27 Aggravating Times People Tried to Correct An Expert

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27 Aggravating Times People Tried to Correct An Expert

Nobody likes a know-it-all — especially the people who actually do know it all. 

But regardless of how little people know, it doesn’t stop them from arguing about it. One Redditor recalled the time she was at a gallery show and someone tried to explain the meaning of a painting to her. It was her painting, and they were wrong. Another Redditor remembered getting into an argument with a person who swore that liquor stores in their area were closed on Sundays. The Redditor definitely knew better, though, citing his lengthy history in alcoholism and the restaurant industry to back up his superior knowledge. 

It doesn’t stop there either — plenty of other Redditors have recounted the times their expertise was called into question by someone who didn’t have the right to do so, including one guy who thought he knew a woman’s body better than a female midwife.

EverythingsBees . 4y ago I had someone explain the meaning of a painting at a gallery show. It was my painting. They were wrong. 370 ...
 4y ago It happens a lot lately, I'm a microbiologist, so the number of people who have suddenly taken an interest in the subject in order to be confidently wrong about it is pretty upsetting. + 12K ...
SPP_TheChoiceForMe 4y ago Someone once tried to insist that our state didn't sell alcohol on sundays. I've spent over a decade working in restaurants and am also an alcoholic, which she knew about but still insisted on arguing with me about it + 3.2K ...
magnagan 4y ago Edited 4y ago Colour. It sounds weird but anytime the colour of something comes up and someone tries to correct me. I've been a commercial printing press operator for 20 years. I can spot VERY subtle differences in colours that most people can't. Edit: The upvote is orange. The dress is blue and black. + 10K ...
Xazier 4y ago This happens to me alot. I had the unique situation of working in manufacturing in China for 7 years. I moved back 3 years ago and constantly have people explain to me why manufacturing could easily come back to the states. I emphatically tell them they are fucking high. + 2.6K ...
Curleysound e 4y ago I'm an academy award winning sound mixer and almost everyone on film sets think they know my job better than me. + 3.8K ...
DrGiggleFr1tz 6y ago I work with refractory, melting furnaces, and metal for a living and work all across the world doing it. You can find a LOT of information about any of those things by doing a simple Google search. Processes and specifics may require and in depth search, and some you may not find at all due to a prototype method being used or a company secret. But tell me how the hell you're going to argue with me about something as trivial as the melting point of aluminum? I don't even need to be an expert in my
IAmDotorg 6y ago I have - - on multiple occasions--had people on here try to tell me I was wrong about how a particular feature of a popular consumer device worked - - a feature I designed and have multiple patents on. But that's Reddit for you. 100 ...
legoeggo323 6y ago - I'm a teacher. I went on a first date where a guy tried to lecture me on the problems with our public education system. Не didn't even attend public school as a student. Needless to say, there was no second date. The waitress didn't even offer us a dessert menu since I guess my face said 'get me out of here.' 135 ...
PA-Beemer-rider 6y ago I was doing a plumbing project at my old house, where I was roughing in some drain lines. My ex- wife proceeds to tell me how I need to inventory everything we had on hand and make a list of everything that I need so that I make sure I don't purchase things that we already and so we can save money in a very demeaning and condescending manner.... I was a foreman of a pipe fitting crew at that time and it was literally what I did for a living 40 hours a week. Made me
 6y ago A complete ball bag tried to tell me that autism meant I have no empathy at all, and that it requires extensive therapy to correct, and that he didn't believe I'm autistic because I'm hyperlexic (opposite of dyslexia) and I can speak. I have lived with autism all my life. It took decades to train myself to make eye contact. I have a lot of empathy for people, I just have difficulty understanding emotions in others when the emotion isn't logical. Also, therapy sometimes helps with autism, but not always. 349 ...
WrackspurtsNargles 6y ago When a man tried to correct me on the anatomy of the vulva/vagina/uterus when A) I am a woman, was born a woman, and have always had female genitalia and B) I am a midwife and not only was biology part of my degree but I have a vagina at eye sight at least twice a day. The only thing that shut him up was me saying I've been inside way more vaginas than he has. Не took it very personally, despite that being my literal job. 3.5K ...
TheRobRoss 6y ago E Edited 6y ago I studied geology for some time and I was telling someone about how the area we live in is mostly limestone cause it used to be sediment that was on the ocean surface and they said that place we live is above ground now it could have never been below sea level. Geoscience classes must not be doing too well. + 2.3K ...
AnxiousMirror 6y ago Amputees will regrow their limbs eventually! No, I think I would know if they were, considering I AM an amputee 1K ...
notquiteright2 6y ago . My parents are Italian, I speak Italian, and I've had people in the U.S. who are 1/4 Italian at best, or who once ate Italian food, correct me on the pronunciation of any number of things. Yeah, I've forgotten how to say a lot of things, so maybe I'm not a 'specialist' per se, but sauce isn't called gravy in Italy, sorry. + 1.9K ...
HAquarium 6y ago I have kept fish for over 10 years. I worked at a fish store in highschool, bred fish for profit, and currently work at a lab which keeps fish and other aquatic animals for scientific and biotechnology related research. I've had countless people argue with me about basic fish care both on reddit and in real life, telling me that what Im saying is false or that a certain fish doesn't need the space it needs, or telling me a cycle is unnecessary. + 720 ...
zogins 6y ago For a short time I was teaching in a school and at the end of the year an 'inspector' visited to go over the way I had corrected the final exams. Не insisted that the answer to a particular question was not the one I said was correct. Не was the one who had written the question. I argued with him that I was very sure that I knew what I was saying. I had written a thesis about this particular topic. It took a lot of effort not to punch him in the face. 5.4K ...
 6y ago Edited 6y ago I didn't specialize on it but when I worked a the deli in my local grocery store I had a guy come in asking for some sliced ham. I asked him if he wanted Black Forest ham, honey baked or mesquite ham. Не looked at me and said It's not mesquite, it's mestique. I pointed at the sign and label (on the actual efing ham!) that said Mesquite Ham but he still corrected me. I gave up and gave him his damn mestique ham. This was a good 15 years ago and I'm still
dynas4life 6y ago I'm a harley mechanic and I swear most harley riders have to pretend they know everything about their bike! I dont even argue with them anymore, I just tell em what's up and if they want to debate about it, I say ok and walk away... lol + 16K ...
72PinsHorror 6y ago Got a ton of these when I worked at a video game store. My favorite was a guy who came in around the time Skyrim came out and asked if we had the new Elder Scrolls game. I said Oh, you mean Skyrim? Не laughed condescendingly and said No, I mean Skrim. Thinking he was just mistaken, I was like Oh no, it's called Skyrim. No it's not. It's pronounced Skrim. At that point I realized he didn't even want the game, he just wanted to show up the girl working in the game store with his
cumulobiscuit 6y ago . Edited 6y ago I'm an identical twin and a big biology nerd. I had someone insist that fraternal twins are paternal twins and explain why she'll have some bc they've leapfrogged through her husband's family.
CAT_FISHED_BY_PROF . 6y ago Am a climber, people tell me to wear gloves all of the time. There is a form of climbing where gloves would be somewhat acceptable (although even then a bit questionable) but in free climbing/ bouldering you cannot wear gloves because your fingers actually allow you to grip onto smaller pieces of rock. + 18K ...
bethaneanie 6y ago I'm a professional pastry cook. The GM at my new job tried to reteach me how to crack eggs. + 12K ...
bezosdivorcelawyer 6y ago I'm majoring in archaeology. I had a guy start talking to me about dinosaurs. I correct him and say it's a fairly common misconception, but paleontology and archaeology are two different fields and I'm studying humans, not dinosaurs. Не doubles down and insists I need to know about dinosaurs because What do you do if you're digging up ruins and find a dinosaur fossil? ....Call a paleontologist? Не smugly tells me I'll be useless in the field if I don't know about dinosaurs and I better start registering for paleontology courses and leaves. I still don't know
Fir_Chlis 6y ago My wife has a friend who studied zoology who once told me that cows can't run or jump. I grew up with them. I - more than once - had to run after or away from them after they had jumped a fence. Cows are fucking fast when they want to be. + 12K ...
Amy47101 6y ago You wouldn't believe the number of times people tried to tell me that people only become diabetic if they eat to much sugar and INSIST they are right. I'm a type one diabetic, diagnosed at 14 months. Was I drinking soda from my bottles and using ring pops as pacifiers, then? + 23K ...
gcm6664 4y ago Edited 4y ago My father in law challenged me about the capabilities of DVD. Specifically he claimed that you could only have widescreen video (not 4:3) on a DVD disc. At the time I was employed as a DVD author. I authored the very first commercially available feature on Scenarist. I am literally acknowledged in the first edition of DVD Demystified as an expert. I had already by that time personally authored literally hundreds of DVD's with 4:3 video. Не knew all of the above at the time, yet still insisted I was wrong. + 8.3K ...

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