This is why you should clear your history

[customersruinmylife]

Not really a Sucky Customer story, but it had to be told.

A father and son come into the pub for breakfast. Son is about five years old. The two of them sit at a table near the bar, the dad studies the menu and comes up to order. Before he comes to the bar, he pulls an i-Pad out of his bag and hands it to his son to play with while he talks to me.

Dad: Hi there, I would like to make a food order.
Me: Sure thing.

We go through everything.

Dad: And then I would like-
Son: DADDY! DADDY! THERE'S NAKED LADIES ON HERE! HAHAHAHAAH!!!

Yep. The son was waving the i-Pad around with porn on it. The whole pub went silent and all the colour drained from the father's face.

Dad: Excuse me a moment.

He took the i-Pad off his son, who was still screaming with laughter and returned to the bar.

Dad: Anyway, I would like-

We completed the order.

Dad: Well that's me out of a lot of money now. I'm going to have to bribe him big time so he doesn't tell his mother.

I kept a straight face, but I had to run into the kitchen so I could laugh my arse off.

[greensinestro]

Like wow! I have nothing to hide, but I always clear my history before I let my kids play with my tablet.

Can you imagine it though? How much time will pass before this kid opens his mouth in front of this guy's wife? You know that's going to happen.

[Aislin]

This is how my friend found out his wife was cheating. The sprout grabs her moms laptop and starts opening random programs trying to find her Elmo program and finds mommys hot steamy chats with her boyfriend.

[Marmalady]

Ya, my ex didn't know about clearing browser history. That's how I came to find out about the hook-up sites that he was paying to be a member of.

[catcul]

I'm so glad I'm the only person using my laptop. If you'll excuse me, I need to clear my browsing history.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Children, drunk people,and leggings tell the truth.

[Seanette]

Not that I don't think cheaters deserve to be busted, but I'm wondering why a child would not have a separate user account on devices that support that, with serious access limits. If for no other reason (such as parental privacy), this would keep the child from accidentally deleting some crucial program, making unintended purchases on a parental credit card, etc.

[mathnerd]

Deleting some posts for personal reasons.

[prjkt]

Not that I don't think cheaters deserve to be busted, but I'm wondering why a child would not have a separate user account on devices that support that, with serious access limits. If for no other reason (such as parental privacy), this would keep the child from accidentally deleting some crucial program, making unintended purchases on a parental credit card, etc.

if it's an iPad, they're "single user only" devices, so no logging in/our permissable, but you do have to enter the iTunes password for any purchase...

[sstabeler]

In my family, even a large bribe only generally buys you a month or two of grace. Oh, and embarrassing stories are frequently told when other family members are over. ( oh, it's not just me and my little sister who'll exchange them: my parents specialize in mortifying us.)

[Android Kaeli]

And this is why, despite me being the only person who uses my laptop, I clear my browser history every time I go to the other sites.

[TimmyHate]

Not that I don't think cheaters deserve to be busted,

's advocate: He might not be a "cheater" (depending on your definition of cheater), just a guy who wanted to browse the menu while on a diet.....

[mhkohne]

And this is why, despite me being the only person who uses my laptop, I clear my browser history every time I go to the other sites.

Another approach is to use two browsers - like IE and Chrome. Set one up to auto-wipe on close, use that one for your 'interesting' browsing...

[Kit-Ginevra]

Tor is your friend.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Another approach is to use two browsers - like IE and Chrome. Set one up to auto-wipe on close, use that one for your 'interesting' browsing...

Firefox also has a feature that allows for private browsing also.

Just click on settings and select new private window.