What was the best power play you've ever seen someone do in real life?

One of my friend's daughters has hearing aids.

They're similar to the ones old people use, but with an extra piece on them.

They're not the ones that are attached to your head.

If somebody is bothering her and she doesn't want to deal with them,

she pulls her hearing aids out and keeps doing whatever she was doing.

This girl is eight. A friend and I were driving home after a night out and keeps doing whatever she was doing. This girl is eight.

A friend and I were driving home after a night out and we got pulled over by the police for speeding.

The cop approaches our vehicle and my friend, the driver, says to the cop,

I didn't even see you. Where were you parked? And the cop responds by saying that he was parked at the

bottom of an apartment building driveway that has a blind spot. So my friend says to the cop, well, I own that building, it's private

property and I've asked you guys numerous times not to park there, as I don't want my building

having a reputation of being a speed trap. A couple of minutes later, after the cop verifies the

information, he comes to the car, apologises, and sends us on our way.

My first boyfriend and I were out at a restaurant in the middle of the week. It was nearly

empty, but for some reason the hostess sat us across from the only other couple. We were 18,

and the couple was about 30. The guy was talking at length about his boring, boring job, and the lady was obviously

not into it. He was talking so loud that me and my boyfriend couldn't even have our own conversation.

The guy finally shut up and there was an extended silence. After a bit, my boyfriend looked up at me and

said, So, do you put out? I busted out laughing and the woman at the other table hastily

covered her grin. The dude scoffed and says, good one, buddy, and threw his napkin down like he

lost an argument or something. I'm not a man, so I don't know what kind of power play that was,

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