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I created a website for a client in 2013. I did most of it over a weekend. I was supposed to show it to about 5 people in a meeting. Instead about 25 people plus the company president crowded into the conference room for the demo. It was one of those rare tech demos where nothing went wrong. They applauded at the end and I was stunned.

One time, when I was a teenager, I went out to one of those Mongolian BBQ chains with some friends. One bowl was $X, unlimited was like $2X.

Asked the waiter "Hey if I just get the one bowl, not the unlimited, can we share?", he didn't see a problem with it.

I tiptoe gently to the grill with an architectural masterpiece: vegetables as scaffolding, meat strategically placed, literally over a foot tall. Wound up feeding four of us with leftovers.

I'm not going to say everyone clapped, but a good number of random strangers nearby did actually, literally, clap.

I am disappoint that OP does not just reply "...and then everybody clapped." to each post in here.

One night I rage quit (put in my two weeks notice) at a toxic job via text to my boss. This place was miserable. The owner made everyone's life hell and people regularly cried at work sitting at their desks after having to deal with him. My wife was 9 months pregnant and ready to pop and the owner pulled some stupid shit on me over the course of two days. I just said fuck it.

Came in a bit later the next morning and everyone on my floor stood from their chairs and applauded. It was only about 12 people, but it was exactly what I needed in that moment. They all had my back and I'm still friends with most of them today. Total vindication. One of the best decisions I've ever made.

It was in a game of truth or dare. I was dared to put on a trenchcoat and loudly proclaim the word of Sauron to an open food court downstairs. There were maybe 20 or so people eating.

I held a copy of LotR in my hand as I shouted about how everyone should behold the word of the Lord Sauron for a good minute and just paused for like 5 seconds of silence. I got a surprising applause in response and killed it on the dare.

Best part is that I’m not a big fan of the series and didn’t know a lick of lore at the time.

The first tech design I presented for review at my very first software engineering gig. Afterward everyone unexpectedly started clapping, even though that's not usually a thing. I'm still not sure why it happened, but it was really nice.

I don't even remember what it was for, but I was able to get a roar of applause going via a slow clap once. It was magnificent. Just such a great feeling.

Not quite an everyone clapped moment, but nobody believes me when I tell this one.

About 15 years ago, I was in a pub with my partner and about a dozen or so of our friends, and there were probably about another 20 people sat at different tables. A few of our table went outside to smoke, so the rest went to do other things at the same time, like use the toilet and go to get more cash, so I stayed at the table to watch our things.

The barmaid was out from behind the bar tidying up when 'I Will Follow Him', the song from Sister Act came on the jukebox. She started singing along and playing up to some of her friends, so her friends joined in and sang with her.

All of a sudden, she jumped up onto a table to dance, and everyone else in the pub joined in. They were all singing and dancing like something from a cheesy musical!

The song finished, and they all laughed and clapped and went back to their seats as if nothing had happened. My friends started drifting back in, and none of them believed me when I told them what they'd missed!