“I remember hanging up the phone and putting myself on break.

My manager looked at me and told me to take a walk, barely hiding her unrestrained giggles.”

So when Reddit useru/BlueCaracalasked,“What couldn’t you believe you had to explain to another adult?”

A large cruise ship sailing on the open ocean under a clear sky

Over 20,000 people provided their answers.

Here’s what they had to say below.

“Why a room below sea level on a cruise ship would not have a balcony.”

A train travels across a long brick viaduct surrounded by lush greenery and trees with a background of a small, distant town under a partly cloudy sky

u/VelvetWhisperer12

“Why didn’t they just buy a wallpaper?”

u/Risiki

“Tactical wallpaper.”

u/BakedMitten

3.

Close-up of a pregnant person cradling their belly with both hands, wearing a light cardigan and a white top, no visible text or background details

She insisted she had to because she didnt like flying."

“Volunteered in a charity shop.

I tried to explain we don’t do that because we’re a charity shop.

A person reaches for a printed paper from a printer on a cluttered desk with a computer, books, glasses, and a plant nearby

She insisted that other shops, like H&M, have done that for her.

She wouldn’t take no for an answer.

She got mad at that, too.”

A healthcare worker administers a vaccine to a seated person who wears a sleeveless shirt

u/Aquashinez

5.

“North is not whichever way youre facing!”

u/Tobias—Funke

7.

Person seated on a couch, wearing a sweater and jeans, with their arms crossed over their abdomen

“That you have to have a printer to print things at home.

Tech support, and I wish I was lying.”

“Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and Italy is not a town in France.

A pot of water boiling on a modern gas stove in a kitchen, surrounded by typical kitchen appliances and utensils

My sister dated him for far too long.”

u/GravityLands2018

9.

She specifically asked it to be a telephone appointment.

Raw chicken breasts and a knife on a wooden cutting board

“I worked in tech support for an internet provider a few years back.

A woman calls in, complaining her wi-fi isnt working.

I go through the normal troubleshooting questions: whats your gadget?

How are you connected?

And finally, ‘What can you see on your screen?’

“Woman (W): Its black

Me: How do you mean?

Are you getting errors?

W: The whole screen is black.

Me: Have you turned the laptop on?

W: I cant.

Me: …. Why not?

W: Ive lost the charging cable.

Me: Ok, uh, do you have another unit I can help you connect with?

Maybe a tablet or your phone?

W: No, you better get the laptop reconnected.

Me: …Can you go and buy another charging cable?

W: No, you oughta send me one.

Me: We dont supply them.

Also, we didnt supply you with your laptop.

We just provide internet.

W: Yes, and now youre not providing me internet, so you should probably fix it.

I remember hanging up the phone and putting myself on break.

My manager looked at me and told me to take a walk, barely hiding her unrestrained giggles.”

which usually made them mad.

Many times, it was not on.”

u/YogaChefPhotog

11.

“We cannot hold period blood in.”

“It was at work.

u/LoveDistinct

13.

“When I was in culinary school, I had someone ask me if their water was boiling.

“That it’s possible for you to still get pregnant with the woman on top.

‘Gravity doesn’t work like that!'”

u/Mysterious_Silver381

15.

I learned this in 8th grade home economics when I was 13 years old.