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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/CryptonautExpress on 2024-08-28 05:37:56+00:00.
I was a troublesome teenager who committed a miniscule crime and ended up with court assigned community service (completely guilty). Community service was a way to take your punishment without a 'permanent record'.
The task was to collect trash in the town on foot and return to the sight at XYZ time with "a full bag and no empties remaining."
Instructions unclear. Proceeded to pick up trash to and from my friends house (with a healthy 6 hour respite) and left the spare bags for his family to use.
Completely missed the point of community service, however I felt like quite the clever degen at the time.
Fast forward two decades later and I'm a constant garbage-picker-upper while walking the dog.