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Harmless little acts of rebellion

538 replies

KungFuPandaWorks · 17/09/2019 17:55

This is completely LIGHTHEARTED.

My husband absolutely cannot stand Cardi B at all. If she comes on the radio he will switch off, if her songs on the TV he will exit the room or change the channel. Now I don't think she's amazing but, I must admit she has some catchy songs.

My little act of rebellion is when I'm in the car alone, if Cardi B comes on the radio I will turn it up extremely loud and sing my heart out, even giving the woman herself a run for her money. Grin

What are you little acts of rebellion?

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NonnoMum · 19/09/2019 18:19

Pot noodles were banned for the students in my school yesterday (they hold up the (v expensive) caterers). Guess what I took in for lunch today? I'm a filthy animal...

Gandalfsstaff · 19/09/2019 18:20

I drive round car parks against the directional arrows when saves the environment by using less fuel.

PurpleDaisies · 19/09/2019 18:22

I drive round car parks against the directional arrows when saves the environment by using less fuel.

Someone crashed into me while doing that and my car was a write off. That’s actually dangerous.

Rachelover60 · 19/09/2019 18:23

I used to watch Mrs Brown's boys and husband hated it.

Papergirl1968 · 19/09/2019 18:25

I rebelled today and turned right out of a mall car park despite a big sign saying no right turn.
There was nothing coming and I couldn’t see any good reason for it, except possibly to prevent delays when it’s very busy.
It felt good!

BustedDreams · 19/09/2019 18:27

@SophyStantonLacy I think you can be sent to the Tower ... or even be beheaded for placing her Majesty upside down Grin

Papergirl1968 · 19/09/2019 18:28

I have been known to glare and gesticulate at people going the wrong way around car parks. Especially when they do it to nab a space.

fridakahlosmonobrow · 19/09/2019 18:32

My children's school has a uniform/dress code. It's not enforced very strictly but pretty much everyone complies and looks smart. Every single time I take my children shopping for school shoes I try my very hardest to get them silver shoes or spotty shoes or something different. Sadly it's always the plain black school shoes that seem to fit them best so I am thwarted in my tiny rebellion.

Is this the kind of thing? I haven't yet read the others responses.

Okay, now I've read some others and they've reminded me that a) I also ignore the arrows in car parks and b) I took a children's bible from a church a couple of years ago to use at work and I still have it.

dementedma · 19/09/2019 18:37

I do the supermarket divider thing. Brings me such pleasure.
I also park in P and C spaces. dons hard hat

vanillaicedtea · 19/09/2019 18:46

In our town there's the main road which is constantly full of traffic (old one way system pours all the traffic onto it, loads of mini roundabouts leading up to it from the other end and it has traffic lights in the middle, so it's always traffic-at-a-stand-still unless it's stupid o clock in the morning). However, behind the row of shops that line it on one side, there's a road to access a car park. This road conveniently runs the entire length of the main road, and brings you out at the other end of it where the merge from one lane to two has already happened. So while traffic ends up stopping so they can merge into the inside lane onto the square (going from one lane to two), it's constantly free for you to go into whatever lane you want a few yards down the road where this road brings you out.

I always use this short cut. I always tend to end up at least 6 cars ahead of the traffic and I can nip home in a breeze. I genuinely don't understand why more people don't use it (but I'm secretly glad because it means it's always clear to whizz up and I get home easily 10 minutes quicker).

missbattenburg · 19/09/2019 18:48

I never snap KitKats into fingers, I bite into them like they are any other chocolate bar.

You're a bloody monster!!! Grin Grin Grin

aintnothinbutagstring · 19/09/2019 18:49

I used to, when I was having to be very frugal, put very nice expensive apples through the self checkout as basic potatoes or carrots. Not really an act of rebellion, more just plain theft.

MuchTooTired · 19/09/2019 18:55

For some extraordinary reason, the laundry is solely my job. I rebel by not turning dh’s clean socks the right way up, and pair them back together however they are. Occasionally I’ll just pair any old sock with another.

MummyMayo1988 · 19/09/2019 19:02

OMG - there are literally TONS!

But my best and favourite act of total rebellion against my husband is to stick the radio on an odd number and when he realises; deny ALL knowledge of how it got there - even to the point of blaming one of the kids!
He has a thing for odd numbers, you see. And gets incredibly testy in the car if the volume is odd 🙄
I like to see how long it takes for him to discover and I especially like to leave it on 13. My record so far is 3 weeks and I'm totally proud of it! 😁😇

fernandoanddenise · 19/09/2019 19:03

I never snap Kit Kats into fingers, I bite into them like they are any other chocolate bar

I have reported this post. It’s unacceptable.

fernandoanddenise · 19/09/2019 19:04

I jump on the back of my trolley and ride along (pretty fast actually) empty supermarket aisles. #rebel

Gingernaut · 19/09/2019 19:06

This was shared on by one of my Facebook 'friends' I've never met

I ❤ this...

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familycourtq · 19/09/2019 19:11

I know a woman who used to add the random collection of tat on the shelves in her local pub by bringing items belonging to her DH she didn't like from their house and depositing them in the pub when no-one was looking.

Mummy1224 · 19/09/2019 19:12

Two young men parked in the closest parent and child space to the supermarket (no disabled sticker, no children) and sauntered into the store. I scribbled a note and popped it on their windscreen, which said:
“This space is for people like me, an exhausted mother trying to get two toddlers across a car park safely. Please don’t be an ASSHOLE.”
It felt incredible Grin

familycourtq · 19/09/2019 19:17

I've never given a security badge back when I've left a company
Nor me - and I certainly don't still have a pass for an MOD site (which was sold off and redeveloped as a housing estate years ago anyway).

noideaatallreally · 19/09/2019 19:18

I have set myself ridiculous, unobtainable performance management targets safe in the knowledge that I am quitting before the end of the year (management will find out on the last possible day).

I am waiting to see if anyone in management actually reads them and asks me why I have set the bar so high this year.

familycourtq · 19/09/2019 19:19

I drive slowly but deliberately towards people who drive the wrong way around car parks - best case until they have no space left to continue :)

familycourtq · 19/09/2019 19:20

I got so fed up of all the onerous regular reporting to my line manager that I created two bogus customers with major issues and added them to see if he would even notice - he didn't.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 19/09/2019 19:21

Duvetdazed, that reminded me of the b-day card I bought the other day for son in law.
Apologies to any arachnophobes on here!

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drumandthebass · 19/09/2019 19:22

@IreneWinters

You'll be telling us next that you eat Creme Eggs whole ! Shock