Have you ever told someone off by mistake for doing something and they weren't actually doing it?

I remember some guy on the London Underground had a rolled up fag in his mouth. This guy thought he was smoking it and told him he should put it out. The smoking guy reacted quite angrily shouting, 'ITS NOT LIT! THINK BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING!'. I didnt know where to look.

What about you? Have you ever been ticked off for nothing?

I think you know I have.

CarrieMpls said:

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Cor, we're elaborate on this thread aren't we.

Natisse said:

Me too!

The animation reminds me of a story I heard about a hairstylist who let a client in after closing (he was desperate to get a cut). In the course of the trim, she saw a suspicious motion underneath his smock, thought he was jerking-off and clocked him unconscious with a hairdryer. Turns out he was just cleaning his glasses. This is not apocryphal - I remember hearing the hairstylist or her friend recount it (on TV, I believe).

Ace said:

HamsterHuey said:

I probably have, but I can't remember it right now.

But I do remember something related. In my last year of high-school I was sent to the headmaster because the biology-teacher thought I was high on drugs. I wasn't. I was just being my very energetic self.

I actually get this 'You're on drugs!!' reaction a lot. Not only because of my behaviour, but also because of my eyes. My pupils are almost always very big.