Board Game Publisher Shares Awkward Conversation With An Entitled Mom That Wants Things For Free
We’ve all seen plenty of ‘choosing beggar’ stories where people show an incredible amount of entitlement demanding things that any other person would never think of even asking. Well, despite the growing number of such stories and conversations, the sheer audacity of such ‘beggars’ never fails to surprise us.
One man recently posted an exchange he had with a person who claimed to be single mother on Reddit and it’s definitely fitting with the rest of the ‘choosing beggars’ squad.
One person recently shared a rather staggering interaction with a stranger
Image credits: Farley Santos (not the actual photo)
The woman contacted a board games publisher with an idea for her own game. Doesn’t sound too bad, right? Well, only until you realize she wants the whole thing done for free. Yup, you read right. She wanted the design, manufacturing and publishing all done for absolutely nothing from her side.
The board game publisher was approached by a “single mother” who wanted her idea brought to life for free
While the man first responded with helpful and respectful responses, it was soon clear that woman was having none of it. She insisted on having her idea brought to life for free. When the woman flipped the ‘single mother’ card, the man lost it and decided to punch back, so to speak.
Bored Panda has reached out to the man behind the post and he offered a small explanation to the situation. “Normally, I’ve tried not to quash anyones aspirations, and have helped a lot of toy/game people over the years (20+ in this category),” he explained. “As for my quips at the end: I’ll admit to being a little salty (I’m in my 50’s, OK Boomer situation) But this exchange left me flabbergasted. Her unwillingness (and delusional) attitude rubbed me raw.”
Image credits: playability_de (not the actual photo)
Here’s how people on the internet reacted to the exchange
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Share on FacebookIt's actually very common for people to think that ideas are valuable. It's hard to learn that they're not. I've spent about 5 years taking a board game idea to very close to reality, and I'll tell you two things: 1) the number of hours I've spent working on this are ridiculous, if I was working as slowly as she has been then it would take a lifetime to get to where I am, and 2) I've probably still got a lot of work ahead of me. If I just rang up a publisher and asked them to publish my game they would probably *still* laugh in my face. I need to take the game out to large cons, drum up interest, create a sell sheet and have an elevator pitch. When I'm ready I'll contact some publishers and if I've done my prep work well enough one of them might ask me to make a pitch. I need to SHOW them that the idea and the implementation are both good. Otherwise it's no better than an idea scrawled on the back of a napkin - and that's worth about the same as the paper it's written on.
You've got a really sensible plan - I hope you succeed!
Load More Replies...Just throwing this out there. Sometimes being a single parent is out of people's control. My husband walked out me and our 2 kids. Now I'm a single mom. I never wanted to be, but there it is. BUT what can be controlled is how I handle my situation. Do I struggle? Hell yes, I struggle. Am accepting more help from others than I want to? Absolutely. Do expect that help? Not for a second. It's so frustrating when "single moms" pull this kind of c**p. It gives the rest of us, who are just trying to pick up the pieces of a bad situation with as much dignity as possible, a bad name.
Any time someone plays the "single parent" card I want to do the opposite of what they want because it annoys the s**t out of me that they think I should care.
Come on, you know the earth revolves around them and their crotch berries
Load More Replies...It's actually very common for people to think that ideas are valuable. It's hard to learn that they're not. I've spent about 5 years taking a board game idea to very close to reality, and I'll tell you two things: 1) the number of hours I've spent working on this are ridiculous, if I was working as slowly as she has been then it would take a lifetime to get to where I am, and 2) I've probably still got a lot of work ahead of me. If I just rang up a publisher and asked them to publish my game they would probably *still* laugh in my face. I need to take the game out to large cons, drum up interest, create a sell sheet and have an elevator pitch. When I'm ready I'll contact some publishers and if I've done my prep work well enough one of them might ask me to make a pitch. I need to SHOW them that the idea and the implementation are both good. Otherwise it's no better than an idea scrawled on the back of a napkin - and that's worth about the same as the paper it's written on.
You've got a really sensible plan - I hope you succeed!
Load More Replies...Just throwing this out there. Sometimes being a single parent is out of people's control. My husband walked out me and our 2 kids. Now I'm a single mom. I never wanted to be, but there it is. BUT what can be controlled is how I handle my situation. Do I struggle? Hell yes, I struggle. Am accepting more help from others than I want to? Absolutely. Do expect that help? Not for a second. It's so frustrating when "single moms" pull this kind of c**p. It gives the rest of us, who are just trying to pick up the pieces of a bad situation with as much dignity as possible, a bad name.
Any time someone plays the "single parent" card I want to do the opposite of what they want because it annoys the s**t out of me that they think I should care.
Come on, you know the earth revolves around them and their crotch berries
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