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People Abandon Family BBQ After Uncle’s Screaming Fit At 6 Y.O. For Taking One Banana
People make it a habit of having strange quirks and pet peeves. Most of the time they’ll seem like a St. Bernard pup, totally calm and happy-go-lucky, but then you do something seemingly nonchalant and they start absolutely losing it, going bananas.
Speaking of bananas, today’s story is one about an uncle going from 0 to 100 in an instant, accusing his grand-niece and her parents of being thieves, even going so far as telling them to get out of the house. All over a… banana.
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People occasionally just lose it for seemingly minuscule things, going off at anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby at the moment
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A woman shared her story of going to a BBQ at her elderly uncle’s place, who doesn’t have a good track record of being a nice man
Image credits: u/Okay-Bananas
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While waiting for the food, her daughter, 6 Y.O., took a banana from a fruit bowl to snack on and the uncle went absolutely ballistic
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He cussed the child and her parents out, saying that they’re all thieves and he may even call the police about it, but the poster didn’t mince words and clapped back
Image credits: u/Okay-Bananas
At the end of the day, she wanted to share her story with the internet and be judged on whether she was wrong to defend her child and walk out from the BBQ
BBQ parties are always fun, right? I mean, unless you’re the one preparing the food and running around making sure everybody is happy. But if you’re close family and don’t feel the need to impress or pamper someone, it’s really chill. Like, absolute zero temperature chill.
You’re grilling some delicious sausages, burgers, or what have you, brew in hand, talking to someone who you can be open with, the kids are having fun – I mean, it’s just a treat to be alive in that moment. It’s the perfect vision of “it’s the little things”.
There are some caveats to this idyllic imagining of family gatherings, though. If you don’t get along with someone in the family, the temperature of the party is certain to drop – chill, but not in any good way. Also, if you’ve got different ideas about some popular topic, like parenting, you’re also on your toes the whole time, just dreading the moment when someone opens their mouth and says something “objectively true”…
This brings us round to the aptly named Okay-Bananas’ story. Her family were kicking it at a rotating family BBQ and were likely having an okay time here. She doesn’t hesitate to mention the fact that the 71 Y.O. uncle hosting the party this time isn’t the most pleasant person to be around.
He’s one of those amazingly nice people who never forget a grudge, no matter what they do to make up for it. Maybe he’s secretly an elephant – they never forget, after all.
So when the poster’s kid took a banana from the fruit bowl, it wasn’t a huge shock that the uncle may react negatively, but nobody could have guessed that the reaction would be as explosive as it was.
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If someone took a banana from a fruit bowl at my party, I would be hard pressed to care. What I mean by that is that you’d have to hold me at gunpoint for me to even react at all. Perhaps I’d even be a little pleased that someone is enjoying the food, but not even that is a guarantee.
So screaming at someone for helping themselves to a snack, especially someone as young as 6, seems a wee bit over the line to me.
Not only that, but calling her a thief and threatening to call the police is nothing short of insane. Imagine if the police did show up, what would they say? “Hey, we’ve gotten a report of a 6 year old girl stealing a banana, could you point her out to us?”
Then they’d take the child to the station in cuffs or maybe go on a high-speed chase across the freeway… You get the idea.
Confidently stepping up another stair of insanity, the uncle then told the family to get out, pleasingly dubbing all of them thieves, saying that this behavior is no less than taught.
If I had kids, you bet I’d be raising a pack of crazy banana thieves. Not a day would go by without us stealing at least one hand of bananas. Also, yes, a bunch of bananas is called a “hand”, I’m glad you asked.
The best part of this story is that the poster didn’t take it sitting down, even though she admitted that the kid needs a bit more manners (which you’re free to disagree with). She retaliated with force, saying that this exact behavior is why said uncle is a curmudgeonly old man with no friends. I hope the kiddo at least felt defended by her parents, which, at this point, is the only thing that matters.
The poster’s story got wildly popular, with over 9.2k upvotes. With over 2.5k comments chiming in, the poster was declared not to be a jerk and commenters said that everything she did was right.
Share your own thoughts about the story and your own interactions with crazy relatives below!
She was judged not to be the jerk and said that it was telling that many more people packed up and left after her
What do you think ?
Tyke 2 years ago
My parents are 78 and 83 and they wouldn't dream of treating a 6 year old like this. Using their generation or age as an excuse to be a bullying cockwomble, intimidating a child is ridiculous. Serves him right.
- 2 years ago
Exactly. Generational difference my @$$. The aunt is an enabler. Oh well, he'll be the old fart bitterly complaining that a 6-year-old ruined his life and "when I was six, my gramps beat me for *looking* at a banana and then called the cops and I spent years - YEEEERS - doing hard labour, fighting off rats the size of tigers for bread crumbs, and the guards would dangle banana peels in front of me and laugh and say 'Who's conspiring to steal bananas now, MWAHAHAAAAA!!!!'"
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arthbach 2 years ago
If this was a new thing, I'd want him to be tested for dementia. But as it is not new, it sounds like he is a bully and jerk. People have the right to choose whether they want to be around such behaviour. He was not humiliated. What happened is called natural consequences. If you behave this way to people, then they will not want to spend time with you. It's very simple.
Marques Marqs 2 years ago
What's funny is he humiliated the child first. His wife is really delusional.
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MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
Aside from the little girl being traumatized, I would have absolutely said, "call the police, I'll wait". Maybe the police telling him he's in the wrong would have had more effect than his family "humiliating" him by leaving for his overreaction. What a jerk. Let's normalize having boundaries with family members- they don't get a pass, or automatic respect and affection, just because they share a familial tie.
Tim 2 years ago
Maybe he'd try to fight the cops and wind up in jail himself. 🤔
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sturmwesen 2 years ago
I don't even like most kids, but if I didn't want to share the damn bananas I would be like "just ask first next time".
Denise Melek 2 years ago
Same. And she even chose to take something healthy, and not chocolate or cookies, one should encourage her.
Load More Replies... Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
I come from a culture where kids eat first and are never denied food, be it from the fridge, pantry or tabletop fruit basket. You don't deny a growing hungry kid. I get the whole having manners but it needs to start with the adults. He threatened a six year old with jail and called her a thief in front of a crowd of family, this is the type of behaviour that scars for a lifetime. Then he has the audacity to claim he is the one who was publicly humiliated...WTF. He deserves every bit of vitriol thrown his way, he sure as heck spewed a hefty pile of it at a poor little girl and her parents. If it meant so much he could have quietly asked for the parents to replace the fruit the next time they visited, even that's ridiculous but it's better than what he did.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
PC has nothing to do with generation. Besides, there was nothing political in this situation to be PC about. I’m 62, and the baby of my family. My mother was 40 and my father was 43 when I was born—-in 1960. So they were what’s known as greatest generation because my father was in the Army in WWII (Pharmacist in the Medical Corps). That generation, old enough to be Uncle’s parents, taught me how to act, how to be polite, and how to control my temper, and express it in a more constructive manner. In other words, not to irrationally blow up at people for trivial s**t. So Aunt’s excuse for Uncle’s behavior is just that, an excuse—-and one that has no basis in fact. Uncle isn’t PC because of his generation. Uncle isn’t PC because he’s an A*****E.
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Too bad he didn’t call the cops, on the chance they’d size him up and confiscate any firearms in his possession
Michael Fernandez 2 years ago
That jerk is in my generation, and I don’t recall getting the memo that we were exempt from basic courtesy and decency. And a fruit bowl in a kitchen at an event where people are eating is always fair game.
Tyke 2 years ago
My parents are 78 and 83 and they wouldn't dream of treating a 6 year old like this. Using their generation or age as an excuse to be a bullying cockwomble, intimidating a child is ridiculous. Serves him right.
- 2 years ago
Exactly. Generational difference my @$$. The aunt is an enabler. Oh well, he'll be the old fart bitterly complaining that a 6-year-old ruined his life and "when I was six, my gramps beat me for *looking* at a banana and then called the cops and I spent years - YEEEERS - doing hard labour, fighting off rats the size of tigers for bread crumbs, and the guards would dangle banana peels in front of me and laugh and say 'Who's conspiring to steal bananas now, MWAHAHAAAAA!!!!'"
Load More Replies... arthbach 2 years ago
If this was a new thing, I'd want him to be tested for dementia. But as it is not new, it sounds like he is a bully and jerk. People have the right to choose whether they want to be around such behaviour. He was not humiliated. What happened is called natural consequences. If you behave this way to people, then they will not want to spend time with you. It's very simple.
Marques Marqs 2 years ago
What's funny is he humiliated the child first. His wife is really delusional.
Load More Replies... MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
Aside from the little girl being traumatized, I would have absolutely said, "call the police, I'll wait". Maybe the police telling him he's in the wrong would have had more effect than his family "humiliating" him by leaving for his overreaction. What a jerk. Let's normalize having boundaries with family members- they don't get a pass, or automatic respect and affection, just because they share a familial tie.
Tim 2 years ago
Maybe he'd try to fight the cops and wind up in jail himself. 🤔
Load More Replies... sturmwesen 2 years ago
I don't even like most kids, but if I didn't want to share the damn bananas I would be like "just ask first next time".
Denise Melek 2 years ago
Same. And she even chose to take something healthy, and not chocolate or cookies, one should encourage her.
Load More Replies... Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
I come from a culture where kids eat first and are never denied food, be it from the fridge, pantry or tabletop fruit basket. You don't deny a growing hungry kid. I get the whole having manners but it needs to start with the adults. He threatened a six year old with jail and called her a thief in front of a crowd of family, this is the type of behaviour that scars for a lifetime. Then he has the audacity to claim he is the one who was publicly humiliated...WTF. He deserves every bit of vitriol thrown his way, he sure as heck spewed a hefty pile of it at a poor little girl and her parents. If it meant so much he could have quietly asked for the parents to replace the fruit the next time they visited, even that's ridiculous but it's better than what he did.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
PC has nothing to do with generation. Besides, there was nothing political in this situation to be PC about. I’m 62, and the baby of my family. My mother was 40 and my father was 43 when I was born—-in 1960. So they were what’s known as greatest generation because my father was in the Army in WWII (Pharmacist in the Medical Corps). That generation, old enough to be Uncle’s parents, taught me how to act, how to be polite, and how to control my temper, and express it in a more constructive manner. In other words, not to irrationally blow up at people for trivial s**t. So Aunt’s excuse for Uncle’s behavior is just that, an excuse—-and one that has no basis in fact. Uncle isn’t PC because of his generation. Uncle isn’t PC because he’s an A*****E.
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Too bad he didn’t call the cops, on the chance they’d size him up and confiscate any firearms in his possession
Michael Fernandez 2 years ago
That jerk is in my generation, and I don’t recall getting the memo that we were exempt from basic courtesy and decency. And a fruit bowl in a kitchen at an event where people are eating is always fair game.
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