Many of us have been caught bending or breaking the rules at some point in our lives, but some people’s “oopsies” stories are far more mortifying than others. When you’re up to no good and get caught red-handed, it can make for some pretty epic, and epically embarrassin, life stories.

While laughing at others’ misfortunes isn’t cool, when people share their cringeworthy misdeeds themselves in a spirit of solidarity and humor, it’s fair to giggle along. So when “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon asked his viewers on X if they had ever been caught red-handed, asking them to tag their stories with #IGotCaught, people’s responses were too hilarious not to share.

The 11 best responses to the hashtag

Here are 11 of the funniest and/or most embarrassing stories of people being caught in the act:

1. I won’t tell if you don’t

The teacher who ditched class only to run into one of his students doing the exact same thing.

“Called in sick to work one day. Saw one of my students at the beach. We nodded as we both realized we were skipping my class.”

Called in sick to work one day. Saw one of my students at the beach. We nodded as we both realized we were skipping my class. #IGotCaught— Perkinskiii 💭 (@forperksake) February 15, 2017

Called in sick to work one day. Saw one of my students at the beach. We nodded as we both realized we were skipping my class. #IGotCaught— Perkinskiii 💭 (@forperksake) February 15, 2017

2. Always delete the evidence

How do you explain this one?

“I googled a guy before meeting him. Later I pulled out my phone to show him a picture of my dog and he saw the picture of him.”

3. When your mother-in-law is in the........

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