Top 10 Facepalm Worthy Stories From the Past Week

Enjoy the best from this past week's foolishness.

Published 1 year ago in Funny

The news is a crazy place, and sometimes it can be hard to adequately give every story the spotlight it deserves. That's why we've decided to gather up our favorite face-palmable stories from this past week that we still think are worthy of showing off, even if they may or may not have made the cut.

Enjoy the best from this past week's foolishness.

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Secret service officers discovered a white substance on the ground floor of the West Wing of the White House on Sunday. That substance has now been confirmed as cocaine, and the incident caused a brief White House shutdown. Who was snorting white powder in the White House? Nobody knows, but there are plenty of memes.

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A woman decided to illegally touch a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. "It's very hot," she yelled. Hot springs are often around 175 degrees Fahrenheit. Yeah, it's no wonder they call them HOT springs. Play with hot stuff, and get burned like this woman did.
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A photo of a restaurant bill from January has resurfaced online, re-igniting the conversation about restaurant worker wages, and tipping. I don't think any of us, who are already paying waitstaff salaries through tips, want to pay for their healthcare either. Pay your workers more!

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A doordash worker in Texas became enraged after what he perceived as an inadequate tip, following a $20 pie delivery. The woman had tipped him 25%, but he felt that with her means it should have been larger. "Nice house for $5 tip," he said. The internet is divided on who's side to take.
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The MSCHF group created and sold a micro handbag that they called, "smaller than a grain of salt." The bag, if you can call it that, sold for $63,000 in an online auction. It was called the "full logical conclusion" of shrinking handbags made exclusively for status. Sounds like rich people just can't figure out what to do with their money.
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The Australian influencer emmaclaiir has decided to leave social media after she admitted on a podcast that she killed both her sister's, and best friend's cats as a child. Claiir appeared to find the story humorous, and failed to appropriately apologize to her fans. Now she is quitting influencing for good. Read more here.

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The New York City Fire Department did not take kindly to a car parked in front of a hydrant, and shattered all four of its windows. Fire hoses must be as straight as possible for water to flow efficiently, and firefighters will do whatever it takes to achieve that.
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Grant Haber, the CEO of a company called American Innovations, hired a team to cut down his neighbors trees. Haber initially claimed it was a misunderstanding, but he is now being fined $32,000 after causing an estimated $1.9 million in damages.
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A woman named Dominique was on a vacation for her anniversary in Costa Rica, when she was charged almost $30,000 for an Uber ride after the app failed to account for currency conversion. After discussions with both her bank and Uber, it is unclear when the charge will be corrected, and she has been forced to put her vacation on hold.

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The gas station and convenience store Speedway decided to wish America a happy birthday on the 4th of July. Unfortunately, they got its age just a little off. Turns out even countries don't like being called older than they are. Speedway quickly removed the Facebook post.