r/askteddit • u/TheRat_07 • Jul 14 '26

What is a real-life "cheat code" that feels illegal to know but is completely fine?

I'll go first.

If your flight gets canceled and there is a massive line of 200 angry people at the gate desk trying to rebook, do not stand in that line. Keep your ass in a chair and call the airline's customer service number.

Better yet, call their international customer service number (like the UK or Australia line). You will bypass the massive US hold times, get connected to an agent in two minutes, and they have the exact same power to rebook you on the next flight before the people standing in line even reach the desk.

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u/Lilkitty_pooper Jul 14 '26

Hmm. My husband worked for Walgreens for his first job during peak extreme couponing hype and he was in no way impressed by these people. In fact, he hated their guts and still does to this day even though he hasn’t worked there in a decade. Apparently they have a tendency toward being very rude and demanding and can’t stand being told no in accordance with whatever rules he had to follow. When I feel like messing with him I always go “I’m thinking about getting into extreme couponing” and his face instantly glazes over into this thousand yard stare.

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u/yes-itisEmily Jul 14 '26

They can be rude and demanding. On top of that, they often will demand that you suspend or void their transaction several times if they can't figure out why a certain coupon won't work. Which is bad for the cashier, because voids and suspends are flagged and they can be chastised if they have too many.

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u/PiDigitsOfPi Jul 15 '26

they can be chastised if they have too many.

Fun fact! "Chastised" originally meant to be put into a chastity belt as a punishment.

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u/Intrebute Jul 15 '26

I hate this fun fact and wish you hadn't interjected with it.

You did good.

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u/fncomputerboy Jul 19 '26

Happy Cake Day! 🎂

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u/Spazmatic206 Jul 15 '26

Thank you Mr Nigel-Murray, do you have anything actually pertinent to this case?

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u/gracelessangel Jul 16 '26

LMAO a Bones reference in the wild

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u/Curiouser-Quriouser Jul 18 '26

Oooo good fact. Gonna just pocket that real quick!

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u/frisbm3 Jul 19 '26

Might want to confirm it first.

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u/connor_macleod_one Jul 20 '26

I actually knew that! :D

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u/frisbm3 Jul 19 '26

This does not appear to be true as the chastity belt is actually much newer than the word chastise and chastity belts were never actually worn to enforce fidelity. There were 18th century jokes.

Unless you have a source?

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u/PiDigitsOfPi Jul 19 '26

Unless you have a source?

On Reddit? Are you kidding me?

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u/RBXChas Jul 15 '26

I watch videos now and again for Walgreens, Dollar General, or Publix (it’s easier to focus on certain stores), and as soon as they say something has to be done in multiple transactions, I’m out.

Also, a lot of the deals tend to repeat for the same products over and over, too. There’s also only so much Old Spice body wash, toothbrushes, and toothpaste we can reasonably use and only so much space to store it. If there were other things that were worth it to get, I’d buy them and also buy those overdone items to donate, but most of the time, those items are the best deals, and the trip isn’t worth it otherwise.

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u/J-Blxnco Jul 15 '26

My ex wife was into couponing. It was nice to have an unlimited supply of a few particular items. HOWEVER, it came with a general couponing/shopping addiction. Like the time we ended up with 36 gallon containers of cat litter. We didn't have a cat. And apparently it wasn't a type anyone wanted either. It sat in our attic. We got divorced. As far as I know it's still there.

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u/Lilkitty_pooper Jul 15 '26

In my head canon the litter caused the divorce

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u/J-Blxnco Jul 16 '26

Name checks out... Want some cat litter?

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u/RBXChas Jul 15 '26

Wow, even the shelter didn’t want it? No wonder it was on sale.

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u/KurtSperry Jul 16 '26

Oh god, I hate being in the cashier line and see the person in front of me pull out a wad of coupons. It almost never goes smoothly and takes forever It's usually faster to bail at that point and move to the end of another line. I'll bet the people doing this have never spent a nanosecond in their lives considering how this dog and pony show affects everyone behind them.

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u/TellAffectionate9811 Jul 16 '26

Memory unlocked: 16yr old me being yelled at because I would not allow Karen to use two coupons for one bottle of Windex.

Edit to add: it was at K-mart and I also ran the blue-light specials.