25+ Great Mic-Drop Moments that Left People Speechless
1. A Lesson in Civility\
The 16-year-old girl I work with received a call from a man in his 40s who called her a stupid idiot for forgetting to add extra peppers to his sandwich. I approached him about it that day since I was feeling grumpy.
When I acknowledged him if he had any kids to which he replied yes he did. I questioned him if he would be happy if his children spoke to others (much less a young girl)in the same way he did?
I questioned him, "What makes you so special then?" after he said no. He left the store without saying anything, just walking away seeming really embarrassed of himself.
One of the tables gave me some applause.
2. New Boss, New Costs
About a week after the company was officially transferred to the new owners, my supervisor called to urge me to do something. I told him my hourly rate for consulting was $120.
Unfortunately, he didn't take me up on it.
3."It's Probably Nothing": Famous Last Words Before Surgery
I started getting stomach pain one night when I was 14,and it wasn't just a stomach ache. Even though the pain was a bit more intense ,I slept well.
My parents made an appointment for me to see a doctor the next morning to make sure I was alright. We made it through everything, but there was a queue at one point, and it took a while.
"We should just go home, it's probably nothing," I said to my mother, and the next thing I knew, I required surgery. The doctor told me that my appendix has ruptured and that I simply had an extremely high pain threshold when we spoke before the procedure.
4. iParadox: When Bill Gates Endorses an Apple a Day!
The person comes with a coupon for a free iPod. In fine print it says: "Guaranteed and payable by Bill Gates." I asked why Bill Gates would endorse an Apple product.
The person left
5. Drama: The Domino Effect of Dismissals and Disturbances!
A coworker was accused of harassing a minor.I was fired by my Manager for making an accusation against her friend. She was also fired, and then the regional manager was also fired because he was caught with a child in the bathroom.
6. From Zero to Ferrari: When a Black Hole \Swallows Your Alibi
I work as a lawyer in the field of fraud. Prosecutors reached the right level. The third question for the accused: "So you have no assets, no means of verifying your income, no inheritance and as far as I know no lottery winnings but you have a foreign bank account with millions of euros and a Ferrari.
This must be the truth that my client has a black hole compared to this wealth. "
The accused surrendered on the spot.
7. MySpace Faceplant: When Oversharing Cost Her the Case
Back in the days Of My Space ,my brother was a jury . A woman suffered a back injury after being struck by a large rig during the storm.
The Jury asked the woman if she had an account on My space on the last day of trial and then brought up her site for the jury to see, as I think all profiles were open to the public back then.
They found that along with a photo of her dancing on the hood of the car was a note saying she shouldn't go out too much because her lawyer said she should look injured.
She lost that case.
8. Funerals, Affairs, and First Dates: The Ultimate Recipe for Awkwardness
About two years ago, my wife and I divorced because she was cheating on me with a man she met at my mother’s funeral. Six months after my divorce, I went on my first date with a girl named Heidi.
She wanted to visit a local restaurant that was hosting a charity event. We made the worst decision ever. I walked in the door and immediately encountered the man sleeping with my wife.
He and I have been friends since childhood, but we lost touch until we attended his mother's funeral. He tried to say something to me, and I immediately interrupted him and threatened him harshly.
After he went. I spent the next 30 minutes explaining to her what happened. She said, He deserved a punch….
9. Ex Stands Up to Mom, Gets Custody of Backbone: Wish I Could’ve Seen It!
Whilst my ex finally stood up to his Mom (She became 90% of the cause for divorce)about our custody agenda and advised her,"We have it figured out. Myself, their mother, and their stepdad.We do not need your recommendation or opinion." I just wish I have been capable of witnessing it.
10. He Wanted Me to Lose 10 Pounds; I Lost 180 Instead!
My ex informed me that he would break up with me if I didn’t lose ten pounds in the weeks earlier than his friend’s wedding. He was shocked once I said “okay” and walked away.
11. Short Guy, Big Comeback: A Boarding Line Tale
I am 5'4" male who seems less muscular than I am. I was in line for priority boarding and it had just commenced whilst the girl in the back of me said "Excuse me, that is for priority boarding.
You want to wait with absolutely everyone else." I left her and presented my boarding pass with my active duty identity. My handiest revenge came while the attendant stated "thank you for your service."
I turned to the female at the back of me, grinned, and said "thanks!" before boarding.
12. Library Drama: When Fines Get Fine-diculous!
I’m a librarian. A purchaser became mad about her fines and yelled, “and that I’m in no way coming back!” as she left. I stated, “We’re a non-profit!”
13. From Party Pooper to Wedding Bells: A Tale of Toilet Lies and Sweet Revenge
I canceled a celebration her friends were having because I worked late. My boss permitted me out some hours early because it was dead. So I went to the party.
After Reaching I asked her cousin where she was .Her cousin stated, "oh, she’s in her vehicle out front on the phone." As I walked away to visit the car her cousin panicked and stated "NO! WAIT! SHE'S in the toilet!"
Me understanding she turned into mendacity, I jogged to my gf's car out the front. appeared inside the window and she was pantless doing favors for two different guys. That was ten years in the past.
Now she's a mom to 4 fatherless children and I'm engaged to her lovely, latina ex-pleasant friend.
14. Bonus, Vacation, and Resignation: A Comedy of Office Errors
I had found another job and was just ready to get my bonus. For about three months I used to be free to specify myself in ways I wouldn’t have in any other case.
I had noticed that my excursion time had not been authorized and commonly might have requested about it however determined to peer how it might play out. My manager called me approximately weeks earlier than my excursion to tell me that it was denied.
I wasn’t the least disillusioned but I informed her I was going anyway. She threatened me with each manner beneath the sun which only made me giggle at her. absolutely everyone was surprised when I left her workplace smiling as if they had heard her.
I went to my desk, printed off my resignation and gave it to her. got my bonus, got my excursion, and additionally got an additional week paid.
You notice, I was going to a competitor and they didn’t need me sharing information.
15. Unexpected Gym Session: From Weights to Weight Off My Shoulders!
Go to the gym, no headphones! That’s cool, the house is 5 mins away. Pull up in front of my house and see my work buddie’s vehicle out front. walk in the house via an open garage.
Son coloring at kitchen desk. Ask him “good day bud, where's your mother?” He points at the steps. Stroll to the stairs to listen to moans and movement. Up to this point I had suspected the worst but in no way had proof.
Knew I needed to pass appearance and trap her or she could say I was overreacting and tell me it wasn’t what I thought. walk upstairs and listen to them within the spare bedroom.
Walk within the room and say “properly this is awkward.” They freak out and try to grab clothes and tell me nothing is occurring. I walk out to my car and the ex-buddy chases me out and informs me to hit him.
I will visit my command (I’m in the army) tomorrow. report him and have the command force him to name his spouse that day and allow her to realize.
I am now divorced and much happier!
16. Legal Revolutions: When Horsepower Meets Law Enforcement
A friend's sister went to court over a moving violation. She's an engine tuner and had constructed herself a beautiful first gen Mitsubishi Eclipse with 6-seven-hundred horsepower at the wheels.
This car, inevitably, attracted the attention of neighborhood law enforcement, who pulled her over with no fewer than eight cruisers after some barely aggressive acceleration around a left flip.
At some stage in pass-examination, she asked the officer who'd made the decision why precisely she was pulled over. "I heard the engine revving, and I noticed you spinning the tires and sliding around the nook." "To be clean, officer, which tires had been spinning?" "The rear tires." "So I used to spin the rear tires, and it became the back end that swung out?" "Sure ma'am, it truly is accurate."
"And you're positive that is what you saw?" "Clean as day, ma'am. The light became green, you stepped on the gas, and the rear tires broke loose below energy." "The rear tires broke free underneath the power?
There is absolute confidence in your thoughts that that's exactly what happened?" "None at all." there was silence in the court before her massive reveal:
"Your honor, this officer is both lying or hallucinating. My vehicle is the front wheel force."
17 "Vacuumed Up and Diving Deep: A Tale of Resignation and Reef Adventures!"
I once worked for a shady organization that sold and repaired costly American vacuum cleaners. I was the service manager. I had been making plans for a six-week scuba diving experience with a mate for 2 years.
They had been nicely privy to this and said it was fine. When the time got here, I installed my application for six weeks leave. I was referred to the husband/wife owners’ office and informed that I may want to take 3 weeks off (I had saved the time up with their permission).
I pointed this out but they have been adamant that three weeks become the most they had been organized to authorize. I even tried to barter 5 weeks however that became firmly rejected.
So I walked from the workplace, wrote my resignation letter and left. Had a notable vacation diving the wonderful Barrier Reef. They rang me weekly for a stable three months supplying all sorts of incentives to come back.
By then, I had landed a superb government job.
18"Divorce Dilemma: The Empty Vault"
I have a tale associated with a divorce case. I once worked on bank equipment, and my favorite was opening safety deposit boxes for the bank. So at some point, I was asked to get there before the bank opened, which was surely odd.
I show up and greet the bank employee—alongside an attorney and a very irritated looking lady.
She is definitely impatient to get into the safety deposit container. i get the lock open and swing the door out, and she's screaming, "allow me in there!," So I stepped out of the doors and let her rush by.
A few moments later, I heard a string of loud curse phrases: it was empty. Then she busts out and storms off, but while she surpassed she threw down a single piece of paper that had been in the vault.
It basically said, "Screw you, witch." It had been a nasty divorce, and the-ex husband got there earlier than she did.
19."Uninvited Guest: A Window, Dogs, and a Whiteboard Farewell"
Sooner or later, I stopped by my boyfriend's residence to surprise him. His bedroom window was open and he or she was very loud. I tried the front door and it wasn't locked so I allowed his dogs inside the house (because it would piss him off) and sat on the couch for a few minutes considering how an awful lot of strength I had.
How I may want to burst in and do something. I simply wrote good-bye on his whiteboard and left.
20. Resignation Revelation: Standing Firm on Fair Pay
My CEO invited me to meet him when I resigned from my job because he was sad and he wanted to know the reason. I explained that my salary wasn't enough and the last promotion wasn't good enough either.
He got angry and in a patronizing tone commenced to lecture me on how I should have treated that state of affairs better.
I interrupted him, he didn’t like that, so I added “I’m leaving, i have not anything to lose” and then told him that I had already been let down over pay a couple of times, had witnessed others looking to get greater pay and being refused, so I had no interest in begging to be paid what I already deserved to be paid.
21. Burger Battle: When Waiting Turns into Accusations
My friend and I visited What-a-Burger and sat down after getting our numbers.They brought my buddy’s food and took my number.After I requested for my food numerous times I used to be berated and accused of looking to get a free meal.
I calmly attempted to explain what passed off and the supervisor became having none of it. So I took my full large drink and dropped it on the floor right in front of the register and left.
22. Driven by Spite: How a Divorce Car Went the Extra Mile
Tale from my mother and father, who're attorneys. So in the course of the divorce complaints, there has been a car that was a huge point of contention between the husband and wife. After months and months of announcing he might never permit the wife to have the car, the husband concedes in exchange for something wonderful, like one of their summer homes.
It turns out he had been driving the automobile for three hours everyday in a large loop across the town, setting lots and heaps of miles on it ess`entially making it worthless.
The amount of planning and spite that went into that was super.
23. One Small Brat for Space Camp, One Giant Embarrassment for Neil Armstrong
I was attending a Space Camp the same week when Neil Armstrong's nephew or grandson or whatever was attending it.There have been many rumors of him being a little brat.It became confirmed real that nearly each day he was vulnerable to getting kicked out.
The final day of camp Neil really spoke to a big crowd of space nerds, and something magical passed off.
Minutes earlier than the speech, that little brat was kicked out, publicly, in front of typically every person at the camp. Neil must have been so embarrassed.
24. Ex-Wife’s Shopping Spree: Stuck with the Bill After a Card Cut-Off
My dad divorced his first spouse and directly took his name off of all of the credit cards. She proceeded to shop for all varieties of stuff, thinking she'd stick him with the bill.
She was sad to know she is the only one on the account.
25. From Fired to Funded: Sweet Revenge in the Nonprofit World
I was fired from a non-profit organization for no reason (re: my network wasn't "rich" enough to attract money to the organization). Then I found a job with a large fund. I didn't say anything, but having this strength and reminder to be kind to everyone as a friend was one of the happiest moments of my life.
26. Hot Property: Burning Down the House Before the Divorce Settlement
This couple I know separated ten years in the past but didn't formally divorce until a couple years ago. She was going to get his house so he burnt it down then faxed her the transfer of ownership paperwork.
He might be going to jail for arson though.
27. The Shipping Story Where We Go Down In A Blaze Of Glory
Our district manager did not purposely rectify my may that would reflect in the promotion I was promised. This was a huge problem for me and after almost six weeks of him not addressing the problem, I called the corporate HR and they came down on him as if they had come down on him like the fires of Mount Doom.
He also insulted me in front of my customers saying I was not being a team player. After 6 months, we were told that our store would close and the staff will be transferred to other stores but not me. I was told I would never be welcome in the company again as I was not a team player. Thus, I would be laid off if the store closed.
Later, he said he wanted me to oversee shipping and our product to other stores based on a list he had of what store receives what.
You guessed it right, none of the stores received what they wanted on the list. The 3 weeks I was there, I shipped whatever I wanted while playing my own music on the store speakers and exposing customers to some loopholes in the store policy.
What would he do? Fire me?
28. Having To Witness A No Show
Once, I had to be in court for a speeding ticket and the prosecutor did not offer me a deduction, so I plead 'Not guilty'. When we were in the courtroom, the judge called for the officer who pulled me over to the stand.
The officer did not show up and the judge seemed to be irritated already and asked the prosecutor where the cop was. The prosecutor accepted the fact that the officer did not arrive only assuming that I would not show up or I would plead guilty.
The judge seemed quite annoyed and asked the prosecutor if he could wait an hour for the cop to arrive. The judge lost his cool and said that all of us have arrived on time and this idiot is not bothered to be doing his job right. The judge dismissed the case but wasn't dismissed from the table as he wanted us to wait there for 10 minutes and stare while he chewed the prosecutor a new one.
I most definitely enjoyed witnessing the man get hewed out for messing up the entire trial—it was like a bonus to me for winning the case!
29. Daddy Knows The Best
We have a building materials store and it was a B2B model i.e. business to business which means not much into retail. Once a man came with his son and wanted to buy a $2,000 air tool so I quickly was alerted because he would attempt check or card fraud.
It wasn't a big deal because we get 2-3 for the same thing every week, however this man did not seem so good at attempting to commit fraud and handed over a bad looking card. I tested the chip and it did not work. I said I can write in the numbers and process the sale, in order to surely check it is a fraud but I never accuse them, hence I ask for cash.
Majority of fraudsters can read my face and understand that I know what they are doing. Usually, they say they would go to the bank quickly and get lost. However, this boy gets aggressive. I am annoyed so I look at his son and ask him his name, John it is. I say, 'John, when you grow up you don't want to be stealing stuff like your daddy and also suck at it, too.' Oh boy!
30. I Shall Take It As a ‘NO’
I used to work as a cashier at a huge supermarket chain and placed products and worked on the behind the scenes management. One day, I was called back and it was a regional manager who said there is a deficit after my shift as a cashier and it is getting beyond control—about $10 to $50 every shift.
They also tried to threaten me saying they had surveillance videos of me stealing the money and would call the cops. I said, sure, get them here as I will just wait. After 30 minutes, the cops arrived and saw the footage and there wasn't anything where I stole the money. The cops said there wasn't any evidence against me so they left.
Nevertheless, they still decided to fire me on the spot and even banned me from entering their store across the country. Few weeks later, I received a call from a girl who was working there and covered for my smoke breaks when I was the cashier. She confessed while choking from crying that she was the one stealing the money while I was on the breaks. She had charges pressed against her, she did 120 hours community service and paid a huge fine.
Few days later, I received a call from the store's regional manager apologizing for the inconvenience and asking me if I want to return to my old job. I said, 'Screw you' and hung up.
31. Looking For An Age Appropriate Date
A very epic mic drop moment happened to me when I was 16 and went on a date with a boy. I literally looked like I was 11 and he believed me, even though he was in his 20s. He asked me, 'Lets get a drink, yeah?' I felt weird telling the truth so I agreed and it was the worst mistake of my life. Fast forward, when we are outside the bar to get inside and the bouncer checks the ID asks about mine. I said, 'Sorry, I must have left it home' I defensively exclaimed.
He figured out that I was lying and I tried running in the bar like I had a chance. I also caused a tantrum which became a HUGE scene, in a way to be in line with my true age. Later he looked at me with a blank expression and I was suppressed. By this time, we were in the car leaving and it was pretty quiet until he went like, 'Let's go somewhere age appropriate then.'
I was shocked, 'Age appropriate?', he was not mad at me. I didn't know what to do and just simply sat in the car feeling mentally beaten. We drove for a while and I honestly thought I was going to get kidnapped. I was confused but it started getting clear to me. Lastly, we pulled up to a Chuck E. Say cheese and he left me there.
