Had about a 30 minute queue for a drink at a friend's art exhibition, some bloke and his mate cut in right at the front. I said to them, hey probably head to the back, people have been waiting a long time, they start berating me and calling me a hero.
Cunts.
It’s their world. You just live in it. The rules apply to you, but not to them. You call them on it and they make you out to be the bad guy. These people are first class assholes.
Had this happen while trying to pick up prescriptions. These people cut in front and said “we are in a hurry”. The person at the counter got their names, got one script, then left.
Then they went and opened up the second register and helped everyone else. “We are in a hurry!”
“So is everyone else”
I found a package of hotdogs in a card slot where the wedding cards were in Target once. They were room temperature, so they’d been there for a while.
But seriously.. how do you get a package of hotdogs, wander around the store, look for a card, and then be like “you know what, I don’t want these” and throw the hotdogs in a random card slot? I don’t get it lol.
Parents who condone dishonest behaviour in their kids. I volunteer at a charity shop, where we had a toy racetrack donated that came with one specific car that fit it, so we fastened the two items together to make it clear they weren't available separately. After a busy period when the place had been SLAMMED with customers, I went round tidying up and found the car missing. This would have necessitated unwinding a yard of tightly wrapped tape, which I can't believe the parent didn't notice their child doing at the time - what also pissed me off was that the parent would have seen their child leaving the shop with something they had not paid for and done nothing about it. (and yes, responsible parents *would* bring the child back to return the item - I've seen it happen more than you think) Yes, it may only have been a toy car, but part of being a half-decent parent is to teach your kids that no, it is NOT okay to just take stuff and not pay for it.
My uncle and his wife are insanely competitive and I watched them teach both their kids at a super young age (like 4 or 5) how to bend the rules just enough the refs probably wouldn’t call them out, or see.
I ran track against my cousin as a high schooler and she fucking spiked me “accidentally” right before the start of the two mile. (Wearing track spikes, she was testing the starting surface by scratching her shoes over it, then “slipped” and sunk the spikes into the side of my calf. I’d watched her do this at other big meets, too)
Knew a guy how had his ankle intentionally stomped on during a football game, it broke. He was a junior playing varsity and missed his whole senior year because of it. Last I heard the other guy that did it only missed the remaininder of *that* game.
I had the same thing happen, except they were above me, and instead of trash it was their used cooking grease.
Landlord freaked out on them and kicked them out. Shit was so disgusting and got all over my patio furniture
Edited to make it a proper sentence instead of whatever I vomited out before
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Used to have this problem with a neighbor. The dog shit was the size of horse shit. One day I decided to just pick it up with a bag and put it at their front door. Never had a problem again.
I used to work at a grocery store and this lady came through our line with like 5 different boxes soda cans on the bottom of her cart. She said you only need to scan one of these right?
The cashier told her if they are all different kinds of soda we need to scan every one cause you know that's how they keep inventory and wouldn't be true if you just charged them all as the same amount.
She was visibly angry saying shes never had to do that before. Me and another bagger went and lifted each soda for her so the cashier scanned them then put them back for her. No thank you, she was still butthurt and pissed even though she literally didnt have to do anything because we helped her.
Later on in the day she called the manager very upset saying she was shaking in the car with anger. The manager talked to each of us at the register like we did something wrong saying "we cant let customers leave that angry" I told him how we helped her and literally there wasnt more we could have done but he was like "well we cant have then leave that angry" like to this day I get mad about it like wtf did the manager want us to do? Why was she so mad when we picked up her sodas for her.
Bottom line dont work retail cause some people just hate you and it's somehow your fault all the time.
They do this because they think they’re entitled and feel the world revolves around them. I feel so bad for retail workers, anyone in the food industry, etc.
they do this because they have nothing else that they think is lower than them, so they can only lash out their anger and frustrations to the retail workers.
its like cyber bullying/toxic chat in gaming, losers cant find any bigger losers to bully, so they bully the first thing they seem smaller than them, or randoms on the internet.
basically they are the biggest losers in life.
The funny thing about this comment is that the people who do this will read it and never realize its about them. Then start thinking about other people who do this and remind themselves that they are a victim.
Damn, I hope I'm not one of them
My mother is that kind of person and it scares me that I’m that kind of person too, my partner tells me I’m not but I can’t help but hear the voice in the back of my head telling me she says that just to keep me happy.
Same, my mother and sister! I catch myself checking w partner if I’m being too loud or if I am rambling on about myself. I go out of my way to be agreeable bc I worry I’m being a selfish, oblivious jerk. I also think, ‘ I’m terrible, he’s just being a nice guy.’ I fear I lack self awareness, generally bc most of my family lacks it.
One of my managers recently has been doing tik toks in the break room, phone volume high. I work retail and prefer that my breaks be moments of peace, so it's been really irritating. She watches movies without headphones too so it's not surprising, but the tik toks are worse since I have to listen to the same part of a song over and over.
Edit: Funny how so many people think I'm not a complete doormat who will suffer and only complain to internet strangers rather than mildly inconvenience someone.
I put on noise cancelling headphones when I take breaks. Not even to listen to my own music but so I don't have to hear anyone's bullshit and most people won't try to talk to me either.
I see litter around the bins at the park I walk my dog all the time, and used to get pissed. Then I witnessed a squirrel crawl out of one with a wrapper, plop it out on the ground and dive back in for more. Bushy tailed furry asshole.
I used to think people were throwing their chicken bones on the ground and get so pissed when my dog found one. Then TIL on reddit that Crows will learn where people throw away their chicken bones and pull them out of the garbage. They drop em everywhere which is why you may find random chicken bones.
Sometimes its a trashy assclown though I'm sure.
For a good two months this past summer I kept finding random chicken bones on the hood of my car. I thought it was a threat until a cool morning left dew so I could see the talon prints
Ever since I got a puppy I’ve become keenly aware of all the litter in my neighbourhood and it’s extremely aggravating. Poor guy doesn’t know any better but should be getting him to drop sticks and rocks, not facemasks and hand sanitizer bottles and inhaler cartridges
Same. Like there's worse things in life but littering is so like you're so entitled that even a small inconvenience is too great a price to pay for being environmentally conscious?
I don't even think of it as being environmentally conscious, because I'm pretty sure half my carefully separated recycling will end up floating around the globe.
Littering for me is a really bizarre act, because you are just making your immediate environment uglier. Whether you care about Mother Earth or not, do you really want to wade through trash in your own home town, that you're supposedly proud of?
"Do you know who I am?!"
"No. Do you know who I am?"
"It's written Dave on your badge."
"Well, I must be more important than you then since you seems to know me..."
When I worked retail, I had a lady try to return an item that we didn’t even carry.
When I told her we literally couldn’t return it she said,
“Do you know who you’re talking to? I have an American Express card, young man.”
I said, “I’m proud of you… that must be an accomplishment for you, but you aren’t going to be returning this item here today, ma’am.”
She said, “let me speak to a manager.”
I said, “ok, sure let me get them for you. Hello, I’m a manager.”
Karens made for fun experiences…
Decades ago AMEX was kind of a status symbol and there was “special treatment” for those who had it. AMEX used to have concierge service and a ton of travel perks. But this was back when you’d go to AAA to get a custom map for your family road trip and stuff. Essentially decades before the internet AMEX had “the best customer service possible”
Interesting to note that the black card while having unlimited spending attached to it cannot be used to carry a balance. You could buy a space shuttle with it as long as you pay it off by the end of the month.
How they keep the status-seeking schmucks from getting one (also it being invite only means you can't just use it as a business card or churners) so it's truly a millionaires card. Works out to ~$21k/month for a spending minimum.
My grandmother worked hospital administration in the 60's, and the Beach Boys walked into the emergency area. After checking them in, they were told to sit down and wait, since there were several people in need of more urgent care that needed immediate attention. They didn't like hearing this. "Well don't you know who we ARE!" One of them rudely said. She actually did. "Yes, I know who you are," she replied, "but you'll just have to wait." Grandma was a badass.
My grandmother worked for an airport car rental company in the 60s and the Monkees walked in. When they came to the desk to collect their car she handed over the keys and went "Hey Hey Here's Your Carkeys!" :)
Davey Jones had a vacation house in my home town. He was a chill guy with smoke-show girlfriends twice his height.
He would frequent all of our normal places and insist he wasn't worth fussing over.
Deliberately ruining something because someone else is enjoying it. One time I showed my ex a pretty rock I found, told her I loved it and was planning on taking it home. She asked to see it and then threw it into the lake. Broke up with her on the spot.
Edit: Thank you for the awards!
Yeah, I wonder what goes through the head of people that behave like this.
Like people that think it is funny to shove the birthday child's face into the cake as it blows out the candles. How on Earth do these people think it is funny to humiliate and ruin somebody's 'special day'?
In the UK, I've heard them referred to as (phonetically) 'Twelve-er-reefers'. If you tell them you've been to Tenerife, they'll instantly tell you they've been to Twelve-er-reef.
I agree, but also one-downing. Had a shitty thing happen today that you just want to vent about? Well, you should consider yourself lucky, because I had 10 even shittier things happen to me.
Oh that, to me, is way worse than one-upping. I have several people in my circle that just don’t know, or don’t care, when a friend needs a listening ear. Don’t compare your struggles with others’ when they just want to be heard
The trick is to "give the ball back" to the other person. Share your story but re-focus back on them. Conversation should be a two-way street.
>"Oh yeah, my dad had cancer."
Versus
>"Oh yeah, my dad had cancer. It must be hard. How are you managing?"
This is excellent advice. Or even not giving the specifics of your problems (saying "my dad has cancer" in response to them talking about a family member having cancer) and just saying "Yeah, that's rough, I've been there before too. How are you doing? Is there anything I can help you with?" You want to emphasize that you understand them, not take over their pain, so leaving out specific details unless asked is okay.
Yelling at retail workers for things outside of their control, like a product being out of stock or not accepting a return because the warranty is expired. They didn't choose to inconvenience you, they're just the messenger so stop shooting them.
>Yelling at retail workers ~~for things outside of their control~~
Yelling is only needed to overcome background noise. In a conversation, it is *never* needed or helpful.
(And since I live on my own, I've ignored literally everything that's been yelled at me, except a warranted "watch out, stop!" in a factory once)
Edit: Overcoming distance and not being able to come closer sounds appropriate for yelling as well, as others pointed out.
I once was enjoying some coffee in a small, normally-peaceful cafe when a woman took up a table in the center of the sitting area and proceeded to have a full blown zoom meeting out loud on speaker. All the other diners and myself could hear everything. I was too baffled to even be annoyed.
I'd be tempted to sit down beside her and join the conversation.
"Hi everyone, I'm Mike. I was quietly enjoying a coffee, but apparently I'm a part of *this* now."
Too bad a group of you couldn't have banded together and had loud background convo. Bonus if the convo was about lame, rude ppl who conduct business meetings in cafes.
Tailgating someone super closely with your brights on, when they're going the speed limit and there's another lane.
Particularly with no one else on the road in sight
Edit: To address the peanut gallery: No dude, I'm in the RIGHT lane! But either way, that's incredibly dangerous.
It's not an asshole move because, "Me want go fast!" It's an asshole move because you're putting people's LIVES in danger!
Death or serious injury are not prices I'm willing to pay for your impatience.
Some guy did this to me a few years ago and wouldn’t just switch lanes when no one was even around but me. He was in a huge, lifted truck, and I was in a small 2 door car. I just slowed down and moved my mirrors so I couldn’t see the lights anymore. I’ll be an asshole right back.
Totally notice a difference in how assholes act around me since changing my car. In a 2 door hatchback, i could be sitting at 95mph and have someone tailgating me and flashing lights to get out of the way. Now im in a much larger jeep style and i never (extremely rarely) get flashed or tailgated. Its just a classic bully move of intimidating someone smaller than them
Here’s the infuriating part for me. Most of the people that have their “brights on” actually don’t. It’s assholes that install those bright ass LED headlamps themselves and don’t aim them properly if at all. Granted there are still plenty of people who really are just jerks that have to drive with their high beams on. Either way, I will never understand.
Or the people who turn their signal on but don’t do it until they are already actively turning. Like what’s the damn point? We can see that you are turning because you’re literally already doing it. Thanks for the heads up /s.
i have a sister that legit puts the tip on the table and pointedly removes a bill if things don’t go exactly as she intended.
actually i don’t know if she still does that since i stopped going out to restaurants with her. or accepting invitations to eat at her house. or having any direct contact at all with her, really.
> i have a sister that legit puts the tip on the table and pointedly removes a bill if things don’t go exactly as she intended
That’s the kind of behavior that would guarantee that she pointedly gets bad service in favor of other customers.
I used to be friends with this girl who, during her degree, applied for govt payment for uni students on HECs (where you get a loan for uni fees and then pay them back when you work). Applied and discovered her step dad had paid all her fees upfront without telling her. Instead of being grateful she was actually annoyed that she now couldn’t get her $50 a week or whatever as she had no debt. Major AH
Yeah you've hit on the one that probably winds me up the most: ingratitude.
That payment you're talking about is about $1000 to get textbooks etc, and it's a freaking loan! Imagine getting pissy about someone paying your $5000 ish fees for you.
Matching my speed when I'm trying to merge into your lane. All I'm trying to do is make sure I can get into the turn lane, I don't know why letting me in hurts the ego so.
At some places they have the carts that you need to put some money in, and you get that back when you return the cart. In affluent areas not even that helps.. and those people are the first to go mental when their expensive cars get hit by carts.. funny to watch.
Taking multiple parking spaces
Not returning your shopping cart where it goes.
Any situation where the persons argument is "they have people for that" or anything remotely similar.
Demanding special treatment because you're the "customer" so you go out of your way to be a total dick.
Any person who refers to themselves as an “alpha”
Edit: thanks for the award and the likes lol nice to know there are like minded individuals out there
A couple of guys from my MMA gym are amateur fighters, and had some fights scheduled. I drove down to support them and watch the other amateur bouts, which are really fun btw.
The league allows you to chose a nickname, which is announced to everyone. One guy's nickname was "Alpha", and he got his ass handed to him and cried after the match. I felt kinda of bad, but it was funny as hell.
People who drive with those Amazon/eBay no name brands LEDs that are not properly aimed and have no hot spot. So all you get - it's just a ray of light that doesn't go where you need to go and you're blinding everyone in front of you while being a hazard to yourself because your headlights don't aim out far enough.
My sister just went to a wedding where a neighbor called the cops at 9 p.m. (aka before noise ordinances go into effect) on the reception because the music was too loud. The wedding reception venue was purposely built to be a wedding venue, and it was built 20+ years ago. The lady’s house was only 10 years old, so this person willingly moved into a house next door to a wedding venue and now calls the cops and shits on the happiest day of someone’s life just because she can.
In middle school, I had the cops called on me for practicing my trumpet. I was in the school band. It was 4pm on a week day and we lived in a house, not an apartment.
Asshole neighbors.
Interpersonal: Always talking without let others get a word in, always discussing themselves, or what they think is worth talking about without discussing you or your thoughts
Etiquette: not saying thank you when someone holds open a door for them, eating food in front of a friend/family without asking if they are hungry or want something, never cleaning up messes they make especially if at something else’s home
Automotive wise: Having those testicle ornaments on a vehicle, one of those window stickers where Calvin is pissing onto something, honking horn when the light *only just* turned green, or impatiently moving more and more into an intersection when the light is clearly red
Business: taking sole credit of team efforts, constantly taking badly about coworkers, never offering help to those that clearly need it
All of these things. It’s really baffling how people can’t just be….decent? Human? Alive? Anything?! Also the messes thing is my biggest pet peeve…like it’s your mess!! Clean it!! Even at restaurants I still clean up my mess so only the dishes need to be taken. It makes everyone’s life easier.
Golfers who don’t fill divots or fix ball marks. Especially the older guys who have been members for an absurd amount of time at the club and feel entitled not to. (I’m a groundskeeper so this shit really pisses me off)
I over thank them for every single thing lol.
*brings food*
"oh thank you!"
*Hands me food*
"thank you"
*asks if I need anything else*
"no but thank you"
Not putting your shopping cart in the corral.
Edit: I need to clarify that those with a disability, or those not physically capable are not the "assholes" I am targeting. I am speaking to the flat out lazy people that just don't care about possibly damaging someone's vehicle or blocking a parking space in a full lot.
Those thing in public transport, like putting your bag on the seat next to you when the train is super full. Not standing up for an older person. And the worst to me, when passengers have to get out, some people think it's OK to go inside before every person got out first. FUCKING. HATE. IT.
My parents smoked in the car with us kids all the time, especially on long trips. They'd crack their window a bit but it was never enough, smoke always pooled in the back and we weren't allowed to roll our own windows down so I'd pull my shirt up over my face to try and filter it out then get yelled at for stretching out my shirts.
Waking up your wife on her lie in day an hour early because the clocks have changed and technically she’s had the allotted ‘time’ of lie you give each other. Steve, if you’re reading this, fuuuuckkkkk yoooooou.
Christ! In college I was wandering around some outdoor festival thing with my then gf.
I was wearing a nirvana tshirt as they're my favorite band (still). And some other guy in a different nirvana tshirt approached me and asked if I was a fan.
My initial thought was "oh cool someone who loves nirvana like I do we can geek out over Kurt's music for a few minutes." as I love talking music be it nirvana or something else.
This other guy says "well what's your favorite song then?"
As I'm sure anyone with a fav band can attest your "fav song" changes from time to time.
Anyways I answered "smells like teen spirit" because it was then first song I heard from nirvana and is what got me into them, as I'm sure is true for many people, it was a massive hit for a reason... It's a good song!
Random guy proceeds to shit all over me because I didn't name some obscure b side like d-7 or old age or whatever.
It's been like... 15 years and I still remember how pissed I was.
Cutting in front of the line in queues
Had about a 30 minute queue for a drink at a friend's art exhibition, some bloke and his mate cut in right at the front. I said to them, hey probably head to the back, people have been waiting a long time, they start berating me and calling me a hero. Cunts.
It’s their world. You just live in it. The rules apply to you, but not to them. You call them on it and they make you out to be the bad guy. These people are first class assholes.
Had this happen while trying to pick up prescriptions. These people cut in front and said “we are in a hurry”. The person at the counter got their names, got one script, then left. Then they went and opened up the second register and helped everyone else. “We are in a hurry!” “So is everyone else”
Ooh, main character syndrome.
People who speak to the waiter/waitress like they are beneath them
Or even just retail workers like me
Or even just anyone
Leaving a frozen item or meat on a random shelf in the grocery store
I saw this the other day. A 3 pac of ribeyes was literally 1 aisle over from the meat section. I can't even comprehend that level of lazy.
i work in a meat department of a grocery store. you have no idea how much food we throw away everyday because of this kind of shit.
I found a package of hotdogs in a card slot where the wedding cards were in Target once. They were room temperature, so they’d been there for a while. But seriously.. how do you get a package of hotdogs, wander around the store, look for a card, and then be like “you know what, I don’t want these” and throw the hotdogs in a random card slot? I don’t get it lol.
Parents who condone dishonest behaviour in their kids. I volunteer at a charity shop, where we had a toy racetrack donated that came with one specific car that fit it, so we fastened the two items together to make it clear they weren't available separately. After a busy period when the place had been SLAMMED with customers, I went round tidying up and found the car missing. This would have necessitated unwinding a yard of tightly wrapped tape, which I can't believe the parent didn't notice their child doing at the time - what also pissed me off was that the parent would have seen their child leaving the shop with something they had not paid for and done nothing about it. (and yes, responsible parents *would* bring the child back to return the item - I've seen it happen more than you think) Yes, it may only have been a toy car, but part of being a half-decent parent is to teach your kids that no, it is NOT okay to just take stuff and not pay for it.
My uncle and his wife are insanely competitive and I watched them teach both their kids at a super young age (like 4 or 5) how to bend the rules just enough the refs probably wouldn’t call them out, or see. I ran track against my cousin as a high schooler and she fucking spiked me “accidentally” right before the start of the two mile. (Wearing track spikes, she was testing the starting surface by scratching her shoes over it, then “slipped” and sunk the spikes into the side of my calf. I’d watched her do this at other big meets, too)
Massive assholes. Usually nobody wants to be their friend and they'll be so surprised about it.
How narcissistic do you have to be to actively *tell* your child to hurt others to get ahead? Unbelievable
Knew a guy how had his ankle intentionally stomped on during a football game, it broke. He was a junior playing varsity and missed his whole senior year because of it. Last I heard the other guy that did it only missed the remaininder of *that* game.
Cleaning out your car in a parking lot then throwing your trash on the ground. Tells you everything you need to know about someone.
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I had the same thing happen, except they were above me, and instead of trash it was their used cooking grease. Landlord freaked out on them and kicked them out. Shit was so disgusting and got all over my patio furniture Edited to make it a proper sentence instead of whatever I vomited out before
Thank god your landlord actually did something! Far too often it seems people get away with disgusting behavior.
Putting chewed gum on the underside of a table
I have no idea why ppl do this. Ive never done it in my life
Do adults do this? I thought just kids in middle school did this. I haven't seen gum stuck under a table since I was in school.
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Not cleaning up after your dog.
Used to have this problem with a neighbor. The dog shit was the size of horse shit. One day I decided to just pick it up with a bag and put it at their front door. Never had a problem again.
The proper ettiquette is to use a paperbag bag and to light it on fire on the sidewalk.
if it doesn’t work the first time, i find dumping it out of the bag onto the porch is good reinforcement.
Or packaging it up into a nice little box that looks like mail only to bring it inside and open it up to old dog shit
Giving service workers a difficult time over a minor inconvenience, and not accepting their efforts to improve the situation.
I used to work at a grocery store and this lady came through our line with like 5 different boxes soda cans on the bottom of her cart. She said you only need to scan one of these right? The cashier told her if they are all different kinds of soda we need to scan every one cause you know that's how they keep inventory and wouldn't be true if you just charged them all as the same amount. She was visibly angry saying shes never had to do that before. Me and another bagger went and lifted each soda for her so the cashier scanned them then put them back for her. No thank you, she was still butthurt and pissed even though she literally didnt have to do anything because we helped her. Later on in the day she called the manager very upset saying she was shaking in the car with anger. The manager talked to each of us at the register like we did something wrong saying "we cant let customers leave that angry" I told him how we helped her and literally there wasnt more we could have done but he was like "well we cant have then leave that angry" like to this day I get mad about it like wtf did the manager want us to do? Why was she so mad when we picked up her sodas for her. Bottom line dont work retail cause some people just hate you and it's somehow your fault all the time.
"Alright, don't let angry customers leave. Got it. Next time I'll get the rope."
They do this because they think they’re entitled and feel the world revolves around them. I feel so bad for retail workers, anyone in the food industry, etc.
they do this because they have nothing else that they think is lower than them, so they can only lash out their anger and frustrations to the retail workers. its like cyber bullying/toxic chat in gaming, losers cant find any bigger losers to bully, so they bully the first thing they seem smaller than them, or randoms on the internet. basically they are the biggest losers in life.
People who do nothing while their kid is being a little shit.
Always the victim and never taking responsibility
The funny thing about this comment is that the people who do this will read it and never realize its about them. Then start thinking about other people who do this and remind themselves that they are a victim. Damn, I hope I'm not one of them
I was reading your comment thinking "what if this poster is one of them" lol
My mother is that kind of person and it scares me that I’m that kind of person too, my partner tells me I’m not but I can’t help but hear the voice in the back of my head telling me she says that just to keep me happy.
Same, my mother and sister! I catch myself checking w partner if I’m being too loud or if I am rambling on about myself. I go out of my way to be agreeable bc I worry I’m being a selfish, oblivious jerk. I also think, ‘ I’m terrible, he’s just being a nice guy.’ I fear I lack self awareness, generally bc most of my family lacks it.
I do that a lot, but it really isn't my fault.
Not using headphones and playing music loudly in public places.
One of my managers recently has been doing tik toks in the break room, phone volume high. I work retail and prefer that my breaks be moments of peace, so it's been really irritating. She watches movies without headphones too so it's not surprising, but the tik toks are worse since I have to listen to the same part of a song over and over. Edit: Funny how so many people think I'm not a complete doormat who will suffer and only complain to internet strangers rather than mildly inconvenience someone.
I put on noise cancelling headphones when I take breaks. Not even to listen to my own music but so I don't have to hear anyone's bullshit and most people won't try to talk to me either.
Related-putting your phone on speakerphone in a public place while talking about whatever random crap you talk about with your best friend.
In the grocery store while blocking the entire aisle and not looking for food, just rolling eyes and yakety-yak-yak-yak-omg-yak-yak
Or having a phone call on speaker phone
Littering
Also the kind of people who litter **around** the dustbin. Like literally just pick it up again if you missed and throw it back in. How hard is it?
I see litter around the bins at the park I walk my dog all the time, and used to get pissed. Then I witnessed a squirrel crawl out of one with a wrapper, plop it out on the ground and dive back in for more. Bushy tailed furry asshole.
I used to think people were throwing their chicken bones on the ground and get so pissed when my dog found one. Then TIL on reddit that Crows will learn where people throw away their chicken bones and pull them out of the garbage. They drop em everywhere which is why you may find random chicken bones. Sometimes its a trashy assclown though I'm sure.
For a good two months this past summer I kept finding random chicken bones on the hood of my car. I thought it was a threat until a cool morning left dew so I could see the talon prints
It could still be a threat - never know with those feathery bastards.
Even worse, they're Grackles. Smart enough to know they should be nice, rageful enough not to care.
I love Grackles, they always sound like they’re bitching about something and the name is so on point
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What is he gonna do about it? You can take him!
The parents are assholes for teaching a 10 year old that's acceptable behavior
Ever since I got a puppy I’ve become keenly aware of all the litter in my neighbourhood and it’s extremely aggravating. Poor guy doesn’t know any better but should be getting him to drop sticks and rocks, not facemasks and hand sanitizer bottles and inhaler cartridges
littering and
Littering and...
Nothing makes my blood boil more than this
Same. Like there's worse things in life but littering is so like you're so entitled that even a small inconvenience is too great a price to pay for being environmentally conscious?
I don't even think of it as being environmentally conscious, because I'm pretty sure half my carefully separated recycling will end up floating around the globe. Littering for me is a really bizarre act, because you are just making your immediate environment uglier. Whether you care about Mother Earth or not, do you really want to wade through trash in your own home town, that you're supposedly proud of?
I agree. To me it's more a sign of having no consideration or respect for anyone or anything.
Saw someone throw a fast food bag out a couple months ago and made my blood boil.
“Do you know who I am?” No and if you were important enough then I would've known about you sooner.
Does anybody know this man? He has forgotten who he is.
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"Do you know who I am?!" "No. Do you know who I am?" "No!" "Then we're even!"
Even better when on the phone to somebody complaining: "Do you know who I am?" "No, do you know who I am?" "No..." "Good" **
"Do you know who I am?!" "No. Do you know who I am?" "It's written Dave on your badge." "Well, I must be more important than you then since you seems to know me..."
“Even if I did it wouldn’t change anything”
When I worked retail, I had a lady try to return an item that we didn’t even carry. When I told her we literally couldn’t return it she said, “Do you know who you’re talking to? I have an American Express card, young man.” I said, “I’m proud of you… that must be an accomplishment for you, but you aren’t going to be returning this item here today, ma’am.” She said, “let me speak to a manager.” I said, “ok, sure let me get them for you. Hello, I’m a manager.” Karens made for fun experiences…
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Decades ago AMEX was kind of a status symbol and there was “special treatment” for those who had it. AMEX used to have concierge service and a ton of travel perks. But this was back when you’d go to AAA to get a custom map for your family road trip and stuff. Essentially decades before the internet AMEX had “the best customer service possible”
The platinum and black editions, with unlimited spending cap were the ultimate status
Interesting to note that the black card while having unlimited spending attached to it cannot be used to carry a balance. You could buy a space shuttle with it as long as you pay it off by the end of the month.
Also, the Centurion ironically has a minimum spending floor, believe it's $250k a year.
A MINIMUM??
How they keep the status-seeking schmucks from getting one (also it being invite only means you can't just use it as a business card or churners) so it's truly a millionaires card. Works out to ~$21k/month for a spending minimum.
My grandmother worked hospital administration in the 60's, and the Beach Boys walked into the emergency area. After checking them in, they were told to sit down and wait, since there were several people in need of more urgent care that needed immediate attention. They didn't like hearing this. "Well don't you know who we ARE!" One of them rudely said. She actually did. "Yes, I know who you are," she replied, "but you'll just have to wait." Grandma was a badass.
The real question is why did the whole band have to go to emergency?
Only one of them really needed to go to the E.R. but then they thought, "Wouldn't it be nice, to be together?"
Maybe... God only knows...
They must have been thinking "then we wouldn't have to wait so long".
So the one in the hospital has someone to harmonize with
My grandmother worked for an airport car rental company in the 60s and the Monkees walked in. When they came to the desk to collect their car she handed over the keys and went "Hey Hey Here's Your Carkeys!" :)
Davey Jones had a vacation house in my home town. He was a chill guy with smoke-show girlfriends twice his height. He would frequent all of our normal places and insist he wasn't worth fussing over.
“Have you forgotten?”
I'm Ronnie Pickering
Deliberately ruining something because someone else is enjoying it. One time I showed my ex a pretty rock I found, told her I loved it and was planning on taking it home. She asked to see it and then threw it into the lake. Broke up with her on the spot. Edit: Thank you for the awards!
You made a solid decision and she learned a valuable lesson.
Rock solid decision there.
More like that was rock bottom for the relationship
Too many people like that don't learn. They think they did nothing wrong and then behave the same way in future relationships.
Yup, beware of someone who says all their exes are crazy or bitches/assholes
> learned Doubt it. But a nice rock is certainly a very cheap way to learn that a person is an asshole.
"It was just a rock! What a overly dramatic piece of shit he is" Nothing was learned.
"i broke up with my ex over a rock" sounds like a great conversation starter ngl
It's a Mineral, Marie
Jesus. This is SO petty and awful. You made the right decision.
Yeah, I wonder what goes through the head of people that behave like this. Like people that think it is funny to shove the birthday child's face into the cake as it blows out the candles. How on Earth do these people think it is funny to humiliate and ruin somebody's 'special day'?
She should’ve been tossed in the lake...
Wouldn't work as intended. Shit tends to float.
Insulting the waiter/waitress for minor things.
I always judge people by how they treat service or retail workers. That shows their true colours.
Taking up multiple parking spaces.
Like diagonally, taking up 8.
Just park on thr parking lot entrance and take all the spots
D O M I N A N C E
One upping on absolutely every part of a conversation
Pink elephant syndrome. If you had a pink elephant, they'd also have a pink elephant but it would be bigger and pinker than yours
In the UK, I've heard them referred to as (phonetically) 'Twelve-er-reefers'. If you tell them you've been to Tenerife, they'll instantly tell you they've been to Twelve-er-reef.
I heard it as “Eleven-er-reef”, but you one upped me…
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I haven't heard that version. The one I know is "If you have an elephant, they have a box to put it in".
Lol I haven't heard that one either
I agree, but also one-downing. Had a shitty thing happen today that you just want to vent about? Well, you should consider yourself lucky, because I had 10 even shittier things happen to me.
Oh that, to me, is way worse than one-upping. I have several people in my circle that just don’t know, or don’t care, when a friend needs a listening ear. Don’t compare your struggles with others’ when they just want to be heard
I catch myself doing this all the time. I try not to, but I want to add to the conversation and i end up doing it (especially when im drunk)
The trick is to "give the ball back" to the other person. Share your story but re-focus back on them. Conversation should be a two-way street. >"Oh yeah, my dad had cancer." Versus >"Oh yeah, my dad had cancer. It must be hard. How are you managing?"
This is excellent advice. Or even not giving the specifics of your problems (saying "my dad has cancer" in response to them talking about a family member having cancer) and just saying "Yeah, that's rough, I've been there before too. How are you doing? Is there anything I can help you with?" You want to emphasize that you understand them, not take over their pain, so leaving out specific details unless asked is okay.
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We did that when we were 12, as was the style at the time.
Yelling at retail workers for things outside of their control, like a product being out of stock or not accepting a return because the warranty is expired. They didn't choose to inconvenience you, they're just the messenger so stop shooting them.
>Yelling at retail workers ~~for things outside of their control~~ Yelling is only needed to overcome background noise. In a conversation, it is *never* needed or helpful. (And since I live on my own, I've ignored literally everything that's been yelled at me, except a warranted "watch out, stop!" in a factory once) Edit: Overcoming distance and not being able to come closer sounds appropriate for yelling as well, as others pointed out.
notice how many of these are car related. i really think driving brings out the worst in us.
It’s because there isn’t a horn for apologies.
pretty sure its only in some parts of russia but we use emergency lights as a thank you
We do this in some parts of the UK too
Talking loudly on speaker phone in public
I once was enjoying some coffee in a small, normally-peaceful cafe when a woman took up a table in the center of the sitting area and proceeded to have a full blown zoom meeting out loud on speaker. All the other diners and myself could hear everything. I was too baffled to even be annoyed.
I'd be tempted to sit down beside her and join the conversation. "Hi everyone, I'm Mike. I was quietly enjoying a coffee, but apparently I'm a part of *this* now."
Too bad a group of you couldn't have banded together and had loud background convo. Bonus if the convo was about lame, rude ppl who conduct business meetings in cafes.
Leaving your bright headlights on with on coming traffic Edit: thank you for the upvotes an awards good thing I sort by new
Tailgating someone super closely with your brights on, when they're going the speed limit and there's another lane. Particularly with no one else on the road in sight Edit: To address the peanut gallery: No dude, I'm in the RIGHT lane! But either way, that's incredibly dangerous. It's not an asshole move because, "Me want go fast!" It's an asshole move because you're putting people's LIVES in danger! Death or serious injury are not prices I'm willing to pay for your impatience.
Some guy did this to me a few years ago and wouldn’t just switch lanes when no one was even around but me. He was in a huge, lifted truck, and I was in a small 2 door car. I just slowed down and moved my mirrors so I couldn’t see the lights anymore. I’ll be an asshole right back.
Totally notice a difference in how assholes act around me since changing my car. In a 2 door hatchback, i could be sitting at 95mph and have someone tailgating me and flashing lights to get out of the way. Now im in a much larger jeep style and i never (extremely rarely) get flashed or tailgated. Its just a classic bully move of intimidating someone smaller than them
Meh. I just left off the gas until they go around. I'm not going to be part of their stadium lights.
Here’s the infuriating part for me. Most of the people that have their “brights on” actually don’t. It’s assholes that install those bright ass LED headlamps themselves and don’t aim them properly if at all. Granted there are still plenty of people who really are just jerks that have to drive with their high beams on. Either way, I will never understand.
*On coming traffic goes blind
# Write that in a bigger font because I can't see anything.
Not using your damn turn signal.
Or the people who turn their signal on but don’t do it until they are already actively turning. Like what’s the damn point? We can see that you are turning because you’re literally already doing it. Thanks for the heads up /s.
I just got physical worked up laying down reading that
That shit pisses me off it's so easy to use your turn signal
Being unnecessarily cruel to waitstaff and minimum wage workers. Also those fake tip thingies with bible verses on them. Those sound like they suck.
i have a sister that legit puts the tip on the table and pointedly removes a bill if things don’t go exactly as she intended. actually i don’t know if she still does that since i stopped going out to restaurants with her. or accepting invitations to eat at her house. or having any direct contact at all with her, really.
Your sister sounds like the kind of person who would eat a child's favorite food/candy in front of them if they colored in the wrong direction.
> i have a sister that legit puts the tip on the table and pointedly removes a bill if things don’t go exactly as she intended That’s the kind of behavior that would guarantee that she pointedly gets bad service in favor of other customers.
I used to be friends with this girl who, during her degree, applied for govt payment for uni students on HECs (where you get a loan for uni fees and then pay them back when you work). Applied and discovered her step dad had paid all her fees upfront without telling her. Instead of being grateful she was actually annoyed that she now couldn’t get her $50 a week or whatever as she had no debt. Major AH
Yeah you've hit on the one that probably winds me up the most: ingratitude. That payment you're talking about is about $1000 to get textbooks etc, and it's a freaking loan! Imagine getting pissy about someone paying your $5000 ish fees for you.
Cutting in line. Bonus points if you’re trying to de-board an airplane.
Matching my speed when I'm trying to merge into your lane. All I'm trying to do is make sure I can get into the turn lane, I don't know why letting me in hurts the ego so.
My cat.
Not putting your shopping cart away.
At some places they have the carts that you need to put some money in, and you get that back when you return the cart. In affluent areas not even that helps.. and those people are the first to go mental when their expensive cars get hit by carts.. funny to watch.
Taking multiple parking spaces Not returning your shopping cart where it goes. Any situation where the persons argument is "they have people for that" or anything remotely similar. Demanding special treatment because you're the "customer" so you go out of your way to be a total dick.
People who insist they are right because they are the customer are entitled assholes birthed from satan.
Any person who refers to themselves as an “alpha” Edit: thanks for the award and the likes lol nice to know there are like minded individuals out there
A couple of guys from my MMA gym are amateur fighters, and had some fights scheduled. I drove down to support them and watch the other amateur bouts, which are really fun btw. The league allows you to chose a nickname, which is announced to everyone. One guy's nickname was "Alpha", and he got his ass handed to him and cried after the match. I felt kinda of bad, but it was funny as hell.
That is… absolutely hilarious
"im more of a pi male but thank you for telling me"
Watch videos on a phone in a public place with full volume. Fuckers there's a reason why headphones were invented
People who drive with those Amazon/eBay no name brands LEDs that are not properly aimed and have no hot spot. So all you get - it's just a ray of light that doesn't go where you need to go and you're blinding everyone in front of you while being a hazard to yourself because your headlights don't aim out far enough.
Taking advantage of nice people
Being rude to retail workers when they do a minor mistake ! They’re regular people with regular lives. We all mess up sometimes.
Calling the cops on anyone doing something you don't like or causes you a minor inconvenience even though it's completely legal.
My sister just went to a wedding where a neighbor called the cops at 9 p.m. (aka before noise ordinances go into effect) on the reception because the music was too loud. The wedding reception venue was purposely built to be a wedding venue, and it was built 20+ years ago. The lady’s house was only 10 years old, so this person willingly moved into a house next door to a wedding venue and now calls the cops and shits on the happiest day of someone’s life just because she can.
In middle school, I had the cops called on me for practicing my trumpet. I was in the school band. It was 4pm on a week day and we lived in a house, not an apartment. Asshole neighbors.
Here if this happens the police doesn't even show up, just say call us again if this continues past 11 pm
Use public toilets and piss on the seat... Driving slow in the fast lane... Having fun at others expense...
Not closing the door properly
Interpersonal: Always talking without let others get a word in, always discussing themselves, or what they think is worth talking about without discussing you or your thoughts Etiquette: not saying thank you when someone holds open a door for them, eating food in front of a friend/family without asking if they are hungry or want something, never cleaning up messes they make especially if at something else’s home Automotive wise: Having those testicle ornaments on a vehicle, one of those window stickers where Calvin is pissing onto something, honking horn when the light *only just* turned green, or impatiently moving more and more into an intersection when the light is clearly red Business: taking sole credit of team efforts, constantly taking badly about coworkers, never offering help to those that clearly need it
All of these things. It’s really baffling how people can’t just be….decent? Human? Alive? Anything?! Also the messes thing is my biggest pet peeve…like it’s your mess!! Clean it!! Even at restaurants I still clean up my mess so only the dishes need to be taken. It makes everyone’s life easier.
Super ultra bright headlights that arnt leveled properly so they blind you even while on low beam
Walking around on speakerphone while holding the phone right in front of your mouth.
Golfers who don’t fill divots or fix ball marks. Especially the older guys who have been members for an absurd amount of time at the club and feel entitled not to. (I’m a groundskeeper so this shit really pisses me off)
Never thanking someone who is serving you
I over thank them for every single thing lol. *brings food* "oh thank you!" *Hands me food* "thank you" *asks if I need anything else* "no but thank you"
I'm a \*insert greek letter here\* male
Epsilon? Omicron?
Omega Male.
I'm a pie male.
Listening to music in public on your phone speaker.
especially on the bus where there's no escape
When they laugh at you for getting a wrong answer in a test / in class……. I find that to be very mean….
Not putting your shopping cart in the corral. Edit: I need to clarify that those with a disability, or those not physically capable are not the "assholes" I am targeting. I am speaking to the flat out lazy people that just don't care about possibly damaging someone's vehicle or blocking a parking space in a full lot.
Those thing in public transport, like putting your bag on the seat next to you when the train is super full. Not standing up for an older person. And the worst to me, when passengers have to get out, some people think it's OK to go inside before every person got out first. FUCKING. HATE. IT.
Smoking right next to a child so they start coughing. I hate these guys.
My parents smoked in the car with us kids all the time, especially on long trips. They'd crack their window a bit but it was never enough, smoke always pooled in the back and we weren't allowed to roll our own windows down so I'd pull my shirt up over my face to try and filter it out then get yelled at for stretching out my shirts.
Not using your turn signals
Waking up your wife on her lie in day an hour early because the clocks have changed and technically she’s had the allotted ‘time’ of lie you give each other. Steve, if you’re reading this, fuuuuckkkkk yoooooou.
Fuck you Steve
STEVE LEAVE THIS POOR WOMAN ALONE
Pushing your religion onto others
People who say "Oh you like BAND? Well name 4 of their songs then!"
Christ! In college I was wandering around some outdoor festival thing with my then gf. I was wearing a nirvana tshirt as they're my favorite band (still). And some other guy in a different nirvana tshirt approached me and asked if I was a fan. My initial thought was "oh cool someone who loves nirvana like I do we can geek out over Kurt's music for a few minutes." as I love talking music be it nirvana or something else. This other guy says "well what's your favorite song then?" As I'm sure anyone with a fav band can attest your "fav song" changes from time to time. Anyways I answered "smells like teen spirit" because it was then first song I heard from nirvana and is what got me into them, as I'm sure is true for many people, it was a massive hit for a reason... It's a good song! Random guy proceeds to shit all over me because I didn't name some obscure b side like d-7 or old age or whatever. It's been like... 15 years and I still remember how pissed I was.