30 Times People Were Surprised By How Much Of A Jerk They Encountered
We bring you a lot of uplifting stories here at Bored Panda. From feelgood happenings that restore your faith in humanity to inspirational people and happy facts, we love sharing examples of humans being kind, thoughtful, altruistic, and just downright awesome to one another.
But there's always the flip side. The times when people were thoughtless, disrespectful, selfish, and mean, the times when rude people were just, well... jerks. Because that's part of being human too.
Compiled into an infuriating list by Bored Panda, these snapshots of appalling social behavior will leave you disappointed with your fellow man; but at the same time, you might realize that in comparison to these jerks, you aren't that bad a person, after all. Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and don't forget to vote for the human behavior that angered you the most!
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According to the website PsychMechanics, there are some basics about the psychology of selfishness that we all should know:
A selfish person is the one who puts his own needs first. He's primarily concerned with himself and seeks out only those activities that fulfill his own desires and wants. Anything wrong with that? I don’t think so.
Going by that definition, we're all selfish in one way or the other. All of us want to do things that are ultimately for our own good and well-being. This type of selfishness is good and desirable.
So far so good. The problem arises when we do things for ourselves and at the same time ignore the needs of those around us or when we fulfill our needs at the expense of others. When you make life difficult for others to meet your own ends, then that kind of selfishness is the selfishness that you’d like to avoid.
Even Though I Don’t Work Here, The Parents With Their Children In The Photo Made A Mess In The Toy Aisle At A Store. I Feel Sorry For Whoever Would Have To Clean That Up
This Lady Kneeling On Bread While She Looks At Other Bread
Sorry, but why didn't you say anything instead of making photos? Don't let people like this get away with sh** like this. The reason they are acting in this way is because they don't care, as no one probably ever told them to stop. Again, this is disrespectful and shouldn't be ignored!
There are several reasons that could make someone selfish...
A person who holds on to his resources and doesn't give it to the needy can be considered a selfish person and this is the type of selfishness that we commonly refer to when we say that someone is selfish.
When we say that someone is selfish, we usually mean that he doesn't share his resources (money, time, etc.). Now, why won’t a person share his resources, even if it's the best thing to do in a given situation?
The biggest reason is that he thinks he doesn't have enough. A selfish person, therefore, is also likely to be stingy. This insecurity of not having enough motivates a person to hold on to his resources and not share them.
If You Or Your Kids Think That It's A Good Idea To Leave The Cinema Like This, Damn You
He/She Saw Nothing Wrong With Parking There
People who do this deserve to get their car damaged by the air ambulance crew and their streacher. It's probably the only way they'll learn.
Another reason is a fear of losing control. If someone has many needs and goals, then he overvalues his resources because he thinks that these resources are going to help him reach his goals. If he loses his resources, he loses his goals and if he loses his goals he feels he has lost control over his life.
For example, a student who doesn't share his study notes with others is the one who has high academic goals and sharing notes could mean losing an important resource that could help him reach his goal. And not being able to reach your goals is a perfect recipe for a feeling of loss of control over your life.
In other cases, the way a person was raised can also make him act in selfish ways. The only child or the child whose every demand was met by his parents (spoilt child) learns to take as much as he can and give very little back.
Such children learn to care only for their needs with little empathy or consideration for others. As children, we were all like that to some extent but gradually we began to learn that other people have emotions too and so developed empathy.
Some people never learn empathy and therefore remain selfish, just like when they were kids.
Urgh...
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The most important thing to do when dealing with a selfish reason is to figure out the reason for his selfishness and then work on eliminating that reason.
All other methods and efforts of dealing with him are going to be in vain. Ask yourselves questions like...Why is he being selfish? What is he feeling so insecure about? Are you making unrealistic demands of him? Is he really in a position to meet your demands?
We are often too quick to label someone ‘selfish’ instead of admitting that we failed to persuade them or that our demands are unreasonable.
But what if they are really being selfish and you're not just falsely labeling them?
Well then, help them get rid of their insecurity. Show them that they're not going to lose anything by giving you what you want. Or better yet, show them how they may benefit by helping you if there's a possibility of a win-win situation.
Letting Your Kid Watch A Movie On Full Volume In A Restaurant
This Person Throwing Pistachio Shells On The Floor Of An Airplane
This Mother...
as a waitress, I've truly enjoyed telling these parents to pick up their (literally) shitty child & go to the bathrooms. Then blatantly got super-strong disinfectant and cleaned the table while their companions were still there.... and had to deal with the odours of the chemicals. "But madam, I must do this, due to the Health Hazard caused by you / your friend. And no, we can't move you to another table, as they're reserved. May I get you some dessert?" :D :D :D
Looks Like Some People Had A Celebration And Left All These Plastic Petals Behind, Which Were Being Blown Into The River. It Took Me A Half Hour To Clean The Damn Mess
This Woman Licked The Top Of A Blue Bell Tub Of Ice Cream, Put The Lid Back On And Placed It Back In The Store’s Freezer
My Neighborhood Has A Soccer Field And A Baseball Field, Which We Pay To Maintain For The Kids. Some ******* Decided It Would Be Fun To Do Donuts With His Truck, And Destroy The Entire Field For Everyone
Throwing The Community Electric Scooters Into The Water
These people need to be arrested. This is right up there with the people who tore up that sports field.
There Was A Trash Can Literally Four Feet Away
I Pay $125 A Month To Park In My Parking Spot. I’m 111B. This ******* Is My Neighbor
I'd regularly be deflating their tyres on my parking spot (without puncturing them)
Using The Only Fan In A Crowded, Warm Waiting Room To Cool Off Your Hot Box
Ewww! Seriously woman, why the hell would you think this was ok to do?!
Man Tosses His Food Garbage In The Aisle Of A Plane When He’s Finished Eating
These Girls Taking Up 2 Seats Each While Other People Have To Stand
When I was heavily pregnant, I had tot ride a really busy bus. Just one seat was free so I went to sit there. The whole bus was full of students. One stop later a old lady with a walking cane came in. No one stood up for her. So I did. That made me so angry. A whole bus full of healthy young people and the only one who is getting up and have to stand is a 7 month pregnant women.
People Hoping To Skip Queues By Standing Like This And Trying To Slip In
Last week I stood with my little son in a long, long line to buy an ice cream. I myself am obviously very pregnant and we stood there already for 15 minutes in the heat when a woman did just that. I walked around her with my son while my huge baby bump touched her and explained to my little boy loud and clear that you did not behave that way in lines, like this young woman did.
This Grown Man Throwing His Candy Wrappers For Me To Sweep Up During Work
This Lady Has Been On The Phone Since She Sat Down, While Her Kid Is Running Around Doing This To The Salt Shakers
What the ACTUAL FUCK?!? I don't know who I would be more angry at, the parent for not watching their child or whoever took this photo for not stepping in and informing the parent that their child is essentially killing themselves!
Another Arrow To The House From A Neighbor
agree, not rude, this is crime area. Someone could get hurt.
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Another?? So it's more than once. Someone could be hurt and it already damaged the property. This should be reported
First call - police. With my husband, there would not be a second time.
I found a hunting arrow with razor like blades sticking in my lawn. Seems the people across the street were shooting at the birds in the trees with no regard for anyone but themselves.
Take some pictures, call the police, go outside, wait for the police, show them the arrow, show them the criminal. Done. Why are you all so nice to your psychopatic neighbours when they're all out to get you?
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Isn't there a show on Investigation Discovery called Fear Thy Neighbor?
That's damn right dangerous!!! Report it to the police! Get them done for destruction of property and use of a dangerous weapon in an unsafe way/area.
One of my neighbors across the street was always aiming bottle rockets at my house.
I would call the police. This is a very dangerous situation if done on a repeated basis. Someone definitely could get seriously hurt.
I had a situation similar, boy next door shot my window with a gun, after the police talked to him, came to me and said the boy{12} didn't mean to, I knew better !!!
Police involvement needed as they need to pay your home owner's insurance deductible for the damage they caused.
He could have aimed this anywhere else...this is clearly attempted murder...
Not to mention if it entered a window and hit someone! Assault with a deadly weapon and disregard for human life.
This is not just being a jerk, this is very dangerous. A bow is a weapon, one arrow can kill a person.
Call the cops!!! Assault with deadly weapon attempted homicide, whatever!!!! What are you waiting for. . . an arrow in your head?????
In some places, this is viewed by law enforcement the same as shooting a gun.
Although this looks like a rural neighborhood, this is just as bad as shooting off a gun without thinking about where the bullet's going to go. Definitely call the police.
I shot an arrow in the air, where it landed I know not where.... whoops.
This is beyond rude. This is property damage and the police should be involved so a report can be forwarded to the insurance company.
Shiiiiiittttt, what u do to them? Lmao, kidding, that is so disrespectful
Time to find another place to live. Perhaps the archery range for the blind wasn't such a great place to look for a home.
Yes indeed--the Police need to be contacted. I am SO glad we live out in the boonies and a private road..and faraway neighbors!
Certainly get the police involved the next arrow could well be the death of someone. Not just household damage I would sue them
Even worse, the window is plate glass instead of tempered safety glass. Very dangerous, too.
You could actually file charges on this one. Twice with a dangerous weapon could be considered attempted assault, or even homicde, depending on the DA
Still, if you do archery you should put the target in a place where this can't happen. If that means you can't target practice in your back yard then so be it.
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Parents Who Raise Their Kids Saying It's Okay To Leave A Library Like This
It's not okay to leave anywhere like this. Unless you visited a trash dump.
These Kind Of People
because conception entitles a human to literally do anything to anyone they want.... (sarcasm to the extreme in this statement)
Plastic Confetti Left Behind By A Gender Reveal Party In A Public Park
Imagine Going To A Baseball Game And Having Feet Beside Your Face
3 People, 12 Seats
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I had to stop looking at those pictures, as I felt my heart rate increasing. What a bunch of ignorant, filthy, disrespectful and badly behaving people. We as a society should blame them way more often. Don't let them get away with this. If you see anything like this, call them out. Don't just ignore it. In most cases people with low wages have to clean after them and if that is not enough, some people treat them like slaves or are ignorant enough, to not even think about it. This is just not okay. Period. If you are someone who acts like this – Shame on you!
What is terrifying is this is becoming normal behaviour. So very sad.
And so many people shying away from any kind of confrontation with those asswipes. That's only empowering them.
Holy heck, AMEN MATE. I don't think I've seen anything as extreme as the idiots in this list, but I have to say, as someone currently working in retail, it pains me that I'm not allowed to shame some of the people who come into my store and take advantage of my forced silence. It's so unfair. I legally am not even allowed to call someone out on stealing. I'm forced to watch them leave the store, and THEN tell my manager. Like seriously? I WANT TO CALL THEM OUT!
Thank you! Well said.. Wish I hadn't looked at all these pics as well, it's so stupid and unnecessary what humans can do -_-
I said the same thing. People are just disgusting
I agree, Marc, but in America, there are concealed carry laws and you never know what kind of person you're going to come across..... The kind of person to do this kinda shit overlaps with the kind of person that would carry a concealed weapon way more frequently than is comfortable.
At my husband's multi million international company (well, he only works there) he tells me the bathrooms are a complete disaster. Feces is smeared all over the walls, even used to write things with. Most troubling thing is, the employees there are all learned people, they are all educated in a high skill. The company is a healthy and happy company, takes care of its people, has 3 company outings/events a year, bagels every Friday morning, catered lunches, group morale outings.....they go all out for them. It doesn't make sense. Seems like you simply get assholes, absolute asholes. And there is no explanation for their behaviour at all. My husband says they have gone through three janitors in the year that he has been there. I don't blame those men.
come to singapore where this is considered normal
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Here here, Marc!!!!!!!!
This topic reminds me of a joke that Jimmy Carr did: "A man threw his trash on the ground saying "They have people for that" so I beat the hell out of him and said "They have hospitals for that." "
Completely agree... even during childhood if i had done something like that in public she would have made me clean everything after smacking me...
My dad would totally smack the side of my head for shit like this, people have no manners or respect
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So many inconsiderate, selfish bloody wankers. Seriously, they should be ashamed of themselves. Absolutely deplorable.
Shame is not in their vocabulary, as well as basic consideration of others !!!
So what percentage of the population are sociopaths? So many of these are simply annoying, but others verge on pure evil. When did rules of behavior apply to everyone but us?
I really should NOT of viewed this article, I'm getting those "want to kill" urges again.
As long as you only kill the people from these articles, society will forgive you.
It's sad to say that I frequently have to witness this kind of behavior. My faith in humanity has been lost for a long time.
I have absolutely no problem calling these assnuggets out for their rude behavior. It's quite funny really because most of them are sitting down when I do and they stand up trying to be all bad ass to me. I am a woman (duh right? ) but I am also 5'11 and I work out. Most of the time they are shorter than me and they realize that they don't stand a chance. I am a lover not a fighter but they don't need to know that haha. Anyways, I just don't tolerate this sort of behavior!!
1. People who litter everywhere (especially smokers, I see dozens of them a day thrwoing cigarette butts just anywhere). 2. People who take 2 or more seats in crowded buses or benches 3. people who take a whole sidewalk walking very slowly or just standing there talking or whatever. Move! 4. idiots who park just anywhere not only bloking road and cars but also endagering people by blocking view and to avoid police and ticket they switch on those "blinker" lighrs like car is broken. It's not. There are dozens and dozens idiots like that parked blocking whole right lane. 5. People who sneeze and cough around instead of using the tissue, especially in closed areas like buses. I don't want your germs! 6. smokers who blow smoke at everyone. I am alergic. 7. people who cut in line. Wait like everyone else. 8. People who take children in crowded, too warm or too cold or generally unpleasant places (unless they really have to) without any reason but to get over everyone in line or get a seat.
I used to be a smoker (10+ years ago), but I have since become extremely sensitive to cigarette smoke. It burns my throat/nostrils, causes me to sneeze, etc. Anyway, a lot of smokers think that people just make up being allergic to it. Even when I smoked, I would NEVER smoke & walk down a sidewalk. I think that is so disgusting to essentially blow your smoke in everyone's face behind you. Yuck yuck yuck!!
My husband used to throw his butts all over the place and I called him out. He now carries a pouch around and sends the butts in for recycling. You can get pouches from American Spirit for free and Terracycle will pay for shipping up to 10lbs! They melt the filters down and make hard plastic materials like public benches.
I would add: 9. Dog owners who take their dogs to public areas and let them pee in the thresholds and don't pick up the poo. Then people say: "dogs are dirty". Wrong. Dogs are not dirty, they are just animals. Humans are dirty, inconsiderate and stupid.
I'm a smoker and it's one of my BIGGEST peeves when people just throw thier butts all over. When I go camping/fishing I cant even count how many I pick up in the woods or on the shore lines. It's not that hard to find a trash, tuck the butt away till you find one, or just not smoke if theres no where to throw the butts away.
I really think everyone should be required to work some kind of service job where they have to work with customers for at least a year. It would cut down on a lot of this crap.
It's a good idea. I would personally hate it but I have a lot of time for people who work in jobs like waiting tables or dealing with customers in shops. They are tough jobs and usually underpaid as well.
There's no money in the world to pay for the amount of patience and tolerance required to work in retail, hospitality, etc. I really admire people who deal with people on daily basis and keep a smile at the end of the day.
Oh my god, I can guarantee a large portion would see this as some sort of punishment. I completely agree though!
I'm 50 years old. In my lifetime I've watched morals slipping more and more. Trying to raise my kids with manners seems so pointless. I've finally had enough of morons - I was lucky enough to find a cheap old house in rural France far away from anyone and I can't WAIT to move! Goodbye, cruel world...
Take me with you? Please & thank you. Hahaha Honestly, that sounds like heaven.
You know who else needs to be on this list? People who change their babies in the parking lot...then leave diapers on the ground.
Or the swimming pool locker room, on the bench just outside the shower room.
I was at a Fred Meyer once when a woman was pushing a cart with her 3 year old around as the child screamed at the top of her lungs. This went on for at least 10 minutes. The child wasn't in distress..she was screaming for the fun of it. But I could hear seniors hearing aids whistling from the sharpness of the scream. I approached the woman and asked her if she get the girl to calm down because of how it was effecting other people shopping. She said "Oh she's not screaming..she's singing." Excuse me? She was approached by other shoppers and still refused to quiet the child down. I approached the manager who in turn..told her to take the child outside until she calmed down. The woman stomps off saying "HOW RUDE!! SHE'S JUST SINGING!!" Again..excuse me?
Talking about trash, these people deserved the fucking title.
I'm sorry for my profanity in some of the posts above but people like this are disgusting and disgraceful in so many ways. The bread kneeling woman would have had me in her face and she would have paid for those loaves of bread. I hate people like that. Makes my blood pressure go up and my mind go to very dark places about what I would do about MANY of those situations! Un FUCKING believable what folks think is OK to do!
No discipline, no set by example from parent(s) in a child's formative years.
I’ve officially lost my faith in humanity
Just like that time two women were in Winners with their little dog that crapped in the middle of aisle and when we confronted them about it - told them they shouldn't have a dog in the store in the first place - they grabbed a pack of wet wipes off the shelf and quickly left without paying for them
Makes me think of each existing swear word on earth
Yep, seen this behaviour many times when I was a school teacher. Student response was that if I cleaned up after myself then the school cleaners would not have a job. Sometimes parent/carers would back their child so that meant total refusal. So what you see in these pictures are people older and younger who are displaying a sense of entitlement to do whatever they want and if confronted will most likely threaten you.
I've never understood behavior like this. I've always seen it as self serving and disgusting.
This made me so angry!~ I wish I hadn't looked at this. I can't believe how disrespectful and disgusting people are :(
If I were religious: I would pray that all these people go to a very special place in HELL, FOR ALL ETERNITY!
The scary part is that these people either already vote, or they are going to someday.
Yeah i'm angry now, i hate people.
Shopping carts and those who leave them loose in parking lots -- particular those who leave them in disabled spots -- are my personal rant. I have a disease that is destroying the soft tissue in my joints and live in a constant state of pain. Yet, I can somehow manage to return my cart to the bin even in bad weather. Meanwhile, I watch obviously fully abled people leave their carts so they easily roll into other cars, block slots and/or block disabled slots. It's the height of both laziness and inconsideration.
This was just in case if someone is sceptical about the need for strict rules in the society. In the same time we have countries such as Singapore or Japan where the ratio of antisocial idiots to normal people is in favour of normal. Of course, definition of normal can be always stretched for the convenience of idiots.
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I agree with Marc, NOT ONE PERSON SHOULD DO ANY OF THESE!!!! IT IS BERY RUDE AND COULD GET YOU IN JAIL!!!!!!
This make me so angry
This is exactly why I can't stand to fly. Dealing with rude, ignorant humans.
Are people REALLY that stupid?
Disgusting! These people should all live together in their own state.
I hope there is a special place in hell for people like this...
Does anyone else feel way more triggered than they thought they would be? haha
I wouldve spit on all these people
Faith in humanity lost 🙃
What is wrong with people?!!??!?!?!?!?!
well I know that these people are filthy,flee ridden rotten people who are not only selfish but extremely rude I want them to read this be so ashamed as they should .there Filthy ,Horrid people!
One time our family went to the zoo, and it was raining, so we had to wait in one of the tunnels, and some asshole decides to start SMOKING, and yes there were a lot of kids there too.
god this made me sick.
How people behave, and how they are accepted is what a society is like. It's a pitty we weren't shown where these places were... (And there's no need to blurry faces ...)
When you see stuff like this...it's time to speak up. Call them out, or report to management.
The entitlement of most parents is unbelievable.
I did not believe that I was so exceptional a person - when I went to hospital the Nurses were not the only people who made such a fuss of me - the cleaning staff too - I was only behaving as I was taught by my Nanna= small chocolate bar for a sweeper "you work too hard sweetie" - another orderly I asked for - out of the trash a small plastic bag for the things I would not chuck on the floor - I was being treated for a broken hip but the Nurses too treated me like a friend because my behaviour was different from that displayed by some - I am not outstanding - I refuse to believe that
Just why... why do we have to live in the same world as these horrible people? They forget they have to live in this world with us, no one wants to clean up after them or put up with their vile (and sometimes dangerous - like the ice cream licking numbnut) things they do.
Natural selection has some catching up to do.
Could we not start giving these people tickets for being rude ?
Agree wholeheartedly Marc! They need to be called out!
Did anybody tell them? Cause when I see a jerk I tell them if possible especially when there are witnesses. I am in mid forties why should I shut up? Just have reached levels of zero tolerance for stupid disrespectful people!
I have been doing work exchange in hostels around Asia the last couple of years and it is really enough to make you hate people. People act incredibly disrespectful and entitled in hostels especially, knowing that they are not the ones who have to clean up afterwards. A personal favorite happened a few weeks ago; someone had decided to blow their nose on their pillow, and I don’t even know how but that thing was GIANT! But wait! It gets better! This person has then taken off the pillow-cover with this giant bugger, flipped it inside out (so that the bugger was now on the inside) and put it back onto the pillow. I had to spend several minutes peeling the cover off the pillow and then try to scratch off the now dried bugger from the pillow. Smartass actually slept on the pillow so it was really pressed into it..
And don’t get me started on all the parents that stay with their small children. Cleaned a suite last year and spent probably an hour, if not more, scrubbing sticky handprints and poop off every surface in the room.. If there is one thing I have learned since doing this, it’s that people are assholes.
Recently, I saw some photos of a small city in Japan, lovely and so clean, not a speck of dirt or litter,all cities big or small, should be so clean !!!
Wow...there would be a lot of hurt feelings if I witnessed any of these things. What a bunch of entitled assholes.
What happened to "Ugh, ugh. Litter bug." You got a ticket for public littering. Even a wrapper out a car window.
Um, what the hell is with the trashing of only children up in the text below photo #5? There are plenty of people with several siblings who are breathtakingly selfish and plenty of only children who are utterly selfless. Stop spreading harmful, baseless stereotypes in otherwise good content, please.
In a store, there was a boy around 8 who was completely out of control, and his mother was intimidated by him. He later almost pushed me down the escalator, so I told him off. He scampered behind his mother. Too bad she was too wussy to teach him manners. If a child of mine had ever acted like that, we would have been having a serious discussion outside of the store with consequences like losing computer privileges for a significant period of time. Time to get tough with your kids. They won't learn it any other way.
Fucking pricks
no comment actually can describe this feeling. not just disgusted, awkward or angry.
It would be great to know where these were from. They remind me so much of the unbelievably rude and inconsiderate behavior that is the norm in Miami, FL. Nice place but I had to move away as quickly as possible to get back among people that behave like people. Although not the worst thing I saw, it bothered me a lot when a family, with little KIDS, would stroll through a store eating whatever they desired and then discarding it when something else caught their eye. They make it hard not to hate people but there is a lot of good out there.
There is no way in the world I'd keep my mouth shut with these fucking PIGS!