A criminal defense lawyer said this:

1) Don't EVER talk to the police. Don't answer ANY questions. If they say, "Do you know why I pulled you over?" No! But say nothing!

2) They cannot search your car nor house without probable cause for your vehicle and a warrant for your house.

3) Do NOT wait around for a drug dog. Ask if you're under arrest (the only thing you say to them.) If not, freaking leave fast. They cannot detain you while waiting for a dog.

These are the some basics that more people than you think don't understand..

Guys, I didn't mean to include family members...

I am looking for advice on what should I do with someone that owes me 42K and completely is avoiding me. I own a construction and painting company and I have a friend that I was doing some work for. I would fund his projects all the way to the finish line and allow him to pay me at the end. At first things were great and getting payments weren’t an issue. Eventually I believe this person got too comfortable and started using the banks money he would need to pay contractors instead he would use it to go buy more property (Robbing Peter to pay Paul, etc) if you understand how real estate loans work when you get a rehab loan the work has to be completed for them to reimbursed you and I didn’t realize at the time but I was digging my own grave by funding projects and not charging him as I go.

He owed me 90K at one point in which I do have a promise to pay letter signed by him. He did get his balance down to 42K. Because I was his friend I was well aware of his situation and I was super cool about it and gave him time to figure it out. I would always remind him just not to forget about me. Now let me tell you where I really regret not doing this. As a contractor in the state where I am from. We only have 90 days from the last day we performed work to file a lien on the property. Because he was my friend at the time he promised me to get me half and I agreed to only put a lien for 21K because he would get me the other amount.

So long story short, he bought a ton of junk properties and I stopped funding projects and his parade ended. He was about to go bankrupt and everything came crashing down. Note that at this time I still was by his side and trying to help him remain positive I genuinely felt bad and worried for him because he didn’t look good. So I told him not to worry about our balance for now to prioritize his health. This was in 2023. So we would check in with each other often the whole year. Although still no sign of any payment or information. Fast forward to 2024, he completely ghosted me. No communication, anytime I would reach out he wouldn’t answer, or there was always something he was doing. I found out he was being sued by a lot of people he owed money too as well. Eventually I saw him at a mutual friend’s wedding & I found out that he was scared of me suing him and decided to cut all communication with me even though I never once mentioned suing him.

Here we are in 2025 and still no sign of any effort to pay me. We have so many mutual friends in common & we’re bound to run into each other again. He started his own loan company. He is a loan officer. I have tried to communicate with him but he just won’t answer. I have tried my best to remain calm and professional. Is it worth me even suing him? I don’t really care about getting the money back at this point. I already don’t expect it. I really would do it just to prove a statement and let him know that I am not the one to mess with. I am truly loss for words on how this has been handled. What’s the best thing I can do? I do know that it would really hurt his reputation if I posted about him on my social media. I have a pretty big brand in my companies and I am loved by many people. It would get a lot of attention if I posted this experience. I’m just not the kind of person that wants to do that but I am just not sure what my options are here or if that would be defamation towards him.

Thank you for your advice and thank you for listening in advance. I would appreciate any advice on what I should do. I just don’t think I want to let this slide.

For context, we live on the 2nd floor of a unit surround closely by other similar unit buildings. Yesterday at 2am we were woken up because we heard large thudding on our window and our cat freaking out. Turns out our neighbour was throwing eggs at our windows and balcony and it got everywhere including the ceiling and through our flyscreen landing on our TV and walls. Spent 2 hours cleaning it up in the middle of the night and there's still egg stains everywhere.

Something similar happened last year as well and we suspect he's targeting our cat who sits on the balcony sometimes, we have had ZERO previous interaction with this person and there is nothing that could have motivated him to do so.

Police will do absolutely nothing without proper evidence so is pretty much useless. Anyways we talked to our upstairs neighbours who also got egged last year and we confirmed who the guy is and exactly which unit he lives in (directly across ours).

How can I take my revenge? We are moving out soon because of our lease coming to end so I'm up for absolutely shitting on this guy's balcony and never looking back. I could egg him back but am looking for something more devious and twisted to punish this absolute psychopath without climbing up and wringing his neck.

So i'm graduating this summer, but i'm a late bloomer, i'll be 28 when i graduate. I worked a few odd short jobs unrelated to my degree before and during university but i can't provide any proof that i did.

How do i justify graduating at 28, when my competitors for the job would be like 22-23?

My mother collects my mail for me (she doesn't open it, just keeps it in a pile for me to gather when I can) lately it has been ads from the Democratic party. My mother is very right wing/pretend hippy, and she knows I do not share the same views at all. She would make comments whenever I collect my stuff, "I wouldn't vote for them if it were me", "they are corrupt" blah blah blah. Whatever. BUT I think it would be funny to tick her off a bit. It gives her something to do. What should I subscribe to if I wanted to tick her off whenever she gets the mail? Thank you!

Hey guys, gals, and everyone in between. My apartment complex has an awful package concierge and even worse delivery drivers. If there isn’t a concierge spot open, they leave the packages on the floor in the mail room. Not even a locked mail room, anyone could walk in off the street and get in. They don’t even try and bring the package to the doors. My apartment managers have been no help.

My girlfriend has had her second package stolen now. She’s sensitive and feels violated, and I’m fucking pissed. Twice now they were boxes that Amazon threw a label on and delivered. So they were very plain about what was inside.

How do I get back at the thieves? My idea was to springload a bunch of shit so that when it’s opened it sprays out. I also have a cat and a litterbox, so there’s that.

I don’t want to actually hurt this person (to avoid legal issues) but I want them to suffer.

Any other tricks to track/record them would be great. Mail room is too far for me to set up a Wi-Fi camera.

Degens of Reddit, help me avenge my girlfriend.

ULPT I put up an add on a group for my product and labor. The guy jumps in to offer up his, similar product. I didn't respond immediately, went back later to see he deleted his comments. I lost my opportunity for calling him out and making a sale. I know his name, company name, general location. Any tips on how to feel right about this in the end? Apparently this guy can be a total prick.TIA

My (UK) experience has been that cinema booking systems don't like you leaving any gaps when selecting your tickets. So if I want a central seat, but there's a couple of seats empty nearby, I'm told to try again. Also, if when I'm in the cinema there are no patrons around me, I like the idea of keeping it that way for a better (less crunchy) experience.

With that in mind, get yourself a second device and go to the same booking on each, you don't usually need an account for this. You can select any 'gap' seats and they will then be reserved for you. This allows your primary device the opportunity to choose the seats you want.

Reserved seating usually last for about 5-10 minutes depending on chain. If you want to keep the seats next to you clear it's usually only effective to do so once seated, refreshing the basket as it lapses.

A very, very long story short. I (39/F) have been renting the same apartment for going on 4 years. The central air has never worked, because the unit is in an enclosed room on the roof. I’ve been assured it’s getting fixed “this year!” every year. During the coldest weather we’ve experienced in 6 years, she approved shutting off the gas to my building for 23 days for maintenance, while offering to put us up in a motel which is a known drug den. Now, she’s decided that notice to enter the apartments isn’t necessary as long as she knocks. I’ve already yelled at her and I can’t afford breaking the lease and moving expenses right now, but I won’t be resigning my lease, any ULPTs for this maddening situation?

I just discovered this by accident the other day, but you can spend $10 to get one of those Square readers that plugs into your phone, download the app and connect it to your bank account so payments get sent there. Then you take all of those mostly-used- but-not-quite-empty gift cards you have lying around, look up the balance or call the number on the card if you can (or just go in several 1-10 cent intervals if you can't/don't want to) and charge the card. The money will be deposited into your bank account and you will have a few dollars more. When you're done, you can just return the Square device. Not sure if this works on all cards (retailer gift cards like a gas station or grocery store, food chain) but definitely works on visa/mastercard.

I’ve been here 20 years, and haven’t got 20 more left. I was thrilled to find a bathroom that has a very loose seat, and have heard of people getting injured in public restrooms and getting a nice payday, but I don’t necessarily want my coworkers to find me on the floor with my pants down!

Let's make it seem like it broke on its own.

I was running late to a work meeting and cited “transportation trouble”. Now it’s way too late to go and I don’t know what to say when asked about what happened and why I didn’t show 😳😬

Title. I'm wondering if I wrap the ink filled side of the tag with something like a sandwich bag and break it in the shower, if I'll probably keep the t-shirt relatively safe? If not, is there another way to crack this thing open?

No, I didn't steal it. I bought it at a Decathlon in France and didn't notice the tag until I got back to the UK (losing the receipt en route!). If I can't get the thing open I'm worried it'll probably just sit in my closet forever!

I live on the first floor of an apartment building. My front door is a separate entrance from other people’s. My front door is in line with the 3 floors above me’s fire escape. Someone above me keeps throwing their cigarette butts off their balcony and it lands at my front door. I’ve asked my landlord twice to talk to them, and he has. When he does it stops for a month or two, then they start doing it again. How do I get them to stop? I’m tired of cleaning up cigarette butts at my front door, it’s disgusting.

A co-worker has to get an abortion for a much wanted pregnancy(IVF baby too!). It’s been a few months and now she’s getting so much anti abortion pamphlets in the mail. We know which co-worker is behind this because some of them was addressed to her. These pamphlets seem to be coming from different group each time. A lot of general Christian stuff too. This is in Canada.

How could we do the same thing to her?

Edit: I know pro-life is anti abortion. We just want her to experience the spam.

Was told this by a really cool amusement park security at a very large park company. Given how said company parks are run, he was probably underpaid, didn't give a shit and was telling me as we were trying to smuggle in non-overpriced food.

Makes sense and it's never not worked yet. They can't even ask what restrictions because it's healthcare info and also none of their business.

And also, I wasn’t being an asshole at all about him questioning my smuggled food. Treat them as people, be pleasant and your mileage will soar. Hasn’t not worked for me yet.

In the past few months I've been broken into 5 times. They broke my window and instead of replacing it and having it broken again I just taped it up. Today I got to my car and someone stuck their arm through the tape. Didn't unlock the doors or take anything, I guess they just felt around?

My brother took his own life 4 weeks ago and I would really like to access his iPad and windows computer, but I don’t have access to any of his passwords or accounts. We’re are contacting the police on Monday to ask what happened to his phone, so we do not have that at the moment, but we have his computers and his wallet. I’m sure my mom knows his SSN too.

I originally thought I could take his death certificate up to the windows/Apple Store and get their help logging on, but the internet says that if he did not name any successor then legally they wouldn’t be able to help us.

I was able to request a pin change by inputting his debit card information in the forgot password options for his Microsoft account, but im not sure if the request will be approved. That would be to get onto his HP Victus gaming laptop. I really just want to poke around and look at the stuff on his computer, and hopefully see some of the things he was looking at before he died. His YouTube is signed into the TV here and it really helps me feel close to him to look at the stuff he was interested in.

We’ve got a bloke on our team who is impressively bad at his job. Categorically the worst person I've ever worked with. Think Jay from the Inbetweeners. Bad sense of humour. Thinks he's the genius in the room and we're all dickheads. Shows up to work smelling like a brewery, slurring words. Goes missing for hours/Days at a time. Then makes up reasons for being gone.

Contributes nothing, misses deadlines, gaslights the entire team & users with things like “it's not broken, works when I do it.". When we can see from the logs that he edited it the second someone asked about it.

We’ve done the adult thing: documented everything, escalated to our boss, cc’d when needed, and made his lack of contribution painfully visible in meetings. Our manager’s finally on his back, but corporate discipline is glacial. He's got to have an opportunity to "mend his ways" etc. and in the meanwhile we're basically a pair of hands short.

So I turn to you, morally flexible geniuses of Reddit:

What are your best low-key, deniable, unethical-but-technically-not-illegal strategies to make someone like this:

Quit on their own

Get noticed for being awful faster

Self-destruct in a way that HR has to act on?

No actual crimes please (tempting, I know), but I’m open to psychological warfare, passive-aggressive sabotage, or “helping” him into the consequences of his own incompetence.

Let’s hear your spiciest workplace purge tips.

Edit: Thanks for all your unhinged replies! I'd love to get him randomly drink/drug checked - but we largely work from home and policy dictates we can only do something about it if he's caught under the influence on the premises. So dialling into calls and gobbing off slurring his words apparently doesn't count. Only met him in real life twice in 2 years. Off his tits both times.

I got tickets for a gig and didn't realise it was 18+ (im 17) does anyone know how or where to get a fake id?

I know its very bad.. but i dont really have any option rn..
is there any way i can be admitted to an hospital for atleast 1 day? in reality.. i do experience frequent panic attacks, nausea, vomiting.. but my parents doesnt care (we are indians).. i just want to get admitted for 1 or 2 days

The state just sent a letter saying that want to "buy" my property. I am the business/property owner. How can I drag this out as long as possible and maximize what the payout?