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“What’s The Most Ungrateful Thing You’ve Seen Someone Do?” (40 Answers)
“Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” is sage advice, even when horse value has become so inflated that it’s hard to see it as anything but generous. However, some folks either through extreme entitlement or just terrible manners manage to showcase why this saying remains true even now.
Someone asked “What's the most ungrateful thing you’ve seen someone do?” and people listed their most infuriating stories. So get comfortable as you scroll through, prepare to raise an eyebrow (or two), upvote the most egregious examples and be sure to share your own thoughts in the comments down below.
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#1
Was at a mate's 18th birthday and his parents bought him a brand new SR Hilux. He threw a fit because it wasn't an SR5 (the next model up with only minor upgrades). His parents decided to keep it for themselves and made him buy his own vehicle.
BeesEelsAndPups 3 weeks ago
When I turned 18 I bought my first car for $250. It had 300K miles on it. I loved that car. Lasted me about 4 years before the engine finally gave out.
TACO Don's Authentic TexMex 3 weeks ago
I bought my first car at age 15 also for $250, a 1986 Honda CRX that you had to get the wheels rolling before it would start. Mine only lased about 6 months before she finally s**t the bed and died.
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#2
A girl in my highschool received a used car on her 16th birthday. She was unhappy with the fact that it was used (3 yrs old) So she intentionally totaled it. Her thinking was that if she totaled this one her parents would have to buy her a new one. She didn't get a new car, and had to ride the bus.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 weeks ago
Good for the parents for not tolerating her ingratitude.
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 weeks ago
I hope the parents then quoted the Inbetweeners at her. "Bus w****r!"
Agfox 3 weeks ago
Ironically, she was consequently travelling on the significantly more expensive vehicle
Seadog 1 week ago
A friends daughter refused to drive the classic car her dad restored for her. Wanted a new car. I don't remember if he helped her got one or not. It was sad seeing that classic just sit there are go to ruin. Someone finally bought it before the convertible top started leaking which would have been the end of it. I think he got less than 1/2 of what he had in the motor alone.
Jane Doe-Doe 3 weeks ago
16 year olds shouldn’t be driving in my opinion, they are still literally children
Day Andie 2 weeks ago
I find it hard to believe that the car was 'totaled' AKA written off, because there hasa to be a goodly amount of damage before that is done, and often the frame is bent or damaged beyond repair. But, it's been done before. Kids being stupid and thinking their immortal and then pulling c**p like wrecking a car always amazes me, though. Apparently they don't have the brains to think it through that people die in car wrecks every day. I've seen wrecks that were not much worse than fender-benders in which people died because Weird. S**t. Happens. when you have a 5000+ lbs moving object vs squishy live bodies.
#3
Bought my cats some gourmet food and they looked at me like I was trying to poison them. Cretins.
Kim Kermes 3 weeks ago
Served my cats bits of roast venison. Turned up their noses. Cats are a$$h0les.
Serena Myers 3 weeks ago
Yes, but cute little a&&h0les, even when they make biscuits on your chest and purr loudly at 05:00 because they have decided they are hungry!
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Sue Denham 3 weeks ago
Put it on a dinner plate on the table with a knife and fork. The minute your back is turned they'll leap on the table and snarf it down.
Upstaged75 3 weeks ago
Mine regularly turn up their noses at the healthy organic food I try to feed them. They prefer the cheap stuff that's terrible for them. 🤷♀️
Jude Bennett 3 weeks ago
I have had cats turn their noses up at oysters , crayfish and fresh fish.
Otto Katz 3 weeks ago
Same. Sylvia will only eat her bagged food. Turns her nose up at everything else, including shrimp, lobster, scallops, fish, clams, beef, chicken. (i live on an island, all that is readily available)
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Janissary35680 3 weeks ago (edited)
We had one Ankara cat, blazing white coat, honey-colored eyes, deaf as a post. She was a True Princess (TM) She would only eat freshly-caught horse mackerel that had to be within strict size limits--neither too long nor too short. They had to be put in front of her, one at a time, promptly, and in the correct alignment. If even one of these conditions was not fulfilled she would stare at the fish until it was. Our other cats must have marveled that she was able to get away with this. They even tried it once in a while but could never pull it off because they lacked True Princess (TM) discipline and disdain and eventually caved.😄
Lousha 3 weeks ago
One of our cats was a hungry street kid who just wandered into our garden. She got some food that the inside cat we already had did not like, and so she started coming back every day. She ate absolutely anything, and any amount we were willing to give her. This poor baby CRIED tears every time we fed her, and her sad little face with those tears as she was chomping on food always broke my heart. After we dewormed her and got her vaccinated, we took her in. Since becoming an inside princess, she's the fussiest, pickiest cat I've ever seen. Even food that she liked last week, now she's like "naaah, try again, get me something nicer!".
Nuku Nyara 3 weeks ago
Mine must have the grain free Reveal Brand with broth. They don't like anything pate, it must be sone kind of fish flavor and actual flaked fish similar to tuna. Occasionally they also like Snappy Thon but only the ones that have gelee. Greedy brats🙄
#4
Today is my niece's birthday and she just went to college so I thought I'd get her a laptop for her birthday. Now, I am a student myself but I still want to give her something special. So I searched for a great used laptop , and I found a decent Toshiba Satellite. I sold my PSP and some other things so I can afford it.
So there we were at the dinner table opening presents. She opened mine and has this grim look at her face. "This is it? I thought you'd buy me a brand new one"
"You know I can't afford it. It's the best I can do."
"I want a brand new one, not this. This [blows]! Worst present ever!"
She then shoved the laptop and box across the table and fell down the floor.
I picked it up, and walked out. My cousin tried to stop me, I just said "I would never give her anything again."
She even had the nerve to call back and asked for the laptop. Apparently her parents punished her for her behavior and she will now have to buy her own things. No hand-outs or gifts.
My friend bought it as a favor. He helped me pick it out, and knows how much I bought for it. The profit was only $10(roughly).
UPDATE: Niece called this morning, asking for the laptop, because she will need it for college and her parents told her she will never be handed-out stuff while she is in college. No apology yet, only demands. Her brother said I would cave and give it to her. [Hell] no.
Chrissie Anit 3 weeks ago
I initially thought that this must be bad AI content, finding it hard to believe that a student would go out of their way and sell personal items just to be able to afford such a huge present. But then I noticed the date of the original post: 14 years ago.
Kathrin Pukowsky 3 weeks ago
Good thing that OP had the spine to take back the gift and walk out, also good on the parents to not reward their daughter's appalling behaviour by being firm on this now, but I wonder where the girl's entitlement comes from. If it was just her, I'd chalk it up to her having a very materialistic friend group, but that her brother said OP would cave and give it to her, plus the fact OP SOLD THEIR OWN BELONGINGS to buy a gift for their niece screams messed-up family dynamics.
Ian Webling 3 weeks ago
Good thing it was a Toshiba so it survived the fall. (I've seen a Toshiba survive being run over a car. I had to clean the tyre print off the screen.)
TonjaLasagne 3 weeks ago
Fourteen years ago most computers COULD survive a fall: I bought an iMac All-In-One a couple of years ago and my cats knocked it over, cracking the screen...luckily, I had AppleCare. The new ones are definitely NOT like the Mac G3s!
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 3 weeks ago
Something is seriously, mentally wrong with Crystalwitch. She needs to be heavily medicated and in a safe, padded room.
Papa 2 weeks ago
Maybe intermittent medication explains why she occasionally has a perfectly legible, comprehensible post, with very few spelling or grammatical errors, but most are like the one here.
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David 2 weeks ago
yikes! Not the laptop I used in college, but the one I got upgraded to after, was a gift from a relative. It was a year older model (so the chips and all were the previous generation) but brand new, and it was really good and an upgrade. I thanked them for it, and got a good 5 years of use before it the battery lost the ability to really hold a charge. Always be thankful for your gifts
#5
My spouse used to have an old Mercedes E-class; it was like a 1995 or something. He wanted to give it away to my little cousin as a first car, because it was safe, reliable, and my little cousins parents couldn't afford to buy their kids anything big, like cars. So we gave her this car and she freaks out, and started going on about how we were going to go out and buy a new one and she wanted a new one too.
So my spouse took the keys away from her and gave them to her older brother, right in front of her. (The reason we didn't give it to him in the first place was because he had an old Honda that he had paid for himself; however, it was falling apart and needed a lot of work to keep it safe.) We even volunteered to pay for his insurance and his first year of college just to spite his little sister. That felt real good. We haven't bought my female cousin anything in over 3 years. We don't even send her a birthday card. If you act like that when someone gives you something you clearly aren't worthy of anything. I think your actions of taking the laptop away and selling it were completely justified. Good on you, Sir.
Janet Sparrow 3 weeks ago
I’m 76. I’ve had some beaters in my life that looked a LOT worse than that Mercedes. I would have k****d for that car.
Marnie 3 weeks ago
It's quite possible that the photo is not the actual Mercedes in question, but just a stock (or stolen) photo that Bored Panda added. They really like to add photos to every post. Sometimes the photo barely matches the post.
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Lady Eowyn 3 weeks ago
Crystal, plenty of 16 year olds are more than capable of driving a car! A 16 year old is not a child. If your poor dears were so slow they couldn't manage that until they were older, then you're not the great parent you constantly claim you are. And if you're such a good parent, why are your kids still living at home, instead of independently and taking care of themselves?
Seadog 1 week ago
Todays youth. I gave a $100 for my first car. It needed a bit of work too. Of course, I blame the parents at least partially for kids behavior these days. Stop shielding them from life. Make them get a job as soon as they can, make them but their own stuff, just make sure they don't get ripped off or buy a POS. My kids totaled their cars, they felt the pain of the loss, in more ways than one.
Mario Clouâtre 2 weeks ago
Old luxury cars are poisoned gifts. They cost as much to maintain yearly as decent used car.
Joe Reaves 3 weeks ago
Most cars no longer have the badges standing up they have them flat like it is on that one. Because they are horrendously dangerous to pedestrians if you hit someone if they're the old style standing ones. Some cars have a collapsible one I think. Insurance companies will up your premiums if you have any kind of hood ornament because your car is old enough that they were standard.
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Smeghead Tribble Down Under 3 weeks ago
16 is plenty old enough to understand FFS.
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#6
I was visiting friends at their farm years ago. My friend from highschool and his wife and their daughter who was about 16. The daughter was out saddling her horse when the horse kicked her in the chest. Collapsed her throat and she couldnt breathe. I performed an emergency tracheotomy saving her life. About two months later i get a letter from a law firm. They changed their mind about how grateful they were and decided to sue me for leaving a scar from the tracheotomy.
Jude Bennett 3 weeks ago
I see so many examples of this behaviour and always in the USA. What the hell is wrong with people there. Would you rather have a good looking corpse than a live person with a scar.
Barbara Hill 3 weeks ago
Should have come under the good Samaritan Law. and it can be proven you saved her life. and I would never be around those scum bag parents again.
Kate Johnson 3 weeks ago
Should have let her die. Clearly that would have been preferable to her to having a scar on her neck. LOL!!!
TMTMTMTM 2 weeks ago
I haven't looked up the discussion. This sort of suit might have been due to subrogation. When insured, the insurer often gets the right to sue as if they were you / in your place. In some states, it's not even mentioned to the jury that it's the insurance company suing instead of the insured. The insurance company might have been trying to shake down the defendant for money.
#7
I delivered a pizza in a low-income type apartment complex...total was $18.something and she handed me a $20 rolled up and told me to keep the change. I turned around and started walking down the stairs back to the parking lot while unrolling the $20 to put in my wad of cash when I find a $100 wrapped up inside of the $20. Immediately I turned around and went back, knocked and said "I don't think you meant to include this inside the twenty." as I extended my hand towards her with the $100 bill in it.
She instantly started screaming at me about how she didn't give me no hundred dolla tip and that I'm lucky she doesn't call the police. Slammed the door, then called to my pizza shop to complain.
I told the manager the whole story, she was put on the do-not-answer list.
Crazy lady.
Lotekguy 3 weeks ago (edited)
I hope she slammed the door before she accepted the proffered C-note.
Lotekguy 3 weeks ago
Somebody done been snortin' through that as a straw. Explains both the rolling and the conduct.
Load More Replies... Seadog 1 week ago
Exactly why I open up any money handed to me that's rolled, folded, wadded while standing in front of the customer. I've seen people deliberately hide money, in money, so they can then complain to the manager that the cashier didn't return the overage. Also why after the 80's I made it a point to not keep any cash at all on me when working. They try that "he stuck it in his pocket" trick isn't gong to go well for them when I turn out totally empty pockets.
Gregg Levine 1 week ago
But did you keep that C-note? Or was it broken up and shared amongst the store?
Hugo 3 weeks ago
You wouldn't get so many down votes if you were to write understandable English.
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When we were very young we were very poor. My sister's birthday was coming up, I think she was about 7. There was no money to buy gifts but my mother had a small piece of white satin cloth and a box of tiny little pearl beads. She hand sewed this beautiful little wedding gown for my sisters doll and sat up night after night hand sewing these tiny little beads on the dress. When my sister was given it for her birthday she threw it across the room in disgust, saying I don't want that it's my old dolly. I'll never forget the heartbreak on my mother's face.
Becca not Becky 3 weeks ago
Right, because there are no adults in this article behaving this way
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LongFang 2 weeks ago
I won the lottery with my daughter. Evacuated my home from a lying, cheating, bi-polar & narcissist (ex) wife. 9 months couch surfing/the streets... One weekend where i had my daughter, she was about 5 or 6 then. We walked by toys, she asked if she could have one, i told her i'm on rough times but i'll try next time. She said ok, put it back & waddled behind me. Broke my heart. She grown to be a loving, kind-hearted & smart. Little merde
Kerry Borthwick 3 weeks ago
D**n I only got toys on birthdays and Xmas and they sometimes came out of charity shops as we poor but it made me grateful for what I got now my kids are grateful for anything they receive
Lotekguy 3 weeks ago
If they had, it would have been like The Ransom of Red Chief for the ones who adopted her.
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My niece, no dad raised by my parents. My dad doesn't make much money, saved and saved bought my niece her first junker (car) he is a mechanic and made sure it was sound, just didn't look pleasing to the eye. (Hell my first car cost 10 bucks and that was for the tow) So looks at it and says "No way am I driving that, I wanted a nicer one" Dad left sold the car, said he will never buy her anything again.
Dave Platt 2 weeks ago
Well, actually, they can. It's just that they end up choosing to receive nothing.
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Sally Moen 3 weeks ago
A junker-looking but good-running car is the best thing for a first-time driver, as statistically they will be in at least one minor accident. A presented auto is optimal
Barbara Hill 3 weeks ago
Good for dad. she will appreciate the one she buys herself after taking the bus for years.
Lee Banks 3 weeks ago
My mom bought my first car at 23. We looked for one for months. I was upset she spent so much, because she's very far from wealthy, I mostly rode a bike, and there were a couple I had found for about $500. Profoundly grateful, nonetheless. I do not understand some people.
Pheebs 3 weeks ago
My first vehicle was a 10 year old farm truck. Took us a whole day to clean it - even going so far as to get mud and such out of the floor panels with q-tips. AC didn’t really work (and being this was Florida, that kind of sucked). Radio barely worked, and died after 6 months. Drove that truck for 2 years until I got rear-ended, and then bought my own vehicle. It always makes me sad when kids throw fits over used vehicles. I argue used is generally better for a first car as they WILL bounce them off of things, and it’s a way to prove they’ll take care of it.
TonjaLasagne 3 weeks ago
My Dad gave me my Mom's 1968 Olds Vista Cruiser that he had parked between his garage & his fence that hadn't been driven in years (why he kept it, I don't know since they had divorced decades before: she got it in the divorce but nightly he would swap vehicles, his '56 sedan with hers, because his new girlfriend didn't like his older car. In the morning, we would go to his house & swap vehicles again. Mom would try parking elsewhere & that worked until he found her hiding places. Then he rekeyed the ignition & door locks, so no more swapping. One night GF had an accident in the Cruiser & Dad had the nerve to tell my Mom, "I'll take the sedan back". "No Tom, you keep the wagon"). Anyways, I asked him how much he wanted for it? He smiled & said, "it needs A LOT of work, the #8 plug fouls on occasion, it needs new tie rods, new tires, but you're married to a mechanic: you can have it for free". It looked like c**p but man, with that 455 in it, that car could fly!
#10
After getting close to $500 in gifts for Christmas, my sister tore down the tree, kicked other people's gifts, started yelling and crying, because she didn't see a Wii among her presents (this was when they were realy hard to find). We actually did get her a Wii, she just didn't get to it yet. I even had to take on a second holiday job at an online gaming store to get it.
She was a 24 year old med student at the time.
tori Ohno 3 weeks ago
If she touched my tree she'd never walk right again.
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Geobugi🇰🇷🇰🇭 3 weeks ago
Is it not nice to know that this person will transplant you a liver eventually? Stop deinkimg, folks 🤣
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Upstaged75 3 weeks ago (edited)
Unbelievable. My 8 year old nephew had a minor tantrum one Xmas because he didn't think he got the video game he wanted. He did, he just hadn't seen it yet. 🙄 And he got reamed by his mother for acting like that. I hope they kept the sister's Wii. And took back all her other gifts. Hopefully she flunked out of med school - I'd never want to be treated by a doctor who behaved like that as an adult.
Lotekguy 3 weeks ago
If she made it through, I hope she became a pathologist so she wouldn't have to impose her personality on patients who are still breathing.
Ellie Sakurai 2 weeks ago
I'm a pathologist and I'm laughing because the reason I become one is: I don't have the patience to deal with people 😂
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Kate Johnson 3 weeks ago
That behavior should have resulted in taking all the gifts back and kicking her out of the house.
Lori Weishorn 3 weeks ago
I hope you didn't give it to her. 24 year old temper tantrum ~ PATHETIC!
#11
The previous owner of my house occasionally still gets mail delivered to this address.
He and I both work at the same university, different departments.
I generally take his mail to his department's main office/secretary, rather than writing "not at this address" on the envelope and putting the mail back into the box.
One day I "bundled" two mail items, which apparently caused him to think I waited for the second piece of mail to arrive and thus delaying his mail--I happened to be on my way out of his department's mail room when I overheard him exploding to his department's secretary, complaining loudly that this was very important mail and for me not to give it to him right away was "just unconscionable."
So I coughed a bit louder than necessary, drew his attention to me, and left, not saying a word.
From then on, all his mail got the "not at this address" treatment.
JB 3 weeks ago (edited)
Been living in my bought current house for over 6 years, it was a rental for some years prior. The first 3 I dutifully returned “not at this address” for 4 separate former tenants. Year 4, I’m done with this. I called a financial institution based on the logo on the envelope and informed them that every single financial statement they send to someone who doesn’t live here from now on will be shredded unopened and chucked in the trash. No more misdirected financial statements delivered to me. The rest of it is someone signed up for something who knows how long ago and didn’t bother to provide a forwarding address. I’m aware it’s illegal but that shıt gets ripped up and trashed. It’s stupid for companies, especially charities, to waste money paying for misdirected mail to be returned and they still can’t be ársed to update the records as inactive, which takes seconds. I’d like to see the law amended that if we’ve returned 2 or more misdirected mail items to an organization, making it clear their data is wrong, then we’re no longer responsible for returning it.
Seadog 1 week ago
Many businesses, especially financial, never remove anyone from a mailing list. Several reasons. When selling mailing lists, the more names on it, the more it's worth. if they keep mailing things to an address they may eventually gain a customer. Discover kept sending mail to or granddaughter.....our 12 year old granddaughter. They didn't even get close to the correct spelling of her name which was nothing unusual. I called to tell them they're trying to give a credit card to a 12 year old. They stopped the mail, for maybe 6 months and then started it right back again. SO now when we get new mail addressed to that misspelled name, we know exactly where they got it from.
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David Houde 2 weeks ago
I get a lot of mail for people that have never lived at my address (brother, his ex-wife). I've just started blacking out the address, writing in marker "Return to sender, Deceased" and putting it back in the mailbox. Seems like whenever I do that, I don't get much more from that company.
Jay Cee 1 week ago
Been living in my house for 20 years and 3 months. Still getting letters to both the husband and wife marked "IMPORTANT PENSION INFORMATION" from a major UK supermarket chain they once worked for. Gave up sending it "return to sender" 10 years ago. Now it goes straight into the recycling bin.
TonjaLasagne 3 weeks ago
I would be tossing any other mail into the garbage. It's HIS fault for not updating his address with everyone that he does IMPORTANT business with. My ex finally moved out of MY house & sold ALL of the tools & shop equipment that I inherited from my Dad (my son & I opened the garage doors to the shop garage & the house garage & both were empty). My Dad built this house himself. 2-story octagon, 1564 sq.ft. His tool belt was gone (I kept it on a nail, where he last left it. It was symbolic). I subpoenaed the ex's bank account: the ex sold $33,000 worth of tools, the cost to replace everything, for a bit more than 3 grand. Ex moved to Arizona without putting in a change of address with the post office. He texted me & told me to forward his mail to his brother. Hey, what's this? A check from the state? I still have it, amongst the divorce paperwork that he had left behind. Any mail gets tossed. Too bad, so sad. F**k him. I hope that he dies in the desert. The son of a b***h.
FranSinclair 3 weeks ago
Our street numbers within a few blocks dont make sense. My neighbors house right next to me as a 6 digit difference instead of 2? Anyways my address for ex is 123 May street. The house directly behind me is 123 Mary Street and right in front of me is 123 Mark street. Ive taken about 5 packages that were delivered to our house by mistake to them and they made me feel like a pos. Like i stole their unopened packages and then decided they deserved them bc theyre ugly or something? I started just doing the note for the post man now. Let them make a face like they have a bad taste in their mouth at you...im done.
#12
Around 2:30am on a Friday night (Saturday morning) a friend and I witnessed a pickup truck run a red light and barrel through a white taxi van doing about 50 MPH (+/- 5MPH) no breaks, just *CRASH*. The white van instantly was spun around a couple of times until it hit against a light pole. My friend and I were in complete shock but were the only ones around so we got out of my truck to go help. On the way to the van my friend called 911, and a fire started flaring up from inside the crumpled hood. The man inside was bleeding everywhere and obviously very hurt however the drivers door was smashed so much I couldn't open the door and the passenger door was blocked and resting against the light pole. By this time the fire under the hood is starting to engulf the front part of the van and getting very hot. I took my shirt off, wrapped it around my hand and the broke out what was left of the glass on the drivers side door and proceeded to pull the man head first out of the van with the help of my friend and drag him about 30 feet away to a grassy area by an office building. About 2 minutes later the entire front portion of the van is in flames. Another minute later the fire department showed and put it out. I gave my information and such to the police officers.
The man I pulled from the van thanked me over and over again. I thought I had done my good deed for the day... 1 week later I am served papers stating I caused physical and emotional damage/distress to the man and he was suing me for $100,000. 1 awesome Public defender, 3 witnesses, and 4 days in court later he lost.
**TL;DR** I saved a mans life and he tried to sue me.
Roni Stone 3 weeks ago
Was just going to mention this. If it's in the USA, good Samaritan acts are petty much covered.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 weeks ago
I bet those are the same people who complain that nobody ever helps them.
Sally Moen 3 weeks ago
FYI the good Samaritan law forgives a rescuer from being sued for damages to the rescued person, for example if the person giving CPR compressions accidentally breaks ribs. Another part of the law has to do with when a rescuer decides to take action, they need to carry through to the best of their ability. They CAN opt out of helping, but they cannot put their hands on the person at all if they decide not to get involved. The car on fire is a good example of what might make a rescuer opt out of helping, due to the very real risk they could get badly injured.
Teutonic Disaster 3 weeks ago
Van driver obviously hit his head in the accident if he sued the guy who saved his life and (apparently) not the one who caused the crash. How derailed does one's train of thought have to be to think that's ok to do?!
Ripley 2 weeks ago
Ambulance-chaser lawyer. I can imagine someone turned up at his bedside telling him how much of a payout they could get him, and nothing to pay up front.
Load More Replies... Uncomfortable Panda 3 weeks ago
Maybe the guy ended up with tens or hundreds of thousands in medical expenses and some lawyer convinced him this was a way to pay for it. American system at its finest.
Brian Droste 3 weeks ago
So he would rather got seriously hurt or even die d in the van than being grateful for what you did.
#13
My younger sister got diamond earrings for her 16th birthday from my parents. She then says in a [snarky] tone "This isn't what I asked for". Parents then take back earrings, scold her and she gets nothing for her birthday. She then spends the rest of her birthday demanding that they give it back to her.
Stardust she/her 3 weeks ago
I’d be grateful to get at least some gift from my parents and then you have these blemishes on our society who are living the dream
SnifflyMango04 3 weeks ago
Just to add beautiful contrast. Not really to the point but I just want to take this moment to brag. My oldest daughter is 6. For her last birthday, I asked her what she wanted for a present. Her first answer: flowers for grandma. Second answer: a hug from me. Of course I said hugs were available always and she could choose something special, just for her. So she chose: "the colour pink". No further explanation. Bought her a pink yoga mat. She loved it.
Nikki Angulo 1 week ago
My SIL’s neice asks for donations to charity for her birthdays! I think she’s ten or eleven now? She’s been doing it for many years.
Load More Replies... Earonn - 2 weeks ago
But was it 'snarky', or had parents totally overruled what she really wanted? You know, if sister told us how her parents always tried to dress her up 'girly', and even on her birthday, she asked for football shoes but got diamond earrings that she wouldn't even want to wear - how would we think about it then? So, more info necessary, is what I'm saying.
#14
A few years ago i bought my younger sister a sharpy doll for Christmas, she opened it and screamed I wanted gabrelli (sorry don't know how to spell her name). So the next year I got her back by getting her a potato, her reaction was priceless.
Seadog 1 week ago (edited)
Had a neighbor whose DIL forbid her to buy the granddaughter a Barbie. So neighbor being the spiteful person she could be, bought her a Tuesday Taylor. I wasn't there for the unveiling but neighbor said she could see the steam coming from DIL's ears. She was boiling mad. To top it off, neighbor talked GD into leaving it there to play with when she comes. So mom couldn't throw it away. (for those too young to know, Tuesday Taylor is basically a brunette Barbie)
#15
My older sister Amanda is EXTREMELY spoiled. My dad practically worships the ground she spits on. Well she's 9ish years older than me so of course she was able to do more things. I used to help my mom at a resturant every day from when I was 5-8 years old. Because I was so young, people would give me tips throughout the day. When my moms shift ended, she would walk me nexted door to the bank and I would deposit my earnings. By the time I was 8 I had a little over 800$ saved up.
May came around and my sister was going to turn 17. For her birthday she wanted tons of hair styling stuff and makeup. Well my father had other plans... He convinced me into letting him "borrow" my $800+ and combined it with his $500. He then went out and bought a cheap car for $1000 and used the other $300ish for seat covers, new tires, a new stereo, etc. May 5th... We gave my sister the car and she threw the biggest fit ever! She wanted nothing to do with the car. So she sold it for $700. Dad got his 500 back, Amanda got 200 to spend on hair and I got nothing back... An ungrateful jerk.
Drop Bear from Hell 3 weeks ago
The jerk was really the father for not returning the OPs $800.
GPawesomeness 3 weeks ago (edited)
If I could upvote you more, Drop Bear from Hell, I would, he created the monster.
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William Wood 4 days ago
Took me until about 12 to learn about loaning money to family. In my case it was aunts & uncles.
Load More Replies... Kate Johnson 3 weeks ago
So dad stole 300 bucks from his kid. Because regardless of entitled sister's response, it was dad that "borrowed" the money and didn't pay it back. So he steals from children.
#16
My sister did that kinda with an HP netbook I got her for Christmas. She had asked for a pink netbook, preferably HP, so I got it. The day she opened it, she was upset because it wasn't solid pink, even though I knew she liked plaid style. She tossed it aside, saying she won't use it unless I return it and get it in solid pink. Almost slapped the hispanic out of her.
Day Andie 2 weeks ago
Hmmm, just how hard do you have to slap somebody to do that? Just asking because I have an Italian cousin, and I'm thinking if I could figure out the conversion rate from Hispanic to Italian, my aunt, his mum, might be tempted to remove some of his native shine.
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Karma Black 3 weeks ago
I LOATHE pink; but I'd still be grateful as hell and use the śhít out of that netbook.
Michael Largey 3 weeks ago
Well, since she's your sister, at least meet her half way. Return it.
#17
I used to work for a local car dealership. I was selling the cheapest car on the lot to a dad and his daughter. It was a 2000 Daewoo for $3,000. She was SO excited to have her own car and it was what her dad could afford to buy her.
At this same time another salesperson was selling a brand new Eddie Bauer Explorer to a dad for a present to his daughter.
As I was presenting the Daewoo to the new owners the daughter of the other dad comes in to see her new Explorer. She starts throwing a fit and yells "I didn't want an explorer, I wanted an Expedition!!!"
I was really proud of the dad of the Explorer as he walked back into the finance office. He changed the deal. He corraborated with the guy buying the daewoo and switched the names... So the girl crying over her "Explorer" now had a crappy Daewoo and the girl who was really grateful to have a car ended up with a fully loaded paid of Explorer... I would never have believed it if I had not been the salesperson.
K Barnes 3 weeks ago
The dad gave strangers tens of thousands of dollars to punish his daughter? Rather than just leaving and giving her a crappy car?
Earonn - 2 weeks ago
Strange, I'm a quite engaged Panda and never heard it.
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My parents paid for my college (private women's college in the southeast) completely. They sent me away to school without the car they had given me in HS (a Maxima, a nice car) and gave it to my brother to drive back and forth to school. I had a formal coming up and called them to ask if I could have "my" car that weekend. They politely reminded me that it wasn't "my" car, it was the family's car and my brother needed it. I promptly threw a rich girl hissy fit over the phone, telling them that they were terrible, that they obviously didn't love me, that they were being selfish and uncaring, blah blah blah. They had planned to come visit me 2 hours away at school that coming Sunday but told me they weren't sure if they were going to come now... I said fine, whatever, stay home, don't care, all of that stuff. They showed up. With a brand new Mitsubishi Galant (this was in 1992). They wanted me to have a brand new car that I could put all of my friends in and go to the beach, etc. They had purchased this car home approx. 20 minutes before I called them and went off about borrowing a car. I cried and cried with regret for my terrible, spoiled behavior and drove that Galant until it fell apart. They've since forgiven me, of course, 20 years later, but I'll never forget that shame.
Lee Banks 3 weeks ago
This post made me cry. After living homeless for a time, my mom and I were finally getting situated. She promised the best Christmas ever. All I wanted was a bicycle. She so proudly took me to dinner and told me to close my eyes as we walked into the apartment. Bicycle. It was the late 90s so purple and 'rust' was cool for girls. In the dark, i thought it was a used bike. I had only wanted something that had just been mine. I started crying and saying how much i hated it. Then her face. This broken look, and she excused herself. It was brand new and she'd been skipping meals to afford it.Nearly 30 years later, I too remember the shame. Thick as thieves now.
Nik Odongray 2 weeks ago (edited)
Good on you for apparently growing up and owning up to your bad behavior. For my 10th birthday all I wanted was a Nintendo (the original had just come out. I didn’t get it, so I left my own birthday party, with all of my family in the house and went upstairs and poured. I think I got grounded for a month and eventually did get the Nintendo, but only once I was able to buy it with my own money. I still cringe thinking back on my behavior. Edit to add: This was only a year or two after my dad had gotten laid off from his job at a steel mill. He had gone back to teaching, taking a huge cut in pay, and my mom, who had always been a stay at home mom, had to go back to work. I definitely didn’t know back then how poor we were. Makes me feel even worse for acting so spoiled and entitled.
Abby Louise Rexroth 2 weeks ago
Your heartfelt apology meant more than the money spent (they knew then they did a good job raising you).
#19
I helped my work mate move house, hungover after far too much tequila. I moved all his [stuff], his boyfriends and his roommates basically by myself as he was useless. Took almost 12 hours. [He] didn't even buy me a beer, food or anything all day. Then fobbed me off when I asked for help to move. Then had the nerve to ask for help when he moved out.
Rosecrucian Roeth 3 weeks ago
Just tell him that you'll give him exactly as much help as he gave you.
Fungus John 2 weeks ago
I'd say yes to helping him move again, get all his stuff loaded up, then drive it to the dump
Beak Hookage 2 weeks ago
I hope you responded with the biggest middle finger ever raised heavenward.
#20
When I was fifteen, a girl in my driver's ed class turned red and stood up. She put her hands to her throat, couldn't make a sound. Her eyes looked crazy. She was choking on a piece of candy. Everyone looks for one beat, two beats. I'm like, "what the hell" and I stand up and walk over two tables and give her the Heimlich. On the second attempt, the candy flies out like ten feet, like in a movie or something. She starts gasping and bawling. It's a big scene. She thanks me.
The next day at class when our parents are picking us up, she is walking down the hall with her white-trash mom. They walk up to me. I'm expecting a thanks from the mom or something. I've never seen this woman before and as she gets close she starts yelling, "What did you think you were doing? You aren't a doctor or a nurse! You could have broke her ribs! You're lucky I don't get a lawyer and sue your family! I still might!" Et cetera, et cetera...
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 3 weeks ago
Hmm...would I rather have a couple of broken ribs which will heal, or die choking on a lolly? Lemme think about it...
TonjaLasagne 3 weeks ago
"FINE! Next time I'll let you're preee-ciii-ous" die!" Sorry, It's hard to imitate Gollum.
Seadog 1 week ago
Trust me, at that moment when you choke, you pretty much don't care what anyone does, just get air. I was lucky enough to be sitting across from an EMT. Had he not been there, I wouldn't be here as there was no one else there. Took him 3 tries to clear my airway. When it was over I couldn't speak or swallow for a while due to my throat being so sore.
#21
I have two nephews aged 14 and 12 and they have every game console out there. So thinking I was going to be the coolest aunt ever, I bought them 4 of the latest games, and they were over $50 each. I don't see them often, I wanted to do something special, $250 is a lot of money in my budget. They took one look at the games, said "they [blow]", threw them against the wall and broke the cases. I picked them up, took them back to the store but they refused to take 3 of them back due to the damage.
I ended up selling them at the mall to one of those game stores, got almost nothing for them. Never again.
tori Ohno 3 weeks ago
What did their parents do? I'd go NC if they weren't punished for that kind of behavior
Nikki Angulo 1 week ago
NC for sure! Who wants to be around kids like that? And the parents WOULD be paying me back!
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Jude Bennett 3 weeks ago
I am old school (boomer) but any kid did that in front of me and I would likely kick their a*s into next week. Just sayin'.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 weeks ago
No big checks from auntie at graduations and weddings. 🤷🏻♀️
Kate Johnson 3 weeks ago
I would have told them, then and there, "Well that's the last time I will ever buy anything for you,, you selfish little pricks".
Seadog 1 week ago
Yes, their behavior was totally wrong but never buy a game for someone unless you've already determined they want you to get it. Get them a gift certificate for the game store instead. My kids know what kind of games I like which are few, and even they wouldn't buy me a game.
William Wood 4 days ago
My mom would always try to get a head start on Christmas shopping, but I would have to remind her that some items have best by date and it might be out of favor and obsolete by the time the holiday arrived. My nephew and Paw Patrol was a good example. He was into it until a few months before Christmas and then wasn't. I told her that is why they were so much lower priced now than when she bought them last March. And don't get me started on the knock-off lookalikes. Some kids will have fits like you've never seen.
Load More Replies... Nikki Angulo 1 week ago
I’d be telling their parents how much they owe me for the games, since I can’t return them now that they are broken! And then I would never see those kids again.
TonjaLasagne 3 weeks ago
They would be getting zilch from me for a couple of years at least: say I normally spend $50 bucks on a present BUT I've lost buku bucks on games that I couldn't sell because the brats broke the cases? Until THAT debt is paid off, no gifts for you!
#22
A girl at my high school broke into a hysterical, foul mouthed, tear filled rant because her father surprised her after school with a brand new, fully loaded, BMW for her birthday... apparently she wanted the Mercedes.
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EDIT: Just to further clarify I went to school with this girl for two years at an incredibly rich private school in South Florida that I was lucky enough to attend almost entirely free thanks to the fact that my mother taught there. While it wasn't rare to see acts of extreme snobbery like that the vast majority of the people who went to that school were incredibly kind, caring individuals. That said, this particular female was a grade a [jerk].
Pablo Jackasso 3 weeks ago
They already started and are getting close to the bone. Before we know it they be fine dining on our marrow.
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Kate Johnson 3 weeks ago
I hope the parents told her "now any car you ever have, you will have to buy yourself"
DeoManus Argentem 3 weeks ago (edited)
I think I might know this person, exact thing happened at my high-school in SoFla. So sad - interestingly, the kids that got brand new expensive cars were always the troublemakers/bad students you could never envision going anywhere - bad parenting. Edit: I dont begrudge parents buying their kids nice new cars, I'll probably be doing the same thing - if they deserve it (i.e. are respectful, top grades, trouble-free).
Nik Odongray 2 weeks ago
My mom used to work in a private school and one of the students complainsmed that the BMW was in the shop, so they had to drive the “c**p car”. The c**p car was a Lexus.
#23
My sister was so unhappy with the car my parents got her that she tried to sell it every time it was parked. This was back before cell phones so the only number she had to give was the home phone which my parents always answered if they were there. They got her back by moving the car one day and telling her that someone had bought it but since it was their car they got the money for it.
Michael Largey 3 weeks ago
How did she expect to sell it when the car was titled in her parents' name?
geezeronthehill 3 weeks ago
Perhaps her thought process was, hmm. Incomplete?
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I have quite a few I could tell about my little sister. I'll stick to two.
My Mom bought her numerous laptops, iPhones, and cameras on the condition that she take care of them. Every one was broken in a month or two. Bought her a $900 digital SLR she knows I've been coveting for years, because my sister claimed she was going to take a photography course at school. Got the camera, bitched that she didn't get any other presents, used it for a day then let it sit around for 6 months. She uses it now for pictures on her tumblr, but she told my mom she never intended to take a photography course and she can only use [it] on auto.
For Easter I spent a couple hundred dollars buying her tons of Hunger Games stuff and random stuff for an Easter basket because I stupidly wanted to do something nice (I'd just pick up random stuff over the course of a few months that I thought she'd like). She was upset that my mom wouldn't be doing baskets anymore because she's 15. She threw a tantrum after she opened everything because Easter sucked because we wouldn't hide Easter eggs for her or hide plastic ones filled with money like her friend's parent's did. SHE'S 15.
I haven't gotten her a [single] thing since. I bought my mom a MacBook Air to pay her back for years of caring for me, and my sister threw the biggest tantrum ever. She clawed at my mom's face and tried to steal her car because it wasn't fair that my mom got something nice for the first time EVER. Literally, ever. My sister has since "accidentally" broken her laptop hoping I'd buy her one too. Not going to ever happen.
God, that turned into an epic rant.
Lotekguy 3 weeks ago
I think we've transcended the lousy personalities of so many others on this list, and entered the realm of severe psychological disorders.
GPawesomeness 3 weeks ago
I agree, the behaviors described on this thread would have NEVER even crossed my mind because my parents brought me up to be grateful and not EXPECT others to give you whatever you wanted. Made me very independent and grateful at the same time.
Load More Replies... TonjaLasagne 3 weeks ago
This is on the family. They have spoiled little sis rotten. S***s to be them...good luck trying to reverse that.
#25
Gave my ex girlfriends family my old car( 2003 Nissan Maxima se) in great condition because they were on hard times and I had just gotten a New car. They proceeded to get down on their knees and thank Jesus for answering their prayers. I still haven't gotten a thank you.
Michael Largey 3 weeks ago
As I recall, the people of his time were not all that grateful to Jesus either.
Load More Replies... Seadog 1 week ago
Return their gratitude by claiming the write off (value of the car) on your taxes
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TonjaLasagne 3 weeks ago
"What a friend we have in Jesus"... I don't know, I just starting thinking about "The Stand" and Mother Abigail.
Seadog 1 week ago
Somehow I was expecting this to go the way of my former BIL & SIL. They destroyed every car they got their hands on then blamed the car. No car is going to last if you don't take care of it and t least do basic maintenance. They were the type that you tell them the car needs brake pads. They continue to drive it until the brakes are totally gone, the rotor is ruined the calipers are ruined then complain the repair that was $50 is now $500. But it's not their fault.
#26
I went to my rich family-friends birthday. He was turning 16 and his parents bought him a new, beautiful expensive BMW and he yelled out "This isnt the model I wanted, Why do you [mess] things up?!" among other things meanwhile I only got a cake for my 16th birthday and I was happy with that.
Michael Largey 3 weeks ago
If the kid thinks his parents always mess things up, he should remember whose product he is.
Sandy Jones 3 weeks ago
I was thrilled to get a 3-pack of tube socks & a gift card to Sam Goody (Record Store)
William Wood 4 days ago
I remember my cousin calling me the day after Christmas griping about the gift he got from his sister. He insisted everyone in the family join his secret santa thing and set a price which happened to be the exact price of the thing he wanted to receive. His sister passed the duty off to their mom who didn't know what he was supposed to get and got something different. I opted out of any gift exchanging many years prior. We were in our 30's at the time. He shut up when I told him I got socks. I was perfectly happy with it. They were from his mom. She always got me something useful like that and I loved that about her.
#27
Well, this is embarrassing..
When I was a kid I was hope sick from school one day. My mom told me she'd go rent a movie for me to watch. Expecting a cartoon, I got really excited since I loved cartoons, and back then they were seldom on TV. She came home and had brought a live action film. I was so disappointed I cried and yelled for a while, and said I didn't want to watch it. She was like "Fine, I'LL watch it on my own!" When she started watching it I pretended not to watch, but I couldn't help not watching it. Turned out it was the best movie I had ever seen. It made me both appreciate live action films and convinced me my mom always knew what was best for me.
The movie was Back to the future.
Nik Odongray 2 weeks ago
There weren’t many cartoons on when Back to the Future came out?? That was the heyday of great cartoons! Gi Joe, He-Man, Inspector Gadget, Speedracer, all of the Hannah Barbara stuff, TmT, Transformers….I could go on and on…but yes, Back to the Future is one of the best movies of all time.
Bartlet for world domination 2 weeks ago
OP is in Sweden. If that's anything like the Netherlands, cartoons were on only on Saturday.
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#28
It's not just kids/teens that are ungrateful, working in IT retail in the UK I see all sorts... Last Christmas a husband wanted to get his wife a brand new laptop so she could start using internet for shopping etc... He purchased from us after much deliberation a brand new samsung 13" chrome book etc and a few days later the wife marches him back into the store demanding that I Refund the order and supply her with a MacBook and then had the nerve to tell her husband he was useless and that he didn't listen or understand her, the phrase "open your ears" was used repeatedly... Really boiled my blood.
Michael Largey 3 weeks ago
That husband really does make bad choices - she being a prime example.
Jane Doe-Doe 3 weeks ago
If she treats him like that in public just think how she treats him at home
Tyranamar Seuss 3 weeks ago
She probably told him she specifically wanted a Mac. And he decided a Samsung was better. And he's probably done similar things before. Not being heard is one of my pet peeves. I can see where she might be coming from.
Karma Black 3 weeks ago
Maybe I'm crazy. The one thing I'm hoping to get for Christmas is a Samsung Chromebook 4, even if it's a used one.
#29
Father and 17 year old daughter came into the dealership to buy her a new car for her birthday. Now, this aint no honda dealership, we sell Porsches. 17 year olds should not be gettting porsches for their birthday i dont care if they made honor roll every year for their whole life. So the girl has her mind set on a 2012 Porsche Panamera 4S which is a $100,000 400hp AWD V8 sports saloon.
The father seeing the price tag looks disappointed and says, "Well sweetie i can't afford a brand new one so why don't we get you a used one?" the used ones go for about 85-90k, have barely any miles on them, are porsche approved certified and come with a warranty worthy of a brand new car. She replies "Well it's not my fault you don't make enough money for our family. You're going to buy me a new one or I'm never speaking to you again.
What really bothered me was that I could see the pain in the father's eyes when she said this. He looked genuinely hurt that he didn't make enough money. I wish i were a customer, because i would have told her to [get lost]. So the father said "Alright well, get the new one" (the funny thing was he leased it and she had no idea).
When they got back from the test drive, the salesman told me that the girl disrespected him and her father the entire time. When the salesman was trying to show her all the different features she flipped out and told him "I think I can figure it out okay im not stupid". Then on the actual test drive she did over 100mph on the highway and told the salesman to "shut up" when he asked her to slow down, out of fear for his life. He said the father just sat there and said nothing.
Bertha Madott 3 weeks ago
The REVERSE of your story. I made the honour roll every year. Won prizes. Took music exams. Went to church willingly. Helped around the house. I was a good kid. When I graduated university (honours BA) it was a big deal. First person in my family to do this. My mom and dad wanted to give me a snazzy red sports car. I demurred and asked for a Volvo sedan. My mother was really miffed!!!! Until she started complaining to her friends….. who all agreed with my preference. So I ended up with a new green 1971 Volvo….that I drove for 10 years/over 100,000 miles. Another family first…to keep a car on the road that long.
Touhou Youyoumu 3 weeks ago (edited)
Volvo's are tanks, such safe reliable cars.
Load More Replies... greenideas 3 weeks ago
Great. Because dad failed as a parent, now society is stuck with a spoiled brat with a death machine and disregard for human life. What could go wrong...?
Xenia Harley 3 weeks ago
A friend won a Porsche in a raffle, and wanted to give my 16 (at the time) son his old one. I said no, because I felt like that was too much car for a young guy! My friend was incredibly generous but no. I don't think he would have given my son the car just for my son to sell, so I said no.
Kate Johnson 3 weeks ago
What a HORRIBLE parent. Definitely should never have been allowed to breed!
Child of the Stars 3 weeks ago
A little off topic, but a friend of mine used to have a Porsche. We were both planning to have Thanksgiving with some mutual friends one year, and since we don't have a car and they live out in a rural area, he offered to pick up my kids and me. There's about a 2 mile stretch of highway before our friends dirt road that has very little traffic and is basically ignored by the highway patrol. So my friend (with my permission, since my kids were in the car) showed off a little. Omg, that Porsche was FUN to ride in! He got it up to about 98MPH (~157KPH) and the engine just purred! It was like the car was sentient and having fun too!
#30
We had a gift exchange at my church when I was little & my youngest cousin (who went to the same church) got my gift. He didn't like it so he started crying. I took it away from him, which caused this random lady I'd never seen before (& never saw again) to tell me to give it back to him. I responded by telling her that he was my cousin & was acting like a brat, so he couldn't have his gift. Then I walked away.
#31
I saw this woman on the side of the road who had a flat tire and was clearly having issues changing it.
So polite ol' me decided to halt my run and go see if I could help out. I stroll over and offer my services to her and she accepts, but she backs away to a pretty far distance.
I proceed to change her tire and help get her on her way and as soon as I finish and proceed to extend my arm for a handshake, she says "Back away, I have 911 on my phone right now and all I have to do is press Call." I don't know if she thought I was going to attack her or something but you don't just do that to someone who just helped you change your d**n tire.
Flabbergasted, I run away and I haven't seen that [her] since.
Edit: I do understand that I don't understand what she may have been through in the past, but if it was that uncomfortable for her to accept help from a stranger than she should have just thanked me for offering but graciously declined. Not accepted my help then threaten to call 911 on me.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 weeks ago
And this is why fewer people are willing to help strangers.
Seadog 1 week ago
and then there are people like the guy hat caught eh toddle that fell from a 5th floor balcony. Of course the child got injured from his catch but the good for nothing mother sued him and actually claimed if he hadn't caught the child, the child would not have been injured. Which technically, she's right, it would not have been injured because it would've been k****d. Which is likely what she wanted by letting the child out there alone to begin with. Goes hand in hand with the 2 guys above that saved the person from the burning car.
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Sarah 3 weeks ago (edited)
I slipped and fell one evening. ( I had fractured Ankle an dbadly damaged other leg) and couldn’t get up. Tried to wave down Cars , sprawled on path with shopping. Lots ignored me .. one man eventually did stop - forever grateful ( and I live alone so had no one to ring) I can see why some must have thought it was a scam/trap. Damsel in distress.. it was summer so I was wearing a really pretty summer dress etc I don’t blame people who kept driving
TonjaLasagne 3 weeks ago
Nope, I would have went back and put her flat tire back on. F**k that. This is why EVERY woman needs to learn how to do this s**t on their own. They need to know AT LEAST the basics. So they don't have this fear.
Day Andie 2 weeks ago
Sorry my dude. Just because women can change a tire doesn't mean they don't have to be afraid of men. Men tell women how much they need men to protect them. Women want to know from who they have to be protected from. It isn't bears we worry about, it's men. Yes, it's a s**t world when somebody who does a kindness is treated with suspicion and dislike, and it's a s**t world when someone has to be so afraid that they can't trust the kindness they are offered
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The sister of my coworker was at the office. I ended up chatting with her around 7pm while she waited for her bro to finish up work. I hung around only because she was kinda pretty and single.
After mentioning her father paid 100% of her $100,000 tuition, a car, and all her living expenses, she starts laying into her dad for promising only $500,000 as her future graduation gift. She was expecting something more along the lines of $750k to $1 million so she was super pissed and kept talking about what a [jerk] he was being. Apparently, she changed her major one too many times for her father's taste and was living the lifestyle of a "forever student".
This was when I was struggling to pay off my college loans, not earning very much, and barely staying afloat with paying my rent and covering my beer money.
Wheeskers 2 weeks ago
Everyone has their own stories. Being rich obviously doesn't make you a terrible person nor does being a poor person. Every group has their losers. It doesn't make sense to compare yourself to others they, don't have your life. She sounds really happy, huh?
Seadog 1 week ago
I went to school with a bunch of rich kids. They always acted as if they were better than everyone else. Had the attitude they'd always be able to just skate through life. I on the other hand, went to work (retail) at the age of 7. After graduation, getting up and gong to work was just a day in the life. Whereas they suddenly had to go to work. Still makes me smile to see them working when they thought they were just going to loaf.
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 2 weeks ago
At least you found out she was awful before you potentially started dating her. It was nice of her to raise the massive red flag during the first conversation.
#33
A couple years ago a friend and I were driving across the country in a big moving truck full of my moms furniture. We had been on the road for about 18 hours on the 2nd to last day of the trip and stopped at a rest stop to stretch our legs and use the bathroom. Sitting at the rest stop late at night was an entire family, mom, dad & 2 young kids and their car which was obviously broken or otherwise not working.
Feeling like I should try and help I asked the father what was wrong and he told me they had run out of gas and just needed to get to the next town which was about 40 miles away. I couldn't leave the rest stop with that family stranded so my friend and I got back in the truck and drove the 40ish miles to the next town, bought gas & a can and drove all the way back in our huge moving truck. The whole trip back and forth took us about an hour and a half and by the time we got back to the rest stop we were both about to pass out.
Well, the family was still there waiting and I hopped out to give them the gas they needed so badly. I handed the can to the father and he looked at me and said "I would rather have the money". This caught me off guard as money wouldn't help them get anywhere but it was then that it dawned on me that he never wanted gas to begin with and probably had some in the car.
He was just fishing for cash and using his kids as the bait. I felt really bad for the mom as she was just looking at me the whole time with this expression of "I'm so so sorry". I was at a loss for words since the dad didn't even want the gas we had just drivin for over an hour to get for them. I just set the gas can on the ground, got bak in the truck and left feeling like a giant idiot.
Beef Brisket 3 weeks ago
You weren't a giant idiot. You were and are an amazing human being. Be thankful for that because the rest of us are that you are "that" kind of person. Bless you.
Bec 3 weeks ago
My Uncle saw some people with their hood up, so he asked if they needed help. They needed a jump, and he had cables, but as he is setting up the jump they are asking him if he knows what he is doing, what if he damages their vehicle. He didn't know if they were entitled or trying to run a scam but he packed up his stuff and left
Roberta Surprenant 3 weeks ago
Had a guy try to sell me "firewood" for gas $. Didn't need the wood but offered him about 1/4 of $ he was asking for. Dude turned it down, it wasn't enough!
#34
My niece who is part hispanic had her quinceanera(SP?) i don't know much about it since it's not my culture but apparently it's a HUGE deal for them and i am not the richest person in the world and her dads side (the hispanic side) spoiled her with a macbook, tv, iphone, diamond necklace etc. and i agreed to get her an ipad even though i don't have a ton of money so i got her an ipad 2 32gb since the ipad 3 was out and the ipad 2 was super cheap on craiglist.
So she gets my present and notices it isn't the ipad 3 and throws it back on the table in yelling at me about how stupid i am and how he wanted the new ipad and it really hurt my feelings. I almost cried because the spoiled brat doesn't understand how much money that was to me.
I will never in my life buy her another gift until she apologizes for it because that hurt.
tori Ohno 3 weeks ago
I would have picked it up off the table and walked out with it, then returned it.
JB 3 weeks ago
You would, would you? What makes you think a Craigslist seller would be willing to take the iPad back and reimburse you?
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michael reid 2 weeks ago
If you don't know much about the quinceanera(SP?) there is a segment on the Who Is America show that explains what it's all about
Gregg Levine 1 week ago
Isn't it the same as a Bat Mitzvah in the Jewish community for young ladies? (They are all 13 then.)
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Child of the Stars 3 weeks ago
It's likely a mistake. Sometimes I type too fast and miss a letter. What's your point?
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My wife and I had just moved in our first place on our own. After being on our own for about 3-4 months, my wife's sister calls her crying. Her sister, husband and daughter had lost their home in a fire about a year prier, and had been staying with some friends who where kind enough to let them stay with them. Apparently relationships had deteriorated with the friends and had to leave immediately. So we had an extra bedroom so we decided to let them come stay with us until they got on their feet. It was supposed to only be a few weeks but it turned into 8 months. 8 months we let them stay with us rent free, the only thing we asked them to pay was the difference in the electric bill each month, which amounted to only like $30-$50 a month. I should mention that we were violating our lease by letting them stay with us, we hid them from our landlord for a while but eventually she figured out we had them staying with us. Fortunately she felt sorry for them and said it was ok for them to stay a little longer. But after the 8th month she sent us a letter saying that if they weren't out in a week then we'd be in violation of our lease. So we had to ask them to go. Almost immediately after they left they deleted us off facebook, and never talked to us again. When we tried to get into contact with them to see why they were mad at us, my wife's sister claimed she was angry that we asked them to help out with the electric bill. And because of that they weren't able to buy tickets to go see A Perfect Circle. But my wife and I had bought ourselves tickets and I even bought my little sister a ticket too since she's never seen them live before. And apparently they were pissed at us for this.
TLDR; let my wife's sister, her husband and their child live with us, rent free for 8 months. After they left they deleted us from facebook and never talked to us again.
#36
When I was very young, maybe 6, my mother took us kids to her friends' house for New Years' Eve. We were pretty poor, and her friends were a lot better off - beautiful house with marble counters, a piano, all kinds of stuff.
Her friend's mother was gracious enough to give us kids small presents - mine was a gorgeous (looking back) domino doll with porcelain hands and face, and a silk outfit.
I told her I was too old for dolls. I still cringe looking back on it, my poor mother must have been humiliated.
I was banished to the play room with the other kids, where I started feeling...not so well. By the time we went home, I felt awful and itchy.
I got the chicken pox because I was rude. :P.
Bec 3 weeks ago
My stepson was about 12 and my husband invited a coworker friend and his son over who was probably a bit younger. I think coworkers son was trying to be cool and made fun of my stepson for playing with transformers toys, but it wasn't too long before they were both playing together. I always hated the 'too old for that' attitude - just have fun and don't c**p on other people's fun
Lee Banks 3 weeks ago
This. I try to host a snowball fight when we're lucky enough to have snow with the cold. People that turn it down for being childish are placed on my questionable list. I'm in my forties. Fun is always cool.
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#37
My so-called friend in Year 2 "accidently" threw away the present I gave her. It was a mini kiddie make-up set I spent months saving up for because my allowance was a mere $5 per month (parents were poor). I didn't know someone else gave the same thing to her earlier and when I asked her about it, she said she only wanted one, not two and "accidently" threw it away. Needless to say I'm no longer friends with her anymore.
tori Ohno 3 weeks ago (edited)
What a stupid child. Getting two presents means twice the makeup to play with. I would have dumped her as a friend too, simply for being stupid
GPawesomeness 3 weeks ago
IKR? Like the first one was going to be an endless supply? 🙄
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Oops 2 weeks ago
I once had a "friend" with girltwins, who threw 7 (!!!!) birthday parties for them. With a lot of presents. Me, no much money, but willing to please them chose carefully for days, spend a good amount of money. The children, oversaturated, ripped rudely the presents open, took a short look and threw them immediately away on a heap of other unecessary presents. I tried to talk about this to the mother, but she thinks its ok for her children to feel affluence. She never thinks about how insulting this is. Friendship gone.
Dusty's mom 3 weeks ago
In the late 1960's my allowance was 25 cents per week. Enough for 2 comic books and sales tax. $5, even in the 1970s, would have been wonderful. What a lousy "friend".
#38
I made Christmas stockings for my then GF's (now wife's) two teen age children. I spent hours finding little specialty candies, little toys they'd like, make up, etc. I tried to make them outrageously nice stockings and happily spent about 200 bucks* on the two of them. On christmas morning they spent about two seconds looking at them, judged them unworthy and then just cast them aside. The boy actually stepped on his at one point, breaking one of the toys and did not care. To this day I think he did it on purpose. It sort of ruined the whole making christmas nice for the kids mood for me. They are adults now and I guess the fact that I still remember that scene points out how petty I am. But still. You asked.
*that I definitely could not afford at the time.
Seadog 1 week ago
A sure sign, he would never be welcome by them. He's not daddy and that's that. How much you want to bet dad is a good for nothing jerk?
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#39
I have a friend that knew she had to be out of her place in a few months. No exact date, but whatever. She calls me at about 6 at night saying she has to be out of her place the next day by 1pm or the police would be escorting her out. I should also mention she has 3 kids.
Now the moving wouldn't have been such a big deal. Her problem was she hadn't found anywhere to go. I wish I could say it was due to lack of places, but it was just because she hadn't looked. So within 12 hours, I asked a different friend that she had NEVER met if she could stay with them still she got an apartment and moved her.
Go a month later, she's totally screwed over my generious friends. Financially, with her attitude, and her lies. I'm embarrassed and apologizing. So she FINALLY has her own place but because again she's not great at life, has no way to move. My friends are sick of her and drop everything, as do I cause I feel like a [jerk], and move her.
Where it gets bad, I noticed she didn't have a crib mattress for one of her daughters. I offer to let her use mine because my son just got a big boy bed. She starts screaming at me saying it's hers and how she has no friends that ever help her. I stood there in shock for about two seconds, told her to [get lost] and walked out of the apartment.
Kristin 3 weeks ago
I think you may have met my sister in law haha jk but seriously this is something she did at 2 points. Most ungrateful, vindictive person I ever met. Mine even had the audacity to apologize and call teuce while at my home one time and then discover she stole $300 that I had hidden in a pair of folded socks in back drawer. And also a bracelet that was so special to me as it was my late grandmother's. She raised me.
#40
My sister once started crying and locked herself in her room after my parents spent the last of their money buying her a Gameboy - because the Gameboy was grey and not pink.
Gregg Levine 1 week ago
And I hope your parents got the money back for it, and did not buy there the pink contraption.
#41
This past Christmas I went home to visit my family for our first Christmas together in 10 years. Because it was our first in so long, everyone was there (about 20 of us). Being Sicilians, we celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with lots of food. We were all at my mother's house, and she was stressing about everyone being there, so I ended up cooking all of Christmas eve and Christmas day dinner. I made the traditional feast of fish for Christmas Eve, as well as cookies and cannoli. I roasted prime rib and broiled lobster tails for Christmas day dinner. I did all this for 20 people. My whole family thanked me profusely, except my mother who yelled at me for leaving the kitchen messy, which my brothers cleaned up anyway.
Michael Largey 3 weeks ago
Some mothers resent being replaced as the Queen of the Kitchen at family events.
Dorothy Smith 3 weeks ago
OMG..please invite me to your house for Christmas.? I'm Italian and you just told of all my Christmases growing up. Not much family left anymore but the memories Ahhh
#42
So I knew this guy at university whilst doing my post graduate degree. He was Turkish and his English really wasn't that great. I have no idea how he got by on the course, but hey, somehow he did. Anyway, I'm half Turkish, half English myself and therefore we had something to talk about from a cultural background. When it came to writing the dissertation he asked whether I could check his written English and make changes where needed. I agreed thinking that whilst his spoken English was poor, maybe his written English was good and that he would only give me part to check.
It turned out to be awful. I spent two evenings running through the whole 15,000 words changing grammar and vocabulary. It almost drove me insane. After all of that I emailed it back to him just saying that it was the best I could do etc. I heard nothing back. Not even a thank you.
I saw him around the university 6 months later. Turns out he's doing his PhD now. I heard all about it, but still no word of thanks.
No good deed goes unpunished.
Michael Largey 3 weeks ago
I don't see the OP's good deed as being actually punished. Unacknowledged and ignored, yes.
Karma Black 3 weeks ago
I'd say probably the time and stress spent on this is a punishment when there's no gratitude in return.
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#43
My mom always spends the same amount on me and my siblings for our birthdays. Last year, I was the only person to ask for something specific, so my mom got that for me plus 25 bucks. My brother's birthday is two weeks later, and she gave him fifty bucks, equivalent to what she spent on me. He actually complained that she didn't give him more. This being after he hasn't gotten our parents anything in years for birthdays or holidays. so this year, he didn't get anything from her and wondered why.
Detroit Citizen 3 weeks ago
Ill probably get downvoted into oblivion for this. Ive read half of these. I can say that being spoiled has had long lasting effects on me. I was spoiled rotten. Not to the extent as most of these people (48M, grew up in the 80s without tech) but i was the baby boy with three older sisters. I had the cute smile, dimples the whole nine yards. To this day when people say oh it mustve been nice to be spoiled. Nope. Not now, not as adult. I still find myself having small internal temper tantrums when things dont go my way or i dont get what i want. Its a residual thing. I am grateful for everything i have. But me being spoiled has had some long term effects.
arthbach 3 weeks ago
We know spoiling a child is in no way beneficial to a child. It's sets them up for failure. It is not a way to show love.
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#44
It's mostly my sister who does these things. My stepdad takes us out to his house in Pennsylvania for weekends, it's awesome. He cooks for us, he lets us swim in his pool, he lets us watch TV on his massive TV w/ a TB HDD full of HD movies, he pays for the tickets to and back from the house (upwards of $150 every other weekend). And meanwhile afterwards, my sister complains and makes a big scene that we can't take a $50 cab ride home instead of just taking the train from Port Authority (NYC). She does this every weekend.
One weekend we got home and she sees her new bed that my mother bought her, the one she asked for. As soon as she saw this new $300 bed, she began complaining that she didn't like it and threw a hissy fit. My mom had enough and ended up beating her verbally.
I love my family.
Sara Frazer 3 weeks ago
I would take a train over awkwardly sitting in a small car with a stranger any day! Plus trains are cool
Gregg Levine 1 week ago
Bus from the PA terminal you mean. Trains would have originated at what was Penn Station.
#45
My old best friend was just like this. For her sixteenth birthday, her mom took her AND me out to lunch at an expensive vegan restaurant, took us shopping, got her a belly button piercing, and then took us out to dinner at another expensive restaurant. Her mom's boyfriend bought her a GPS because she was new in town and didn't know her way around.
Later that night, she calls me crying. Why? Because her mom didn't get her any big gifts. I reminded her that she had spent the whole day shopping and her mom paid for her to get her belly button pierced. She wanted to be surprised though. And in her fit of rage with her mom, she threw her GPS across the room and broke it.
I'm so glad we haven't spoken in years.
#46
A co-worker whined that her grandmother gave her a silver necklace for her birthday when "she knows I only ever wear white gold!". I laughed and told her that when my grandparents were alive I only ever got a birthday card and that stopped when I started high school, but the co-worker only got more defensive trying to get me to sympathise with her situation.
This co-worker is actually a lovely person but has lived a very sheltered life.
Abby Louise Rexroth 2 weeks ago
Yeah, you've just seen the real person what you experienced before was a facade.
Load More Replies... Drop Bear from Hell 3 weeks ago
I get neither Christmas nor birthday presents - haven't for years. Most of friends don't know when my birthday is and I don't tell them. They also know I am not a Christmas person. I don't understand people who whinge if they are given something that a person has consciously decided is right for them. Just say a genuine thank you and move on.
#47
My wife was rampaging on a sunday morning, for no real reason.
She starting screaming that she was tired and hungry etc etc, and I offered her something to eat to soothe her.
She said she wanted fried eggs, I asked her how many and she said 3.
So I cooked 3 fried eggs, and if you've ever fried eggs together, you know that they meld into one giant egg white with 3 yolks.
I come back with the eggs and she loses her mind and I laugh and ask what her problem was, she screams **"I DONT LIKE MY EGGS TO TOUCH"**.
I said %^*$ it and ate the eggs in front of her. Later that day when her friend came over to do something I came out of the kitchen holding two raw eggs and stood in the doorway of the living room.
Her friend and her looked at me, as I slowly moved the eggs toward one another. As soon as they touched I started yelling/bellowing. It was very funny to me, and the friend was completely confused.
#48
Times were very tough the last few years when i was living at home. My dad worked 2 jobs, my mother worked, I worked, and my brother worked.
We all helped to pay the mortgage on the house and the bills. We all worked to save money and cut costs here and there, but still lived a pretty nice lifestyle.
One day my father was talking about defaulting on the mortgage. I pushed even harder to save money at that point, and pretty much gave my entire paycheck each week to assist.
I explained to him we need to get rid of things we do not need. (He likes to provide us kids with all we want, so it does not come naturally to him to cancel a $300 cable/internet bill, he does not want to affect us kids.)
I told him it had to be done. We would drop cable, and get a super slow internet for $20 a month. My sister walked in the room. (20 years old, never had a job. Sits around the house all day. Has done less chores in her life time then my brother has done in a day.) And [complains] and screams about not canceling cable, it is the only thing she has left to do all day.
I calmly explain to her, that we cannot afford it, and we do not have a choice. She stands her ground.. Not that her opinion mattered in the discussion. I grabbed the cable boxes and returned them that day, and had the Inet dropped to the cheapest they offered.
10 years later to this day my sister is still this same exact way. A firm but fair father, a Loving but Firm mother, 2 hard working sons who have payed for everything on their own, no debt what so ever.. and then her. Swapping between welfare and living with my parents. Complaining every step of the way. No appreciation on her part that I have ever seen.
Drop Bear from Hell 3 weeks ago
Sorry but the parents are enabling that kind of AH behaviour. Kick her out and let her grow up without the family safety net.
#49
I gave my niece a 32gig iPad 2 for her 16th birthday last year. I really thought she would be so excited, she has an iPod, and a Nano and really thought giving her a new iPad 2 would be so exciting for her. The night before her birthday I thought I would surprise her and give her the iPad. When I handed her the gift wrapped box she opened it, looked at the iPad, shrugged her shoulders and said, "Thanks" then walked away. I really felt like I had let her down. Then within hours of that my other niece, her sister who is 13, starts complaining to me that the Kindle I gave her for her birthday earlier that year only shows print in black and white and why couldn't she have an iPad. I told them both that maybe I've been a little to generous to them both and that they should figure out what they like at Old Navy since their presents for the next year for Xmas and birthdays would consist of $25 GC's.
Cindy Brick 2 weeks ago
After that response, I don't think I'd even give them giftcards. Just a nice note, instead.
#50
My friends youngest daughter had a Dora the Explorer birthday party for her 4th birthday which was in August, so naturally I assumed she liked Dora the Explorer. Come Christmas time I bought her a set of Dora's baby sister and brother, it cost about $30 which is a lot to spend on a child I didn't birth. She opened it up, started screaming that it was for babies and she is too old for Dora now. Her mum took her home without her present so I gave the dolls to my youngest who fell in love with them. A few weeks later when she came over to our house she threw a tantrum and took the dolls home because "they were hers first!".
I know that kids don't have a filter when it comes to manners but I know my kids would never do anything like that, they have received some pretty strange gifts from relatives in the past and they just say thank you and pretend to be excited about it until they get it home and throw it to the bottom of the toy box.
**EDIT because a lot of people are asking why I let the four year old take the dolls back. In the end it wasn't up to me. I tried to convince her that she hadn't wanted the dolls and now my daughter loved them. Her mother, her older sister and I all told her she was being silly and she didn't deserve to have the dolls back. She didn't listen and started throwing a tantrum of ginormous proportions. My daughter who was only 18 months at the time saw all his happening and gave the dolls to the four year old and said in toddler speak "oo can ave dem now" She wasn't upset about handing them over, I think she was actually quite proud of herself because she managed to stop the screaming tantrum. I bought her a set of dolls of her own later that week.**.
Nikki Angulo 1 week ago
Nope, mama should have taken that child home screaming. She learned that screaming and throwing a fit gets her what she wants, and that’s NOT a good lesson!
#51
Valentine's day, 2004. Now, I've never [cared]about Valentine's day, but my girlfriend at the time had never been in a serious relationship and wanted a special Valentine's day. I was more than happy to oblige.
That day, I went to the local nursery (flowers, not babies) where I used to work and bought two dozen red roses and grabbed an unused delivery invoice. I still had the uniform - just a t-shirt and hat, but enough to make me look like a legit delivery person.
I then spent my entire paycheck on gifts for her, and food for dinner. Everything: balloons, decorations, red and pink cutsey [stuff], and several expensive gifts including an iPod and a new camera. I went back to her house and decorated everything, transforming her kitchen and living room into what looked like a display at the mall. I even did the rose petals on the bed thing, because I was sure my efforts would lead to a romantic evening.
I looked up her class schedule to figure out where her class was (we had different majors) and proceeded to burst in, pretending to be a delivery person. I gave her the roses and a teddy bear in front of her entire class, even going as far as making her sign the fake delivery invoice. It was her last class of the day so I knew she'd be heading home. I raced out of there so I could get there first, change, and start cooking dinner. I got there maybe twenty minutes before she did, and everything was going to plan.
She was upset when she walked in the door. "Why didn't you wait for me after class?" She asked. I told her I wanted to start dinner before she got home and finish decorating the house. "Oh, I really wanted to go out to dinner tonight. Can we go out to dinner?" I explained that I was going to make something special at home, and had, in fact, already started cooking. She looked at the table full of presents and the house full of decorations and just sighed, disappointed.
"I really wanted this to be a special Valentine's day. Just this once. I was really hoping we could have a special day together but I guess not."
**tl;dr:** spent $800 on Valentine's day, put on a great show, and it wasn't good enough. Never again.
Michael Largey 3 weeks ago
The day you rid yourself of a rude, selfish, entitled wretch is always a special day, now and forever.
#52
I work for a NFP and we will have cookouts for people in poverty. They complain so hard that we buy generic soda or don't have "good cheese" for their burgers. One time we gave away thousands of pairs of shoes in the city. The "what is thist!?"'s outnumbered the thank you's about 20 to 1. This from people who came without shoes.
Karma Black 3 weeks ago
"This is to protect your feet as you walk out the door. Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you."
Rosecrucian Roeth 3 weeks ago
Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you." ...Love this, gotta use it!
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Actually, my dad is like this.
For his birthday I went out of my way to get him some thoughtful gifts (nothing huge, but not bad for a 17 year old) things I knew he would like. Later, while giving me a lecture on not being appreciative- he critizes me for not getting him any gifts, when I reminded him that I did get him a gift, he stated it was not on his list.
This is the man who got me an iPad when I explicitly said I didn't need one, because they're such a luxury.
Drop Bear from Hell 3 weeks ago
My old man used to b***h if he didn't get anything for Xmas BUT if you did buy something he would yell, throw it in his wardrobe and complain about wasting money. I stopped buying and went NC many many years ago. It turned me off Xmas altogether.
Nikki Angulo 1 week ago
“Ah, I see, you’re SHOWING me by example what not being appreciative looks like, got it!”
YakFactory 3 weeks ago
Who has a list? I thought they were only for weddings. Be grateful for what you are given, and know that the giver put thought and effort into whatever you receive. It does take effort to choose the "right" thing, and very hurtful to the giver if the receiver is less than pleased. We are lucky that we can give and receive gifts - so many people in this world don't have that option.
Ann Tiques 3 weeks ago
My dad used to complain about the gifts we got him because he didn’t like the little details, like “why are the sweater pockets at an angle and not straight across?” kind of stuff. Finally I told him he could quit b!tching and continue to get presents or keep bi!tching and get no more presents. He found it in his heart to stop complaining and start appreciating.
#54
My cousins daughter is the same way. She is 10 and spoiled rotten. For Christmas we got her a jewelry stand and some makeup. She opened the gift looked around and asked "who gave me this?" I told her that we did. She scrunched up her face and said "Ugh you can take it back and get me something better." I was dumbfounded.
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 3 weeks ago
If that were me that jewellery stand would have ended up wedged where her mother never kissed her.
#55
When I was dating my last girlfriend, she had just lost her job and had no money. So I went to the store and got a few things she needed. She flipped out on me for getting the wrong brand of shampoo, conditioner, and for getting 2% milk.
AuspiciousTree283 3 weeks ago (edited)
Terrible advice. In a mutually close friendship, you wouldn't care about the brand as long as it does the job.
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I had recently bought a new car to celebrate turning 21 and decided that since my old car was still going great and used little fuel I would give this to my brother, nothing wrong with it just an older car.
I was told he didn't want it as he wasn't going to bother learning to drive a manual (Stick Shift).
I don't know about anyone else but if I was given something that costs a lot of money for free I would be willing to at least try and learn how to use it.
Michael Largey 3 weeks ago
Idiot brother could have sold it and bought one with automatic. And used manuals sell for higher than automatics, so he might have gotten an even better ride in the end.
Karma Black 3 weeks ago
Agreed. I've tried to learn multiple times, but never quite got the hang of it. No big. I'd just explain it to my sibling, trade it for an automatic, and maybe even give back any cash left over.
Load More Replies... Oops 2 weeks ago
Sorry, but some people just dont drive and feel overstrained to do. Although i trudged through to get a drivers licence, i was always a very insecure driver, and gave it up as soon as i could. If someone would give me a car, you can see me vanish with contraisl behind the horizon.
#57
When I was around 5 years old, my aunt and uncle gave me a remote controlled train. I remember it looked very babyish so, I tell them "Why did you get me this? This is for babies." I still feel awful about that even though I was apologized afterwards because my parents told me so. Now, 16 years later, whenever they give me a gift for my birthday or Christmas, their thank you card is always a little bit better than the others I send out.
Karma Black 3 weeks ago
I think we've all probably had at least one spoiled moment as kids. The one that makes me cringe now was when I wanted a cheap little Sonic the Hedgehog handheld back in the 90's. I threw A FIT when they said they couldn't afford it. Two weeks later, on Christmas, I unwrapped a new Gameboy and four or five different games. I learned about gratitude REAL quick.
Tyranamar Seuss 3 weeks ago
I'm glad to see someone recognizing people can make mistakes. I feel like people on here are just ready to crucify other people.
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Back in high school, I was in all the smart classes with the rich preppy folks. If you can imagine "Pretty in Pink", especially how Molly Ringwold was treated in school, that was me, except my parents were druggies. I had hand me downs and rarely any new stuff. So one day there were two girls in my class complaining because one of their mothers' wouldn't put $500 in their checking account for some random teenage event. Upon hearing this, I went off. I called them ungrateful snobs. I wish some of those kids could live a little in someone else less fortunates' shoes. Maybe they'll appreciate more.
#59
One time at work they provided free lunch for everyone. It was all laid out, all you had to do was come fix a plate. Several of my coworkers got PISSED OFF because they had to walk into the other room and get it. They felt like it should have been brought to their desks.
Michael Largey 3 weeks ago
Free food and an excuse to get away from your desk? Oh, the humanity!
Nikki Angulo 1 week ago
Next time, lunch is served to the desks of those who were appreciative. Everyone else gets NOTHING!
#60
When I was young, maybe 8 or so, my parents got me a baseball glove for my birthday. I don't know what I wanted instead.. probably Legos. Anyways I started crying and said it was my worst birthday ever.
Still shameful about it. I will apologize to my pop next time I see him. Thanks for the reminder.
#61
Back in college, I use to ride the city bus to and from my apartment to campus. Pretty much everyone did. My bus would sometimes get crowded so all of the seats would fill up & people would stand. Anyway, this tiny girl gets on the bus carrying a large box. I was seated but gave up my seat to her because I tend to give up my seat to the elderly/girls. Anyway, she took my seat without giving a thank you and said "You only gave me your seat because you didn't want me to fall on you." God, I hate people some times.
#62
I have an aunt like this. No matter what you get here, she will complain. And no matter what you get the rest of her family, she'll complain too. So while everyone else ever gets a $50 limit on their presents, she has a $150 MINIMUM. We have gotten her D&G sunglasses, over 10 expensive purses and a bunch of other [stuff]she outright stated she hated. What did me in was on Mothers Day when she told me she hated the hand drawn card I made her.
"You messed up on the present and I don't even get a pretty card to make up for it. Am I not important to you?"
My parents tell me to put up with her as respect and that she doesn't know any better because she's old but I'm so done.
YakFactory 3 weeks ago
As "she's old" she has had a long time to learn manners, and how to treat others respectfully. Why should she expect a greater minimum value on gifts to her, when she clearly doesn't appreciate or deserve them. $50 limit for everyone, including your aunt, and that's generous.
Rosecrucian Roeth 3 weeks ago
To Hades with her; she would get from me much more than she expected and certainly not what she would want!
#63
Long story short, I gave a kid a CD full of classic game ROMs, some of the best games from the NES all the way up to the N64, and he complained that it didn't include Call of Duty or Halo or any of that [stuff] so he didn't want it.
Karma Black 3 weeks ago
As the proud owner of a Miyoo Mini+ (seriously, gamers; get one!), this hurts my soul.
#64
When I moved out to go study my parents bought me a computer (they don't really have much money, and it was partly on loan that they only recently paid off). It was my going away/birthday present etc. and I really needed it for my study.
My sister, who was a couple of years younger than me (I suppose because of this age similarity, she's always felt the need to "out-do" me in terms of possessions) threw a massive tantrum when I was leaving because our parents had said no to paying for her to go an overseas trip. When I said something she screamed about how I got to have a computer, why can't she have this? Parents then got her a new ps3 she never uses to even it out, then a fancy laptop the following year so she can browse facebook and not do anything.
In saying that, she does thank me for gifts I get her now. She used to always complain if it wasn't something she liked, then of course, not get me anything for my birthdays etc. because she "doesn't like shopping for presents". Some people are slower at growing up I guess.
Seadog 1 week ago
I used to build computers for people who couldn't afford one. Set everything up and gave it to them Scott free. All I asked was for them to return it when they were done with it. Getting them back was never a problem. I now have about $100G in PCs just sitting around collecting dust. Why? Because people are so self entitled they want laptops, not desktops. Sorry. I can't build a laptop from scrap/salvage/scavenged parts. I got fed up with the entitlement and simply stopped building. Keep in mind, most of these desktops were very high performance units, still better than many new PCs. Some of these cost over $6G when new.
Sharon Ingram 1 week ago
Sea dog, you are a kind, generous person. Thank you.
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When I was in Jamaica on vacation my family and I decided to go to Dunns River Falls. This is basically a small waterfall you can climb up with the help of the locals who work there. When we got to the top of the falls, one of the locals was collecting tips for all the workers. My sister handed him $5 (US Currency). The guy took the bill from her looked at it with disgust said "that's it" and "no thank you" and then proceeded to hand it back to her.
We were all in shock because everywhere else we went in Jamaica all the locals would be so happy when we gave them more then $1 tip.
Seadog 1 week ago
Reminds me of someone I once knew, left a better tip that he should have at a restaurant. Service wasn't great but he understands tips are how waitstaff survives. The waitress saw the tip and went to the manager and they both chased him down in the parking lot. He explained he left more than he felt he should and why. Manager proceeds to tell him his tip was wrong. He said, "you're right, I did make a mistake." Took the receipt back, marked out the tip and wrote NO TIP and changed the total, handed it back and drove off. He made sure the charge on his card was the actual amount with no tip
#66
Not me, but a guy working at Big W (chain retailer similar to Target for people in the US) was checking people's bags outside the door when a little kid knocked down a promotion sign. The guy stopped what he was doing to rush over and fix the sign. When he smiled at the mother she just stared coldly at him and kept walking with her pram. Poor guy was just being friendly.
#67
My ex-sugar mama screamed at her parents because she didn't think her $15,000 a month allowance was enough to live on (she was 50).
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 3 weeks ago
Jesus Christ, $15,000 a month?! I live on $900 a month, I don't make that in a year!
What do you think ?
SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 weeks ago
I couldn’t even finish things. I now officially hate kids. And I now hate rich people twice as much as I did before.
Karen Lyon 2 weeks ago
I got to #10 and quit. But my question is: who raised those kids? Fairies? I was an educator for 37 years, and worked with young people from the age of 2 all the way up to 16 year olds. That entitled attitude is taught/enabled by adults. Nobody is born acting that kind of narcissism.
Load More Replies... Smeghead Tribble Down Under 3 weeks ago
About twenty years ago a good friend of my Nan's granddaughter had kittens, and Nan's friend wanted to give me one. (Me = cat lover = thrilled) Arranged a day to bring the kitten around, friend brought g.d with her. She was about 12/13 at the time and had always been an arrogant little bit.ch, but I still wanted to give her something in thanks for the kitten, even though friend insisted I wasn't to. So I'd filled a nice little brand new handbag with small things I would have loved at 12: some worry dolls, a little box of chocolate, a couple of scrunchies, a packet of fancy erasers, some lip balm and a few other small things, all brand new. Spent around $30, minus the handbag. Gave it to the little bit.ch, thanked her for the kitten, she stared at me like I'd handed her a dead rat, didn't say a word, and after they'd left I found it all thrown behind my grandfather's firewood pile. I've hated that ignorant little faarkwad ever since.
Geobugi🇰🇷🇰🇭 3 weeks ago
Because you put effort in it, that makes it hurt so much
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Ellinor she/they/elle 3 weeks ago (edited)
Had a friend when I was 13 who was not liked in our class just like me, we'll call her C. C also had 20ish years old brother and sister never here for her and parents who never cared about her school work. I spent a year helping her in each class, getting her grades up from like 8/20 to 13/20, letting her cheat on me, inviting her at home where my mother would help us both with homeworks, my mother also helped C with some paperwork for school and how to find a good High-School for her. At the end of the year we had a sleepover at her place and her mother cornered me and said "my daughter has only a 13/20 grade in school, that's too low and she told me it was because you distract her, so stop ruining her grades". Oh you bet I stopped distracting her, I even stopped acknowledging her entire existence for the remaining 2 months of school we had.
Beak Hookage 2 weeks ago
Well that was an infuriating read. The Verruca Salts of the world have a lot to answer for.
Uncle Schmickle 6 days ago
These made me angry and depressed. Are there really these types of shitheads in the world ?
SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 weeks ago
I couldn’t even finish things. I now officially hate kids. And I now hate rich people twice as much as I did before.
Karen Lyon 2 weeks ago
I got to #10 and quit. But my question is: who raised those kids? Fairies? I was an educator for 37 years, and worked with young people from the age of 2 all the way up to 16 year olds. That entitled attitude is taught/enabled by adults. Nobody is born acting that kind of narcissism.
Load More Replies... Smeghead Tribble Down Under 3 weeks ago
About twenty years ago a good friend of my Nan's granddaughter had kittens, and Nan's friend wanted to give me one. (Me = cat lover = thrilled) Arranged a day to bring the kitten around, friend brought g.d with her. She was about 12/13 at the time and had always been an arrogant little bit.ch, but I still wanted to give her something in thanks for the kitten, even though friend insisted I wasn't to. So I'd filled a nice little brand new handbag with small things I would have loved at 12: some worry dolls, a little box of chocolate, a couple of scrunchies, a packet of fancy erasers, some lip balm and a few other small things, all brand new. Spent around $30, minus the handbag. Gave it to the little bit.ch, thanked her for the kitten, she stared at me like I'd handed her a dead rat, didn't say a word, and after they'd left I found it all thrown behind my grandfather's firewood pile. I've hated that ignorant little faarkwad ever since.
Geobugi🇰🇷🇰🇭 3 weeks ago
Because you put effort in it, that makes it hurt so much
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 3 weeks ago (edited)
Had a friend when I was 13 who was not liked in our class just like me, we'll call her C. C also had 20ish years old brother and sister never here for her and parents who never cared about her school work. I spent a year helping her in each class, getting her grades up from like 8/20 to 13/20, letting her cheat on me, inviting her at home where my mother would help us both with homeworks, my mother also helped C with some paperwork for school and how to find a good High-School for her. At the end of the year we had a sleepover at her place and her mother cornered me and said "my daughter has only a 13/20 grade in school, that's too low and she told me it was because you distract her, so stop ruining her grades". Oh you bet I stopped distracting her, I even stopped acknowledging her entire existence for the remaining 2 months of school we had.
Beak Hookage 2 weeks ago
Well that was an infuriating read. The Verruca Salts of the world have a lot to answer for.
Uncle Schmickle 6 days ago
These made me angry and depressed. Are there really these types of shitheads in the world ?
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