The waiter brought you the wrong food order… and you’re 70% sure it was on purpose.
• Eat it anyway and pretend you didn’t notice.
• Flag them down and get it corrected ASAP.
• Eat it, but complain to your friends and write passive-aggressive Yelp review later.
• Politely ask if anyone else at the table wants it, then order again.
Someone at a party keeps explaining things to you that you already know. Badly.
• Interrupt, correct them, and take over the story.
• Smile, nod, and let them finish without interrupting.
• Ask increasingly absurd questions until they realize you’re trolling.
• Wait until later and tell your friends the “real” version.
You join a new hobby group and find out they have extremely intense, unwritten rules.
• Learn them fast and start enforcing them better than the veterans.
• Quietly observe until you figure out the flow.
• Break one rule on purpose just to see what happens.
• Suggest tweaks to make the rules more reasonable.
You’re at a wedding and the DJ is bombing hard. Like, clearing the dance floor bad.
• March up and suggest a better playlist.
• Rally a group to dance anyway and get the energy back.
• Request the most chaotic song you can think of and watch the reactions.
• Leave for snacks and return when the vibe improves.
Your friend texts “call me, it’s urgent”, but then they don't answer when you call.
• Call again until they pick up.
• Wait and trust they’ll call back.
• Send a string of increasingly unhinged GIFs until they respond.
• Text “You good?” and move on.
You’ve been assigned a shared Airbnb with strangers for a trip. They’ve already “claimed” the best bedroom.
• Take it back with a convincing case for why you need it.
• Accept it and make the smaller room your cozy base.
• Hide something slightly unsettling in their room as payback.
• Negotiate a room swap later in the trip.
You’re in line at a food truck and realize they’re about to run out of the thing you came for.
• Make up an excuse to get the person ahead of you to let you go first.
• Decide to try something else and roll with it.
• Loudly offer a small bribe to anyone ahead of you who will order the thing you want for you.
• Zone out and put it in the universe's hands. Maybe the people ahead of you will order something else.
Your coworker asks for “just a quick favor” but it’s actually an entire day of work.
• Say no and explain exactly why.
• Agree but set strict boundaries for next time.
• Do it, but slip in a few snarky comments.
• Negotiate to swap tasks or do only part of the work instead.
Your group of friends is trying to decide where to eat, and it’s been 40 minutes.
• Pick a place for the group and just start walking there.
• Suggest a few options you think would appeal to everyone.
• Throw out the most unhinged idea you can think of just to shake things up.
• Suggest splitting up for food and meeting after.
You overhear someone confidently giving life advice that you know is bad.
• Jump in and correct them mid-sentence.
• Let it go unless it causes actual harm.
• Ask questions that make the flaws in their logic obvious.
• Keep quiet, but give people the right information later in private.
Your ride home bails and you’re stuck across town with 2% phone battery.
• Use someone else's phone to call everyone you know until someone gives you a ride.
• Conserve battery, call a Lyft, and hope they come in time.
• Hitch a ride with strangers who seem cool.
• Accept your fate. Guess it's time to jog home!
Someone is talking loudly on speakerphone in a quiet coffee shop.
• Politely but firmly ask them to take it outside.
• Ignore them and focus on your own thing.
• Loudly exclaim, "Wow, it sure is quiet in here!" while looking straight at them.
• Move to another seat or leave without making a scene.