-little-class-in-class-will-pay-off-later-on/232771/ this story]], some people think he didn't realize he was a bully and thought it was all in good fun, or at the very least, his memories of OP are more positive than the actual events were. His comments seem to back up this interpretation, and indeed, it's not uncommon for bullies to not realize they were hurting their victims, and try to talk to them as if they were old friends years later.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/get-your-brain-out-of-the-binary/259382/ This manager]]. Misgendering asshole who got what was coming to him or did he legitimately not understand that the coworker he was looking for was non-binary and used different pronouns?
* At the end of [[https://notalwaysright.com/for-a-few-dollars-more/ this story]], the manager is described as "red-faced", but it's never stated if it's from embarrassment (due to the police calling him out for making a massive issue over something that his staff's fault, rather than the submitter) or rage (due to him not getting his desired outcome).
* The mother in [[https://notalwaysright.com/being-sweet-when-youre-sixteen/ this story]] is described as being the complete opposite of the introverted submitter and loudly announces to the waitress that it's the submitter's birthday; yet when the waitress instead asks the submitter if she wants to be sung to (and the submitter says no), is noted to have given her a big tip. InnocentlyInsensitive woman who didn't realize what her loud announcement could have triggered (or was simply just excited) or was she gunning for the waitstaff to sing to her daughter, only to have a HeelRealization after hearing the waitress's story and realizing how much the daughter didn't want people to sing to her?
* The maintenance worker in [[https://notalwaysright.com/mustve-had-his-heart-surgically-removed/277575/ this story]] enters unannounced in an apartment then goes to the bathroom to do some repairs, and unexpectedly encounters the submitter there, who was half naked and cleaning an incision on her chest (consequences of heavy surgery, which also left a huge scar). The maintenance worker then take offense from seeing such disgusting wounds, refusing to take account ''he barged unannounced in a bathroom without checking if it was occupied first''. While the situation may just be a coincidence caused by the maintenance worker being unprofessional, the story happened in a college housing facility (the submitter is the wife of a student studying here), and the maintenance worker's anger was specifically directed to the fact the submitter was doing something he found gross, which implies the man may have rushed to the occupied bathroom with the explicit intent of ogling at a pretty naked young woman, and got angry because he found something completely unsexy instead.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-holidays-are-creeping-up-on-you/185421/ The Holidays Are Creeping Up On You]] has ''three'' different interpretations, depending on how you read it: (1) the narrator is correct to [[GutFeeling trust her gut]] and her manager is a {{bad boss}} for not believing her. (2) The narrator is a {{nervous wreck}} who is [[FelonyMisdemeanor severely overreacting]] to the situation or (3) the narrator is a {{troll}} who wrote this story to prove that {{women are delicate}}.
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/someone-didnt-read-the-big-yellow-print/287745/ this story]], one worker brought peanut butter treats and stored them in the workplace fridge, while knowing current rules forbid him to ''eat'' food with allergens onsite but not store it in the fridge. The same day, a new employee suffering from peanut allergy leaves early after suffering an allergic reaction and the other worker notices someone ate some of his peanut butter treats. The story ends with the company firing the new employee (for either poor judgment or deliberately trying to get someone else in trouble), but some comments speculate the food thief was someone else and the new employee was a collateral victim thanks to cross-contamination[[note]]many people with peanut allergies are sensitive enough that if some other person -- possibly the ''real'' food thief -- unwrapped and touched the friend's candy and then touched something the allergic coworker subsequently handled, even that small amount of peanut residue could trigger an allergic reaction[[/note]].(The incident, incidentally, caused the company to entirely ban allergenic food.)
* A handful of comments on [[https://notalwaysright.com/remember-fire-bad/285072/ this story]] theorize that the guards were actually asleep on the job; it would explain why there was zero reaction from any of them to the very visible fire on the cameras, while the banging of one person on the window woke them up, hence why they only reacted then. They also moved very slowly when they did wake up and chose a longer route to take the elevator to the basement (NEVER a good idea; the warnings against using the elevator during a fire are there for a reason), which could be attributed to them not being fully awake at that point.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/speech-prepared-right-gay-te/106591/ This submitter]], when calling out his horrible manager who got away with his behavior by claiming homophobia whenever anyone complains, claims to be a pansexual in a [[{{Polyamory}} polyamorous relationship with three other people]]. Was he really or was he lying to make a point to the manager that his sexuality isn't an excuse for him to be a horrible person?
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/liquid-butter-and-chemicals/226766/ This story]] is submitted by a worker who is cleaning a popcorn machine (covered in extinguisher chemicals after catching fire) in the parking lot of their workplace, and a passerby asks if he could get some of the tainted popcorn. He proceeds to [[ExtremeOmnivore eat a handful of it]] without waiting for a proper answer, then later refuses to confirm that he indeed ate it. The text speculates the man was a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} or a ManChild who later refused to acknowledge he ate the popcorn due to fear of being in trouble for stealing food, but some comments speculate the man deliberately decided to eat tainted popcorn [[GettingSickDeliberately in order to get sick sick]] and then earn money by suing the place.
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/we-have-no-power-starring-samuel-l-jackson/68755/ This woman]] calls a cinema and is told, "We don't have electricity", "No movies are showing today", and "We have no power", but she seems to [[ComicallyMissingThePoint think those are movie titles]]. Was she really that stupid, was she just joking, or [[FunnyPhoneMisunderstanding because she was on the phone, was her connection bad]] and so she [[MondegreenGag didn't hear the submitter properly and thought they said something else]]?
* Was [[https://notalwaysright.com/aint-no-mountain-wry-enough/71101/ this man]], who seemingly misunderstands "a large Dew" as calling him a Jew, gets offended [[BoomerangBigot despite actually being Jewish]], and replies that he's never been to the mountains when the submitter clarifies they meant a Mountain Dew actually confused, or joking?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/we-have-no-power-starring-samuel-l-jackson/68755/ This woman]] calls a cinema and is told, "We don't have electricity", "No movies are showing today", and "We have no power", but she seems to [[ComicallyMissingThePoint think those are movie titles]]. Was she really that stupid, was she just joking, or [[FunnyPhoneMisunderstanding because she was on the phone, was her connection bad]] and so she [[MondegreenGag didn't hear the submitter properly and thought they said something else]]?
* Was [[https://notalwaysright.com/aint-no-mountain-wry-enough/71101/ this man]], who seemingly misunderstands "a large Dew" as calling him a Jew, gets offended [[BoomerangBigot despite actually being Jewish]], and replies that he's never been to the mountains when the submitter clarifies they meant a Mountain Dew actually confused, or joking?
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* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/sorry-theres-no-ahole-discount/125976/ this story]], a customer in a Canadian hardware store keeps asking for various discounts he doesn't qualify for, and one of his arguments is that [[InsaneTrollLogic the policy doesn't apply to him because he doesn't speak English]]. While it sounds like BlatantLies (it happened in the English-speaking part of Canada according to the story tags), a few comments pointed out the entire conversation may have been in French (there's no context information about the language used in the story).
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* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/sorry-theres-no-ahole-discount/125976/ this story]], a customer in a Canadian hardware store keeps asking for various discounts he doesn't qualify for, and one of his arguments is that [[InsaneTrollLogic the policy doesn't apply to him because he doesn't speak English]]. While it sounds like BlatantLies (it happened in the English-speaking part of Canada according to the story tags), a few comments pointed out the entire conversation may have been in French (there's no context information about the language used in the story).story).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/domestic-violence-101/101736/ this]] story, a teacher [[StaircaseTumble falls down the stairs]] and gets a bruise on her face, but when she explains to her students, some of them [[AbuseMistake believe that she's lying and actually got the bruise from domestic abuse]]. Does this imply that they knew, or even ''were'', victims of domestic abuse? Or is it just because people lying that an abuse-related injury is something mundane is common enough to be a trope (known as CutHimselfShaving on this website)? Or, considering it was multiple students, did they have different reasons for thinking it was abuse?
* When [[https://notalwaysright.com/exorcisms-not-included-part-2/72441/ this girl]] asks for candy canes, the submitter says it's fine, as long as her mother okays it. The girl says that [[BreadEggsMilkSquick either she, the submitter, or her doll's soul]] will have to ask her mother. Is the girl just messing with the submitter, or does she actually have a delusion that her doll has a soul?
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* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/domestic-violence-101/101736/ this]] story, a teacher [[StaircaseTumble falls down the stairs]] and gets a bruise on her face, but when she explains to her students, some of them [[AbuseMistake believe that she's lying and actually got the bruise from domestic abuse]]. Does this imply that they knew, or even ''were'', victims of domestic abuse? Or is it just because people lying that an abuse-related injury is something mundane is common enough to be a trope (known as CutHimselfShaving on this website)? Or, considering it was multiple students, did they have different reasons for thinking it was abuse?
* When [[https://notalwaysright.com/exorcisms-not-included-part-2/72441/ this girl]] asks for candy canes, the submitter says it's fine, as long as her mother okays it. The girl says that [[BreadEggsMilkSquick either she, the submitter, or her doll's soul]] will have to ask her mother. Is the girl just messing with the submitter, or does she actually have a delusion that her doll has a soul?
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/we-go-to-the-movies-to-see-actors-steal-scenes-not-seats/309905/ This story]] at a movie theater involves a woman who bought a seat way up front trying to steal a better seat from someone else, claiming that she wants to sit close to "[her] babies", as she continuously refers to the four teenaged kids in the seats adjacent to the one she's trying to steal. After the woman is forcefully escorted out by the police (by which point the movie has been delayed by half an hour), the attendant asks the kids (who didn't make a fuss throughout the whole ordeal) if they want to accompany their mother or stay in the movie. It's then that the kids inform the attendant that the woman was not even any one of the kids' mom in the first place and thought that the "babies" whom the woman had been constantly referring to were someone else. Although the implication is fairly clear that the woman was lying about being the kids' mom to get a better seat than the one she had already, some commenters nevertheless couldn't help wondering if the woman ''was'' indeed the kids' mom and [[AcquaintanceDenial they were so embarrassed by her actions that they denied knowing her when asked]].
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/we-go-to-the-movies-to-see-actors-steal-scenes-not-seats/309905/ This story]] at a movie theater involves a woman who bought a seat way up front trying to steal a better seat from someone else, claiming that she wants to sit close to "[her] babies", as she continuously refers to the four teenaged kids in the seats adjacent to the one she's trying to steal. After the woman is forcefully escorted out by the police (by which point the movie has been delayed by half an hour), the attendant asks the kids (who didn't make a fuss throughout the whole ordeal) if they want to accompany their mother or stay in the movie. It's then that the kids inform the attendant that the woman was not even any one of the kids' mom in the first place and thought that the "babies" whom the woman had been constantly referring to were someone else. Although the implication is fairly clear that the woman was lying about being the kids' mom to get a better seat than the one she had already, some commenters nevertheless couldn't help wondering if the woman ''was'' indeed the kids' mom and [[AcquaintanceDenial they were so embarrassed by her actions that they denied knowing her when asked]].asked]].
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/sorry-theres-no-ahole-discount/125976/ this story]], a customer in a Canadian hardware store keeps asking for various discounts he doesn't qualify for, and one of his arguments is that [[InsaneTrollLogic the policy doesn't apply to him because he doesn't speak English]]. While it sounds like BlatantLies (it happened in the English-speaking part of Canada according to the story tags), a few comments pointed out the entire conversation may have been in French (there's no context information about the language used in the story).
* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/sorry-theres-no-ahole-discount/125976/ this story]], a customer in a Canadian hardware store keeps asking for various discounts he doesn't qualify for, and one of his arguments is that [[InsaneTrollLogic the policy doesn't apply to him because he doesn't speak English]]. While it sounds like BlatantLies (it happened in the English-speaking part of Canada according to the story tags), a few comments pointed out the entire conversation may have been in French (there's no context information about the language used in the story).
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/higher-than-a-helicopter/ This woman]] believes that there are helicopters in her veins that make electric things she touches stop working, which she demonstrates by picking up a flashlight off the counter, clicking it on and off an unspecified number of times before it abruptly stops working. Was there something genuinely creepy/paranormal at work, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or did she just burn out some component of the flashlight]] (such as the battery or bulb) by turning it on and off so many times in quick succession?
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/higher-than-a-helicopter/ This woman]] believes that there are helicopters in her veins that make electric things she touches stop working, which she demonstrates by picking up a flashlight off the counter, clicking it on and off an unspecified number of times before it abruptly stops working. Was there something genuinely creepy/paranormal at work, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or did she just burn out some component of the flashlight]] (such as the battery or bulb) by turning it on and off so many times in quick succession?succession?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/we-go-to-the-movies-to-see-actors-steal-scenes-not-seats/309905/ This story]] at a movie theater involves a woman who bought a seat way up front trying to steal a better seat from someone else, claiming that she wants to sit close to "[her] babies", as she continuously refers to the four teenaged kids in the seats adjacent to the one she's trying to steal. After the woman is forcefully escorted out by the police (by which point the movie has been delayed by half an hour), the attendant asks the kids (who didn't make a fuss throughout the whole ordeal) if they want to accompany their mother or stay in the movie. It's then that the kids inform the attendant that the woman was not even any one of the kids' mom in the first place and thought that the "babies" whom the woman had been constantly referring to were someone else. Although the implication is fairly clear that the woman was lying about being the kids' mom to get a better seat than the one she had already, some commenters nevertheless couldn't help wondering if the woman ''was'' indeed the kids' mom and [[AcquaintanceDenial they were so embarrassed by her actions that they denied knowing her when asked]].
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/we-go-to-the-movies-to-see-actors-steal-scenes-not-seats/309905/ This story]] at a movie theater involves a woman who bought a seat way up front trying to steal a better seat from someone else, claiming that she wants to sit close to "[her] babies", as she continuously refers to the four teenaged kids in the seats adjacent to the one she's trying to steal. After the woman is forcefully escorted out by the police (by which point the movie has been delayed by half an hour), the attendant asks the kids (who didn't make a fuss throughout the whole ordeal) if they want to accompany their mother or stay in the movie. It's then that the kids inform the attendant that the woman was not even any one of the kids' mom in the first place and thought that the "babies" whom the woman had been constantly referring to were someone else. Although the implication is fairly clear that the woman was lying about being the kids' mom to get a better seat than the one she had already, some commenters nevertheless couldn't help wondering if the woman ''was'' indeed the kids' mom and [[AcquaintanceDenial they were so embarrassed by her actions that they denied knowing her when asked]].
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/higher-than-a-helicopter/ This woman]] believes that there are helicopters in her veins that make electric things she touches stop working, which she demonstrates by picking up a flashlight off the counter, clicking it on and off an unspecified number of times before it abruptly stops working. Was there something genuinely creepy/paranormal at work, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or did she just burn out the flashlight's battery or bulbs]] by turning it on and off so many times in quick succession?
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/higher-than-a-helicopter/ This woman]] believes that there are helicopters in her veins that make electric things she touches stop working, which she demonstrates by picking up a flashlight off the counter, clicking it on and off an unspecified number of times before it abruptly stops working. Was there something genuinely creepy/paranormal at work, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or did she just burn out some component of the flashlight's flashlight]] (such as the battery or bulbs]] bulb) by turning it on and off so many times in quick succession?
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/higher-than-a-helicopter/ This woman]] believes that there are helicopters in her veins that make electric things she touches stop working, which she demonstrates by picking up a flashlight off the counter, which she clicks on and off an unspecified number of times before it abruptly stops working. Was there something genuinely creepy/paranormal at work, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or did she just burn out the flashlight's battery]] with all the clicking it on and off?
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/higher-than-a-helicopter/ This woman]] believes that there are helicopters in her veins that make electric things she touches stop working, which she demonstrates by picking up a flashlight off the counter, which she clicks clicking it on and off an unspecified number of times before it abruptly stops working. Was there something genuinely creepy/paranormal at work, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or did she just burn out the flashlight's battery]] with all the clicking battery or bulbs]] by turning it on and off?off so many times in quick succession?
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* The consensus in the comments of [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-hotel-has-much-room-for-improvement-part-2/287679/ this story]] is that the patron's blunder, of thinking the directions to a restaurant (which took him off of the hotel's property) were the directions to his room, was just the result of him being [[ExhaustionInducedIdiocy tired and hungry after a long trip]].
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* The consensus in the comments of [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-hotel-has-much-room-for-improvement-part-2/287679/ this story]] is that the patron's blunder, of thinking the directions to a restaurant (which took him off of the hotel's property) were the directions to his room, was just the result of him being [[ExhaustionInducedIdiocy tired and hungry after a long trip]].trip]].
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/higher-than-a-helicopter/ This woman]] believes that there are helicopters in her veins that make electric things she touches stop working, which she demonstrates by picking up a flashlight off the counter, which she clicks on and off an unspecified number of times before it abruptly stops working. Was there something genuinely creepy/paranormal at work, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or did she just burn out the flashlight's battery]] with all the clicking it on and off?
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/higher-than-a-helicopter/ This woman]] believes that there are helicopters in her veins that make electric things she touches stop working, which she demonstrates by picking up a flashlight off the counter, which she clicks on and off an unspecified number of times before it abruptly stops working. Was there something genuinely creepy/paranormal at work, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or did she just burn out the flashlight's battery]] with all the clicking it on and off?
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-proof-is-in-the-package/73472/ In this story]], a person phones a call center to request proof that the packages sitting ''on their own desk'' have been properly delivered. The submitter (who is the operative that took the phone call) is implied to think it's incredibly stupid, but it could be a thing where the person needed some kind of external confirmation of the delivery for bureaucratic reasons, rather than her actually being unable to recognize the evidence literally sitting in front of her.
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-proof-is-in-the-package/73472/ In this story]], a person phones a call center to request proof that the packages sitting ''on their own desk'' have been properly delivered. The submitter (who is the operative that took the phone call) is implied to think it's incredibly stupid, but it could be a thing where the person knew full well the delivery was completed properly, but needed some kind of to officially record external confirmation of the delivery for some bureaucratic reasons, rather than her actually being unable to recognize the evidence literally sitting in front of her.reason.
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-proof-is-in-the-package/73472/ In this story]], a person phones a call center to request proof that the packages sitting ''on their own desk'' have been properly delivered. The submitter (who is the operative that took the phone call) is implied to think it's incredibly stupid, but the person may have needed ''written'' proof of the delivery.
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-proof-is-in-the-package/73472/ In this story]], a person phones a call center to request proof that the packages sitting ''on their own desk'' have been properly delivered. The submitter (who is the operative that took the phone call) is implied to think it's incredibly stupid, but it could be a thing where the person may have needed ''written'' proof some kind of external confirmation of the delivery.delivery for bureaucratic reasons, rather than her actually being unable to recognize the evidence literally sitting in front of her.
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/her-smoking-is-making-you-fuming/131981/ The mom in this story]] is shown using what are presumably gift cards her children got from their grandparents for Christmas to buy groceries and cigarettes. Is this a case of a mom callously using her children's Christmas presents for her own purposes or (as suggested by the comments) a case of the kids not wanting to use the cards at the store that they were good for (hence the mom was just using them here and now and would presumably pay the kids back so they could use their Christmas money at a different store)?
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* The wife in [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-lack-of-branding-understanding-part-2/80756/ this story]] is probably from a part of the US where "Coke" [[BrandNameTakeover is used to refer to soda in general]], making her dismay over actually being given Coca-Cola a case of culture shock rather than stupidity. That said, simply asking for soda without clarifying exactly which kind you want, then being dismayed when you don't get the right kind, is still not a very bright thing to do, no matter what term you use for "soda".
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* The wife in [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-lack-of-branding-understanding-part-2/80756/ this story]] is probably from a part of the US where "Coke" [[BrandNameTakeover is used to refer to soda in general]], making her dismay over actually being given Coca-Cola a case of culture shock rather than stupidity. stupidity, especially given that she seems to have expected OP to ask what kind of "Coke" (soda) she wanted. That said, simply asking it would probably be smarter to ask for soda without clarifying exactly which kind the specific drink you want, then being dismayed when you don't get rather than just the right kind, is still not a very bright thing to do, category, in the first place, no matter what term you use for "soda".
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* There are many stories where the customers get angry at the cashiers or other workers for not doing what they want them to do, even if it goes against policy or is otherwise impossible. Website/NotAlwaysWorking provides many stories that would explain why some customers act that way; they've dealt with so many workers that actually ''are'' lazy that they instinctively assume the worst.
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* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-gonna-be-a-long-year/251162/ this story]], the submitter comes back to a table with a large party to find a young child in the group playing under the table. The submitter tells the girl's mom to not allow the kid to keep playing under the table as there could be glass under there, and although the mom snaps at the submitter, she does call her daughter back to her seat. Afterward, however, every time the submitter comes back to the table the kid is back under the table. Surprise surprise, the kid cuts her thumb, and surprise surprise surprise, [[NeverMyFault the mom immediately dogpiles on the submitter]] and begins threatening to sue and/or make a huge mess for the submitter to clean up out of spite. Although the mom is treated as just your typical [[SelectiveObliviousness selectively oblivious]] Karen, the comments speculate that the woman was either turning a blind eye to her daughter repeatedly going back under the table or was, in fact, telling her to go back under the table after the submitter warning of possible broken glass under the table gave the woman the idea of causing an incident for compensation.
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* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-gonna-be-a-long-year/251162/ this story]], the submitter comes back to a table with a large party to find a young child in the group playing under the table. The submitter tells the girl's mom to not allow the kid to keep playing under the table as there could be glass under there, and although the mom snaps at the submitter, she does call her daughter back to her seat. Afterward, however, every time the submitter comes back to the table the kid is back under the table. Surprise surprise, As you'd expect, the kid cuts her thumb, and surprise surprise surprise, again as you'd expect, [[NeverMyFault the mom immediately dogpiles on the submitter]] and begins threatening to sue and/or make a huge mess for the submitter to clean up out of spite. Although the mom is treated as just your typical ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife who's just being [[SelectiveObliviousness selectively oblivious]] Karen, oblivious]], the comments speculate that the woman was either turning a blind eye to her daughter repeatedly going back under the table or was, in fact, telling her to go back under the table after the submitter warning of possible broken glass under the table gave the woman the idea of causing an incident for compensation.
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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-cats-last-meow/ The cat owner in this story]] refuses to take her old cat to the vet to treat something which could be either constipation, a UTI, or a blocked kidney, the latter of which could necessitate emergency treatment. Is she being callous and uncaring towards her unwell cat, or was she simply not aable to afford the procedure and is just trying to make light of that fact in an attempt to cope?
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* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/we-know-where-this-is-going-but-its-satisfying-all-the-same/285731/ this story]][[labelnote:Summary]]At a restaurant, a table of drunk and unpleasant businessmen orders a bottle of high-end whisky without listening to the waiter warning them about how expensive it is, then the bill arrives and they can't afford it[[/labelnote]], the customer being drunk and a jerk is emphasized in the narration itself. Beside this aspect, some comment also add the interpretation he likely was just a poseur who wanted to show off instead of an actual whisky amateur, because an actual alcohol connoisseur would already know how expensive an old, high end whisky would be.
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* The consensus in the comments of [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-hotel-has-much-room-for-improvement-part-2/287679/ this story]] is that the patron's blunder, of thinking the directions to a restaurant (which took him off of the hotel's property) were the directions to his room, was just the result of him being [[ExhaustionInducedIdiocy tired and hungry after a long trip]].
* The consensus in the comments of [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-hotel-has-much-room-for-improvement-part-2/287679/ this story]] is that the patron's blunder, of thinking the directions to a restaurant (which took him off of the hotel's property) were the directions to his room, was just the result of him being [[ExhaustionInducedIdiocy tired and hungry after a long trip]].
