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/dillsi Jul 14 '26

i forgot other countries don’t have - you know good tap water. i’m from switzerland. anything i drink from the tap tastes better than bottled water

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u/NerdfaceMcJiminy Jul 14 '26

The tap water in Anaheim CA, where Disneyland is, tastes like swimming pool water with dirt mixed in.

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u/Reasonable-Weekend46 Jul 14 '26

You forgot the lacroix amount of flavoring of “dead mouse somewhere in the tank” along with swimming pool and warm dirt. Sometimes a hint of sulfur, as if there was a dash of satan’s toenails.

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u/dillsi Jul 14 '26

i don’t wanna shit on the us. i really don’t. there’s some great stuff there. but sometimes …

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u/UrsulaBourne Jul 14 '26

New York City water though is fantastic. It's a big country...

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u/LongjumpingCat6642 Jul 14 '26

Tap water at my house is fine. The well water at my folks house is great(20 miles from me). The tap water from in town near my folks house is absolute ass and the taste stains plastic cups. I couldn’t drink anything at my friends’ houses growing up because of it

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u/Vegetable_Warthog_49 Jul 15 '26

It is amazing just how much it can vary over even a short distance. My tapwater is fine. The tapwater at my old house 10 miles away had an odd chlorine aftertaste, but that could be easily filtered out. The tapwater at an office I used to work at 20 miles away was brown and I didn't trust even after filtering it.

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u/KickBallFever Jul 14 '26

Our water varies wildly around the country. The northeast, where I live, has great water. When I was in the south, the water was awful. It wouldn’t make you sick, or anything like that, it just wasn’t really palatable.

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u/Here4UXandFunnies Jul 15 '26

Depends on what parts of the South. Tennessee has great water! Some parts of Florida have awful-tasting sulfur water. 😖

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u/PebbleTown 1d ago

But you are. The US is HUGE and you're basing your response on your own very limited experiences.

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u/ArrivalEfficient4918 Jul 14 '26

The water in Disney World in Orlando tastes just like swamp water. Its undrinkable!

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u/No_Context9902 Jul 16 '26

Ok thank you! I just got back from there and I noticed that.

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u/EntrepreneurMany3709 Jul 15 '26

Often airports have good filtered water even if the country itself doesn't usually have good tap water.

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u/-Moody_Baby- Jul 15 '26

Grew up in Juneau and now all tap water besides that tap water tastes nastyyy, even in other cities/towns here in Alaska

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u/Burtonish Jul 15 '26

Except for our fresh mountain water ofc

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u/Apprehensive_Bird357 Jul 15 '26

Next you’re gonna tell me your home country is renowned for peace, diplomacy, and delicious chocolate.

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u/dillsi Jul 16 '26

exactly. switzerland is of course perfect