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Woman Refuses To Film Husband’s Coworker’s Wedding For Free, Gets Dragged For It
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Woman Refuses To Film Husband’s Coworker’s Wedding For Free, Gets Dragged For It

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Show me a person who works with clients, and I’ll show you someone who has countless stories of misunderstandings and awkward interactions. But wedding videographer and Reddit user Sugardrenched recently had the “pleasure” of meeting the most unreasonable and stubborn woman you could imagine.

In her post on r/EntitledPeople, she explained that a coworker of her husband approached her at an office BBQ, insisting she film her wedding for free. Despite clear communication about her rates and prior commitments, the coworker assumed she’d still shuffle things around and try to accommodate her. But she soon learned that the world doesn’t revolve around her.

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    And sometimes the clients make things difficult even before it starts

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    Entitled customers are a part of the wedding industry

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    The bride’s wish to have someone record her wedding is understandable. According to The Knot 2025 Real Weddings Study, which surveyed nearly 17,000 newlyweds, 19% of couples wished they had hired a videographer.

    $1,800 sounds like a pretty good deal, though. Based on data collected by The Knot, on average, their services cost $2,300. The figure usually includes the hours spent filming your wedding day plus the post-production editing process, which is even more time-consuming and costly.

    But such requests and demands aren’t that rare. Industry professionals routinely get clients who expect premium services for free. For instance, one photographer publicly shared a message from a bride who wanted both photography and videography in exchange for covering travel and lodging for her wedding, essentially asking the pro to work “for exposure” instead of compensation.

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    It can be really draining dealing with these “clients.” Therapist Dr. Steven Stosny says, “Confronting [entitled people] or arguing with them creates pointless power struggles, which … only increase their sense of entitlement.”

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    “A better bet is to ignore their assertions of entitlement and act according to your own sense of fairness. Above all, don’t take their coping mechanisms personally,” he adds. However, that doesn’t mean being a doormat, and the Redditor’s story shows that sometimes you just have to fight back.

    As people reacted to the woman’s story, she joined the discussion in the comments

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    Eventually, the husband’s coworker did apologize

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    Rokas Laurinavičius

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    Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Writer, Senior Writer

    Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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    amy lee
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just goes to show you can go to great be lengths to avoid being entangled into situations with arseholery but arseholery will find you and make sure their shïté clings to you.

    marcelo D.
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP should still go to a lawyer and have her draft an apology as public as the original facebook past was. Internet is forever. She "hid it" but it's still archived and indexed in a lot of places, so hiding it doesn't solve anything,. Same with the "apology" email she made because HR made her do it. If she doesn't sent it to everyone she lied to, it does absolutely nothing

    TCW Sam Vimes
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Entitled AH need to be taken down. There are way too many of them nowadays.

    Anne Edwards
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She should have been fired for her actions. If I were the husband that worked with her I would never attend or be involved in anything she is...office luncheons, Christmas Dinner or Lunch, and coworkers weddings, engagements. If asked why, I'd just say it's not worth the possibility of false allegations and outright lies.

    KatSaidWhat
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She only apologised to make the legal and HR issues go away.

    amy lee
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just goes to show you can go to great be lengths to avoid being entangled into situations with arseholery but arseholery will find you and make sure their shïté clings to you.

    marcelo D.
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP should still go to a lawyer and have her draft an apology as public as the original facebook past was. Internet is forever. She "hid it" but it's still archived and indexed in a lot of places, so hiding it doesn't solve anything,. Same with the "apology" email she made because HR made her do it. If she doesn't sent it to everyone she lied to, it does absolutely nothing

    TCW Sam Vimes
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Entitled AH need to be taken down. There are way too many of them nowadays.

    Anne Edwards
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She should have been fired for her actions. If I were the husband that worked with her I would never attend or be involved in anything she is...office luncheons, Christmas Dinner or Lunch, and coworkers weddings, engagements. If asked why, I'd just say it's not worth the possibility of false allegations and outright lies.

    KatSaidWhat
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She only apologised to make the legal and HR issues go away.

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