If you don’t have anything nice to say, it might be best not to say anything at all. But that doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to think judgmental things about other people. If you witness someone litter, yell at their dog or plow through a crosswalk without even checking for pedestrians, you might start giving an aggressive side-eye without even realizing.
Reddit users have recently been sharing all of the things strangers do in public that cause them to immediately cast judgment, so we’ve gathered some of their most popular responses below. Some might annoy you and others might pleasantly surprise you (as judgment doesn’t always have to be bad), so enjoy scrolling through and be sure to upvote the replies you agree with!
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Being cruel to their pets
I’d say exactly how I’d want them to die, but I don’t want to get reported
Load More Replies...If I ever see an animal that has been or being abused they will be reported. As a matter of fact I've been doing this for years. Animals are for companionship and love. Not your personal bunching bag.
Now, if there was truly an omnipotent 'God', His way of showing 'His children' the right path would be to put the cruel pet owner into the body of the pet for a while to show how cruel they were. Thus a lesson would have been learned. Sadly, of course, there are no omnipotent Gods.
I will intervene and accept consequences if I see something like this.
Animal abuse is disgusting and those people that do it are despicable cruel creatures.
People that abuse animals are one step removed from doing the same to humans
Take out their phone to film while someone is in a bad situation, instead of trying to help / call for help
I think I've mentioned this before. I work at train stations, A man killed himself at the station, in a very horrific way, and some people were filming his body. Sickening. Me and other staff were yelling at people to stop filming and move away. It was so distressing.
When I watched A Man Called Otto and the elderly man fell onto the train tracks and everyone whipped out there phones instead of helping him out it made me physically ill
I saw this sick video on YouTube of someone recording a girl having a panic attack. It made me sick to my stomach.
And the fact that they do things like that for validation off of strangers
Load More Replies...Or the fact that people stay to take pictures and video at the scene of the accident. I read an interview where an ambulance worker said that they hinder their work and some almost go inside the emergency vehicles. It's sick to fish for social media likes like this. The only emergency vehicle in that situation would be the back seat of a police car for these people.
This is especially true when the "victim" or "victims" are children.
When I got into my major accident, some guy from the highway crawled down the cliff and was taking video with his phone. 20+ people trying to get me from the ravine back up the road after a major bus accident, i was bleeding everywhere, knife fell out of my arm, and this guy is filming it. My (now ex) boyfriend had to go to him and say 'Hey dude, I think my girlfriend is dying, can you turn that off?" I still think of that jackass sometimes.
Giving minimum wage employees an unnecessarily hard time. Lady, the cashier didn't pick out the f*****g prices for your vanilla iced latte. Just pay for your s**t or admit you're broke and leave.
Or leaving your tray and trash at the table in a fast food restuarant, that expects you to throw the trash away in the placed bins. Trashy people!
I hate people who do this, I tend to jump in like an attack dog
Exactly. People come into the thrift store I work at and b***h about the prices all the time. They put in the Google reviews accusing our graders of "deciding ridiculous prices". But it's in not any of our authority to pick out prices. What business would allow that?
Had a guy tell me today "I don't mean to cause trouble but..." Well then don't? Half apologies get zero credit.
They have no control over the prices or the items offered. Let me repeat that for the folks in the back: MINIMUM WAGE EMPLOYEES HAVE NO CONTROL OVER PRICES OR ITEMS OFFERED. 👍 Complain to corporate.
Throw trash on the ground
i go around on my walks all the time with a plastic bag and some gloves and i pick up the trash on the side of the road no matter how hard it it to reach. the animals appreciate it:)
Load More Replies...ESPECIALLY when they throw NEXT to the trash can, but definitely not IN the trash can
Ignorant, lazy and self centered people. I have no time for them.
I smoke, yes I know horrid habit but I always take my cigarette butts with me to dispose them back at home. Also if I can not find a rubbish bin anywhere I put my rubbish in a bag and take that home too.
Good for you and I am glad you are being responsible.
Load More Replies...I watch a LOT of YouTube videos and see vids of places (overseas) where the trash just tossed on the ground is awful. I lived in the metro Detroit area most of my life and thought I saw it all, but some of those places make Detroit look almost sterile. It's appalling.
Do people not realise how much damage they are doing to the environment. No they don't. And they don't care.
Not washing their hands after using the bathroom
Covid revealed that people are gross. Also a lot of holy water is more like unholy water from priests not washing their hands. So if you are Catholic, make sure you have a priest who washes his hands.
Load More Replies...Not wearing a mask at the peak of COVID and coughing all over everyone.
As a man - Men pissing all over the toilet seat and can't take the 10 seconds to wipe it off. I 100% understand not wanting to touch the toilet seat (even with t.p.) to lift it, but at least clean up. It's f*****g distgusting having to wipe up another person's p**s so I can take a dump.
When I ever I see this happen I’m just sat there thinking “I see a stye is missing a pig somewhere”
Hand sanitizer is not doing the job you think it's doing. Soap kills bacteria and loosens dirt. The water whisks it away down the drain.
If I only pee, I'm going to use hand sanitizer. And I'm not putting it on in the bathroom because I'll touch the door on the way out. But I feel like I'm being judged, so I pull out the bottle as I'm passing the sink and start to open it, so everyone know I'm going to use it... But I have dry skin, too much soap is bad for it. And if that sink isn't automatic, then my hands will just be dirtier when I'm done anyway.
When's the last time any of you lot brushed your teeth after performing oral sex? Yeah thought so.
Take something out of the supermarket freezer (or fridge), put it in your trolley/basket/whatever. Then later decide you don’t want it so you take it out and put it on a random shelf, to thaw and spoil before somebody notices
Not too crazy bout people leaving s**t random spots at the shops but it happens, I get it . However leaving something on a shelf when it should be refrigerated/frozen is just a d**k move. Put it back where ya got it or give it to a supermarket employee (I mean it’s a bit lazy/rude but better than nothing), don’t just leave it somewhere to go to waste
I once discovered a busted glass bottle of pop in one of the freezers 😕
I found a rack of raw ribs in the chip aisle :( it wasn’t cold anymore
Load More Replies...I wish I could like this multiple times! Used to work retail. Can't tell you how many times I found perishable food deposited wherever. Once found a cut of meat rotting behind bath towels, bottom shelf, way in the back. Literally smelled it's location. If you're going through that much effort to get rid of it, you have the energy to walk up to the cashier or self checkout monitor and hand it to them!!!
When I worked in a supermarket, I found a packet of raw shrimp hidden behind the magazines the same way you found that cut of beef. And not as unpleasant to the nose, I also found a punnet of fresh strawberries in the frozen foods. Well, they started out as fresh but by the time I found them they were frozen solid and no longer fit to be sold.
Load More Replies...Absolutely right! It is called "shrink", but that's in regards to the store's profit, not the prices lol it actually drives costs up for the customer.
Load More Replies...It is not rude to give it to an employee to put back. We far rather you do this than leave stuff in random spots!
Saw a package of chicken in the electronics section of Walmart yesterday. People are so thoughtless.
Watch a video on full blast, without headphones where it is very clearly inappropriate.
Or scream at their kids, in front of a bunch of strangers. I think it’s absolutely humiliating for a child and it is very telling of how they are to the child all the time.
I was at the bus stop and this woman was screaming swearwords at her toddler. Right before I got on the bus I looked her in the eye and said "You are a horrible person." Someone who got on the bus with me gave me this look like "FINALLY someone said it".
I see this often enough. Then I think if this is how she's acting out in public towards her kids what is she doing at home, behind closed doors?
Load More Replies...I have a voice disorder that makes it difficult to speak loudly. Was shopping with my then 8-year old. We were ready to pay and leave but she started looking thru a bin of items. I waited a while and said "Come on, we have to go." She replied "OK" and kept browsing thru the bin. I again waited and said "Let's get going." Her reply was "I said OK." She kept browsing. I finally said "We have to go...now!." She looked at me and said "OK, OK, stop yelling at me!". My voice volume never changed but kids know the intent. Many times there is no reason to actually yell.
My parents used to do this to me, it was humiliating! I remember my mum pulling down my pants and smacking my a**e in public - I was 5, I'm now 40.
Yeah! If you ain't got headphones play your music quietly whilst there's no one around and then switch it off when people come and also, don't ever f*****g scream at a child for being a child I see it all he time and think "f*****g hell, that toddlers just being a toddler, all toddlers do that, deal with it people 🤦♀️
And if your toddler is acting up in a store that you’ve already been in for 45 minutes, buy what you need and get out. Toddlers don’t have the patience of adults. Please don’t expect them to
Load More Replies...The phone thing (and people who scream into the speak phone) you should be legally allowed to punch, in the face....until they stop moving. The kid thing...i would rather see a parent screaming at their misbehaving child, then see a parent ignoring their disruptive, misbehaving child. Some kids....are just trash. There's only so many times you can "talk it through" before you reach a breaking point, and somethings, deserve being yelled at. Did they steal, assault someone, run into the street, wander off with a stranger? Did they run screaming through a supermarket pulling s**t off the shelves? For not the first time? Don't pretend you're a good parent because you're remaining calm while your turd of a child develops s****y habits.
Or at their wife. Or at their husband. Attend some therapy if you can't handle your s**t, really.
I was just off work and trying to enjoy a nice quiet beer and the only other guy at the bar was this old man watching episodes of Seinfeld at full volume on his phone. Talk about an out of touch boomer.
My Gran frequently took the bus from the UK to Belgium for a family visit. Once this young guy sat down next to her, opened his laptop and started watching porn. In the middle of the day. My Gran was in her eighties at the time. She told him off lol.
Touch/Destroy public art or etch their name/disrespect a cultural(historical) space.
This happens all the time. Or doing yoga poses on war memorials for their IG accounts.
there is graffiti on the roof of exeter cathedral spanning hundreds of years and you can pay to go up and see it. But you will be punished if you deface any part of the cathedral so when does defacing a monument become historical?
Load More Replies...I went to the Huntington library gardens about a year ago, and there was a bamboo section in there. There was a sign on the walkway to not carve or etch on the bamboo, but the bamboo was just COVERED in writings and drawings. The sign had an image of a bamboo plant with carving tools around it, and the typical not permitted sign. But some idiot CARVED ON THE IMAGE OF BAMBOO ON THE SIGN!
Or in the name of protest. Every time I see this happen I have a horrid fantasy of wanting to pour gallons used motor oil down their hometowns’ drains. Destroying art or most anything that uses resources to convey a message like this isn’t helpful. It’s not even good at bringing visibility & discourse to a cause.
The amount of names etc (of which a majority were non Japanese) carved into the bamboo at Arashiyama in Kyoto was heartbreaking when I went (back in 2018), but I think thanks to lockdown and far less travellers, the bamboo has been able to heal.
Also to add are people who take selfies at The Auschwitz Concentration Camp Memorial Museum are the lowest of the low, disgusting, disrespectful and inhumane. They p#@! me right off!
How about climate activists? I agree with your message, and I do my part, but that artwork didn't hurt the earth, and it's irreplaceable, so you are hiring for people like me. And then their message doesn't get heard, only the crime they committed.
Depends on the art. Probably a good thing we don't have any Confederate statues or monuments in my city or I might get into trouble.
Dear Karen, finish your shopping and then go for coffee with your friends instead of catching up in the aisle
Or cut down a 300 year old tree in the 'war against nature' stupidity that's doing the rounds atm. SMH. MORONS
Not use their indicators when turning.
I will assume they are in fact a morlock visiting the surface, and unfamiliar that we live in a society!
I don't trust them when they do use a turn signal as so many forget they have them on.
At least most cars have auto-canceling turn signals nowadays, so this is not as much of a problem as it used to be. I don’t believe anyone else’s turn signals until I actually see their car start to turn for the same reason though.
Load More Replies...Ah yes, blinker fluid. Its so hard to come by these days, no wonder people cannot indicate properly!
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Load More Replies...my favourite is a taxi deciding that the oncoming lane is in fact a taxi lane. 11th Ave Parkmore. Every f*****g morning.
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Bring their kid or their pet to an inappropriate event. Your child is three, they don’t need to be at an outdoor beer festival.
It or apparently at a beetlejuice musical. You never know what you're going to see.
Ahhh, referencing that hypocritical Congress person with the low IQ. Yes, she is laughed at all the time here in Oz. Sad and embarrassing for the American people though :( . Also sad that it says a great deal about the metal instability of all her voters who look up to her....
Load More Replies...Unless you live in Germany where beer and wine festivals are often geared to the whole family with some entertainment for the kids, lots of food stands and typical german beer garden athmosphere.
Although I would never, ever take my kids to Oktoberfest. I know loads of people do, but I just remember seeing the most awful picture of a dad trying to clip their kid into the child seat of their bike (chained to a fence) where, on the other side of the fence, a woman from the Wiesn was giving a man a blow job. The little kid's face was right next to them but they were so drunk it didn't bother them. I'm no prude but I hope they got done for indecent exposure.
Load More Replies...I read about someone who was at a Motley Crue show and complained about Lee urging the audience to expose themselves (on the titttie cam) as there were kids present. Lee said that the tittie-cam has been used for 20 years and that seeing tittts at a Crue show was like seeing cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory restaurant
Yes! Every NASCAR race I go to there are toddlers and literal babies. Most have hearing protection, but not all. Plus, how much fun could that be for the parents. I can't imagine bringing my 3 year old to something like that.
Agreed. It’s especially annoying trying to enjoy a meal or coffee out with someone’s squalling spawn drowning out any conversations within a 10 block radius, or trying to navigate with unsupervised children running/blocking the aisles. No, I don’t care why someone feels entitled to be inconsiderate of everyone else around them when in a place that adults go to eat, relax or shop.
Drop litter. Not pick up their dog's s**t.
Ugh! This reminds me of when my neighbor kept letting their dog poo in my yard without cleaning it up. I warned her to take care of the mess and was ignored right up until after I smeared the most recent pile across her front door with a note stuck to it that simply stated, "you forgot this".
I just started throwing it on to my neighbours dogs front, they also soon got the point. Petty but effective.
Load More Replies...I ALWAYS carry at least 2 poop bags in my pocket. I would never think of letting my dogs poop bother anyone. I'm a dog owner. I have a tiny dog. Bad dog owners make grief for all the good dog owners.
There are only two kinds of people I've met that were ready to fight to the death for their beliefs: anti-maskers when Covid was hot topic and those who don't pick up their dog's poop. One dog owner got very agitated trying to prove his points, and those were "You are worse than s**t if you touch dog s**t", "The clowns who pick up their dog's droppings have no self-respect", "the bags for dog poop harm the environment while poop itself is a natural fertilizer" and the best one "You don't even have a dog, you don't get to criticize me".
Anybody who has stepped in dog poo because some irresponsible guardian didn't pick it up is definitely in a position to criticize jerks like that!
Load More Replies...I have a dog and I even pick it up when she poops on my own yard. It attracts flies, stinks and is pretty disgusting (and she has what would be considered "good" poop). I hate dog owners who think they don't need to clean up after their dog, they ruin it for those of us who do.
There is a sudden increase in dog ownership in our area, the dog c**p is everywhere. if they fail to pick it up the owners should be forced to swim in a pool of dog c**p...maybe that might encourage them.
And then there's the ignorant a.s.s.w.h.o.l.e.s that bag their dog's s.h.i.t. and just leave the bag!
We voted on a bond issue in my city to install more side walks, nature trails, bike paths and lanes. On every single one there are stations with bags for dog s**t and trash cans so there is zero excuse for people not cleaning up after themselves. But you still have lazy m**********r's that refuse to clean up after themselves and it's the same thing with the picnic tables too.
I once found a bag of somebody’s dog poop that had been tossed over my back fence and landed in my fountain. People suck!
I don't have a dog nor do I walk amongst areas that would be littered with dog poop but I have a serious question.... Isn't picking up poop with a plastic bag and disposing of a natural fertilizing agent counterproductive to our eco system? This is a serious question and not me being a wise acre...
If they were all pooping in the woods or fields it'd be one thing, but it's doing nothing for the environment when it's stinking up the city streets.
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Vape on public transport, especially on the underground. I'm a vaper myself but there's something so disrespectful about making everyone in the carriage breathe your clouds of flavoured nicotine.
"Disposable" vapes. Scourge of our neighbourhood. Apart from the plastic they contain batteries that can kill wildlife. So f*cking thoughtless
Probably also illegal... since vaping is smoking and smoking on the tube is not allowed...
A heating element that produces a vapor is not the same as combustion.
Load More Replies...In Ftance, and most of the EU, I guess, vaping is forbidden everywhere smoking is.
It is! That definitely doesn't stop people from doing it (although it stops most people, thankfully). I've had to scold a few people about it, and they were appropriately contrite and ashamed.
Load More Replies...I hate vaping. All my family vape. I think it is just as bad as smoking.
If I can't smoke, you can't vape. I know smoking is disgusting but so is vaping!
It's illegal in Manitoba to vape indoors, including on Winnipeg Transit, fyi.
How they treat people in customer service, like store clerks or waiters.
Chill man, he's going to refill your drinks. Give him a second.
It's a good thing I'm not in food service anymore. Snapping your fingers at me would result in broken fingers.
Load More Replies...When I'm out with someone, my opinion of them is mostly based on how they treat waitstaff. If they are patient and kind, I feel comfortable with them. If they treat the waitstaff like chattel, I don't see them anymore.
You are are not his boss! You do not have the authority or right to treat him like that!
When I was online dating (only 6, thank God) I walked out on Guy #1 & Guy #2 for being rude to our waiter. Literally just picked up my purse and left.
I agree. I once read "If you want to judge someone's character, see how they treat someone who is serving them (restaurant or retail)".
Saw a person unloading their groceries just push their cart into the next parking space and drive off. The next parking space was occupied by someone who was there, about to back out, who now had to deal with the cart behind them. *All the judgement.*
There is a theory: People who are innately “good” will return the cart to its resting place, and those who aren't won't.
I am disabled, and can often not bring the cart back. But I always make sure to leave it where it will not obstruct anyone.
I understand, being in a similar situation. And while we're on the subject, people leaving their cart smack dab in the middle of a handicap stall. Folks, be grateful that you can walk your own cart to the designated spot for carts. And think about some of us who can't. Lazy, inconsiderate, selfish!
Load More Replies...In the uk you need to put money into the trolley to release it from the trolley park. You have to put it back to get your money back.
A lot of the supermarkets round here have removed these systems because they made the job of rounding up the carts even worse (ironically). For a lot of people £1 just isn't an amount of money that they care about, so they decided that they were willing to pay that £ and leave their cart. This attracts homeless people and teenagers to the parking lot scrounging for trolleys with cash in them.
Load More Replies...When my boys (1 year age difference) were very small, I would put my groceries in the trunk while they were in the cart, then get them into their car seats. If I hadn't been lucky enough to find a parking spot near a cart corrall, I would hope for forgiveness when I put the cart in as secure a spot as possible and kick the wheels to turn them to help keep the thing from rolling away. I didn't want to have it roll into someone's car, but I also wasn't going to walk too far away from my kids. They were more important to me. But yeah, to just push it in someone else's way? Rude.
Perfectly understandable. You were being a mom, not a harpy.
Load More Replies...One worse, is pushing the cart into a marked disabled spot, thus depriving a disabled person of a place to park. If you can't return the cart to the area, at least leave it with it won't hinder parking or walking.
I’m willing to forgive if the person is very old or injured. Not directly behind someone’s car.
Drop garbage out their car window
Always nice when someone grabs the mess and tosses it back in their car window at the next light
I did that in my college parking lot once, it was glorious. Student threw McD's trash right out of the window where I was walking, I scooped it up and tossed it back in the window on his lap and kept walking. I wouldn't recommend doing it these days, though.
Load More Replies...I hate that I can be in the middle of nowhere admiring the nature when suddenly there's a f*****g mcdonalds cup shoved into a hedge. WTF PEOPLE!? ugh.
If you think dropping garbage out a car window is ok, it's a shame your parents didn't do that when you were a kid.
They drive to the fast food place, drive to the next carpark and then dump the litter, no wonder they are talking about putting the vehicle registration/plate number on the receipt
My daughter dated a guy in Georgia who did that all the time. He said everyone does that where he lives.
I was walking home and this nice newer car was driving next to me. The passenger threw a bag out of the car window onto the sidewalk. Like, right in front of me. I practically screamed "Are you F*CKING kidding me?" I picked it up and was about to throw it back in the car when the driver pulled a U-turn and hauled a** out of there. They were literally 1/2 block from a convenience store, with a garbage can right out front. PIGS.
Parents who prank their kids. UGH. They are truly the worst. Parents who use their children to make money in general. Videos, acting, pageants. They are not your money makers. It will have long lasting effects
I came across this sick challenge where a child's reaction is filmed when a parent breaks a raw egg on the child's head. I'm wondering what the correct order is if the video was filmed in my country. Screenshots and report to the police and child protection or first notification of inappropriate content and then report to the authorities. Such behavior must not go unpunished. I don't find scaring animals funny either. One more cat scare video with a cucumber and I'm really close to wanting to push that cucumber somewhere sideways.
Saw an entire compilation tik tok of parents cracking the egg on their kids foreheads just this week.
Load More Replies...Who else absolutely hated the "i ate my kids Halloween candy"' prank. It was stupid and i always hated when they'd play it in schools
My mother apparently loved to prank me, and mock my reaction. At least my father never did.
I hope these same kids remember that when it's time to start looking into dealing with the parents when they get old!
Sadly, they'll remember and it will hurt every time they do.
Load More Replies...DaddyOFive Youtube channel anyone? (search it up, its really sad)
My mother pranked me when I was a preteen. Laughed herself sick while I cried. Worse is that I still remember it nearly 50 years later.
Depends on the prank. If it's a prank the kid finds funny too, then it's not bad.
They have to pretend it's funny. They're totally dependent on you. And how do you find out whether they think it's funny or not? That means maybe you do something to them that makes them really upset then go- Oopsy, sorry it wasn't funny after all. Why bother? Just be kind.
Load More Replies...Why is everybody freaking out about the egg challenge? Same with the chocolate poop hand and cat with the cucumber. If you’re not a jackass and don’t post your kids online it should be fine, right, as long as you don’t overdo it? I’m assuming most of the kids think the videos are funny once they’re adults, so once your child is an adult and they give you permission, post it. Just make sure you mention that the child is an adult now and you have permission so other people don’t get the wrong idea. I am very sick of family vlogs or instagrams and child pageants and am just as against them as anyone else, because I have very strong f*****g feelings about parents who don’t let their children grow up in the peace of privacy, but why is this egg challenge “traumatizing” if it’s not posted? Genuine question. The cat with a cucumber thing is definitely overdone, I will say that, and I do agree that we should try to not get off on other peoples mishaps or failures too much.
Have no awareness of their surroundings. Slow in the fast line, come to a dead halt in the entrance of a building, etc.
There to four people walking all lined up blocking the whole sidewalk.
the old women who pause with their trolleys/carts blocking the middle of the aisle so they can be like "oh hiii barbara haven't seen you in ages how is your entire life story in great detail?" e_e
People who stop at the top or bottom of escalators or right in front of the gates in a tube/train station. I have run into people because of this before, and not deliberately. If you live in a giant city, you should be aware that there's usually at least one other person near you.
I try to be forgiving about these, never know what a person is going through that has them distracted. I practice this forgiveness daily on pedestrians stopping in the middle of the bicycle lane, as I grit my teeth, mutter a strained “no worries”, and refrain from shoving them into the gutter.
And those who stand in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.
We were recently on a road trip and went down to get breakfast in the hotel. It's self serve. Everyone is trying to get their breakfast and this group of 4 dude bros were just standing there in the way, forcing everyone to go around them. The dining area was huge. There was plenty of room for them to go converse somewhere else, but they decided to stand right in the flow of traffic of everyone trying to get food. At one point. I said excuse me to get by, hoping they'd get a clue, and the one guy just kind of waved his hand dismissively. People...smh.
Entire families shopping at the mall and communing all in one large group in the middle of the halls. Do not do this, please.
Let their children run freely in a crowded parking lot. I am probably one of the most non-judgmental people you will ever meet, but if my brakes get tested because you are not paying attention and your kid runs in front of my car, my inner Karen will come out. You have been warned.
Toddlers running loose near the deep end of the swimming pool with no parent nearby.
This! Once pulled a toddler from a pool while it was going under. I had been looking out for he kid for a solid 15 minutes before this, because the parents weren't paying any attention at all and the kid was unsteady on it's feet. It was so obvious this was going to happen.
Load More Replies...Had a toddler run in front of me in a parking lot. I turned to miss the toddler and ran into a parking log which damaged the side of my car. The mother snatched the kid up and ran inside the business. I parked and went in after her. When I got inside, she claimed I was trying to kidnap the kid. The business' security forced me out. She was gone when the cops showed up. I had to pay for the repairs to my car myself because she couldn't keep track of a two year old wearing nothing but a diaper in 35F weather.
Some people really can't be entrusted with the responsibility of parenthood. The fact that the [female canine] lied about you trying to kidnap her brat so security took her side, and left before the police showed up, speaks volumes about her utter lack of character. I feel sorry for her kid.
Load More Replies...I was on my way home and I see this kid on a Biketown bike riding the wrong way up a major street "What the F*** are you doing?" Then I hear "You can't talk to my kid like that". "Your kid is going to get himself killed on this highway!"
The fastest land animal on the planet is a toddler who's just been asked ""What is it you've got in your mouth?"
Tbh, I have the same feeling in stores. If a kid is running loose around the store, popping out through clothing racks, just know it's a matter of time when he'll cause an injury to staff or other customers, and/or to themselves.
Saw this can going down the street a few weeks back, 3 kids were weaving in and out on front of it, so it was going quite slow and that made me go slow. I was thinking those kids were bad until the van pulled in, and the kids all pulled in to and they went inside. The kids were literally playing in the street to see if their parents would hit them, and the parents didn't even say anything as they got out and went in!
Was in a grocery store yesterday and heard two kids screaming/crying at the top of their lungs. After a few minutes realized they were just playing, but no one was making them quiet down.
For me, it's being on your phone while driving. Instant rage. Full disclosure: I was T-boned by one of those a-holes
I have to use the paratransit system in my area. Last week, on the way home, some runway kitty tried to cut off the paratransit driver while entering the on ramp to the freeway--WHILE APPLYING HER MAKEUP!!
Load More Replies...I drive an hour home from work everyday (on the freeway). I regularly see people in the passing lane doing 80 mph texting with their phone at steering wheel height and not even looking up.
Especially when flying down the freeway with kids in your car. There's a special kind of Hell waiting for you.
This is absolutely horrible, and not enough people get stopped for it. My mom saw a lady cause an accident, and then proceed to throw her phone in the back seat really quick. Horrible person.
These are the same people who cause accidents and try to act like the victim
Spitting on the ground where other people are walking. At least make the effort to go spit on a bush or something...even though the bush is innocent in all of this
You’d judge almost everyone in India. It’s even worse if someone is either having paan or tobacco
My dad taught me to never go to India, even if you have travel there as "prize" Its just disgusting and polluted. Forget the culture and food! Do you want to see a man drop a corpse into the river that people drink out of and bath in!? If you are from India, or of Indian descent, im really sorry, but im being honest.
Load More Replies...Saliva is one thing, but quit spitting your chewing gum just anywhere you please.
Come on, man. Reagan almost took a bullet for Jodie Foster. The Bushs deserve their share of spit.
Load More Replies...Worse, spitting towards people. Yeah, I know you're intent, a*****e dumbass at the bus stop.
You'd absolutely hate China then. Several visits and see so many people spit everywhere and anywhere.
I knew someone with terrets when I was younger, he didn't even know he was spitting. I'm not condoning anything, just saying not to judge if you don't know.
If I have to spit in public I at least try to spit where no one can walk.
Play music on their phone without headphones
Had a bus driver tell off a woman who was watching a video on her phone aloud. So satisfying. It’s incredibly distracting for everyone else around you
I once stopped a kid from doing this on the train. I asked kindly about which brand his phone was and he answered eagerly. Then I said: but it does not sound very good does it. He had to agree and turned the music off.
I'm misophonic. Stuff like that causes me to panic. It's also cruel to people on the autism spectrum. Get earbuds or headsets.
People who do this are either (a) forcing music on you that you don't like or (b) ruining music that you do like.
Park their grocery cart in the middle of the aisle and stay there while they look at every item on the shelf, even when it's clear there are people waiting to get by.
I have no shame in moving someone elses grocery cart. Their in the way. I am solving the problem. The end.
Most don't even notice when you add a really expensive item to the cart.
I'm 67, I have no problem smiling and saying 'Excuse me please'.
Me too. Sometimes people don't realize they are blocking. I'm guilty of it. Not intentionally.
Load More Replies...Leaving passing space on both sides, not blocking any of the produce on the shelves? As long as it's not for too long, I have no problem with this.
My grocery store aisles are not big enough to allow passing on both sides. I WILL move your cart with no apologies.
Load More Replies...Grocery stores just do this to showcase their discounted stuff. Then when I'm looking at stuff and someone comes along they have to wait. At least I don't take much time, but I can sense the impatience. Grocery shopping is just all kinds of anxiety. If you have your grocery cart out of the way for the people coming by behind you, you can still be in someone's way because they want to get to the shelf your looking at. Just use your words and say excuse me. If you can't talk, politely indicate you want to get by. That is all.
Politeness is earned, not by these inconsiderate jerks.
Load More Replies...Or stand looking at their phone while blocking anything. And getting mad at you because of course they are so important.
I just sweetly say "excuse me" and they look at me with absolute shock like I ruined their lives.
And the two friends who run in to each other at the store, block the aisle with their carts, and have a ten-minute conversation.
Spit or flick a cigarette butt on the ground
I make sure it's out with the ground & my Shoe & then I find a trash can at least to dispose it...I have to carry wipes bc its a little bit gross picking it back up and all but I'm not gonna litter or accidentally set a trash can on fire either. I smoked it, I'm responsible to dispose of it
Get a small jam-glass (containing 40g or so), it's nearly smell proof when closed. Best portable ashtray I ever had.
Load More Replies...I blame Hollywood, romanticized and normalized flicking away a cigarette. Like how do you not understand that it is still waste and should be treated as such.
Some guy nearly caused a grass fire on the boulevard until I put it out.
I have a co-worker who has his cigarette break right outside the employee entrance, and leaves a nice wad of phlegm right where people have to walk in.
You get fined in the UK now (if you get caught) and it's quite a lot of money
As it should be. Cigarette-butts are toxic waste: one butt can poison 40-60 liters (10-16 gal) of phreatic water. If in direct contact with water, the nicotine content of a cig can poison up to 1000l (265 gal) of phreatic water.
Load More Replies...And yet, the majority of smokers seems to have developed that habit.
The only reason I've always been conscious about it is bc my parents do not smoke (my father dips tobacco) & they always complained about those things to me as a child. & I agree it's 100% litter if thrown on ground
Load More Replies...Try to quit smoking. I started in 1990 when I was 11 and quit in 2015. Smoked a lot longer then I planned on, but now I have low tolerance for it.
Removing their shoes in public spaces. Caught so many people resting their nasty bare feet on a seat across them.
From time to time you see pictures of bare feet intruding on someone aboard an airplane. Some people are utterly clueless about the concept of manners.
Load More Replies...Why do people make such a big deal about bare feet (in the US)? What's the big difference between my feet in a strappy sandal and bare feet and why do you give a hoot? I'm not talking about feet on seats, just feet on the ground.
In a public space, it is never appropriate to subject someone else to your bare feet. I don’t care how clean you think they are
Load More Replies...However, resting their nasty dirty shoes on seats is even worse.
Both are very bad, but IMO bare feet are worse than shoes. And, people who wear their socks into airplane bathrooms and then put their shoes back on. Ewww, the insides of their shoes will be gross.
Load More Replies...Just putting your feet on the seat shoeless or not. So many people do this in winter and the mucky spring on the buses. Then the seats get all gross, as well as the back of the seats.
Mouth open no cover sneeze
Hey, my kids are kids of the pandemic - they know how to sneeze and cough properly. But they will still lick things they really shouldn't.
Load More Replies...Taking the opportunity to rant. I was at a US TJMaxx store this afternoon and a mid-30s mom with a teen and pre-teen daughter were in a main aisle. All their stuff from their shopping basket was strewn on the floor, blocking the way of other shoppers. I said to the mom “you may want to pick that up or someone is bound to run it over with their cart.” The mom replied that they were just organizing their stuff. What an entitled idiot. Kept my mouth shut, but wanted to remind her of manners.
Yeah my Dad does this gross thing where he pinches his nose whilst sneezing but leaves his mouth completely uncovered. He reckons nothing escapes his mouth and even if "a little.bit got out" he'd burst his nose if he didn't have his mouth open. Meanwhile I'm just casually wiping his spit off my face from the other side of the room...
GIRL speak for yourself I’m a kid and I have never done that so back off
Open mouth chewing. Just gross table manners in general.
Same. It has been a several months long battle to get my 5 year old son to chew with his mouth closed, especially because it doesn't bother my husband. The sound and sight is like nails on a chalkboard for me.
Load More Replies...Ugh. I worked with a woman from Myanmar & apparently they don't chew with their mouths closed over there. It was bad enough seeing her chew, but listening to the smacking noises was truly disgusting. I tried talking to her several times, but it's an ingrained cultural thing. I just started taking my lunch elsewhere.
So many parents do not train their kids to chew with their mouth closed. They think it's cute. Eeeewwww!
I have a problem with this. Not all the time, but I do catch myself doing it despite trying to be conscious of it.
Eating and having something smeared over their face like a toddler. Aaaargh.
I saw a woman buy an ice cream cone, smile while taking a selfie of her and the ice cream, and then toss it right in the trash without ever tasting it
Waste of food (not horribly so, supporting the store, but who throws away ice cream?!)
Shes got to watch her figure...doesn't want to gain any weight for her influencer fans!
Load More Replies...Dont be sorry, its a waste of food and its just plain awful.
Load More Replies...Yes, but ... how would they know you hadn't licked it first (and didn't like the flavour?). : )
Load More Replies...At least she bought it and threw it in the trash and not on the ground or beg for a free cone, js. It would probably be a bit of wtf in my mind, but not the worst thing to encounter.
Why would you even pay for his first place if you’re not gonna eat it
During peak COVID, my coworker and I witnessed someone pull their mask down, sneeze, and then put the mask back on
It annoyed me so much when people had their masks under their nose or even under their chin. Just why?
I saw a woman once on the tube during the early days wearing her mask looped around her wrist. Yeah, that ain't helping anyone.
Load More Replies...My favorite is the people who always lower it to talk to people. I had a baby in April of 2020 so I saw a LOT of that in hospitals. Especially the "COVID Designated" hospital my OB was at
I am guilty of this. It took months for my company at the time to supply us with paper masks. And when they did, we only got 1 per day. I produce a lot of just clear snot and almost every time I sneeze, it's a mess. At least once a week I have to awkwardly walk away from a customer with my head still in my elbow because there's snot allll over my face and elbow (bonus points if it's winter and I'm wearing a long sleeve ahirt). Almost every coworker I had (about 20) would either keep it under their nose or pull it down to talk. They would also take their masks completely off whenever they were in the backroom or office, even if there were multiple people back there. Including the manager. How I never caught covid is mind-blowing.
These situations demand the Covid karma god to take action. You reap what you sew.
I did that but I would sneeze into a few tissues, and roll my chair away from ppl near me. I did it because as I took that deep breath before a sneeze, the mask would suck up against my face and I hate that. Also I sneeze like a tsunami, huge and loud! No baby squeaky sneeze from me.
They under their chin is because they don’t wanna put away but dang really why just why
Smoke while they're pregnant
Drinking alcohol while pregnant leads to long term detriments for your child too. Remember, whatever you ingest or breathe, your baby does it too.
Doing drugs while pregnant. Many babies were born crack-addicted during the crack epidemic of the 80s
Try to force their child to ride a rollercoaster(or other ride) when the kid is crying and yelling no.
I spent four summers working as a ride operator at an amusement park in Oh*o. The way some of those parents seemed to get off on their kids' fear always got to me.
I had an autistic child using alternate access with his family once(brother and parents) and as soon as he got into the seat he started to melt down. We are trained to ask the child, and only the child, if they want to ride. I asked him if he wanted to and he gave me an immediate and clear no - which is fair because it's a 300'+ rollercoaster. I had restraints unlocked within seconds as I wanted to keep trains moving to let him off.
This mother f*****g a*****e piece of s**t father starts screaming at me while his kid is shaking and sobbing, and gets within an inch of my face telling me how I've ruined his day before I even get the chance to give them a pass to walk onto the ride at a later time if the boy changes his mind and decides he wants to ride later(he won't). At this time I'm a 6' college age female and this man starts to pull his arm back like he's going to punch me. Had another guest almost jump over the exit gate to stop him from decking me - all because he wanted to force his kid to ride a rollercoaster. I got closer to him and told him to get off my platform, which to be fair I had been doing, and he finally f****d off after about ten minutes of screaming. I even let his wife and other son stay on the ride.
They went to guest services and complained about me to my roommate who just happened to be at the desk. She basically told him to kick rocks and that I did my job.
I've always been terrified of roller coasters and most rides. My parents let me sit on a nearby bench to wait.
I'm certain the ride operator of the tilt-a-whirl judged me. I took my daughter on it when she was about 7. She cried the whole time, poor kid. That was the first and last ride I made her go on. But she was fine with the kiddie roller coaster.
I get motion sickness pretty badly. I had a handicap friend guilt trip me into riding one. Not cool.
I would try to talk my kids out of it! I don't want to ride that with you, why can't we just get ice cream?
My friend in elementary school came to school telling me about the CT state fair and her parents forcing her on all the terrifying rides. We were in 2nd grade. I was horrified.
I once witnessed such a father in Tivoli (Copenhagen). The boy was obviously scared but in the end he gave in and the took the ride with his dad. I couldnt help laughing out when they got off and the boy asked his greenhued father if there was something wrong. Karma is wonderful to behold.
Drivers that have a go at people with disability blue badges because "you're not really disabled!"
You never know what someone suffers from. What about Michael J. Fox in back to the future trilogy? By end of 3rd movie his tremors were already bad but he would let us see that. By screaming such things to ppl bc they don't look disabled likely causes unnecessary stress, embarrassment & shame to someone with an illness they don't want to disclose or show
I've never understood that. I saw a comment once (I think on BP) where someone was told she was too young to need a cane. Doesn't the fact that a younger person is using a cane tell you something?!
Yup. My daughter is 21 and is currently using a cane. It's a walking aide. Not an accessory just for the elderly.
Load More Replies...I've had elderly people tell me I'm not disabled enough to warrant a blue badge, one even went so far as to say that permanent nerve damaged caused by a spinal injury wasn't severe enough because I was walking....with crutches, when I asked her what her disability was that warranted a badge she said she was 78....
Not every handicap is obvious - such as Coralee Hicks, who commented here that she is profoundly deaf. People can get handicapped plates or blue badges if they have heart conditions or back trouble.
Load More Replies...I am profoundly deaf. I can't hear car.engins in a parking lot. Don't look handicapped. Could get run over.
Where I work we have a few really nice, expensive cars with Disabled Veteran plates. I always think of two things: Thanks for your sacrifice in the service of your country and, awesome that you haven't let that disability stop you from success in life.
Until things got bad enough to need a cane, I'd get that. And I have actual handicap license plates on my car!
I've known people that have disabled children that abuse the placard and use it when their children aren't with them. I knew one slob that retained and continued to use it after his disabled daughter had passed away
Absolutely. I have a neurological condition called PNES, and my trigger is stress and anxiety. My dog allows me to take a lower dose of my meds(they are basically a sedative for the brain) and she acts as an Emtional Support Service Dog. Her instinct and love for me warned others when I had my first seizure. We were at the river, and I started feeling nauseous. Laid down for a few, woke to several paramedics. My dog had started barking like crazy when I didn't get up and after a few minutes, ran down the river a bit to the next group and barked all she could bark to their attention. They came over and found me and called 911. I don't have a handicapped parking thing, but I get lots of comments and questions about my diagnosis and if she was legit. Both are largely illegal.
Sadly, there are people that scam the system. People that pass the card around to every third cousin in the family. People that actually steal them from cars. Family members that still use them after the disabled person has passed away. Unscrupulous medical members that give them out to patients that don't deserve them. I'm sorry but just because you think you have ADHD does not mean that you have a right to take a disabled spot from some one with only one leg.
Where I live, your name is on the tag, so no loaning out.
Load More Replies...Many years ago I was in a department store and there was this guy and wife or girlfriend and they had a kid with them. I'm assuming the kid was his mother's son and the guy was his stepdad. It was probably near back to school time because I guess they were going to be buying his school supplies. In any case I overheard the stepdad several times over yelling at the kid, kept telling him to put stuff back, saying something like his mom's child support checks have to buy his beer and cigarettes first, they didn't have any money left over for everything the kid wanted. That was the height of trashiness, I wish I was closer to get a look and get an idea who he was so I could have turned him in. It made me sick for the kid in that his stepdad was making him go without to fund his own wants, with especially what was supposed to be his money
I had a young (teenage) patient come in with several teeth that were painfully decayed to the point of being broken/needing root canals. He hadn't been to the dentist in years- because "his mom's teeth came first". I was horrified that his mother had been getting care all along and putting herself before her kids well-being- the antithesis of every other parent I've ever met.
Did you report this horrible person? And just curious, are you a dentist or a dental hygienist?
Load More Replies...My mom and step-dad put all my childsupport in their retirement account and gave me as little as possible.
I would buy what the kid wanted and then give it to him at the end
Don't know why you were downvoted. Here's an upvote as I actually did just this once.
Load More Replies...Not only the supposed stepfather but also the boys mother are bad people. Child support is for the child.
Well, to be clear, it's for the child's NEEDS which includes the rent/mortgage, the family food and utilities etc. It's not spending money for the child. It's to ensure the child has their needs met.
Load More Replies...Brainless people from brainless families. I’ve noticed they are often the loudest going about their daily lives, like they’re proud of what they are.
Wow. I hate, hate what this does to a child. People like this shouldn’t be allowed to breed. I’m
People should take an IQ test before they are allowed to breed. This might cut down on child abuse and just generally shiatty parenting
I get the sentiment, but a low IQ doesn't coincide with being a terrible person.
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Not return their grocery cart. Tucking it into the bushes or the space next to them like they don’t care someone is gonna have to clean up behind them. ‘It’s their job.’
When I was old enough to go with my Mom to the grocery store, she'd always find a cart that was left in the corner of the lot, and get me to push it in, saying "If it's good enough to get this far, it must be good cart." And I grew up with this habit, every time I push a cart back in to a Wal-Mart or Loblaws, etc., I think of my Mom and how smart she was.
Please, everybody, realize that with some disabilities it is very hard to get back to the car at all, taking the cart back is often so painful. There are plenty of ways to leave a cart that doesn't block a car. Don't be painting all of us with the same brush.
I understand your point, but I think this is pointed at people who are perfectly capable of returning their carts. I don't know why you got downvoted
Load More Replies...I don't know about every country or area, but in America you push the cart up to the front of the space and the store has someone collect them. And that's a really important thing for me when kids are in the car, I would have to take them out and have them walk it up with me. If I ever move somewhere where that is expected, I'll stop shopping in person.
At least a few times, my dad found one in our alley and had my brother help him load it in the back of the car and they took it back to the grocery store a few blocks away.
Have worked in a supermarket. Note to people who do this, someone is is going to be pulled off a checkout to wrangle abandoned trolleys, there's generally not an assigned trolley person. So you're making other customers suffer cuz now there's one checkout less. People who don't return trolleys deserve to step barefoot on Lego.
I think Walmart is the worst for this. The few times I have been there, there are always carts littering the walkway between the parking aisles.
I saw a guy at the cinema restroom leave without washing his hands, go into the same theater as me, sit down, and take a handful of popcorn from a shared bucket with his lady friend
Ick. I had a flatmate who would spray p**s all over the toilet and when confronted about it had the audacity to say "ew im not cleaning it up". Like someone else is supposed to clean up your p**s you entitled prick.
Someone likes his popcorn with pisscock-flavour...?
Load More Replies...I have a long time friend who is a nurse. In all the years, I have never seen her wash her hands after using the toilet.
People staring at their phones the whole time while they're out to eat with someone. Won't even notice that I'm looking because they're too focused on their phone.
I was lunching with a girl I was just getting to know (she was dating my son).She couldn't stay off her phone. I got up and left.
When someone does this, take out your phone and call them. It's a real conversation starter.
My circle had a rule that the first person to take out their phone at the bar/table pays the bill. Obviously there were carve outs for those that were on-call for work or who had young kids with emergencies... It was mostly to avoid people checking email/social media and not living in the moment.
Meh. It depends on the situation. Usually I'm engrossed in my phone while at a restaurant with my daughter, or alone, and don't really notice what other people are doing. I'm paying more attention to the food coming out. If I'm with a group or with people I don't normally get to see often then phones stay in the purse.
I was at my sister-in-law's wedding and one of the distant rellies was on her phone the entire time. I was so fricking mad at the audacity and rudeness.
My sister was constantly doing that. She's an entitled, narcissistic b*tch to begin with (totally nc these days). We were having drinks and appetizers and I finally just snapped, "Oh. Am I boring you?" She didn't seem to understand how rude she was being. I went and sat at the opposite end of the bar and struck up a conversation with a woman I'd never met. She paid more attention than my own sister.
Would they even taste their food, I wonder. Why go to a restaurant if you're not really enjoying the meal, the company and the ambiance?
Start yelling. At kids, wife, husband, dog, cat, cop. Don't matter. Yelling in public, it sets the wrong impression from the start.
I was put on steroids for a week for back pain and it caused a major meltdown at my daughter. Outside a church. It was the most embarrassing day of my life to lose my temper.
I imagine it was quite scary and humiliating for your daughter too.
Load More Replies...I'll just mind my business unless I hear something really disturbing. Some people are just having a bad time.
My Dad does this. His immediate reaction if we don't follow his rules is to yell at the top of his lungs (mind you, he has a very heavy voice already!). Last he did this was when I was puking blood and mom and me were trying to talk to the doctor on phone. He yelled so badly because weren't listening to him (while I was on the phone). He went batshit crazy and said he won't take me yo the ER and to go die. I haven't talked to him since.
Stop at the bottom of an escalator to think about where they want to go.
Now, I would stop, because I'd need to put my brave girl panties on. I'm afraid of escalators.
Understandable. They're usually up to something.
Load More Replies...Yes much worse. I remember the couple who stopped right at the top to think about where they wanted to go as I plowed right into their backs
Load More Replies...How long of a pause are we talking? I'm very timid of escalators, as I don't feel steady on them. My daughter would just run towards them. So I would stop her then do a 1, 2, 3 step count with her. Gave me some peace of mind to teach her to respect the dangers of the escalator.
I have had the odd moments where I stopping my tracks because I forgot where I was going 😭
Yes, I'm pretty sure OP means at the end of the ride. The person steps off, then stops. What are all of us still on the escalator supposed to do? We can't stop.
You are supposed to politely, gently, and humanely trample him to death.
Load More Replies...Also: Stop at the top of an escalator to think about where they want to go. I AM going to bump into your back.
Or block ppl trying to come OUT of an elevator and push their way in- rude and stupid
Yup. It's like, dude, we are COMMITED TO THIS MOVEMENT, I NEED TO GET OFF, MOVE
Smoke around their children (sorry not sorry, I don't care if you smoke but don't do it around your kids). Not offer up a seat on public transportation for someone else who needs it more. Litter.
I smoke at work on break & when I get home wait until kid goes to bed - at which point, I am literally the wife in 'this is 40' who puts on thick layex gloves & sits out on curb behind my car like im.sneaking a joint. I need to quit but I can't let my bad habit give her 2nd hand either
I quit cold turkey in 2017, after god knows how many nasty years of that habit (2 pack a day). I can actually taste food again. Quitting is unbelievably hard, didn't think I could do it but suffered thru and after the first few weeks it got easier. Now just the smell of a cigarette makes me gag.
Load More Replies...The complain about seats passes me off. Invisible illnesses are real and too many people assume that if you look okay, you must be.
Twice in less in a month I had people tell me to make room for them on an elevator from the metro station because they had prams and that they had first right. I may look healthy, and I mostly am, but I have bad knees so can't just walk up the stairs, and I can't use the escalators because of their low railings and wide open space around it, because I'm criplingly terrified of heights. Also, whoever gets to the elevator first has the right to get on first, no matter what.
Load More Replies...I had sinus infections all the time as a kid. All the time. First year after I moved out after high school, no sinus infection. My mom smoked around me all the time, even in the car. The second I got away from her, I no longer had sinus infections.
I'm judging hard at the parents who have a baby in their arms with a lit cigarette. Babies and small kids have smaller respiratory systems, so that bit of smoke may seem fine to you but it's a lot more concentrated in their noses, throats and lungs. At the bus stop, or where babies and children are, too. I hate it when people come along and smoke very close to other children. My daughter has a muscle trauma injury that's going to take months to heal. We just got her a cane. The other day we were going to get on a packed bus. I asked if anyone can give her a seat, pretty much shouting as everyone was piled in the front and middle of the aisles. Apparently there was one free seat but towards the back. No one else offered. It was too full for my daughter to just squeeze by people. The bus driver heard all this and got pissed off, shouting at the crowd to move to the back of the bus. No one budged. He was shouting again. We ended up having to wait for the next bus.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s. This was totally the norm. My parents smoked in the house, friends of my parents, relatives etc. I'm surprised me and my siblings never had any side effects from it. You could also smoke in the breakrooms at work back in the day. I was one of those offenders. Omg, I forgot about smoking in the car.
I still get triggered in the car if someone fumbles into their purse or pocket from the tension and anxiety I used to feel, being trapped inside the car in a cloud of my mom's smoke. She was horrified when she found out- but it ofc didn't affect her.
Load More Replies...My mom used to do it every once in a while when I was a kid - even though I had allergies and asthma. Whenever I caught her I would put a on a dramatic performance of pretending I couldn't breathe, concluding with me passing out on the floor. She eventually got the message and quit. :)
That last part about giving up a seat is really kinda funny. Let me be clear, if I was by myself I would gladly give up my seat for someone who really needs it even though I use a cane because of hip issues. BUT if I was with my wife, I would not give up my seat unless the person obviously had issues and only then with my wife's permission. Letting a complete stranger sit next to my wife on public trans totally creeps me out.
Adults throwing a fit in store/ fast food/airport, because someone forgot your pickles, etc. Those people need to leave this planet.
You sound like a nasty piece of work. I feel sorry for anyone who has to deal with you!
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Get in peoples’ way to film a TikTok
Was once asked to get off a bench in the park because they needed it for some influencer shots. Almost led to fisticuffs.
how about just TikTok? There are no redeeming qualities about that spyware.
Influencers getting mad at people getting in the middle of their cameras while filing tiktoks. You're in a public place. Deal with it or put up a green screen at home and photoshop yourself in those places.
We were at a huge party of aprox 3,000 ppl that my husband's boss put on at a new soccer stadium. Several times ppl tried to do a tik tok video expecting huge crowds of us to stop and delay our fun for them. They even had those lighted rings ready to brighten it up! Not sure how they got that by security cause it was TIGHT! Anyway, meh, we walked right through it as did several others! Not sorry
Load More Replies...Urgh. This. I was at a convention recently and there was a parade going on. Big crowd around, of course, but most people were being respectful of each other. Then these mfs come in with large a*s cameras and get in everyone's way so no one can see
Don't forget people who randomly approach strangers to do something stupid for a tiktok and get pissy because "you didn't react"
Tiktok is the most cringy app every with super cringy people and cringy influencers
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I was walking my kids to the park tonight and a stranger asked me what school they went to.
That.
People ask me where I live. General area isn't enough, they want the apartment complex too. Considering there are very few non-Koreans that live nearby and I'm probably the only foreign woman with kids in the area, it's extra creepy and scary. They think its just small talk tho...
When I was a high school teacher, it was my professional habit to ask parents on first meeting where their children went to grade school. Now I don't even ask that with people I know.
Groping their companion. It is just such bad taste. I don't mean an affectionate arm drape, or a hug, but the hands all over the place. It's just gross.
I guess this is meant, 'in public'. (like in a theatre where 'Beetlejuice' is playing....)
beetlejuice is a huge theme in this thread lol
Load More Replies...A major problem with my ex. He was CONSTANTLY groping/pawing at me. No, it's not flattering, it's infuriating. Trying to do the dishes and he'd come up behind me a start fondling my boobs, or stick his hand between my legs. Even if the kids were right there. Was a major factor in why I chose to stop having sex with him.
Yelling angrily at their doggo/ kid. I understand frustrations exist, but because of my own life history, both of those situations immediately set off my UhOh radar.
Had a neighbor named Frank, that we never saw and thought he was being kept under lock and key. Very sus until Frank turned out to be a cat. Yea she was yelling constantly at her cat like he was a detested.spouse. Gross
Anyone who has had a kid will yell at them at some point. What matters is what you do next. If you sincerely apologise and try to do better in future, I think it's OK. If it's an everyday occurrence, you need to see a therapist before the child ends up with problems.
Yelling is bullying. Scolding is quite another matter. Disciplining children appropriately is not the same as just embarrassing them to let out your frustration. And DO NOT do it in public. Kids (and pets) have feelings too.
Yelling and being aggressive to an animal that needs patience and more training is just being a s****y person. Yelling at a kid that's misbehaving, I'll understand. Yelling at a kid that's just trying to get their parent's attention or just touching stuff while shopping, poor kid.
Off leash dog
This really freaks me out. Dogs are unpredictable and can bolt out in front of traffic, Get into a dog fight, no matter how well their trained.....There are plenty of places to let you're dogs run free.
I had a terrifying experience with a psychotic - and loose - Irish setter when I was 10 or 11
Load More Replies...The eternal mindset of off the leash dog owners “Don’t worry, they are very friendly!”. Yeah, well my dog isn’t so now somebody is gonna get bitten friendly or not, or I’m holding my dog in the air until you pull your head out and leash your damn dog like the law says you should.
My dog is big and intimidating looking. He's also the biggest goofball around. He's been attacked 5 times in the last year, 4 of them were small off leash dogs that their family had loose in the yard. Never mind that this street is really a popular place to walk and a few dozen dogs pass by every day, gotta let Muffy run around. I get so pissed because if he really bites them their dog is going to be badly hurt just from the size difference. Fortunately he's normally confused why they're attacking him and just retreats, but I'm still waiting for a little dog to bite him, and for him to retaliate
Load More Replies...I love and adore those furry fellas. But if yours gets close to my kids without a leash (and somebody capable of holding it back on the other end, but that's a whole different story...) and starts acting aggressive in any way I will at least heavily injure it while making sure it has no chance to attack. Sorry (for the dog), but not sorry (for you)!
I don't care if your dog is friendly, I still don't want it jumping on me or at me. The number of times this has happened to me while hiking is annoying (tbh, once would be too many).
Exactly this. My dog is super friendly. So friendly she'll knock you down while trying to lick your face (we've worked at our since she was small, she jumps very rarely now and mostly just with the family member that encourages it). She only goes off leash in the (fenced in) yard or at designated parks.
Load More Replies...My leashed (small, friendly) dog was attacked by two off leash mastiffs when we were hiking one day. Their owner was totally bewildered, kept saying, "they've never done anything like this before".
Firstly, two dogs is a pack. Secondly, I bet they have done sometime like that before. We had a case where a dog turned out to have attacked four times, each time the owner had apologised profusely, offered to pay for any vet bills, and said it had never happened before. The fourth owner reported it, and when it became public the other three came to light
Load More Replies...Yes. I know that you see your dog as a cute little fluff ball (yes, even the great dane). But I just see a predatory animal that is very likely stronger than me. So... off leash dogs are super scary to me.
YES! I have an unruly dog (sweet if she knows you but not sweet IF AT 'HER' HOME & stranger comes. She's strong so not only do I leash, but I also have her wear shock collar in case she breaks free. You never know & it's still your fault even if the dog accidentally breaks free
Shock collars should be banned. If your dog breaks free and you shock it, now you have an overexcited, off-leash dog that is already out of your control and is now being electrocuted. That's an incredibly dangerous combination.
Load More Replies...Ask me to talk with them about God.
I enjoy using logic with religious zealots as they are so easily confused.
Hahaha. Them: "You shouldn't murder children!!" Me: "Didn't God murder hundreds of children for Noah's ark? What about jobs children? Them: :0
Load More Replies...No, no, no. I even believe in God but I don't need, or want, your opinions unless it's a mutually engaged conversation amongst friends...altho I haven't even done that in over a decade. It's embarrassing & they are oblivious to fact that their 'efforts' are totally ineffective & they sound like a scientology group near my college trying to hunt us down for a 'personality test'
Or ask to pray for you, though it is kinda fun to see their reactions when you say "sure, as long as you do it elsewhere."
Yessss! I have tendonitis in one of my hands and I have to wear a brace. Problem is the brace gets really warm and sweaty, so I like to take it off at lunch to stretch my hand a bit. Anyways one of my "friends" (not anymore) was very insistent on letting him pray for my recovery. I really wouldn't have minded really but that involved him holding my hand, which I was absolutely not comfortable with
Load More Replies...For an extra confused stare, say “you mean our lord and savior, The Flying Spaghetti Monster”.
Load More Replies...I studied religion at the university and somehow got my hands on the book of Mormon. So whenever some Mormons want to talk with me on the street I politely decline by saying that I got the book at home and when I have read it I will be more than happy to talk with them. And with JWs... if they come to your door you should just ask them to write you up in their black book (it's book where they write down all the places they will not go again. Either because you asked them to or because they figured you are out of reach). If they come again after that you remind them that you're in their book and if they come again you call the cops. That works in Denmark and I hope it helps in other countries. And "out of reach" is usually just if you are a polytheist. In my country that's a no-go for them (usually).
I just tell people "My grandmother and father were pastors. I'm still not Christian. Do you think you can convert me if they couldn't?" it usually shuts them up with the random "But wouldn't it make your grandma so happy to accept Jesus in your heart? Just say it." Sure, I can say the words but it won't mean anything. Side note, the fact they think just saying the words mean anything shows they care about nothing else than a point in their made up system of souls saved
I have learned a few phrases to get rid of the shovelers of religion. I'm a Satanist. I don't have time to talk now, I have terrible diarrhea. I don't have time, I'm going to the pharmacy to buy medicine for bacterial vaginosis. The more embarrassing the better. this also works for creeps because during confusion you can disappear smoothly.
I told people I was Buddhist in college. If I said Satanist, they tried to convert me but they knew almost nothing about Buddhism so had no idea where to start lol
Load More Replies...When in rality they don't want to talk about God but about religion, and in their own version.
Have a conversation during a concert. If you hold a conversation during a concert you are an a*****e. STFU and let the people around you that paid good money to attend the concert enjoy it.
Equally bad, concertgoers who scream along every lyric to every song. Came to hear Adele, buddy, not you.
Why are you going to concerts if you hate people singing along? It's what the singers themselves want. If you want to hear just the singer, buy the CD and sit alone in your house listening to it.
Load More Replies...What kind of concerts you go to where it is possible to have a conversation? I can barely hear a friend telling me she goes to the bathroom, let alone talk to her
I'm genuinely curious as well?? It's almost like the person who wrote this has never been to an actual concert!!
Load More Replies...I also like to get angry at people enjoying themselves because I don’t know how to
Singing along a little bit is cool, I recently saw John Legend in LV and everyone sang All of Me with him, and it was a lovely connecting moment. I rarely go to live shows anymore due to thousands of idiots with their lit up cellphones in your face the entire show as all 40 thousand of them want the exact same "unique" shot for social media, screeching the songs so that you can't hear the performers, and being forced to ingest unwanted pot smoke when I have to drive.
I don't get this, people talking at a concert isnt a big deal. Unless you are actively eavesdropping on them the music should blow away any casual conversation. Maybe not at the symphony but most other concerts you arent going to drown out 50,000 watts of speakers by discussing what Jeff did last night.
It's been a while since I went to a concert, but I remember them being so loud that you couldn't hold a conversation. In fact, that's part of why my hearing is so bad. Kids: don't listen to loud music!
Loops brand earplugs are awesome. Tones the music down to a tolerable level but still provides clarity so you can hear the notes. Pricey, but I'll never use those stupid foam ones again
Load More Replies...chugging beers and then making the whole row stand up so you can go pee every 20 minutes.
Most annoying part. I sat in a short row of 9 people. I had to stand up at least 30 times before I finally gave up and just stayed standing. The people were even getting annoyed with me sitting there, all on my own. I went to the washroom once during that whole concert. Don't think I'll go to a concert like that ever again. Not even the kiddie shows I took my daughter to at the same venue were that the people were that bad.
Load More Replies...What concerts are you going to that you can actually have a conversation? I mean the last couple I've been to it took like a day for my hearing to return. Man i miss the days of going to a concert and getting beer chucked over you while you fought to stay alive and not get pulled under XD each to their own though and I can see both sides of the argument
Take up more than half of a two-way sidewalk
Or the parking lot rodeo clowns who have no idea what those little white lines are for.......and no they don't mark centerline for your car.
It makes me crazy when parents come barrelling down the sidewalk towards me with a side by side double wide hummer baby cart. No, your toddlers won’t fall apart because of your insistence that they are seated side by side. I don’t move out of the way, instead I say, ‘oh my goodness that thing is huge!’ Or, ‘wide load you have there!’
How about the packs of people walking shoulder to shoulder who make no move to make room or even slow down. Usually kids, older/larger women and the packs of mommies pushing their strollers.
I once saw a girl FaceTiming with a boy in the women's locker room!
I've spent a lot of time sitting in change rooms (I'm not a weirdo, I just have two kids who do a lot of swimming). One thing I NEVER do in the change room is pull out my phone. It doesn't matter what innocent thing I want to do on my phone, I just think it's pretty rude to (potentially) make other people uncomfortable.
Preach. Bonus points for the fire and brimstone stuff. Extra bonus points if I can fluster them by knowing scripture better than them.
Even better if it's on top of a rainbow crosswalk. Those ones are extra special a******s
I LOVE bringing up a counter scripture. Or telling them interpretation is wrong.
It's not usually difficult to know more actual scripture than the proselytizers
“Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.” ― Isaac Asimov
Load More Replies...I have talked down many. It's hard to listen when you know they're wrong.
How about if it’s someone like Greta Thunberg preaching about how everyone should be taking better care of the earth? Not much difference really, but I think most people would encourage her.
My father liked to get into a discussion with them. I think he knew the Bible very well
In my city, there’s a big square where all the religious groups gather to preach to the crowds. Most of the religions are peacefully handing out leaflets, answering questions and playing religious music quietly. Then there’s the one Christian guy who’s always there, yelling at everybody that they’re going to hell and that we’re all dreadful sinners. Even if you tell him you’re already a Christian, he’ll tell you you’re going to hell because you’re the ‘wrong’ denomination. It’s ironic because he’s always ranting about how the other religions are full of dangerous zealots and extremists, and I’m always thinking that based on the evidence in the square, I’m pretty sure it’s his religion that has the dangerous extremist zealot, because it’s him
Being loud and unruly.
Exist. If i had to be specific, it would be speaker phone. Im just trying to enjoy my bus ride, i dont want to hear your business.
Scream at their partner
Excessive PDA
Especially in theatres where there is a family friendly production of Beetlejuice
this is fourth or fifth time someone mentioned beetlejuice in the comments. What is this about?
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Me and my friends were ice skating earlier and saw a man put his skates on with no socks.
I have my own custom figure skates (I was a figure skater for many years & also coached). I did not wear socks. A lot of skaters don't. Personal preference.
His skates, and maybe he doesn’t afford/own/like/need socks. If those were loan skates then it would be another thing.
ask to pray over me
I personally like this. If someone says they'll "pray for me", idgaf who they're praying to. It's a sentiment to my well being that they're sending out to where or whomever because they care.
Then you start the prayer - "O mighty Satan" or "Great Cthulhu" or "In the name of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" or something like that.
Load More Replies...Cause a scene
I once went on a cruise with a friend.. We are both on the progressive end of the political spectrum, but she believes that big businesses are actually evil. I don't necessarily think they are always good, but I am at heart a believer in limited capitalism and what it has done for technology, quality of life, etc. Anyway, she had been drinking most of the day. That night we had the captain's dinner that we had purchased because she wanted one formal evening. At the dinner we were chatting about politics and she completely went off on me for defending Wal-Mart. I mean yelling at me at this dinner in a private room with about 2 dozen people who paid good money for a fancy meal. She calmed down in a few minutes, but one of the most embarrassing experiences of my life.
Take an extra shopping cart back to the cart return area along with their own.
Give a homeless person food instead of money.
Compliment a stranger who looks unhappy.
Using 'thank you' and 'excuse me' as they go about their day.
Cuss and being loud at a fine restaurant you made reservations at for your birthday
When they ask for money when I’m walking out of a store. It usually them being short about $10 to fill up their gas tanks.
This is easy to handle in 2023. Simply say, "Sorry, I don't carry cash."
An act of kindness - especially one that doesn’t benefit that person.
OP didn’t say it had to be negative.
Smoke in a no smoking area. Use a cell phone on speaker. Drive a BMW or Audi. Open carry.
People are so busy with their prejudices that they don't notice how basic psychological tricks are shaping their thinking. When they see a BMW or an Audi driven perfectly, it doesn't register because it doesn't fit the 'pattern' of 'BMW drivers bad'. When they see a Lexus or a Ford driven poorly it also doesn't fit the pattern, so that information is quickly forgotten. When they see a BMW not indicating, it triggers the preconception and immediately puts that driver into the position of being 'them' and allows for righteous indignation.
Load More Replies...I wouldn't recognize a BMW or an Audi if you ran me over with one. (And, no, we cannot stage a demonstration.)
If they pick up litter I think they're a good person.
Face tats
I've known some wonderful people with face tattoos. RIP Arak.
I won't look you in the eyes if you have political propaganda on your car/property
A group at the bar yesterday sat down at our table (no problem with this, it was a large table in a packed bar and just my boyfriend and me). He then proceeded to chuck a used lime wedge in our direction, offered us his half drunk IPA when he had to head out, and then left his chair completely pushed out directly in the walkway. So yeah, that. Having zero spatial awareness that translates to piggish behavior.
If they ask me for money
If I've got some spare coinage, Not going to cause a a change in my life, but may change someone else's,
Yeah, you most likely gave them just enough shrapnel to take that last hit of meth that does them in.
Load More Replies...Help someone in need. Instant good person karma from me.
I guess I'm an a$$$$$e. Have had SO many people (relatives mainly) assume I am responsible for their decisions and to "help"...I'm not.
Use their car horn for almost any reason.
That's what it's designed for. If you use your horn in a non-emergency situation where I live it's actually illegal.
Load More Replies...My dad (professional truck driver for decades) always gripes about people who slam the horn instead of the brakes.
My friend drove into a hill and every time she turned her steering wheel after that, the horn went off. Driving through the target parking lot was HI-LARIOUS
So many people check their phones at traffic lights, it is common to give a quick honk to make them look up here
I judge people for being too nice to their pets. Dogs should not be in strollers
I put my dog in a wagon because he was old and wanted to go on my long walk. If you didn't buy the stroller, why do you care? You sound like someone I would judge as an asshat.
That sounds lovely, you are a good dog-parent!
Load More Replies...Dogs are nothing but goodness, there is no such thing as being too nice to a dog. You don't seem like a good person.
Electric scooters. People don't even know the basics of traffic rules and they drive them carelessly and leave them in the middle of the sidewalk, under the stairs or in general there are too many dangerous situations. I'm waiting for the day when they are banned here too. The idea of electric scooters is good, but it doesn't work because people behave like people.
Performing certain acts on your partner in a theatre is something no one should be doing.
Riding bicycles on a windy two-lane road with no shoulders. Trying to wave me around them right before a truck came around a blind curve. Now a line of cars is stuck doing 8 miles an hour behind two dipsh*ts who have never heard of a park.
My big one is when people drive down the middle of a two-lane driveway or parking lot. I mean really? Share the freaking road you jerks...
Anyone being mean to children or animals. Inexcusable to take out whatever issues you have on defenseless and completely innocent beings.
Grown adults running in front of my car. No really, as I was leaving the apartment fir work, I had three different grown men run in front of my car as I was driving. They're lucky I follow the parking lot speed limit. The kids where I live are smarter than that! So these guys must be copying the pigeons.
Electric scooters. People don't even know the basics of traffic rules and they drive them carelessly and leave them in the middle of the sidewalk, under the stairs or in general there are too many dangerous situations. I'm waiting for the day when they are banned here too. The idea of electric scooters is good, but it doesn't work because people behave like people.
Performing certain acts on your partner in a theatre is something no one should be doing.
Riding bicycles on a windy two-lane road with no shoulders. Trying to wave me around them right before a truck came around a blind curve. Now a line of cars is stuck doing 8 miles an hour behind two dipsh*ts who have never heard of a park.
My big one is when people drive down the middle of a two-lane driveway or parking lot. I mean really? Share the freaking road you jerks...
Anyone being mean to children or animals. Inexcusable to take out whatever issues you have on defenseless and completely innocent beings.
Grown adults running in front of my car. No really, as I was leaving the apartment fir work, I had three different grown men run in front of my car as I was driving. They're lucky I follow the parking lot speed limit. The kids where I live are smarter than that! So these guys must be copying the pigeons.
