14 Stories About Creative People For Whom There Are No “No Ways Out” Situations

Probably, we all go through situations that stay in our head for a long time, and we think a lot about how we could have said or done better at that moment. But there are also some situations where we emerge victorious, demonstrating great ingenuity. It is these positive moments that we have prepared for you today in our selection.

We, from awesome.club, we love stories about creative people who manage to emerge victorious from even seemingly “no-win” situations. For this reason, we could not fail to pay attention to these posts full of humor and creativity, which not only encourage, but also teach to think “outside the box”.

In 5th grade, I participated in an oratory competition with a speech about clumsiness. As I walked onstage, I tripped, fell, and dropped all my note cards. And then I got up, took another pile of cards out of my pocket and said: “If you suffer from clumsiness, you must always be prepared for anything!” Everyone was stunned, and I ended up in second place. © queenevans / TumblrMy daughter since 1st grade hated writing down her homework. I always scolded her for having to call her colleagues every day and ask about homework. Once the coordinator asked me to go to a meeting… I found out that my daughter hired a boy from the class to take notes for her for 20 reais a month. As I was being scolded for raising “such a clueless daughter,” I could barely contain my laughter. At home, instead of scolding, I baked her a cake for her ingenuity. © Podslushano / VK

Start all phone calls with the phrase “I think my cell phone is going to die now”. So you can end the call anytime when you get bored. © sarcasm_only / InstagramOnce we went on vacation with the whole family. Then my grandmother started complaining that I didn’t remember her birthday. She noticed, because she wanted to take a picture with me on her cell phone and asked me to enter the password, which was her birth date, but I couldn’t unlock it. I waited while she was distracted, changed the password and entered my date of birth. When she tried to unlock the phone and failed, she asked if I had changed the password. I admitted yes. Then she impatiently asked, “What is it?” I replied: “The date of my birthday”. She looked at me in bewilderment, trying to remember the date for a few seconds, and the whole family roared with laughter. It was a great lesson. © Seeker7fold / Reddit In 9th grade, my parents bought me men’s Air Max sneakers. I really liked the color. I once went to the mall and ran into a group of boys from my school. They were fools who always satisfied themselves by intimidating others. One of them was wearing the same sneakers as me and he, of course, couldn’t let this go unnoticed: “Do you realize you’re wearing men’s sneakers?” To which I immediately blurted out, “Then why are you wearing it?” All of his friends burst out laughing. © Kris681 / Reddit

My daughter likes to go to the pool since she was 2 years old. Who always takes her is her father. Now she is almost 3 years old, she already speaks well and always tells what they did in the pool: we swam, played ball, etc. Once, I was walking with her in the park, and she said to me: “Mom, shall we go to the pool?” I replied that we hadn’t made an appointment, that we were far away and the other day her father would take her. But she did not give up, dragged me by the hand to the sandbox and said: “Here is the pool!” That is, my husband took money for the pool, but did not take his daughter there! So that she would not give it away, he said that this sandbox was a pool! Look at the ingenuity! © Palata № 6 / VKI grew up in a big family. My younger brothers ate a lot and always ended up taking almost every sandwich or fruit, even worse when it came to sweets. Therefore, in order not to be left with nothing, I had a trick: I bit what was mine and went about my business calmly, because nobody wanted to take what was “marked”. I grew up, but the habit didn’t go away. Once, I was vacationing at a resort and I noticed that at the buffet a guy was taking a bite of meat and then going to get other food without worrying that the dish would disappear from the table. That’s how I met my husband. © Podslushano / VKI arrived at my building on my way home from work and the elevator was not working. I went up the stairs and heard a girl screaming from inside the elevator asking for help… The elevator got stuck, the emergency button wasn’t working either. The lady had already been stuck there for 40 minutes and was very thirsty. I used my ingenuity: look what he managed to do with some straws, a glass and water! © Palata № 6 / VK

I remember a girl in elementary school who declared herself the queen of the playground and would not allow anyone near her. I told you I was going to tell the teacher. I walked up to him, pointed at her and said, “The sky is really beautiful today, isn’t it?” She started crying because she thought I was complaining. Thus, I became the new king of the playground without giving anyone away. © heartless / Tumblr In college, at the beginning of the semester, I was about to meet a terrifying biochemistry professor. He was a true genius, but at the same time extremely difficult to deal with, so the other students were afraid of him. When I walked into the office, he was busy sorting through some boxes and he let out a snarky comment along the lines of, “How nice it would be to pack you up in one of those boxes and ship it away from here.” I, without thinking too much, blurted out: “I wouldn’t refuse to show up in a nicer place…” He laughed so hard that I was even embarrassed. But in the end, we managed to work well together. It’s amazing how simple laughter can relieve tension. © leilalover / RedditI once came home in a bad mood. For dinner, as usual, there was only sausage and rice. On the spur of the moment, I blurted out, “Oh, this kibble again!” My wife did not react, but when I calmed down, I apologized. The next day I got home and on the table there was a huge plate, like in restaurants, in the middle of it a small island of rice and a sophisticatedly sliced ​​sausage. The plate was decorated with a cucumber and drops of ketchup. I love my wife for her ingenuity. © Palata № 6 / VK

In rhetoric class, I had to give a speech about procrastination. I wrote it an hour before class. I was told it was well prepared. © _dontjimthecamera / RedditWhen I moved to Germany, I started taking a German course. At that time I went with a colleague from the course, my compatriot too, to a fair, because everything was fresher there and without the addition of chemical products. Turns out the ranchers didn’t like the gringos very much. My colleague was looking for veal, but he couldn’t say that word in German. He went to a meat vendor, put his hands on his head like horns, said: “Muu-uu-u” and added: “Small”. He managed to buy the veal and still at a big discount for his ingenuity. © Podslushano / VKI underwent surgery under general anesthesia. When I woke up, I liked a nurse very much and tried to flirt with her, without success. I had to undergo another surgery. When I woke up it was there again. Perhaps still under the effect of anesthesia, I said: “How many more surgeries do I need to do for you to give me your cell phone number?” As a result, we have been married for 8 years. © hairy******love / Reddit

Chances are you also have some unforgettable stories where you did well because of your ingenuity. Let us know in the comments!