We all fail to communicate things to each other on a daily basis. And you may think it comes down to cultural or personality differences, but it doesn’t. Family members, couples, school friends, and colleagues fail to communicate their intentions as if they met yesterday.

So when you tell your sibling it’s OK to eat half of your grapes, don’t be surprised to find their other halves chilling in the fridge. Sometimes it’s intentional and results in “malicious compliance,” other times it’s purely accidental.

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Bored Panda has put up a compilation of the most absurd and hilarious incidents of people taking stuff too literally⁠. Maybe those who gave these instructions will watch their words next time—better clear than sorry!

#1 My History Prof Wanted Us To Write A Paragraph From Any Historical Figure’s Point Of View And Urged Us To Be As “Realistic As Possible”

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#2 Name This Plant

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#3 And You Even Can’t Be Mad At Him

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#4 Best One Today

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#5 A Friend’s Daughter-In-Law Was Told To “Cover Up” While Feeding Her Baby, So She Did

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#6 This Girl Waiting Here

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#7 After A Huge Meal (Schweinshaxe) In Berlin I Asked For Just A Small Beer. This Is What The Waiter Brought Me

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#8 Asked For A Small Frosty But In A Medium Cup “I Wasn’t Sure, But Hope This Is What You Were Asking For”

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#9 Was Worried About Privacy, So I Asked If They Could Put A Door Up To The Men’s Change Room. Problem Solved

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#10 My Cousin’s Friend Ordered A Chicken Burger And Asked For Mayo On The Top And Bottom, This Is What She Got

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#11 Wife Asked Me To Put All The Toilet Paper We Bought In The Basket

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#12 I Told My Students To “Include The Word Count In Your Essays”

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#13 Not What I Meant, But Ok

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#14 Spoons

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#15 When You Ask For A Golden Retriever For Your Birthday And Your Boyfriend Gets You This

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#16 My Friends’ Kid Asked For A 3DS For His Birthday

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#17 Asked My Insurance To Send Me A List Of Approved Psychologists, Ones Primarily Within A 20 Mile Radius Of My Location. This Is What I Got In The Mail Today

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#18 Told My 3 And 4-Year-Olds To Put The Toilet Paper Under The Sink. Must Be More Specific Next Time

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#19 My Note On The Cheese Fries Said: Extra Cheese On The Side

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#20 Taking Advantage Of A Poorly Worded Question On A Music History Test

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#21 This Person, Who Took His Girlfriend To All The World-Class Cities Of Ohio

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#22 I Think My Barista Is Trolling Me

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#23 This Is Why My Kid Is Going Places

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#24 We Asked Our Waitress For A Glass Of Ice And Some Guacamole. This Is What We Got

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#25 Oh Susan

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#26 I Asked My Husband To Make Sure The Kitchen Counter Was Clean

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#27 Egg And Cheese Bagel

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#28 Coffee Shop Compliance

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#29 Boss Wanted To See All The User Permissions

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#30 Asked My Husband To Put The Pillowcases On The Pillows

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#31 My Wife’s Grandma Likes To Buy Us Snacks Whenever She Goes To The Store, So We Asked Her For Some Sour Cream And Onion Chips. We Were Amused By What She Came Back With

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#32 I’m Currently A Culinary Student And Last Night I Asked A Lady Friend To Help Me With Dinner. All I Asked Her To Do Was Peel Half The Potatoes In The Bag

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#33 My Husband Asked Hardees To Put Extra Frosting On His Cinnamon Biscuit

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#34 Asked For “Nothing” As Dessert On A Disney Cruise. Got This Masterpiece

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#35 I Asked For A High Fade, And To Even Out The Top. This Is What I Got

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#36 Boss Said I Wasn’t Using Enough Wet Floor Signs While Mopping

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#37 My Wife, A Venezuelan Smart-Mouth

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#38 Picture On The Credit Card

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#39 Don’t Hesitate When Telling David Your Name

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#40 These Guys Always Have The Best Signs

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#41 Probably

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#42 I Asked For Peppers On The Side. Literally, I Guess

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#43 This Must Technically Count. My Aunt Just Took A Screenshot

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#44 Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn

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#45 Friend’s Camera Stopped Working Due To Moisture. I Told Him To Put It In A Sealed Bag With Some Rice. He Asked If This Is What I Meant

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#46 While Teaching Her To Bake, I Asked My Daughter To Weigh The Ingredients

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#47 I Asked My Wife To Pick Up Some Frozen Fruit At The Grocery Store

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#48 My Cousin Was Asked To Bring A Potato Dish To The Family Party

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#49 So I Asked My 3-Year-Old Daughter To Replace The Toilet Paper Roll. Job Well Done

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#50 Malicious Compliance At The Gym

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#51 Anarchist Here. My Uncle And I Are Cut From Different Cloth

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#52 I Asked The Lady To Cut My Sandwich Into Three Pieces

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#53 Refilled The Paper Tray

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#54 Went Through The Taco Bell Drive-Thru With A Friend. When Asked If We Wanted Sauce, I Said: “As Much As You’re Allowed To Give Me”. I May Have Made A Mistake

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#55 Ordered The Side Salad And Requested Egg And Cheese Only. They Took It Literally

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#56 Friend Gets Migraines. Her Meds Come In Blister Packs, And Are Very Hard To Open In Midst Of Migraine. She Asked Pharmacist To Put Pills In Bottle

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#57 Friend Of Mine Had A Kidney Transplant 5 Years Ago And Asked For The Bakery To Write “5 Years” Anywhere On The Cake

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#58 The Truest Eggroll

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#59 I Asked My Brother To Take A Picture Of Me In Spain And This Was The Actual Picture He Thought Was Fine (P.S. I’m Not Wearing A Hat)

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#60 I Asked My Wife To Send Me Some Underwear Pictures, This Is What I Got In Return

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#61 I Went To McDonald’s And Asked For “An Egg McMuffin With Sausage And Cheese Only”

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#62 When They Said “Chocolate Chip Muffin”, I Didn’t Take Them Literally… But Should Have

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#63 Someone Put Expiration Date On The Dessert

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#64 I’m Done

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#65 Ok