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People can be pretty negative, that's no secret. Anger, bitterness, sadness – you name it. While it can be pretty uncomfortable to experience all of them, it's also what makes us human – we were created to feel a lot.
Well, today we want to shine a light on one of the feelings probably all of us have experienced at least once – a grudge. It can be brought on by various factors, and interestingly, it can last way longer than some of the other feelings. So, let's jump in to check out some examples, shall we?
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#2
Tom Cruise. Scientology is an evil cult.
LizzieBoredom 1 month ago
They told him Scientology would make him closer to God, but 25 years later, and he's still short.
#3
H&M, for cutting up perfectly good unsold clothes in the middle of winter in NYC and not donating them to homeless shelters, etc. All to protect their brand. They created clothes to destroy them when unsold - an environmental and social waste.(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/07/h-m-wal-mart-clothes-found) I have refused to shop there since.
CK 1 month ago
It should be illegal for a corporation to do this. Destroying items of value is itself a sin, but this goes beyond that. H&M is a fast fashion company with exploitative manufacturing, which is why the cost is so low for the company that they can so casually throw so much of it away.
A person experiences a variety of emotions throughout their life, as psychologist Jonice Webb lists in her article. This includes feelings like love, fear, sadness, joy, and boredom, to name a few.
What’s interesting about emotions is that you don’t have to experience them one at a time. They can mix, creating mixed emotions, hence the name. Or they can create an entirely new feeling.
#4
My ex sister in-law! Five or six years ago, she was telling me how she didn’t have enough money to buy my niece her senior class ring and get her graduation pictures taken and that my brother refused to pay for them. He and I weren’t in contact at the time so I paid for them, and then years later found out that she gave him the receipts of what I paid for. so he reimbursed her! Basically double she double dipped from both of us!! she’s a conniving b***h!
#5
Sorry good Americans, but I’m 🇨🇦 and am heavy anti US mega corps. May never go back .
#6
On 9/11 a local convenience store chain more than doubled the price of their gas instantly.
I've never been back. So 24 years for me.
Child of the Stars 1 month ago
I remember that happening where I was too; I suspect it happened all over the States.
For example, emotions such as anger, bitterness, and other negative ones can form a feeling called a grudge. According to the dictionary definition, a grudge is “a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will.” But as always, dictionary definitions tend to be pretty dry, don’t they?
That’s when we turn to more “human” explanations. Essentially, yes, a grudge is a negative feeling that we experience, but it’s more than simply that. Basically, there’s always a context for why we feel this way, a story behind it. Feelings, especially the bad ones, don’t just appear for no reason.
If it seems like they do, it’s always worth looking deeper into it – it might be due to someone hurting you way back in the day and those feelings catching up right now. Or it might be some kind of mental illness, you never know. But hey, acknowledging it is always the first step in getting better.
#7
9th grade English teacher. I busted my a*s writing a paper that ended up being slightly less than the minimum page count... I could have bullshitted an additional paragraph and hit it. I was so proud of that paper. He gave me an F, didn't even read it because of the extra white space at the bottom.
It was at that moment that I realized how meaningless, arbitrary b******t can stand in the way of maximum effort, and I never tried hard in school again.
Learner Panda 1 month ago
At senior school I wrote a poem, completely my own work. I submitted it to the English department. It was rejected as plagiarism. It wasn't and they couldn't find any evidence. It hurt because it was so unfair and it still stings.
#8
I've never owned an Apple product. It was just by chance at first. Then people started telling me how I just HAD to have an iPod, then just HAD to have an iPhone. Blah blah blah, that annoyed me.
Then there's stupid s**t like how movies aren't allowed to have villains use iPhones, how they forced U2's album on everyone, and once you go Apple you're stuck in proprietary hell.
No thanks.
Jeremy James 1 month ago
I buy a piece of hardware from you, and you try to dictate what software I can and can't run on it? No thank you.
#9
In order of length of boycott
1. Nestle. Over 30 years for exploiting public water for profit.
2. Scott’s/Miracle Gro aka Monsanto. Close to 20 years. Reason-Monsanto. Do I need to say more?
3. Amazon and Chic Fil A are a tie at about 10 or so years. I think their reputation speaks for themselves.
4. Home Depot. About 4 years. Former employee so I know lots of dirt. Plus I don’t like their political donation track record.
Somebodys grandmother 1 month ago
💪 Amazon. Never. Bezos is an idiot and doesn't understand how to treat employes... Shein, temu etc.. Never. Don't buy unsave stuff.
What’s interesting about a grudge is that it can be pretty hard to let go of. After all, when we talk about it, we usually phrase it as “holding a grudge,” which suggests that we tend to hold onto this feeling.
Today’s list is a perfect proof of that – it’s full of stories about exactly that. Mind you, some of these grudges are decades old. It just proves the point that it can be hard or even impossible to let go of.
#10
State Farm
After my first fender-bender as a teenager, I expected them to raise my premium. Instead they dropped me completely.
They were not there for me
They were not a "good neighbor"
Edit to add: Good lawd, with these other stories I'm surprised they're still in business.
#12
My Wal-Mart grudge has been going strong for nearly 15 years.
I wasn’t a fan before the Affordable Care Act and tended to avoid shopping there just on vibes. But when the ACA passed, Wal-Mart decided that it was cheaper to pay the fine for not providing insurance than it was to just insure their employees. Never crossed their door again.
I currently live less than a 15 minute walk from a Wal-Mart and have told my husband that - if forced - I’ll shoplift from Wal-Mart but I’m not giving them a dime of my money.
Jeremy James 1 month ago
There is a Walmart right by my house, but I walk an extra 2 miles to get to a Mom & Pop store, even though it's more expensive and I disagree with the owners politically. I'd rather keep that money in my community.
But why is it like that? You see, our brains are wired in a way that they like to hold onto negative feelings, even though it hurts us. And we motivate them to do so by ruminating, as this way they don’t turn into the thing of the past and remain present in our heads.
Perhaps this way we’re trying to protect ourselves – if we remember the negative thing and details about it, we can ensure it doesn’t happen again, as we can avoid it. It gives us a sense of self-control, even if in some cases it’s just an illusion.
#13
Susan G. Komen. Once I saw how much they spend on administrative fees, I don’t support them at all.
Discovermyview 1 month ago
I used to run 5k, 10k races for fun. I have participated in dozens of races over the years. I only did Komen for the Cure once. As soon as I signed up, the harassment began to fund raise for them. It was so so gross. I signed up pretty early to get good pricing. Typically, I would choose one charity race to run a month as a way I can give something back, you know. Absolutely, no other organization ever bothered me past the sign up. Komen for the Cure was emailing, texting, and calling me multiple times a day up until the race. It kinda ruined the event for me. They also pushed merchandise at the races where as other organizations might have some info available, but nothing pushy like this. It's sad, I thought it would be a good cause. Now I support Bikers for B***s (local to my area) for breast cancer awareness month.
#14
Oh, here’s my corporate grunge that goes back to 1991. Back when I was in college my best friend and I saved up to go and buy something at the Betsy Johnson boutique on Newberry Street. At the time, my friend was a size 8 and I was a size 10, but we both were division one athletes at a local Boston university,
Sidenote, it’s kind of funny because no matter what why you say that a local Boston College or a local Boston University? It kind of screamed at which of the school I might have gone to
let me continue so we go into the store and both of us were already let’s just say young adults of means and the girl working the store or the boutique looked at us and told us to walk right back out because they did not dress fattiies at Betsy Johnson and even if we had squeezed ourselves into something she wouldn’t sell it to us because they had an image to uphold.
So I don’t remember which store on Newbury Street we might’ve gone to Toppers and blew all that money on hats who knows but it definitely wouldn’t be spent at Betsy Johnson.
Years later, I was called to a gate because the gate agents and the and the supervisor and the lead we’re all straight men, and there was a little weirdly, dressed lady who someone said was a fashion designer behaving a little badly at a gate because her flight was delayed and they weren’t sure who she was or why people thought she was important so I got called to assist and lo and behold. I got to tell her that I was well aware of who she was and she needed to dial it back a bit if she was planning to travel our airline that day and I would gladly refund our ticket and she could go over to Delta or American or whoever she wanted to in another terminal.
The irony behind the whole thing is now Betsy Johnson has a plus size line for the cool fatties I guess. To quote Cyndi Lauper I guess money changes everything.
I wouldn’t wear anything of hers, even if it meant my own death, but I might be convinced to burn something of hers for warmth.
Edited to app sorry for typos or weird phrasing. I’m having to use talk to text because of an arm injury.
#15
Wells Fargo, for fraudulently opening millions of unauthorized customer accounts between 2002 and 2016. Not only have I avoided banking with them, I've also taken every opportunity to let their recruiters know how terrible of a company they are...
Yet, many people argue that we should strive to be more forgiving. All these negative feelings hurt us. It not only damages our minds, but can bring bitterness, mistrust to relationships, and just makes us overall sadder than we should be. And that sounds nice and all, but sometimes it’s easier said than done, isn’t it?
Do you have any grudges you've been holding for a long time? Please, share them with us!
#16
Nestle ever since I saw it's former CEO talk about water not being human right. I avoid the d**n company like the plague.
And Dell because it's owner is a piece of s**t.
#17
This one doesn't make me popular in Texas, and is the first one that comes to mind rather than the oldest, but, Blue Bell ice cream. They knew they had listeria in their equipment and kept selling ice cream anyway, and people died.
Petra Peitsch 1 month ago
W*F did I just read? And they are still in business? I'm not saying, that in Europe evetything is rainbow and unicorns. Because, it's not. But, whenever is an issue with a product of a multilevel company. like DM or Spar or AÍldi or Müller and so on .... and that issue appears in a country at a specific local level, they are calling back that product country-wide, or more, if that special distributor was serving more countries on their part.
#18
In 1997 there was a worm crawling through my food at Applebee's. Haven't been in an Applebee's since.
#19
AT&T
It was so long ago that I was starting a business and wanted an ad in their local Yellow Page phone book. I paid them the money but it didn't show up in the book. Took me over a year to get my money back.
#20
Banks after losing everything in the 2008 housing bubble.
Credit unions probably aren’t completely innocent, but I’ll choose them over a bank any day.
#21
Murdoch. I won’t touch anything that man has anything to do with.
#23
North Face refused to honor the warranty on a backpack I bought from the gear store I worked at. I followed the instructions that I’d gotten from the TNF sales rep who did a training at our store. It wrecked the straps. (Hand wash, line dry.)
I bought the bag in 1990 and it was my EDC for years. I washed it in 1994. They said I shouldn’t have cleaned it. A******s didn’t return the bag to me, either.
F**k north fake.
Nils Skirnir 1 month ago
Always had great luck with North Face products and service. Even rinsed out and dried a pack.
#24
Verizon. Totally screwed up my bill, fixed it after a 2 hour call, then sent me a $100 voucher for the trouble. A few days later, I got a nasty call from their fraud department for somehow "stealing" the $100 voucher. I requested a record of the call, and they tacked on $50 for the transcript on the next month's bill. This was right around the time MVNOs were becoming mainstream, so I got a better plan at half the price and never looked back.
#25
Matthew. In grade school he hit me on the head with a hockey stick when we were arguing. I was aquaman and he was the 6 million dollar man. Ain't no way the 6 million dollar man can run on water. I stand by this. I'm 56 and a half.
Edit:
since this blew up a bit I'll fill in some more details. Matthew lived next door. I was 8 or 9 and he was a year younger, but actually bigger than me. Anytime things didn't go his way he would run home crying and then his mother would come barreling out and yell at me. Any little thing would set him off and it happened a lot. So we got into this argument and I threw a snowball at him. Now remember we wore these big a*s puffy coats in the 70s and his went down to the tops of his legs. Ugly a*s s**t brown jacket too. I hit him with it near the bottom on the side. I doubt he even felt it, but he started crying and he picked up a hockey stick and hit me in the forehead. Then he ran home crying. I booked it because I knew what was coming next. Sure enough Mathews mommy knocks on our door all p**s and vinegar that I hit her son with a snowball. My mother calls me over and lifts my bangs (ya, I rocked those) and showed her the welt on my forehead. She went silent and just walked away. I still have a mark from it.
I have practically no other memories from this age, but this I still see clear as day. Right down to his s**t brown jacket. Memories are weird. And f**k you Matthew you fat a*s pancake. I'm not still bitter. Really.
#26
Michael Vick. F**k him.
Stannous Flouride 1 month ago
2 comments: of the 47 dogs rescued from his cruel operation, only two were not able to re-homed. One was so badly injured that it was considered a merciful act to let it go, and the other just could not be socialized to be around other dogs or people. They did it all very quietly to avoid attracting the attention of other dog fighting rings. And second, a great quote: "Republicans love the military the way Michael Vick loved his dogs." (I'm an Army veteran & completely agree)
#27
Snapple for sponsoring Rush Limbaugh.
Sara Frazer 1 month ago
Ew! I mean I don't drink snapple anyways cuz it's gross, but now it's even more gross to me
#28
Nestle, AMD, HP, these guys are never going off my grudge list.
Dill 1 month ago
I'll join you with HP over a laptop debacle. They accepted there was an issue with their laptops (too long ago to remember the details) but they were only replacing certain models (despite my model having the same issue). So even though I don't remember it properly (hahaha) I'm still never buying their tech. 😆
#29
Jello! When they discontinued pudding pops I went on a boycott. And would only eat hunts pudding and royal gelatin. Think I'm going on nearly 30 years. I was pregnant with my 2nd and couldn't get them, and it is a grudge for life.
I do have a slightly longer personal one. Dates to 1984, I stole a pen from a store, and when I showed it to my neighbor and said I "found it on my walk home", she said her cousin lost one 2 days before and I had to give it to her to return to him. I still call her "Esther who stole my stolen pen" when I talk about her. Takes a thief to catch a thief, lol.
Brian Droste 1 month ago
I think the 2nd one is karma. This one needs to be under a karma post. 😄😄😄
#31
That f*****g kid who talked s**t about my mom in 3rd grade. I waited until the teacher left the class for a minute. When she came
back his desk was sideways on the floor with him still in it, crying. F**k that kid!
#32
Disney. They ruined Star Wars.
#35
Chick-fil-A
I live six blocks from Costco, that's where I get my gas.
What do you think ?
Ellinor she/they/elle 1 month ago (edited)
It was 16 years ago, I was 4 years old. L was at my house for a sleepover, our moms were sleeping in the upstairs bedroom and L and I were in my bedroom. I was on top of the bunk-bed and we were both reading books on animals, I had the forest one and her the desert one. We wanted to swap our books so I put my arm holding the book over the bed barrier in the void, and asked L if she was holding the book. I felt her grab the book, she said she was holding it, and I let go before hearing her scream. The book had slipped from her hand and landed on her nose and she was bleeding. Our moms came down and L told them that I threw the book as her face. I was punished for it and they never believed my version of the story, the truth. I will lever let it go, especially since she pulled moves like this during the rest of our childhood. (and our mothers are best-friends from College so I still see her nowadays)
Dill 1 month ago
What a shittty way to behave, don't blame you for that grudge!!
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Stardust she/her 1 month ago
This happened in eighth grade, we had this art competition for Republic Day and the prompt was “The India I want to see in the future”. I drew a lot of things on the sheet they gave us, I drew India exploring space and sent a rover to Mars, I drew India using green energy like fission, solar etc, I drew India having less corruption while the economy prospered, I drew India having a scientific temperament, I drew India keeping its streets clean from litter. Meanwhile some girl drew a fûcking flyover and some apartment buildings and that won first place. Her other 2 friends drew equally bland things which didn’t follow the prompt and they got 2nd and 3rd place. Forgot to mention but the girl who won 2nd place was the daughter of a teacher, the one who won 1st was favoured by all the teachers because she spent a few years in Europe (as if I didn’t spend the same amount of time abroad but nobody really cares about me anyways)the one who won 3rd was their friend -_-
Stardust she/her 1 month ago
And I never liked the 3 of them because they were super annoying and even now they have the audacity to pretend we were ever friends.
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Robert T 1 month ago
I have held a grudge against one particular kid who bullied me throughout secondary school. He sent me a friend request a few years back - not happening - at least not unless I get to punch him in the face repeatedly like he did to me - and I'm an awful lot bigger now than I was back then!
Ellinor she/they/elle 1 month ago (edited)
It was 16 years ago, I was 4 years old. L was at my house for a sleepover, our moms were sleeping in the upstairs bedroom and L and I were in my bedroom. I was on top of the bunk-bed and we were both reading books on animals, I had the forest one and her the desert one. We wanted to swap our books so I put my arm holding the book over the bed barrier in the void, and asked L if she was holding the book. I felt her grab the book, she said she was holding it, and I let go before hearing her scream. The book had slipped from her hand and landed on her nose and she was bleeding. Our moms came down and L told them that I threw the book as her face. I was punished for it and they never believed my version of the story, the truth. I will lever let it go, especially since she pulled moves like this during the rest of our childhood. (and our mothers are best-friends from College so I still see her nowadays)
Dill 1 month ago
What a shittty way to behave, don't blame you for that grudge!!
Load More Replies... Stardust she/her 1 month ago
This happened in eighth grade, we had this art competition for Republic Day and the prompt was “The India I want to see in the future”. I drew a lot of things on the sheet they gave us, I drew India exploring space and sent a rover to Mars, I drew India using green energy like fission, solar etc, I drew India having less corruption while the economy prospered, I drew India having a scientific temperament, I drew India keeping its streets clean from litter. Meanwhile some girl drew a fûcking flyover and some apartment buildings and that won first place. Her other 2 friends drew equally bland things which didn’t follow the prompt and they got 2nd and 3rd place. Forgot to mention but the girl who won 2nd place was the daughter of a teacher, the one who won 1st was favoured by all the teachers because she spent a few years in Europe (as if I didn’t spend the same amount of time abroad but nobody really cares about me anyways)the one who won 3rd was their friend -_-
Stardust she/her 1 month ago
And I never liked the 3 of them because they were super annoying and even now they have the audacity to pretend we were ever friends.
Load More Replies... Robert T 1 month ago
I have held a grudge against one particular kid who bullied me throughout secondary school. He sent me a friend request a few years back - not happening - at least not unless I get to punch him in the face repeatedly like he did to me - and I'm an awful lot bigger now than I was back then!
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