One disadvantage of speeding—besides potentially getting a speeding ticket—is that the driver might arrive at a destination too early.
“I definitely learned my lesson about speeding today and it will never happen again. I didn’t get pulled over or anything, I just showed up to work 20 minutes early” was posted on Facebook by Bryan Anderson on September 10, 2013. “I definitely learned my lesson about speeding today and it will never happen again. I didn’t get pulled over or anything, I just showed up to work 20 minutes early” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on September 14, 2016. One popular link to Facebook (cited on Twitter on September 10, 2013) no longer works, so authorship is uncertain.
Twitter
James
@Boskettjokes
I learned my lesson about speeding today & it will never happen again. I didn’t get pulled over, I just showed up at work 20 minutes early.
3:22 AM · Sep 10, 2013·Twitter Web Client
Facebook
Bryan Anderson
September 10, 2013 at 4:11 AM ·
I definitely learned my lesson about speeding today and it will never happen again.
I didn’t get pulled over or anything,
I just showed up to work 20 minutes early.
Twitter
KeoniIntl
@KeoniIntl
I definitely learned my lesson about speeding today and it will never happen again.
I didn’t get pulled over or… http://fb.me/1JvdS4Hp5
5:03 AM · Sep 10, 2013·Facebook
Twitter
Andy Kearney
@copshusband
I definitely learned my lesson about speeding today and it will never happen again.
I didn’t get pulled over or… http://fb.me/2lTQbcQy2
7:54 AM · Sep 10, 2013·Facebook
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I learned my lesson about speeding and it will never happen again.I didn’t get pulled over or anything,I just showed up to work 20mins early
5:26 PM · Sep 10, 2013·Twitter Web Client
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/FourWordReplies September 14, 2016
I definitely learned my lesson about speeding today and it will never happen again.
I didn’t get pulled over or anything, I just showed up to work 20 minutes early.
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
I definitely learned my lesson about speeding today and it will never happen again.
I didn’t get pulled over or anything,
I just showed up to work 20 minutes early.
6:40 PM · Nov 19, 2020·Twitter Web App
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