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!
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
Honestly, I have been on several international flights. Sometimes you arrive and have to wait for hours. It's completely possible that the area was empty when they went to sleep and has since filled up.
Or the airline leaves you stranded overnight, which just happened to me. They refused to delay our connecting flight by 15 minutes and wouldn't pay for hotels. So for the ones who are asleep, it is entirely possible that the area was empty when they laid down. I feel bad for everyone in this photo (well, less so for the guy with the phone).
Load More Replies... Eh, this is only horrible if it's packed liked sardines. There were other seas you could sit, these people look tired as hell
Too bad. If they’re asleep and more people come they are blocking seats.
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Once, I have to wait for next fly at night for about 7 hours. It's understandable for me!
But the guy in the middle is playing with his handphone......
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Sorry, this is an airport and his is normal. Some people have 12 hour layovers, okay?! It's the airport's fault for not providing better resting areas (some airports have couch cubes where you can sit/lay in about any pose. AND sockets!). People who put up arm rests between every single seat should be shot at sight. It is rarely so crowded people are out of seats, but then you are almost alone at 4 am and can't lie down except for the pure floor then security will wake you up because laying on the floor is not allowed. Nope I am not with you for this, no frequent traveler will be.
I agree. Long haul flights are a killer and airports don't do enough to address this. The poster should have at least blurred the sleeping woman's face. It's not at all like taking up seats on a train or bus where the journey will be an hour at most. And the fact that there were other seats around AND they don't look like the sort of people that would bite your head off if you asked them to move a bit.
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I was this person once by accident. Had an overnight layover in an empty airport, fell asleep on a row of seats and woke up to the airport packed. Of course as soon as I was aware I sat up to free up seats, but it was awkward because I was in the middle of a group of marines returning from Afghanistan and it they were all talking around me
It is OKAY. Don't worry, if anyone had really needed those seats they'd have nudged you.
Load More Replies... Well,, in this case you don;t know how long they've been there. Maybe they waited hours and hours and the place may have been deserted. But now that more poeple have gathered they should make room
This is why I always find a nice quiet nook on the floor, out of everyone's way, usually between a trash can and the wall, and hide under my hoodie until it's time to get on the plane where I will curl up against the window seat, and hide some more.
good plan, but some airports (like schiphol) have strict "No sitting on the floor!" rules in place, for whatever reason. Security will make you stand up and leave even if it is 4am in a totally empty airport in the loniest of corners...
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When you have a long flight or a red-eye, a long layover you can do one of 3 things. 1, this. 2, fork out $80-200 for a bloody hotel room JUST for the layover. 3, the floor. Which would you chose, if it wasn't busy? Also ppl are arseholes, when I went on an exchange program to Japan, one of the girls in my group was feeling rotten so she sat down on the ground, and people kept bumping and kicking her as they were going past. She was miserable
WHY can't people confront them instead of taking photos?? The worst thing that could happen is that they refuse to move, then you tell the manager/security guard. I mean, it can't get any worse. Why are people so scared to intervene??
I agree with you! I literally NEVER received a "no" when I asked if I could sit on a spot, occupied by someone's bag or somebody sleeping. People should assume good faith more.
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Personally I if I needed to lay down I'd find a spot in the floor with my travel pillow. Unless the area was very spacious
Really? You have people doing actual rediculous things and you end the article with something that isn't even really bad... I have been in airports where flights get canceled or delayed for hours and hours. I wouldn't do this personally; but, see no problem with it... It isn't like there are a bunch of frail people standing all around them looking for a seat. There are even empty seats on the row behind them.
I had to wait around 24h in an airport but yet again even why i was extremely tired i didnt do that and i sleept sitting and taking only on spot
I am blown away at how many people do not know how to behave like adult human beings. It is nothing short of MIND BOGGLING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This IS adult behavior. This is what an adult frequent traveler that is not insane does. And other not insane people just ask them to get up if it gets crowdy and they need a place to sit down, instead of physically assaulting them.
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There would not be any sleeping or resting...plus, put your stinky shoes back on!
extremely popular with the asian community, you will find this in hong Kong too.
If I was stuck in an airport due to delays, no money for a hotel, I would also do this, and I wouldn't feel bad about it.
Honestly, if it's mainland chinese in the picture, I'm not surprised. They're nasty.
Despicaple, disgusting people. Had to stand in the airport with my family for 25 minutes because of people like this! And they’d put their bags in chairs too. I don’t give a shit when your flight is or if it’s hours away, don’t you put your filthy feet on the chair!
i was in union station in chicago the police dont let u sleep on the benches like that
Why is it OK to sprawl out across multiple seats in the airport-but one is expected to "sleep" sitting up in the airplane? To me, this sort of behavior isn't ever acceptable-long haul, delayed flight or whatever. People need to have some consideration for the rest of the traveling public.
One more public place being rude, young people think they have their rights !!!
Cups of boiling hot coffee in their faces would stop this. Why do people take pictures and do nothing???
I had to spend 2 days in an airport, they didn’t give out hotel vouchers, have cots, blankets or even food for those of us who were on the cancelled flight. I did this. I’m NOT sleeping on the nasty floor.
I'll bet that area smelled like a Limburger Cheese factory, what with all those bare feet.
But maybe their flight was cancelled and they traveled for 2 days. Sleep is understandable. Why they would have to lie on floor?
OH!! you must be one of them! These sits are not beds and when there are other passengers you need to be CONSIDERATE and respectful to others and not selfish!... AND I am also get very tired when I travel overseas but I would NEVER do this!!!
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I would be so embarrassed if I did this, then my mom would slap me good!!
Sit on them. Put your suitcase on them. Accidently spill coffee on them.
why not just do the human thing and _talk_ to them instead of behaving like a pig?
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Some places have resting areas, so the people with long delays aren't forced to improvise.
im happy when i die because the world is a fast growing place of disgusting,maniac and extreme dangerous peoples!
Just sit on her legs, she will move them fast. A cold drink spill wakes them up fast too. Spill in isle 14.
If you want to get smothered by someone who hasn't slept in 37 hours, go ahead. What a nasty kind of person, is it too much for you to wake them up and ask nicely to make some room?
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It's really uncosiderate. But seems like normal scene at the aiport with people waiting for the connecting flight
everybody is within their rights to plunk down, hopefully disturbing their sleep! Or, loud voice announcement that "I think I'll sit right here" so they can pull their selfish selves out of a couple
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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.