People Share The Most Satisfying Time They Caught Someone In A Lie

We’re taught when we’re young through the story of Pinnochio that lying is wrong. When Pinnochio lies, his nose grows. In real life, our noses don’t grow when we lie. However, many liars get caught in other ways. And the truth is, even if you get away with a lie, it’s hard to call it a win. You still have to live with the secret, and storing lies inside can eat away at your mental health.

Regardless, lies happen all the time. People lie for personal gain, to make themselves look better, to prevent arguments or drama, or even just for kicks. Some people get caught in their lies, and others do not. When you get caught in a lie, it’s likely you’ll feel a bit sheepish, regardless of if you’re eight years old or eighty years old.

The stories below prove that getting caught in a lie is no fun, at least not for the perpetrator. On the other hand, the sweet satisfaction of catching someone else in a lie, particularly if it impacts your life negatively, is a beautiful thing. Even reading about it second-hand provides plenty of warm feelings, knowing that goodness and truth have prevailed.

So get ready for some of those warm feelings to come flooding in as you rejoice with people who caught others in a their lies, leaving them with nothing to do but squirm, apologize, or slink away in embarrassment.

42. Graphic Designer Applies For Job Using Employer’s Artwork In His Portfolio

“I once had a graphic designer apply for a post using my artwork in his portfolio. Asked him all about the work and the thinking behind the designs before I showed him the originals and the door.” BlatantBlunt

41. A Guy Accidentally Sends Back Photographic Evidence After Damaging Rented Camera Equipment

“I work for a broadcast camera house – we rent out camera systems to shows, news, sports, etc.

A few years back, a client rented a few cameras and some specialty lenses – including one very rare, very expensive fisheye. Nice lens – it’s not made anymore, so replacing it isn’t possible, and fixing it will be extremely expensive. That was foreshadowing, by the way.

So, the package comes back at the end of the job, and the lens has a divot the size of a quarter taken out of the front element. I mean, this thing was trashed. I call the producer to have the ‘You broke it, we’re billing you to fix it’ conversation. Within seconds, the conversation breaks down to the ‘This is nonsense, we never even used it, it never came off the camera truck, I can’t believe we’re being treated this way etc.

etc. etc.’ Screamfest.

Meanwhile, it turns out that the client had also rented a few tape decks. One of them still had a tape in it. On a whim, we watched the tape, and if it wasn’t footage from the camera with the lens in question VERY CLEARLY showing the truck driving into it. Big hit, too. Truck had to be going 25+ MPH.

I grabbed the tape and went to the producer’s office. Let him scream a bit (in front of about 10 other people – he’s the type that likes an audience) before showing them the tape. I made sure to shuttle back and forth a bit, slow it down, replay it a few times – also showed them the part where his name was visible on the slate.

The look on his face was priceless. Ended up being a $20,000 repair bill. Never heard from him again. It was worth it.” Razor-dome

40. You Can Only Use One Birthday Reward Per Year At Starbucks

“It was a customer at Starbucks. This one guy. He came in every single day using a birthday reward. You get one birthday reward per year if you are a Starbucks member, which stands to reason because you only have one birthday per year. This fussy little guy would try to be intimidating and cop an attitude whenever someone told him that he already used the birthday reward.

The manager called Corporate and explain the situation. They needed more info and told her to just keep serving him his expensive iced Venti Caramel Macchiato until they instructed us otherwise.

About three weeks later, we got the go-ahead from someone in Corporate to request to see his I.D. the next time he tried to use the birthday reward. They gave us a phone number for him to call if he became belligerent. Right, you mean when, not if.

He came in on my shift. I was practically peeing my pants with excitement! He came up to me with this snarky grin and said: ‘Sweets, you know what drink I want and make it right this time or I’ll complain.’

I asked him for his I.D.

and he stood there frozen for a second and then snapped out of his micro-shock and started berating me, yelling at me telling me that I am discriminating against him because of his race and orientation. (I laughed. I couldn’t help it) and demanding to have the number to Corporate. I said:

‘Well, I’m glad you asked! I have so and so’s direct extension. She told us that the next time you came in here and used a bogus birthday reward, we had to ask for your I.D. Would you still like the number?’

‘Um, no.’

He left.

The next time he came in, he said:

‘I am paying full price, see?’

I am surprised he even came back.” Kristin Wesley-Sheridan

39. These People Are The Reason It’s Hard To Trust Car Mechanics

“Oh man, there was a mechanic in my hometown…

One of my friends goes in and gets something done. The mechanic says he needs new radiator hoses, so this kid pays for new hoses.

A few months later, his mom takes the car back in for an oil change, and guess what, the same mechanic says she needs new radiator hoses!

She tells her husband, and her husband drops by. This is where it gets good.

Husband: ‘You said I needed new radiator hoses, right?’

Mechanic: ‘Yeah.’

Husband: ‘How long are those supposed to last’

Mechanic: ‘A few years, then they get rigid and run the risk of leaking.’

Husband: ‘I got my radiator hoses changed out a few months ago, would you sign an affidavit saying that the last mechanic to work on my car charged me for work he didn’t do?’

Mechanic: ‘Sure.’

The husband then used the affidavit to sue the mechanic for three times the cost of the work (standard in Texas), and split it with his son.

For those who are confused, there is only one mechanic in this story. The paper he signed was testimony against himself.” deleted

38. Yelling At A Judge Will Not Make Him Want To Side With You

“Years ago, my soon to be ex-husband and I were in the last and final attempt of trying to come to a guardianship agreement over our three children before it went to the Supreme Court. (a place I DID NOT want to go).

So there in the room, was the judge, his secretary, my ex and I.

Almost every question the judge asked my ex was answered with a lie.

I never said anything, but the tears wouldn’t stop welling in my eyes. All I could think was, ‘why can’t this man for once, just set his anger and stupid pride aside, and just agree to the wishes of what our children want?’

The judge finally looked at me and said, ‘What are your desires for how this should be settled?’

My response: ‘I just want what’s best for our kids. I believe it should be up to them if they want to visit him or not. I don’t believe they should be forced.’

Judge: ‘You are very quiet and I detect no animosity from you, I want to ask you why there has been a communication breakdown between you and your husband.’

Me: ‘Because when I try to talk to him, he just yells.’

‘THAT IS A LIE!!!’ My ex yells at the TOP of his lungs.

The judge ruled, ‘Visitation to be granted as per the children’s wishes.'” Chere Dahlstrom

37. She Went Into Her Place Of Employment Inebriated After Calling In Sick

“My boyfriend used to work third shift at a popular gas station on the East Coast. He worked with one of those notoriously terrible coworkers that calls in all the time with tons of excuses. Well, one night, she called out saying that she was sick, that she was vomiting and feverish, couldn’t come in, sorry. The only person available to work her shift was the district manager, who happened to be in the area for a meeting.

DM comes in and works the cashier with my boyfriend.

Around 3 AM, who should walk in but the called-out coworker, inebriated beyond belief. She bought two rolls of Tums and ate one while waiting in line. Waiting in line for the DM to ring her up…and fire her on the spot.” Nifferplz

36. His Name Was Actually Engraved On The Seats At The Baseball Stadium

“I went to a Chicago Bears game back in the early 90s with my childhood best friend and his grandfather, who had had season tickets to the Bears for a long long time, back to like 1972. We get to the seats, which are in an awesome location, to see four guys sitting in Grandpa’s seats.

My friend’s Grandpa tells them, ‘Guys, you are in our seats, can you please move?’ One of the guys is a huge jerk and says the seats are his group’s. Grandpa says they are wrong and they need to move. To which one guy replies, ‘Oh yeah, well I don’t see your name on them so go away!’

Grandpa points to the seatback on the seat nearest to him, which in fact has an engraved nameplate with Grandpa’s name on it, same with all the other seats. Since he had the same seats for so long he was able to get them engraved.

It was amazing watching these four idiots stammer and walk away.” jhp58

35. A Man’s Lie About Why He Wasn’t Paying An Employee Backfires In Court

“So I had a job with this complete jerk who for the sake of this story we will refer to as Peter. Peter had not paid me in a few weeks and I was starting to become more forceful when asking him about it. One day he handed me a letter from someone we’ll call Harry who purported to be the CEO of the company. Harry was firing me. Now I had never met Harry and in fact when I was hired, Peter told me that he himself was the CEO.

Well, I was fired but I still wanted my back pay, as it was nearly $2400. I wrote Peter many emails and he replied by saying that this Harry was not approving my pay. I don’t know why Harry had to approve anything as I was a legitimate employee with a contract, timesheets, the whole kit and caboodle. When I asked Peter, he was vague about it. Finally, I called the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

I set up an arbitration hearing. When Peter arrived, the first thing he said was ‘My name is Peter and I pay my employees.’ Throughout the hearing I showed my timesheets, the contract I signed with Peter, the letter signed by Harry that said I was fired, and the host of emails in which Peter states that Harry is the one who is holding up my backpay.

Then came the coup de grace. I busted out a final document: Harry’s death certificate filed with the Social Security Administration! Harry had indeed once been the CEO of the company. Unfortunately, he died two years before I ever started working there making it quite difficult for him to be the one who was keeping my money from me.

Peter was furious. He started shouting and referring to me as ‘This little jerk.’ He was caught in an obvious fraud and he was pissed. Not only did I get my back pay, but the arbitrator also awarded me additional money that Peter had to pay in fines and penalties.

It was so sweet.

I strutted out of that hearing with the swagger of ten-thousand Humphrey Bogarts. It was a beautiful day so I went to a local bar where I could sit outside, people watch, drink beer, and eat a lobster-burger (which is exactly what it sounds like and is awesome).

In two weeks, a check came signed by Peter. I cashed it and used the money as the security deposit on an awesome new apartment.” keystothemoon

34. A Girl Used Make-Up To Look Like A Bruise On Her Face For Attention

“A girl I go to school with did everything she could for attention.

She walked into class one day with a huge bruise on her cheek, claiming that she had been punched in the face at a party. Fast-forward a few days and we’re both at a mutual friend’s house, she still has the ‘bruise’ and won’t stop talking about it and trying to make us feel bad for her. Upon looking a little closer, I see that the “bruise” is slightly sparkly. It’s obviously makeup.

So I tell her that I have something to put on bruises to make them heal faster, and she agrees to try it out. It was actually makeup remover.

I put some on a cotton pad and with one swipe, the bruise was gone. At first, she tried to keep the lie going, saying, ‘Wow! That stuff really works!’ and such, but then she gave up and stormed out of the house throwing a fit.” twlohaliyah

33. She Thought She Made The Number Untraceable, But Soon Enough She Was Revealed

“This story was the beginning of the end of many friendships.

This girl had entered my friend group with force. For about two months it was great. We’d Group FaceTime every day, had loads of inside jokes, and we were in marching band (except 1).

It was great!

Then came my birthday, well, my party at least. I was inviting my group – three girls. I woke up excited to get my birthday cake and maybe go grab Pokemon Ultra Sun since I just finished Moon a few days prior.

Instead, I wake up to a text from my ex-boyfriend (and still good friend) H. H had just asked: ‘Do you hate me?’

I don’t hate him. Our relationship was awful and toxic but he’s grown and matured from that. It was a bad relationship at bad times in our lives. I told him that.

He sent me a screenshot of a text from a random number (in our area code) that basically said “Jillian thinks you’re a creep and a disgusting person and never wants to talk to you again.

You’re harassing her by continuing to constantly text her”. None of that was true – sure, I’d ranted about him a lot and I’ve been more open about our relationship, but I never once stated I hated him.

Luckily, H was mature enough to ask me instead of taking it at face value. Despite his prodding, the number wouldn’t reveal themselves. At this point, I was breaking down. I wasn’t sure who it was, but I narrowed the field – E. E had hated H and threatened to fight him before. She hated that we were mature enough to understand our faults in a relationship that went sour and remain friends.

But H’s dad wasn’t satisfied: he wanted to know who sent the texts. Since they had the same provider, he managed to figure out what family owned the number.

S had been my friend. We’d talked and I told her that I was questioning my s*******y – something not everyone gets to know. I told her a lot about mine and H’s relationship (minus a lot of personal stuff, but she got more than most).

It was S’s last name that was the provider.

I broke down. She had been my friend. As soon as H had the discovery, S was spamming my phone.

Calling, texting, snapchatting. I was too livid to even think about it. I went to my mom in tears, trying to convince myself it wasn’t true.

But it was.

I cooled down on the way to get my cake. I’d gotten some McDonalds because I eat when I rage. But the sadness and rage didn’t leave.

When I got home I confronted S over Snapchat. She said it was for my own good. That she was just helping. That she was sorry and that it was an accident that she took her stepsisters phone to make it untraceable (or so she thought) and begged to still come to my party.

I can still remember my words to her. ‘Consider yourself very, very lucky that it’s my birthday. Any other day and you’d have no second chance. But know you’ve lost my trust, and that will never change.’

She came to the party and acted like it was all fine.

But she lied directly to my face. Behind my back, she told a mutual friend that she didn’t even want to go to the party, that she wishes she could’ve gotten away with it.

S went on to do more, but I think this was a pretty satisfying reveal. I wish I would’ve booted her out, right then and there.

If I could do anything about that day over again, it would’ve been that. But that’s high school – you make mistakes and grow from them.” Jillian D’Herin

32. She Said She Never Got The Bill, But It Was Sitting In Plain Sight On Her Desk

“I was ‘webmaster’ at a company during dot com. My job was to handle all things Internet. One day a salesman asked me to check our mail server. A client had sent a message that bounced. Checked it out, mail server was fine.

A little while later, a customer called and said they couldn’t get to our web site.

I checked it out. Web server fine, serving up pages to other users.

As the day progressed, the complaints got more frequent, but from where I was sitting, everything looked fine; DNS, everything. Then I checked the domain record. It was expired that very day. This meant that our presence on the internet was slowly disappearing as DNS caches around the world expired. Nobody could use our products. Units in the field that relied on a connection were malfunctioning.

So I started emailing the accounting woman. She blamed me, claiming she never got the bill. There was a storm of internal email activity involving all levels of the company.

She stood her ground.

Then my boss came to my desk and we went to see her. She lied straight to our faces that she never got the invoice. But right there, on the far side of her desk, it sat, plain as day. I just looked at my boss and pointed to it.” I0I0I0I

31. He Tried To Impress Some Girls By Pretending To Own A Luxury Car When The Owner Came Out

“So I drive a very nice luxury/performance sports car, and on this particular night, I had driven it to a friend’s and parked it in an area that is easily visible to the street and is near a good amount of bars.

When I come back down, there’s this guy and three girls around the car, and he’s telling them he lives in the condos next to the lot and he just forgot his keys to the car up there. He keeps talking about being ‘VP of investments’ for some company I’ve never heard of, and telling the girls they should ‘have a night on the town’ with him because he’s ‘paying.’

So I walk up to my car and he makes this disgusted face at me like I’ve just taken a dump on his feet, and goes ‘Don’t touch the car man, I just got it detailed yesterday!’ to which I respond ‘Oh, I’m sorry, I wasn’t going to.

It’s a really nice car. I just wanted to look at it.’

He turns around to the girls and says something that he (and only he) thinks is funny and is motioning my way, when I put my hands in my pocket and hit the unlock button that also makes the car lights turn on (it was night time at this point). He jumped as if a gunshot went off, and the look on his face when I opened the door and started the car was priceless.” Biggie_smallest

30. His Manager Wanted To Keep Money From Him, But It Didn’t Work

“I worked in an IT department and had the option of taking some leave time as cash.

This required submitting a form to my then manager, who had it in for me at the time. After several hours, I decided to take a stroll over to Accounting and talk to a fellow co-worker to see if she had received the paperwork. She hadn’t. I then asked if there would be any foreseeable problem with issuing me the cash. ‘Nope,’ she said. ‘Just need the paperwork.’ I went back to my desk and not five minutes later, my manager walked by the door on her way home for the day (at 1:30 no less) and told me that she had talked to Accounting and said they couldn’t issue me the check.

‘Who did you talk to?’ I asked. ‘(Name)’ she said. ‘That’s funny,’ I replied, ‘because I just spoke to her 5 minutes ago and she said it wouldn’t be a problem. Let’s go talk to her.’ ‘No, no….I’ll go talk to her,’ my manager replied. And wouldn’t you know it, I got my check 15 minutes later!” scottishzombie
29. A Girl Says She’s Pregnant To Try To Get Money From An Ex

“An ex-girlfriend of mine called to tell me she was pregnant and that she needed money to terminate the pregnancy. I did the math quickly in my head and realized that there was no way she could be pregnant by me because we had stopped “having relations” long before we split.

So, I told her that as ‘the father’ I had rights, too, and that I wanted her to have the child and I would take full custody (and pay her medical bills). She was speechless and then said, ‘I’ll call you back.’ She called a day or so later saying she had a miscarriage.” friekman
28. Pretending To Have Epilepsy For Attention Is Going Too Far

“We used to know this girl who compulsively lied about the littlest things, so we always wondered if she was lying about other things. Mainly we wondered if she was lying about having epilepsy.

Well, she faked a fit in front of a group of us once, at a party.

She started pretending to shake, fell to the floor and so on. She then stopped, confirmed that people were looking and paying attention, and then continued. We told her to stop and that she was obviously faking.

She left.” Affero-Dolor

27. He Meets Her Second Boyfriend When He Shows Up At Her Apartment And Leaves On The Spot

“My ex was away for the summer. To Edmonton.

Things were getting serious between us, but a summer apart would be difficult. We had some long chats and decided that we’d stick out the distance.

My dad worked for a major airline, so we get very cheap flights, and my sister wanted to see West Edmonton Mall, so we went on a trip to see her.

Now before she left, I had noticed that she had been on social media with a guy from Edmonton, an ‘old friend’ she called him. I thought nothing of it at the time. His name was Mike.

Fast forward and we land in Edmonton. I get to her place and she seems happy to see me, but something didn’t feel quite right. I had arrived early, and she wasn’t ready. We were meant to meet my dad/sister for lunch, and she needed a shower. My offer to join her in the shower was denied, I thought it was really weird since I hadn’t seen her in a month.

While she’s in the shower, someone knocks on the door. I was the only other person in the house, so I answered. There’s a guy about my age. He actually kind of looked like me, so it was a little creepy.

He says ‘Is Melissa there?’ I’m like yup, she’s just in the shower and we were heading out right after that for lunch, can I help you with anything? Mike responds: oh…well I’m Melissa’s boyfriend.

I started putting my shoes on, opened the door and told him to come in, before saying: ‘Me too!’

I left and never spoke to her again.” StraightUp_Canucks

26. Her Cheating Game Went South When The Two Guys Met Each Other And Became Friends

“Dated a girl for a month that used to talk about how her ex was so terrible and used to beat her up, steal her things, rip up her clothes, etc.

I ran into her ex (didn’t know it until some time into the convo) at a bar and found out he was a pretty stand-up guy. Long story short, we find out she’s sleeping/dating with both of us the past few weeks.

That night she texts me and tells me that her ex (the one I just talked to) just broke into her house and stole her car keys. Meanwhile, he’s standing right next to me.

A few days pass and I’m waiting for the right moment to catch her in a big lie and make her feel horrible for cheating. Her ex, now a friend of mine at this point, and I are talking behind the scenes while she lies to both of us about all kinds of random stuff.

Fast forward to the part where she finds out we talked one night. She starts asking me about what he said so she could use it to file a restraining order against him. Just then I get a phone call from the ex saying he heard a crazy story how this girl was trying to get him to help her set up a restraining order against me.

I’m like, wow, she said the same thing about you! We laughed. The look on her face when I gave her the phone was priceless.” Hollowsong

25. He Catches His Friend Stealing From Him But Finds A Way To Remain Friends Anyway

“When I was younger one of my SNES games went missing and I was pretty sure it was a close friend of mine who’d taken it.

I loved him dearly so didn’t want to upset him and confront him about it so I came up with a cunning plan.

I told my friend that I thought one of my games had gone missing and that I’d notified the police. I also mentioned that I’d recently had my games chipped which the police could track so I was fairly confident that I’d have it back soon.

He was around my house within two hours to ‘help me look for it.’ He didn’t even subtly look for five minutes, he went straight under my front room sofa and magically produced the game and said ‘look you silly idiot, it’s here! You’d better let the police know!’

I even pretended to ring the police to report it found.

Still love the guy.” terpsiterpsi

24. Lying About Having Breast Cancer Is Shameful

“This girl from my high school lied about having breast cancer to everyone. She even got ‘counseling’ from a teacher who actually did have breast cancer, and has since died. Eventually, everyone found out she was lying about the whole thing for attention, and I doubt we’ll ever see her at a high school reunion.” Its_The_Sawse

23. Her Tampon Stash Was A Dead Giveaway That She Was Not Pregnant

“My buddy was dating my roommate. They broke up which made it awkward for me. Well she goes all crazy on him and starts telling him she’s pregnant and it is his.

After he told me this (we lived in a two bedroom, one bath) I started noticing that the stash of tampons my roommate kept under the sink were dwindling. Upon hearing this news from me, I’ve never seen a more relieved person when I told my buddy.” KingHippoLSU

22. Parents Can Easily Tell A Teen Voice From An Adult Voice

“Me (on phone): So Mr. Jones, it’s OK for my kid to spend the night at your kid’s house?

Mr. Jones (in Simpsons squeaky teen voice): Yes, that’s right.

Me: OK, great. Would you mind telling me your address?

Mr. Jones: I … don’t … know. ” Lord_Osis_B_Havior

21. If You’re Going To Lie About Eating Cookies, Wipe The Crumbs Off Your Shirt

“I used to be a substitute teacher.

I had classroom teachers regularly calling me to return, so I had gotten to know this particular class and, more specifically, this particular student. On this day, there was a milk and cookies thing for kids and their reading mentors, sort of as a thank you. I had a list of kids who had mentors and were excused to go greet the volunteers and enjoy the cookies.

Let it be known that J was not on this list.

At one point in the class, J has my permission to go to the bathroom (nowhere near the library). ‘Ok, J, you can go, but don’t you dare go to the library – you know it’s just for the mentors.’ (He had already attempted to blatantly ask ‘Miss, can I go get a cookie?’)

About fifteen minutes later (a bit much for a second grader to be in a bathroom by himself) he returned.

I looked at him and asked where he had been.

‘Bafroom.’ (No eye contact).

I saw crumbs on his shirt, and went with my gut.

‘Really? You didn’t go to the library?’

‘Nope. Just the bafroom.’

“Mmm. What kind of cookie was it?”

‘Chocolate chi- dang.'” extremelyincredibly

20. She Went So Far As To Create A Fake Email Address To Get Her Lie Going

“Long story short, my ex-girlfriend tried to prove her lie was a truth by creating a fake email account, and using it to fabricate a ‘forwarded’ email to me to prove a person and an event was real.

I copied the email address (a yahoo login) and tried to log into it.

I hit ‘reset password’, and it prompted me with the question yahoo gives when resetting a password: ‘Complete the phone number associated with the account.’

I put my ex’s cell number in, and she got a ‘reset password’ text message. That’s when she finally admitted to the lie, and in my eyes, all the previous suspected lies.

And this was not about cheating at all, it was just stupid nonsense.” Nrksbullet

19. Neighbor Gives Away Who Was Taking The Pokemon Cards

“When I was 7 or 8, I was all about collecting Pokemon cards. I had a binder set up with the card protectors, Pokemon stickers, my own personal Pokemon drawings.. the whole shebang.

My most prized card was my holographic Moltres. One day, I noticed there was a FREAKING SCRATCH on the card and threw a fit like only an 8-year-old scorned knows how. I immediately asked my younger brother if he had been taking out my cards, which he vehemently denied. I started to think that maybe I had accidentally scratched the card which brought about a mini-existential crisis. I swear to you, I lost sleep thinking I couldn’t look after my Pokemon cards.

Anyway, the next day I’m at the bus stop with my brother and my neighbor when my neighbor starts talking about how cool my brother’s HOLOGRAPHIC MOLTRES is.

I just stared at my brother and he started crying. Then I chased him down the street. But man, that felt good.” imyourplusone

18. He Found His Money Under His Stepsister’s Bed

“I was saving up spending money to go on a trip with my dad, stepmom, and stepsister (I was young.. I think 10 or 12 at the time so it was all chore money. I think my stepsister was 8 or 9). I had it stashed in my room all rolled up and inside a shot glass my dad had gotten me in Florida. My stepsister has the same shot glass only she filled hers with sea shells.

I go home for a week to my moms, come back and my money AND shot glass are gone. I was obviously upset and told my dad, who questioned my stepsister but my stepmom ended up getting really mad at him for even accusing her.

Fast forward a couple of weeks. I’m in my stepsister’s room, helping her clean under her bed because she was a slob and her mom always got mad at her for it. I find a Florida shot glass. I grab it, look up at her desk to see her Florida shot glass with all of the seashells in it so I was holding MY Florida shot glass.

I ran out of her room and told my dad. Her mom still didn’t believe she stole my trip money even though I had solid proof!

She’s 21 now and a complete loser.” kittybytes

17. Facts Aren’t Nearly As Debatable With The Internet At Our Fingertips

“I had a long argument once with someone who claimed loudly and angrily that Pat Morita from the original Karate Kid movies was a master of martial arts in real life. He came up with loads of ‘evidence’ and even talked about stories of Morita single-handedly defeating hordes of attackers. Then I showed him an article where it talked about Morita spending most of his life as a stand-up comic with no martial arts experience, and he shut up.” EmperorBozopants
16. He Found A Tricky Way To Weed Out People From His Band Selection Process

“I met this guy who wanted to join my band, and he was a huge Pearl Jam and Rolling Stones fan.

So I had asked him If he was a fan of the band ‘Stone Sessions,’ a band I made up on the spot. He told me he had every one of their albums. The look on his face was priceless when I told him I made up the band.” joseadan88

15. Busted Crashing A Company’s Holiday Party By Claiming To Be In The Family

“One time my family’s company was throwing a company Christmas party at an upscale restaurant in NYC. We were in a private room upstairs but it wasn’t like there was security or anything like that, so anyone could and eventually did come upstairs to mooch.

Anyway, I’m there with several members of my family having a good time, enjoying some food and drinks, and getting to know people in the company. I’m sitting at a table with several employees I had just met, and two of my cousins who worked with them, when two guys come up to our table and introduce themselves. They were professionally dressed, were quite friendly. They start asking people what they do, flirting with several of the girls at the table, and trying to act pretty alpha (they asked me what I did, which was graphic design at the time, and kinda laughed at my career choice).

So being a few drinks in I ask what they do at the company, and they say that their family owns the business. I take a long look at the two of them, take a sip off my drink, and say. ‘Oh really? I must have missed you at the last family reunion. By the way I’m also a family member of the company, nice to meet you.’ The look on their faces was priceless. They put down their drinks and just walked out.” atworkandwanttoreply

14. The Geeksquad Can Always Find Out The Truth About Where Your Computer Has Been

“While working at Bestbuy at the Geeksquad I had a customer getting loud with one of my Agents.

I go out front to see what’s going on and I have a father and daughter yelling at one my Agents for installing viruses on their brand new computer that they had only bought the day before. I take over for my Agent and the father is chewing me out how they never took the computer online and when they powered it on today it was infected with some Fake AV, and there is NO WAY they are going to pay for a removal and that we infected the computer when we gave it to them. The daughter is adamant that she NEVER surfed anywhere before powering it on that day to install her AV software.

While they are yelling at me I locate the cause of the infection in the daughter’s temp files showing that it was downloaded late that night, I also pull up her internet history showing a ton of surfing to some shady sites, and a bunch of other sites like Facebook etc. I spin the computer around and show the father the information. He looks at me, looks at her and without saying another word hands me his credit card.” Drakemir

13. The Parents Should Have Apologized When Their Daughter’s Lie Put A Teacher’s Job In Jeopardy

“I was told by a boss that a parent had complained that I had called her child an offensive name.

Another child claimed to have witnessed this. I would never do this and could only surmise that the child had said this because I had told her off for picking on a boy.

I was pretty worried because I was told there was going to be an investigation into it and I wasn’t allowed to speak to either child or their parents. Other parents got wind of this and rang the school in my defense. It all got a bit messy.

I asked to know when I was supposed to have made the comment and was given a date. Then a beautiful realization struck me.

The ‘witness’ was not in school that day as she was at a choir competition. I reported this to my bosses and both children were spoken to. Child one admitted she’d made it all up and her friend admitted she was persuaded to back up the fictitious story.

The parents never apologized by the way.” Julie Kalama

12. He Got Caught Making Up Lies While Hitting On A Girl At A Bar

“I was out at the bar with my friend and his sister. Some jerk started hitting on the sister. Really pouring it on. She asked him, ‘So what do you do?’ He said, ‘I’m a lawyer.’ I was just drinking my drink, casually observing, not really interested, but something told me the guy was full of it.

So I asked him what law firm he works for. I could see a quick panic wash over his face then he blurted out, ‘Arthur Andersen.’ I said, “That’s an accounting firm, not a law firm. But nice try.” He just stared down at the floor while we had a laugh.

(If he was in-house counsel, he certainly seemed more content being laughed at than clarifying that.)” Canned_Poodle

11. She Got A Kick Out Of Catching Kids Stealing And Scaring Them For It

“One time when I was working retail I was coming back from a break so I had coffee in my hand and my purse on my shoulder and I looked like a normal customer.

I walked into the store behind these two kids who were probably about 12-years-old and I could tell they were up to no good. I pretended to be shopping and acted like I wasn’t watching them. One of the kids went to the back of the store, but the other one picked up a sweatshirt and tried to get it out of the store without setting off the alarm (by putting it through this little window). I walked up behind him while he was doing this and whispered in his ear, ‘What are you doing?’ He got really flustered and tried to talk his way out of it by saying that he was trying to show it to his friend who was outside in the mall.

It was obvious that he was lying so I didn’t say a word, I just stared into his soul until he and his friend left the store terrified. It was a good day.” ayohriver

10. She Lied About Having Cancer To Get Lenience In Graduate School

“Back when I was in grad school, a girl in my group was ostensibly fighting cancer. Sucks right, having cancer on top of being in grad school? The adviser was super understanding, she got all the time off she needed, got funding so she didn’t need to teach classes. She flew back home to New York frequently for treatment.

We all just assumed that she had a rich family (she did) and they had some specialist there that they wanted her to see.

Until…she posted a bunch of pictures of herself at the beach in Florida. While she was supposed to be getting cancer treatment. It was evident from the pictures that she was in great shape, not at all what you’d expect from someone undergoing chemo and radiation.

Turned out that she had faked the whole thing, and on top of all of it, was using the trips to cheat on her fiancé who was in the military.

Worst part about all of it was that adviser didn’t kick her out and she ended up graduating, but she basically got shunned for the rest of her time there.” Gibonius

9. He Couldn’t Defend Himself Against Her Satellite Images

“I suspected that my husband had been cheating on me for a few weeks, so one day when he went off to work I tracked him on his cell phone.

I knew somewhat where she lived and I watched him pick her up, spend the day with her, and then drop her off. I called him while he was there and asked him where he was, he said he was on his way home on a completely different route. I told him where he was (her street and house number) and he denied it. When he came in the door a little later I had her house pulled up on satellite view in maps. I asked him who lived there? He just stared at the screen and wouldn’t answer me. I kicked him out the next day and filed for a divorce a week later.” deleted
8. Taxi Drivers Will Say Anything To Get You To Pay Cash

“Every single time I’ve had a cab driver tell me that I can’t use debit or credit because the ‘system is not working’ or the ‘network is down.’ I politely ask them if we could try debit or credit anyways, and when it works I usually just say ‘fancy that.'” deleted

7. His Story About Canceling His Auto Insurance Didn’t Match Up

“I used to work in motor insurance.

Some years ago I received a letter from someone who’d had their insurance canceled for non-payment and still had an outstanding balance owing to us.

He tried to claim that he didn’t owe us anything as he’d sold the car back in March (some six months previous). I wrote back and told him we’d be delighted to see any evidence of the sale of his car in March, especially as he’d asked us for a quote to add his mother to the policy in May.

For some reason, we never got a response to that letter.” not_the_artist

6. Lying To Make Himself Look Cool Ended Up Making Him Look Foolish

“A friend told me that they went to see Daft Punk play a show in Australia over summer.

Daft punk hasn’t played a show in years.” IznremiX

5. Saying You Wrote A Song You Didn’t Write Can Easily Catch Up With You

“One time a girl was singing to ‘herself’ during class. When asked about the song, she whipped out a sheet of handwritten lyrics and told everyone she had written it herself. Much admiration and compliments on her writing abilities were shared, until that very same week someone heard that song on their iPod. She was confronted about it outside of the classrooms, in front of the whole school. Whilst I wanted to teach her a lesson, in no way did I support the way in which they did it.

I guess at first it’s satisfying to see the look on their faces, but afterwards I felt awful about it.

After this incident the girl kind of down spiraled into random manic outbursts of attention and eventually left school.” oiseauj

4. An Unlucky Teen Shows His Fake ID To The Bouncer, Who Is The Person On The ID

“I was checking ID’s in a club and a kid handed me my own, that I had lost many years ago. I started questioning him and he knew my parents’ names, my address, DOB, etc. The kid had been studying, since my family name is really hard to pronounce.

He even went as far as to sign a piece of paper imitating my signature.

When I told him it wasn’t his ID he insisted it was and threatened to call the police. In that moment, I pulled my wallet, showed him my ID and told him I would be keeping the old one. His face was priceless, the rest of the bouncers and I had a good laugh.” Ysasmendi

3. Computer Whizzes Can Tell Whether Or Not You’ve Actually Received And Read Emails

“I am a secondary school teacher in the UK.

A student of mine made a complaint about me to my boss saying that I wasn’t marking his work and giving timely feedback.

I showed him the emails I sent him in my ‘sent items’…. he was still adamant he had never got them.

Technicians in the school helped me out by giving me proof that not only has he received the emails, but he had read them, deleted them then cleared his ‘deleted items’ folder.

Stupid kid had nothing to say. He had to write me a letter of apology and also one to my boss to apologize for wasting his time.

As a teacher, it’s the little things that count.” TheOriginalPseudonym

2. Wedding Crashers Unknowingly Tell The Groom They Are Friends Of The Groom

“At my wedding, a couple of guys I didn’t know crashed the reception and went for the open bar and spiked punch bowls.

I (the groom) had already changed into just a regular suit and so I just looked like one of the guests. I asked the guys casually if they were friends of the bride or the groom.

They said ‘the groom’ and I replied ‘well, I’m the groom and I don’t know who the h**l you are’

They slunk out.” microfortnight

1. She Fired Her Employee Just Because She Didn’t Like Her And Ended Up Getting Fired Herself

“So my old boss didn’t like me. She had a reason – she started way after I got there and people continually came to me for help on projects and she felt I was getting more credit than her.

Whatever, it happens.

So one day I was on my way to work for my shift during a LEGITIMATE tornado. Like, I saw the thing, had to pull over under an overpass and wait. This was in the middle of a busy time for us – so I was desperately calling and calling to ensure that everyone knew I would be late.

Anyway, I was like an hour late (tornado was big) and she fired me when I got there for being a no call no show. I technically never talked to anyone but I left about four messages on the office phone, sent her about five texts, and left her several voice mails.

She said she never heard from me.

So I’m pissed, and I go to speak to the director of the company about it – saying I feel it’s wrong. The director agrees – saying a tornado is an act of god and everyone needs to get over it. So the director goes to talk to my boss. She tells her what happened, explaining the details of the shift, eventually letting it slip that ‘It was just really stressful that night, I was trying to deal with customers on top of her calling me and texting me every five minutes about being late.’

My director pointed out if it was stressing her out because I was calling so much – that means that she did receive word that I was going to be late.

That opened up a WHOLE investigation about that incident and several other instances of her lying – which led to them discovering that she was stealing time, money and resources from the company. I got my job back.

It was SO satisfying.” PattiLuPWNed