People Share The Most Satisfying Times They Caught Someone Lying
“By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is,
Infinite, undying.
Lady make note of this --
One of you is lying.”
― Dorothy Parker
“Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me–you can’t get fooled again.” Unfortunately, we’ll probably get fooled again. In general, people suck at catching liars. For some reason, we’re just bad it.
Studies show that most people can only catch a lie about 50% of the time–or roughly the same rate someone can call a coin toss correctly.
Maybe that’s why it feels so satisfying when we do catch liars, because those are the times that we don’t get fooled again. It’s nice to know that sometimes liars don’t get away with it. There’s a little justice for the people who get caught up in the harm these lies can cause. The users over at Reddit have told of the golden times they've caught someone out. Here’s a list of the 30 most satisfying times where reddit users caught someone lying.
30. Parking Violation
I travel for work. 90% of the time I park in economy at the airport (I think $14 per day). About a 10 to 15 min walk. A few times out of necessity to catch a flight I park in the garage (I think $24 per day, 5 min walk).
Usually 2 to 3 day trips, not a huge expense.
My boss suggests I park in Off Site Shuttle parking (about $11 a day, but a pain in the ass as you need a bunch more time to plan for the shuttle). He said he does it, because it is cheaper for the company (which he owns).
One day while walking through the garage from on site economy, there in the reserved parking (closest and like $40 per day) is my boss's truck.
And reserved takes planning, he wasn't just running late and needed to park in the garage to make a flight.
I just put my business card under his wiper. I never brought it up, and I haven't heard any complaints about parking on my expense reports since.
29. Olympic-Sized Lies
Oohhh boy. So in college I had this friend who was a very good pole vaulter. Seriously, one of the top in the state for his division. This was back in 2008.
He tells ALL of his family, and friends, and even his boss that he was recruited to compete in the Beijing Olympics. Well his close friends, including myself, already smell a lie, but when the "day" comes he is nowhere to be found.
In fact, we didn't see him for a couple of days, and he started texting pics from Beijing.
So we were doubting ourselves a bit. Then we were driving along the freeway, and guess who's broken down on the side of the road like 2 days after he left? Mr olympian! When we pulled over the look on his face was priceless.
He stood by his story too, and said because of the time difference he already went and came back. Haha he's an idiot. I still don't know what he had to gain from such an elaborate fake story.
Bonus, all the "pics from beijing" were from a google image search of beijing olympics.
28. Academic Dishonesty
Wasn't me, but a professor caught a student plagiarizing an essay... as she [the student] was reading it aloud to the class.
"That's an excellent essay by my friend, Dr._____ you're reading. Please keep reading it until the end."
He made her stand in front of us and kept going until "her presentation" was over.
27. Not Made of Stars
A co-worker briefly dated a guy but broke up with him when he was demeaning to her over her career. The last thing he said to her was, "I guess you and I aren't made of the same stardust."
A couple months later, she checks his Instagram and lo and behold -- "our little miracle has been born," with photos of him, a woman, and a newborn infant.
She did the math and realized that the whole time they were dating, he had a pregnant girlfriend he never mentioned.
I guess they weren't made of the same stardust after all!
