‘What’s your most unethical life hack?’ – 21 slightly dubious ways to get ahead

12.

‘Pick the best produce at the store by watching others who seem like they know how to pick the best produce. If they sniff it, you know they are pro. Then when they aren’t looking, make your own selections from their cart.’
–Murph-Dog

13.

‘We fly often with our baby (six separate weddings and funerals in just her eight months of life). Every time someone asks if it’s her first flight, we just say yes. It makes people so happy being a part of such a big milestone, everyone is so nice and forgiving, and the flight attendants sometimes give us free drinks!

We were honestly tired of bumming people out when we were honest, lol. Seems to make people happy and buy us some free time and free drinks.’
–caroline_andthecity

14.

‘Another utility for multiple emails: a lot of parking meters in major cities are now (like everything else in the world) tied to an app. When I’m somewhere that has scarce parking and pay-by-app is available, I create two separate accounts using different emails and then toggle back and forth so I never have to move my car. So far, no tickets and I regularly stretch 1 or 2 hour parking into an all day spot.’
–the_nun_one

15.

‘Turn the Wi-Fi off and pretend it’s ‘broken’ when guests overstay their welcome.’
–Merri_Blum

16.

‘A lot of hotels have breakfast and they don’t ask for room numbers or names, as long as you just walk in and don’t look lost.’
–aamurusko79

17.

‘They eventually caught on, but during covid I was gifted a Kindle and got very into reading. I would purchase a book from Amazon, download it to my kindle, and then read it so quickly that I could return it to amazon within 24-48 hours for a full refund. I probably read 75-100 books for free over the course of about a year and a half.’
–IfTheHouseBurnsDown

18.

‘I eat breakfast at work (at the desk). I get credit for coming in earlier, and starting work earlier.’
–ackmondual

19.

‘When approached by people asking for money for a charity, whether in your doorstep or in the street, confidently say ‘I already donate to this charity, such a worthy cause’ they thank you and leave no further questions asked. Easiest way I have found to get them to take no for an answer.’
–Tiggsyb-12

20.

‘Spill your drink on the seat in front of you at the movie theatre so nobody will block your view.’
–Burt-Zacharach

21.

‘Sign up for rewards at every restaurant in town and claim a different birthday for each one. You’ll get free stuff year round.’
–SpecialComplex5249

When that deadline is just a little too close for comfort –

‘When you need to submit a document and you know you will be late, save it, open the pdf or docx with notepad++, delete some random metadata and submit it that way.

The file will show as corrupt. When your professor or business partner gets back to you saying ‘sorry I can’t open it, can you resend it?’ you will be happy to oblige and help them out. I used it frequently during university times.’
–AndraStellaris

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