22 Admirable Times Someone ‘Took One for the Team’

‘Science project kinda exploded in the lab, so I took the blame’
22 Admirable Times Someone ‘Took One for the Team’

It’s an admirable thing to volunteer oneself as tribute — especially when you don’t know the consequences. 

A Redditor recalled the time that he and his then-girlfriend worked at a bar in Montreal, and a group of rich businessmen came in, flaunting their money and buying champagne for everyone. As she was serving them, they insisted on giving her drinks, which she would accept and then discreetly pass on to her boyfriend. This continued as the night went on, and the next thing the Redditor remembers is waking up in his apartment with the realization that he’d been roofied. In that instance at least, he was glad to have taken one for the team.

Other Redditors who took one for the team include a “Bridesmaidzilla,” a brave fast-food employee and a real Boy Scout.

cryrabanks 3y ago I was a bridesmaidzilla. I think there's another term but I can't think of it. The bride was one of my friends, and she is the sweetest, kindest people you will ever meet. However, a lot of people treated her like a doormat, especially her parents. Her mother in law was a genuine nightmare. Like every stereotype you've heard about mother in laws, she embodied. Her mother and future MIL wanted to help plan her wedding but they weren't paying for anything and didn't care at all what she wanted and sometimes would make fun of her.
HolidaySleep2946 3y ago I was still at school after the school day had ended. I was in a big group of my friends and one of them said they left their laptop and their dad's guitar in the closed music building and his dad would be really mad if he left it there. so I snuck into the building, climbed through the window, and got the guitar and laptop. I saw a teacher on the way out so I bolted out of the front door and gave my friend his stuff. We ran out the gates to the school and
LuckyProfessor369 Зу ago My best friend got blackout drunk and decided to try message his really hot cousin and hit on her. I don't think he realised, he was so drunk and he sent some pretty weird stuff. When he woke up he realised what he had done and he's freaking out because she's told their whole family and they're all messaging him saying that he's a weirdo and they're disowning him and all that. I decided to take the blame and say I did it whilst he was passed out as some weird prank. It took a lot of
angle_madeup 3y ago When I was a Boy Scout, we had to spend the night in a shelter we made to get Wilderness survival merit badge. The rule was at least two people for safety reasons. I already had that merit badge. My friend wanted the merit badge. It was February and it was a fucking cold drizzling rainy weekend. Just barely above freezing so that it was rain rather than snow. We built a shelter with about 4 of us. In the night, as the cold rain leaked in, two guys quit and went to sleep in a tent.
Unknown_Captain 3y ago Friend of mine invited me on a double date with her bf and a girl I'd never met before. My friend told me the girl was my type, that her humour reminded her of me. She also told me that she invited another mutual friend of ours first but he didn't want to waste an afternoon on a blind date with probably some fat bird. Said that everyone would be disappointed if I didn't go, so I gave in. I turned up at the place looking all moody and I see my friend walk in. Her bf
oceaneyez727 3y ago Went to a wedding a few years back. Groom and Bride invited all guests to come dance with them. Not a soul in the room would budge for nearly 15 minutes. Poor bride, She was visibly upset that no one would come dance. After finishing a cocktail and a conversation, I grabbed my husband and proceeded to dance( I'm a terrible dancer) with him next to the newlyweds. The brides face lit up! Shortly after other guests trickled to the floor and began to dance. After the couple returned from their honeymoon she called me to thank
Demonae 3y ago was 16 and working my first job at Wendy's. One of the older guys there was Native American, had been in the Vietnam War and knew a lot of martial arts. We were friends, but horsed around a lot at work. One day, knowing full well this dude could fight, I lurked around a corner, and when he walked by, I faked a jab at his head with a mop handle. Не had me on the ground bleeding in under a second, I didn't even see what he did! Не immediately started apologizing, the manager ran back
datreesbetalkin 3y ago Science project kind of exploded in the lab so I took the blame since the rest of the group was failing due to them being absent and I was doing fine in that class so I took the blame and got suspended so they could finish (they said one of us had to talk or they took it away) no one was really at fault it was all of us but we all ended up getting A's + 630 Share ...
 3y ago Having a sleep over at a friends house. Like 5-6 of us. We started what was a babysitting group in school and all became close friends. Regular sleep overs at one friend's house. We would all sleep in her parents bed since it was a king and would fit us all. Parents slept in the guest room. We wake up and someone had wet the bed. We didn't know who. It wasn't me. My friend's Mom is livid. She has all of us stand and tries to figure out who wet the bed. First she asked. No
NickDaRedditor 3y ago Edited 3y ago Earlier this year, me and my band mates were at Seaworld and in the line for Mako and while we were getting in, we tried to put our stuff away in the containers that were to the left of the ride after waiting about half an hour in the line. We then discovered that only loose articles were allowed in the basket and that we would all have to get off the ride and go downstairs to get a locker then do the line again. I realized it'd be a waste of time since
Iwork3jobs 3y ago We were 15 hours in our 2-event shift. Lots of clients, set up, moving around, etc, my watch recorded 14 miles of walking. It was also snowing. My 7 team members were barely walking straight and had knee pain, had to lie on the floor, by the end. Anyway, both events were over and it's time for cleanup. The leader says only one person needs to stay to sweep, so the rest can go home. I'm in the military so I volunteered. My joints hurt but not as bad. They all hugged me on their way out
Mike_ate_Sully 7y ago Where I work we get audited by auditors every few years just so they can see we're following compliance laws and policies set forth by the company. I just joined in to the company less than 7 months and all the staff were playing hide and seek when the auditor stepped into the room. They wanted to observe and shadow an employee and no one volunteerrd or had the balls to show up. I eventually said fuck it and elected myself just so we could wrap that shit up and the auditor could leave. Passed with flying
 7y ago Edited 7y ago When I worked at the golden arches we had a customer... Asshole... Shit paint the stall in the men's room. I was heavily pregnant so I noped the hell out of that. I offered an incentive to whatever poor soul went in to clean it. Debates on who would do it lasted about 15 minutes and one of my more troublesome crew members decided he really wanted an hour break, paid, so he volunteered. Не spent 2 hours doing the task, with repeated trips outside to puke. After he was done, I called my
 7y ago Told my dad I was the one who dropped my brother, who was bleeding, instead of my sister because I was liked better and would've received a less severe punishment + 6.6K ...
DellSalami 3y ago Edited 3y ago Was in a car ride with my GF and some family, my GF lets out a nasty fart, and my uncle starts complaining about the smell. It was the first time my GF met these people, and I figured it would be super awkward if they figured it was her, so I took responsibility for the fart. Besides some more complaints directed at me, nothing else happened. The fart was hella stinky so I don't blame them for complaining at all + 19K Share ...
Tzoumass 3y ago my best friend conviced me have a couple of drinks together, next thing you know im carrying him on my back at 1 am to his house, we were 16 at the time), police came and arested us, ( it was when quarantine first started in greece, nothing really happened with the cops, they just phoned our parents and waited, both our parents came to the police station, they asked whose idea was it, i knew that if i told it was my friends idea he would be fucked, so i just told them that it was mine, i
Technical-Bet-2023 3y ago I had a junior developer on my team that made a mistake. Не had only been there a few months and although the mistake was easy to make, it would end up costing the company $40k. I was a senior dev and relatively untouchable due to a lot of fixed mistakes that others had made. For two days management was talking about who made the mistake and what they would need to do. As soon as | realized who it was (he was unaware at that point that he had done it wrong) I said I did
BuckyThePanda 7y ago A little late, but from one of my friends, I heard that there was a huge party in one of the dorm rooms at a boarding school. It was one of the last nights and the teachers were going around hoping to catch people doing stuff they weren't supposed to be doing. Apparently, when a teacher tried their best to open a door, senior held it down and had everyone else escape through the backdoor. Needless to say, he got kicked out and nobody else did. What a legend. + 1.2K ...
-Firestar- . 3y ago Took a class in college that I didn't want to take but if I didn't, the class couldn't be run and two other people would not be able to graduate. + 36K Share ...
Slurms_Mackenzie42 3y ago My ex girlfriend and I worked at a bar in Montreal. she was a waitress and I was Bartender. One in a while a bunch of rich dudes from the states would come up and flaunt their money to the girls we worked with. Buying champagne and such. One night she was serving them and I got cut early and was waiting until she was done and those dude insisted on giving her drinks. She was coming down with a cold and didn't want to drink so she kept feeding me drinks intended for her. Long story
Nokomisu 3y ago I was on a cruise, and they were doing auditions for the end of trip show where you're impersonating a well known performer/song. We were over an hour into the karaoke time and no one had auditioned yet. I'd had a few drinks and figured what's the worst that could happen? That's how I found myself performing on stage as Ricky Martin with backup dancers + 19K Share ...
whydontuwannawork 3y ago When my uncle got here my parents let him stay with us till he could find somewhere to live,one day he had brought some spicy chips and we were eating them in the living room, next thing I know my younger sibling is crying because he got some dust of it in his eye and my parents were trying to figure out who brought them.They blamed me cuz I usually buy spicy chips and so I took the blame because I wouldn't want to be in the position in where some people let you live in there

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