17 People Forced To Hold Signs As Punishment

You've seen Dog Shaming... Welcome to the magical(?) world of People Shaming.

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1. A Cleveland judge ordered 32-year-old Shena Hardin to stand at an intersection for two days holding a sign that reads, "Only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus."

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2. Fifteen-year-old Jasmine's parents made her stand near their Florida home bearing this embarrassing placard.

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3. This fifth-grader was suspended for four days for bullying; his mom augmented the punishment by making him hold this sign outside the school gates.

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4. This 12-year-old girl took a picture of herself with an (unopened) alcohol bottle from her father’s bar and posted it to Facebook with the caption, “Wish I could drink this vodka.” Her mom made her pose with this sign and posted the shot to her daughter's Instagram account.

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5. An Alabama judge required two shoplifters to wear incriminating signs outside Walmart on busy Saturdays if they wanted to avoid jail time.

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6. Thirteen-year-old Brandon Mathison's mom dropped him off at a busy intersection in their South Carolina town wearing a sandwich board reading, "Smoked pot, got caught." "Timeouts and taking things away just doesn't work any more," his mom said. "Sometimes a little public humility is what they need nowadays to get a point across. If this works for him and maybe saves one or two other students from thinking about picking this stuff up, then I feel like I've done my job as a parent."

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7. Whatever the story is behind this one, it's got to be good.

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8. Tina Griekspoor and her mother, Evelyn Border, used Walmart gift cards worth $30 and $50 they found in the store, which had been misplaced by a child.

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9. A judge ordered a Maryland woman who stole $4.52 worth of fuel to stand outside the gas station wearing a sandwich board sign declaring, "I was caught stealing gas."

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10. Erol Faustin, 12, told his teacher that he didn't "give a f*ck" and got suspended for three days. His mom decided to make it even worse.

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11. Fifteen-year-old James Mond III's punishment for doing poorly in school? Standing on a Tampa Bay street corner wearing this sign, as written by his mom: "My name is James W. Mond III. I did 4 questions on my FCAT test and said I wasn't going to do it! GPA 1.222. Honk if I need [an] education.”

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12. William Taylor of Virginia had an affair. His wife decided to make him own up to it very, very publicly.

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13. Miami teen Michael Bell Jr.'s parents confined him to a busy intersection wearing an incriminating sandwich board after he brought home failing grades. "Hey, I want to be a class clown. Is it wrong?" read the front of the sign, while the back read, "I'm in the 7th grade and got 3 F's. Blow your horn if there's something wrong with that."

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14. Dynesha Lax of Fort Wayne, Indiana, made her 14-year-old son boast this sign as punishment for several hours outside their home.

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15. The parents of a 10-year-old Australian boy forced him to wear this sign at a local waterpark while they ate lunch nearby. They also reportedly made him wear Shrek ears the whole time, which is almost more awesome.

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16. Quandria Bryant's father forced her to walk down a busy highway in New Bern, North Carolina, carrying a large sign reading, "I have a bad attitude I disrespet [sic] people who try to help me."

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17. After getting caught stealing a fork from the W hotel restaurant, this Los Angeles man was forced to stand outside the hotel and declare his crime to the world.