Submitted by Ok_Assumption5734 t3_11t091s in tifu
This was when I middle school.
I used to have a really great history teacher that me and the kids used to love and would hand out candy and just be there to talk if you needed him. Well one spring he advertised that he was going to be at the local fair to raise money for charity by participating in a dunk tank and asked us to show up.
Cool. And the sweetener was that we'd get a piece of candy for each time we dunked him. Even better. So middle school me saved up three months of allowance/chore money for the big day and ended up with something like 40 tries worth of money by then.
Come the big day and there's predictably a huge line as every kid he's ever taught wants to support him and get candy. So long of a line that right as I was about to take my turn, his shift ends and he's replaced by another fellow teacher from another school district.
Now here's where the TIFU comes in. One thing to know about me is that while I'm not athletic, I'm an idiot savant when it comes to carnival games and understand its about accuracy, not showiness, so I was pretty confident I was going to get some hits in.
Little did I know that my child like brain would get into some weird rhythm and basically make something like 35 of the 40 attempts I had on the poor teacher, basically dunking her as soon as she got back onto the platform for something like 15 minutes straight.
Looking back, it was pretty clear someone should have stepped in with a mercy rule but my child-like brain knew candy was on the line so I just kept going and going and going, probably making this lady wonder if I was some former student that had it out for her.
TL;DR - had 40 attempts to subject my favorite teacher to a dunk tank. He got replaced at the last minute by a random other teacher. I dunked her without mercy for 15 minutes straight.