Kate Hackett
We’ve all heard “what’s on your bucket list”, which refers to things you want to try once before you die. But it stands to reason that if you have things you want to try, you will also have things that are a hard pass from ever doing again.
Redditor u/itchy_18 asked AskReddit for some of those “anti bucket” list items, posting: “What’s something you’ll never do again?”
We pulled the best answers from the thread into this list for you.
1. Rental
Rent a car while visiting NYC.
2. Coworkers
Assume that every co-worker is a friend.
3. Settling
Settling for a relationship knowing you are not really happy.
Never. Again.
4. Serving
I was a server for 5 years. It was fun most of the time but God Almighty, the worst customers could drive a person to murder.
5. Times Square
Go to Times Square for New Year’s Eve, looks great on TV, not great in person unless you pay to get in the walled off area.
6. Disney
Go to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Christmas Day. Shoulder-to-shoulder people, insane lines, and nothing special I couldn’t see earlier in the month.
7. Sea
Swim in the sea at night whilst drunk. Nearly drowned.
8. Jalapeño
Now I always pee before cutting jalapeno peppers. The other way around, never again.
9. Retail
I refuse to ever do Retail again, people are literally such assholes and don’t realize your trying to help them and still get their job done
10. Played
Getting attached too quickly to someone that wanted me first. Getting played by someone like that is a different kind of pain. If you lost interest make it more obvious geez.
11. Childbirth
Childbirth and the postpartum period. Love my daughter to death. One and done.
12. All nighters
Pulling an all nighter. Age is catching up on me.
13. Benders
Binge drink. I used to go on benders for a week or two. Now I barely ever drink
14. Ill prepared
3 1/2 hour jungle hike with almost no water and wearing only a bathing suit and water shoes.
15. Jobs
Stay at a job I’m unhappy at.
16. Oops
Camping by a river that was flooded by melting snow from an area that was 6 hours away and having to be heli-rescued. It was fucking embarrassing.
17. Academics
Working in academia – left two years ago and never looking back. Fuck that noise.
18. Smoking
Smoke. Did it for 14 years. I feel so much better having quit. Been about 10 years since and the amount of money saved and the smell and the cough.
19. More drinking
Drunkenly agree to chug a jar of questionable moonshine at a bonfire.
20. Drugs
Speed (amphetamine). The high doesn’t feel like a high but everyone around you can see that you are out of your mind. And the comedown was the only time where I truly wanted to die. Absolutely horrible. For reference I’ve taken lots of other drugs and experienced different comedowns, nothing compared to that.
