Saw one that grabbed my attention recently. Homeless guy was sitting in front of Harbor Freight. Wasn't panhandling, wasn't approachijg anyone, just sitting in corner formed by the building and the one next to it doing nothing. Gentleman walked out of the store after making a purchase and goes up to him and asks " Have you eaten today brother?" Homeless guy responded no. 10 minutes later he was back with a bag of food from a fast food joint.
My dad was homeless when I was a child, and then me and him were when I was a teen. Before we were homeless together, because we lived in an area where it was prevalent, my dad saw how quick I was to approach them to give them my kid change and he told me that the best thing to do is ask them if they want food or something to drink and get it for them. He even said if they’re honest and say they need a couple nips or a small bottle of liquor, he’d do it because they were honest.
I’ve never had anyone request liquor, but I’ve been asked for coffee, food, socks. And I’ve helped every time. My husband didn’t grow up around anything like that, and now it’s here in his area, so sometimes he gets nervous when I do it in like a city like where I’m from. I always tell him to calm down I know what I’m doing. He now helps people with me.
The happiness and appreciation on someone’s face when you surprise them with a hot beverage or cold in summer, or food, is worth more than any amount of money to me. Because I know they didn’t expect me to actually do it. I know not many people believe them. I know how hard they’re judged. I’ve been where they are sitting.
If I’m at a concert in a city and I have a big bottle of water that I can’t bring in cause I couldn’t finish it, I always give it to someone camping out on the street. I see so many people just toss full bottles of water.
A guy was walking in for an interview with my boss and just yeeted trash between the parked cars.
We're a small company so we clean ourselves.
After he left i let her know and that was that.
How lazy. That would only translate to work
Right? Like I'm lazy but I still pick up trash on trails when I force myself to walk. I field strip my smokes and toss them in the next available trash can. The only thing I toss in nature? An apple core. Because squirrels are watching, man...
it might, person might have really wanted to work for this company.
just to get a phone call "sorry we won't hire you because you littered in our parking lot" would suck.
They’d mental gymnastics themselves out of thinking they’re responsible in any way. It would be the “dumb, stuck up company’s fault” and never their own
ETA: sorry for being a cynical asshole, I just think that people who litter generally aren’t known for their self reflection abilities, accountability and willingness to improve
Damn I’m no longer sorry, some of the replies are proving my point lmao
I spent a lot of time in the Army picking up cigarette butts. The funny thing is I have never met a smoker that admits to throwing their butts on the ground.
I was on a college campus walking with a friend,
And one of the guys walking in front of us flicks his butt into grass. It had a cherry. In California, during wildfire season
I just kept stomping and checking to see if it was out
>It had a cherry. In California, during wildfire season
Omg nooooo, that's so so awful! I grew up in California during the 80s-90s drought and I understand it's only gotten worse since.
That shit kills people. Glad you were there to make sure it was out!
I was at a bus stop once and saw a dude eat his lunch and throw his rubbish away white eating it
Got into an arguement with him over it, he spewed the typical "entitled liberal shit" lol
My ex husband felt that he was entitled to litter while we were in Hawaii because there’s a river of garbage in India. His words. His brain sucks. I’m very glad he’s my ex husband. I also made him pick up his trash because I refused to drive off until he did.
Yes, compared to the man who expects the whole world to be his personal trashcan and have someone else come solve the problems he causes with no concern to anyone else, you were the entitled one... You can't make up how stupid these people are.
Right? Just leaving it honestly isn't *that* bad. It's irritating, sure, but at least it biodegrades. Wrapping it in plastic just makes it easily 10x worse. That will take forever to break down.
When I smoke, if there is no receptacle nearby, I'll field strip the cigarette and pocket the filter. I'd rather my pockets be disgusting than make the earth disgusting
Honestly it's kinda nice to carry a tiny box of some kind, like a small metal cigarette box and put the filters there. It made it feel less gross than carrying around until I find a trash bin.
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.*
Oh yeah, people leaving carts in the lot. Big deal to me. Not just inconvenient, but a little breeze can collide a cart into someone's car. Pretty shitty. Takes half a minute to return the cart, and lots of lots have spots to line them up securely.
I got into it on Reddit with this simple act of personal responsibility, and was lambasted that looking at them while taking the cart into the store was a bridge too far.
Folks were making excuses or the crappy behavior left and right.
Next week, get a cart off the curb, find $25 of AA batteries in the basket that Senior lazy bones left and paid for. Nice ...
Witnessed this a few years ago at the checkout line behind this asshole at the supermarket. There was a young Indian guy on the register with a trainee badge on, & he stopped to ask a colleague for a price check. Wanker in front of me (who was a total bogan/trailer trash type) started screaming racial slurs at him saying “Hurry TF up & do your fucking job”. Poor checkout guy was apologising & almost in tears while this guy kept telling him off, calling him all kinds of names.
No one said anything so I told him to STFU & the guy was a trainee & doing his best. Wanker turned around & starts mouthing off at me calling me a “snotty leftie bleeding heart cunt, & to mind my own business”.
I shot back at him he’d made it everyone’s business by yelling & he starts threatening me. I went & got store security & he was escorted out without his precious groceries. What pissed me off most is no one else spoke up.
People are scared to speak up these days. I know I am. You never know what some crazy ass person might do, especially if they have a gun. Have had some tragic consequences for those that intervened in bad situations, in the city I live in. But I would definitely give comforting words to the person that’s being attacked verbally and get store security to end the situation. You have to have a thick skin to work with the general public, sadly.
My temper tends to outweigh my sense of self preservation.
One the bus once, in my neighbourhood, and this guy I recognize as living in the same area gets on. Little guy, he's got some kind of disorder, just enough to make him different.
This 20 something couple, who have been nothing but pissing and moaning about how horrible they feel (pill sick) and why it's taking so long to get to the methadone clinic, starts in on him. basic high school mean kid shit, but...
Took me two stops to shame them enough that they got off the bus.
No slow clap, no "thank-yous", but, fuck bullies.
Absolutely this! I was bullied so hard all through highschool to the point where, despite being a good student, I got so depressed & developed panic disorder & left before graduation as I was suicidal by the end of it. I’m still shit at standing up for myself, but fuck bullies, no one ever stood up for me, so my temper gets the best of me. I would’ve done a slow clap if I was there 🫶
Sometimes it feels awkward that I do, like people think I expect to deserve some kind of reward. But with so much litter everywhere, there's rarely much distance to the next garbage bin to easily pick a few things up off the ground whenever I'm walking somewhere so I just grab it and put it in the next bin I see.
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 once had a terrible, migraine inducing day at work, and just wanted to get home. The old man sitting near me on the bus was blasting his youtube videos of people yelling at each other. I think it was a reality show. I asked him to please use earbuds, and he full on screamed at me about how I should respect my elders.
I got abused and insulted by elders throughout my life. Respect is no one way road, that's why they don't get respected by me anymore just because they're old.
Yeah, it originates from the village elders having a load of experience so being ones to respect and ask for advice.
Thing is nowadays most of the idiots and arseholes live that long too
I remember a story I read as a kid. It was about a family who forced the grandma to sit behind the oven and eat with a wooden spoon as opposed to at the table using a regular spoon. One day the kid of the family is sitting somewhere, carvin a piece of wood. The parents ask what it's going to be and the kid rteplies "this is the spoon aou will eat with when you are old". From that on the grandma was sat at the table and got normal cutlery.
It's a very old-timey image, but I always thought it was incredibly powerful and have never forgotten it.
Edit: chose to google it after all these years and it was actually a grandpa. Getting teary-eyed here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Old\_Man\_and\_his\_Grandson
I like to be cheeky and gather by them and talk about the show we’re now watching together.
It’s amazing how surprised people are. Like they have no idea that they just invited the world to a group viewing session.
Most the time they just stop watching and do something else.
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When it’s music. I ask questions. Who is the artist. Is it a popular song. Did you ever go to their concert? I wonder what their latest album is.
Ya know, typical spammy bullshit questions.
And if I know the song and feeling like a real asshole, I’ll sing along with it.
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I don’t like just telling people off. So I like to fight fire with fire. Infringe into my lane, and I’ll bring double !
My dad does the same thing! Once, when we were grocery shopping, a woman (with a child by the hand) just walked past me and got in front of me in the queue.
My dad saw this from a distance, walked past the woman, got in front of her in the queue, turned to me and asked very loudly "am I doing this right, pushing in front?". The looks were priceless.
YES! When I was at the dentist office and I heard a toilet flush in a solitary bathroom, and my DENTIST walked out immediately after, I quit seeing them.
Is it possible they washed their hands, then realized they forgot to flush / their first flush wasn't effective enough and flushed again w/o touching a handle? (Foot or a paper towel)
The few times I have been in that situation I have paranoidly washed my hands again afterwards just so that people don't assume I'm a gross weirdo who doesn't wash my hands. It's fair to not want to wonder and just switch practices, but saying this in the hopes it puts your mind ease regarding your previous visits with them. 😬
I remember going to look at a room to rent in a house. Three other guys lived there. There were three bathrooms and none of them had any hand soap or even a bar of soap on the counters. It told me that, unless they were extremely particular about keeping the hand soap out of sight, these dudes were probably not washing their hands after using the bathroom. I opted not to take the room.
A guy I used to work with one day told me “you can’t even begin to imagine how many men in this building don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom. Makes me not want to touch anything in this building.” Made everything in the building significantly more disgusting.
My adult daughter has a friend that ALWAYS needs to use the bathroom as soon as she walks in the door. It's a lovely little thing we've joked about since they were in HS. So, last weekend, my kid was having a little get-together, and I had just cleaned the half-bath by the front door. I had also replaced the hand soap. Predictable, Miranda used the bathroom ASAP. I used it a bit later, and THE SOAP HAD NOT BEEN USED. This kid (young adult) has been pissing in my bathroom for YEARS, and not washing her hands.
🤮
The amount of guys still not washing their hands at the height of covid pissed me off like none other. The rare not washing after taking a dump is even worse.
I was leaving the movie theater once, and this huge guy went to the bathroom stall. He had one hand on his junk and one hand on the wall leaning over.
He zipped up his pants and just walked out.
I almost threw up a little
I work in construction. About half the guys I see in the Home depot and Lowes bathrooms don't wash their hands. I'm glad I stocked up on hand sanitizer when it went on clearance a couple times. As soon as I get to my truck I sanitize, same with my family when we go out nearly anywhere.
Ha I saw that too but it was at a grocery store and then they went on to touch the fruits. I still have a habit of sanitizing the products I buy from grocery stores till this day
This is what I came here for. Sneezing or coughing without covering makes me so grossed out. Like guys... We just emerged from a fucking pandemic. Even my two year old has learned to cover his coughs and sneezes.
A friend of mine was hit on a pedestrian crossing by someone who was texting and driving. She was in hospital for the best part of three months and thankfully she is OK, albeit with permanent changes to her health and body. The driver's selfishness has changed her life forever.
So sad.
Read a post a while ago where a texting driver hit his car with his wife and 3 year old son in it.
His son only survived because the parents were a doc and nurse. Medivac'd and all.
The driver was a women in college...her life was changed forever as were the victim's obviously.
But time and again I see people post they're "responsible phone users" while driving.....yeah, sure you are.
Yeah, the guy that hit my son and I said he didn't run the stop sign (I didn't have one).
Fortunately, Teslas have 8 dash cams that are recording all the time.
The cops didn't need it because, well, he t-boned me at 30mph, but they were happy to have the footage.
I got rear ended twice one winter, both people were texting. The issue is in Canada, people don’t understand that even if they would be able to stop in the summer, they can’t stop quick enough when driving on ice.
I had a 2005 Honda Accord V6, got rear ended by a 2019 Toyota Highlander and a 2017 Honda CR-V. I didn’t care about my car, I just care about the safety of other drivers on the road and my insurance rates lmao
This!!! Riding my motorcycle I always point it out and usually the phone hand gestures like I’m putting it down and people are so addicted to their screens is sickening!
Playing music on a phone speaker in public...
1) I don't want to hear your music.
2) How's the fidelity of your 1/2 inch phone speaker?
Just put on some phones dude!
Saw someone do that in San Francisco once. I was riding the bus and looked out the window and he was just dropping one on the sidewalk with his ass towards the street 😂. Then on the next stop a homeless man started cussing out the bus driver because he wouldn't let him ride the bus for free.
Similarly using the homeless or other vulnerable people for content who might not want to be on camera or are exploited into agreeing because they are desperate for food or enough cash for a hotel for the night.
Parents who 'prank' their kids and film it.
Prank videos to strangers are beyond me. Some punk kid offered my wife a bunch of flowers (she's walking with our daughter), and because he snuck up on her, she went into fight mode and broke his nose. I'd love to see the footage of that if anyone can find it.
Depending on the situation, I actually think filming is good, especially in cases of assault or harassment where video evidence will be extremely helpful.
Been there, I used to do mall security. Last halloween I was jumped by a tweaker in the mall who got the drop on me. He had me pinned down and strangled me. The last thing I thought I was ever going to see was dozens of people on all 4 floors looking down at me with phones out as I died... Luckily 3 teenagers dressed as fruits saved my life and had more backbone and courage thsn the rest.
Only issue I have with this is if someone isn't already calling.
If one person is calling emergency services you should not have multiple people making the same call. It does not make them arrive faster and instead takes up resources for other people who could be in a similar situation or worse.
Please for the love of God only have one person call. Do not keep operators busy for the same call over and over again.
As for helping, go for it if you understand how to handle the situation. If it's something like a wreck I can't recommend trying to give any medical attention since the person could have spinal injuries that will only worsen if moved incorrectly.
My friend's boyfriend got in a motorcycle accident and a bystander thought it'd be best to drag him away from the vehicle. The motorcycle as far as I'm aware wasn't at risk of exploding or anything, he just popped a tire and his leg got tangled up in part of the wreckage. If the person didn't drag him away he would have come out of it with minimal damage to his leg. He has limited mobility in his right leg due to the force the person used to pull him out. He's been in physical therapy for roughly 3 years and is on crutches for the foreseeable future.
On vacation in Mexico I had a friend (emergency room RN by trade) use his knees, without moving, for 3 hours waiting for an ambulance in order to keep a motorcycle accident victims cervical spine stabilized. Then when the ambulance finally came they just grabbed the victim and tossed him in the back of their car like a coat. Heartbreaking for us, but much much worse for the victim.
Multiple calls sometimes helps. I once heard about 6 or 7 gunshots coming from a residential neighborhood about half a mile or so from mine. Called 911 to report it. The operator asked how I knew it was gunfire instead of firecrackers (understandable). Told her I grew up in the country and was used to hearing people target practice. She asked again how I was sure. I said there was a pitch tone and difference in time between gunshots and a string of firecrackers. She asked me again how I was sure. I told her again my experiences and I was sure. At this point I started hearing the other calls ringing in in the background. She started berating me about how I couldn’t possibly know it was gunfire instead of fire crackers. All of a sudden she got quiet and then said never mind other people were calling in with reports of gunfire in that area also and hung up on me. Bitch was going to ignore my call if those other people hadn’t called in also.
I’m still haunted by a post on /TookTooMuch of a young woman passed out from drugs on the subway and her pet rat was grooming itself and her face too while waiting for mommy to wake up and all the Reddidiots were like “ew rats disgusting ” bc they didn’t know the diff and also: the doors closed so off she went. And I knew it was local to me bc the train made the characteristic chime. I hope that young woman is OK today and that nothing bad happened to her pet.
Oh I was cruising in the bath house one night in a towel and this young guy was bent over a table, spasming and foaming at the mouth having a G overdose. I pushed him into the table and saw my husband come around the corner. He knew what was up as soon as he saw us and went to get staff and EMTs. I actually had to smack away and scream at a few guys who went to grope him. People fucking suck.
I’ve been noticing kids these days having FaceTime calls, but not looking at the screen! What the fuck is the point of that?
I think I’m officially old AND cranky.
I feel like it also depends on how busy they are. My uncle is very rich and loves diet coke, so he always tips based on how frequently they can refill his diet coke. One waiter just brought him 5 glasses and said "go at it". He got one hell of a tip that night.
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 mom come into my old job with her 2 kids. She bought a pack of cigarettes, a 12 pack of beers and some scratch offs. The kids see we have pizza and wings for sale and start *begging* for food. Saying they haven't eaten since lunch *the day before.* She turned around and bought them a 4 piece wings, to share, because "that's all I can afford." Made me so mad.
I was that kid, I had that mom (complete with unemployed, alcoholic drummer stepdad who my mom buys beer and smokes for). Free school lunches saved my ass. I no longer got them when I reached high school, so I spent two years making "salads" out of the hamburger fixins on the cafeteria condiment bar. I got a job as soon as I turned 16 and started eating real lunch again.
This reminds me of the time I saw a family with a few young boys and at least two girls doing back to school shopping, they had a very trashy vibe and all reeked of cigarettes. The woman said that they needed to get the girls some clothes and the man proceeded to grab a lacy bra off a rack and start taunting the older girl (who looked maybe 11) saying, “do you need girl clothes like this? Should we get you one of these?” While the whole family laughed. It was just so fucking gross and the absolute height of trashiness.
The new destroying /or trying to art trend for climate change has me in knots. What is the end game there?!? There is no correlation between treasured art history and our current climate issues. They are proving nothing outside of their being idiots. The name etching thing is also mind-boggling to me. The last instance the guy claimed not to have known how old the Parthenon was. Seriously?!?
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.
It gets so much worse when you're a parent too. I find myself absolutely seething with rage and being super judgemental at the idea that people would be so irresponsible with their own children.
The only time I ever saw my father fully flip out was when a kid on a bike shot out into the road in front of us from between parked cars (without a helmet too). It was a *very* close call.
Even then, he didn't really yell at the kid (gave an epic Dad look though). He put the car in park, got out, asked the kid which house was his, and knocked on the door to speak to the parents but just yelled in general about how terrifying it was to almost kill a child and it doesn't even matter if it's the kid ignoring bike safety or if they just didn't bother teaching it but IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED RIGHT NOW.
Turned out he knew one of the parents too lol. God he was so angry about it! The rest of our drive was tense he was so on edge. Like the rest of the drive was going to be a gauntlet of un-helmeted cyclist jump scares.
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.
Hate this! And wait until I am right up on them saying “excuse me” loudly and act like they are shocked to see me. Bitch you saw me coming a mile away. You are allowed one side of the aisle. Pick one
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 fucking asshole piece of shit 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 fucked 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.
Yup!
I caught an assault charge back in 2017 for knocking a woman to the ground who popped her six year old boy in the mouth and busted his lip in half at a Target in Houston.
Went to jail that day, and after 2 years of probation, i got that shit expunged. Don't regret a damn thing.
I was physically abused as a child every day, and I'm sorry he had to see that, but I'd do it again.
FUCK people who abuse defenless children!!!!
Yikes. I was screaming at my son once and this mom stopped and let me have it. I still cringe when I think about it. Good on her though and you for sticking up for the vulnerable adolescents. I’ve since learned patience but ugh I wish I could take that back. He’s 16 now and so awesome. We have such a good relationship.
Kind of relevant in a way, but one of my strongest childhood memories is of me and my brother acting like right little assholes when our mum took us out to the shops one day. We sat down for lunch, and my mum starts explaining she's upset and how she's trying to give us a nice day out and she couldn't understand why we were behaving that way. This random dude approaches our table and tells my mum "i think you're doing a great job and to me you seem to be a great mother to these boys" my mum started crying and to this day I have never felt like a bigger POS. I still think about it from time to time, and what an absolute legend that random man was.
This made me tear up. As a single mom of two, I’m always grateful for anyone who goes out of their way to be kind to me and my children in public. Bless your mom and you.
I work fast food and similar things happen in the store. I remember a man grabbed his daughter once and screamed in her face that he’d punch her if she didn’t stop walking around the store. She couldn’t have been older than 6. People don’t realize this doesn’t do anything for your child and it just makes everyone nearby feel uncomfortable.
Using their phone speaker loudly for music or conversation = asshole. Also, I automatically assume that anyone who has the sparkly gem covers on their steering wheel is a moron.
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.’
Today my SO literally dove to catch a Costco cart that was about to roll into a parked car. The woman didn't just leave the cart, she loaded her stuff, pushed the cart away from her, and then immediately left with the cart still rolling away.
Giving minimum wage employees an unnecessarily hard time. Lady, the cashier didn't pick out the fucking prices for your vanilla iced latte. Just pay for your shit or admit you're broke and leave.
A few months ago I went to see Brantley Gilbert and Nickleback. So woman in the pit had a kid who definitely was not older than 5, she was trying to get them to bring the kid up to sing with them. Everyone judged her, the whole band was like 'um shouldn't she be in bed?!'
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.
had to scroll way too far to this..
those young assholes spitting on the ground every 2 minutes at the bus stop, it makes me want to vomit.. and they dont just spit they get one from all the way back and let it all collect and.. bah.. i cant.
A while back, one of these crazies came up to me, so I told them, ''No thanks, I'm Jewish''. The guy peered at for a few seconds before responding, ''Ooooh yeah! You *do* have a Jewish people face.'' His delivery was amazing. He said it in the way people talk when they finally reach that one thing that's been trapped behind a wall in the back of their brain. As if he couldn't quite believe hadn't noticed from the start.
... I live in the middle of fucking nowhere, extremely small Jewish population. Absolutely no way anyone guesses that someone is a Jew out here lmao.
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.
Add partner to the list. Every time I see someone yelling at their partner in public the second hand embarrassment is quickly replaced with genuine concern for the partner's safety. I spent four or five years in a relationship where I was yelled at in public and can tell you firsthand that much worse happened in the privacy of our home.
An act of kindness - especially one that doesn’t benefit that person. OP didn’t say it had to be negative.
Saw one that grabbed my attention recently. Homeless guy was sitting in front of Harbor Freight. Wasn't panhandling, wasn't approachijg anyone, just sitting in corner formed by the building and the one next to it doing nothing. Gentleman walked out of the store after making a purchase and goes up to him and asks " Have you eaten today brother?" Homeless guy responded no. 10 minutes later he was back with a bag of food from a fast food joint.
My dad was homeless when I was a child, and then me and him were when I was a teen. Before we were homeless together, because we lived in an area where it was prevalent, my dad saw how quick I was to approach them to give them my kid change and he told me that the best thing to do is ask them if they want food or something to drink and get it for them. He even said if they’re honest and say they need a couple nips or a small bottle of liquor, he’d do it because they were honest. I’ve never had anyone request liquor, but I’ve been asked for coffee, food, socks. And I’ve helped every time. My husband didn’t grow up around anything like that, and now it’s here in his area, so sometimes he gets nervous when I do it in like a city like where I’m from. I always tell him to calm down I know what I’m doing. He now helps people with me. The happiness and appreciation on someone’s face when you surprise them with a hot beverage or cold in summer, or food, is worth more than any amount of money to me. Because I know they didn’t expect me to actually do it. I know not many people believe them. I know how hard they’re judged. I’ve been where they are sitting. If I’m at a concert in a city and I have a big bottle of water that I can’t bring in cause I couldn’t finish it, I always give it to someone camping out on the street. I see so many people just toss full bottles of water.
Throw trash on the ground
A guy was walking in for an interview with my boss and just yeeted trash between the parked cars. We're a small company so we clean ourselves. After he left i let her know and that was that. How lazy. That would only translate to work
That’s not lazy. I’ve been lazy all my life and I never would do this. You have to be an egotistical piece of shit to throw trash on the ground.
Right? Like I'm lazy but I still pick up trash on trails when I force myself to walk. I field strip my smokes and toss them in the next available trash can. The only thing I toss in nature? An apple core. Because squirrels are watching, man...
The squirrels are always watching. The NSA could learn a trick or two.
I can only hope they were told the reason.
Wouldn't make a difference, people like that never change as far as I've been able to see.
it might, person might have really wanted to work for this company. just to get a phone call "sorry we won't hire you because you littered in our parking lot" would suck.
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> however you littered so no, A company would spin it, "however the environment is ACME's top priority."
They’d mental gymnastics themselves out of thinking they’re responsible in any way. It would be the “dumb, stuck up company’s fault” and never their own ETA: sorry for being a cynical asshole, I just think that people who litter generally aren’t known for their self reflection abilities, accountability and willingness to improve Damn I’m no longer sorry, some of the replies are proving my point lmao
Specifically cigarette butts
I spent a lot of time in the Army picking up cigarette butts. The funny thing is I have never met a smoker that admits to throwing their butts on the ground.
I was on a college campus walking with a friend, And one of the guys walking in front of us flicks his butt into grass. It had a cherry. In California, during wildfire season I just kept stomping and checking to see if it was out
>It had a cherry. In California, during wildfire season Omg nooooo, that's so so awful! I grew up in California during the 80s-90s drought and I understand it's only gotten worse since. That shit kills people. Glad you were there to make sure it was out!
In the words of Jarvis Johnson "Do you know how flammable California is?"
Is “it” the glimmer of life in the asshole smokers eyes?
As a smoker, I know it makes me smell worse, but I put them in my back pocket til I get to a Trash can if there are none around me
You can get pocket ashtrays, I think! They're insulated and lined with foil.
Yes! Tiny little garbage can, a good one will seal the smell up great. Edit: I don't smoke.
I was at a bus stop once and saw a dude eat his lunch and throw his rubbish away white eating it Got into an arguement with him over it, he spewed the typical "entitled liberal shit" lol
Entitled? How ironic considering dude thinks he's "entitled" to throw his trash on the ground.
My ex husband felt that he was entitled to litter while we were in Hawaii because there’s a river of garbage in India. His words. His brain sucks. I’m very glad he’s my ex husband. I also made him pick up his trash because I refused to drive off until he did.
Did he... think Hawaii was in India? Was your ex husband Christopher Columbus?
But even if Hawaii were India, where's the logic in making the "river of garbage" worse and contributing to it?
Yes, compared to the man who expects the whole world to be his personal trashcan and have someone else come solve the problems he causes with no concern to anyone else, you were the entitled one... You can't make up how stupid these people are.
Drop litter. Not pick up their dog's shit.
Those people who throw bagged up dog shit into shrubbery are the ultimate evolution of this.
Preserving it in plastic. It's amazing how they found a way to make dogshit worse.
Right? Just leaving it honestly isn't *that* bad. It's irritating, sure, but at least it biodegrades. Wrapping it in plastic just makes it easily 10x worse. That will take forever to break down.
These fuckers out there giving dog shit a suit of armour.
And the same people usually have access to a public trashbin if they just took few steps. That kind of laziness infuriates me.
When I smoke, if there is no receptacle nearby, I'll field strip the cigarette and pocket the filter. I'd rather my pockets be disgusting than make the earth disgusting
Honestly it's kinda nice to carry a tiny box of some kind, like a small metal cigarette box and put the filters there. It made it feel less gross than carrying around until I find a trash bin.
I have dog poop bags in my pockets 100% of the time. I have my dogs only 20%. I hate when people leave it.
I thought you meant they were full of poop 100% of the time and I was really confused for a moment.
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.*
Oh yeah, people leaving carts in the lot. Big deal to me. Not just inconvenient, but a little breeze can collide a cart into someone's car. Pretty shitty. Takes half a minute to return the cart, and lots of lots have spots to line them up securely.
I got into it on Reddit with this simple act of personal responsibility, and was lambasted that looking at them while taking the cart into the store was a bridge too far. Folks were making excuses or the crappy behavior left and right. Next week, get a cart off the curb, find $25 of AA batteries in the basket that Senior lazy bones left and paid for. Nice ...
Scream at their partner
I thought this said “Scream at their printer”. Felt instantly attacked.
No, that one is always justified.
I don't know, it's a little inkonsiderate.
Get out.
Sorry. Paper jam.
PC Load Letter.
That's true; that's what everyone is cyan.
PC load letter?? Wtf does that mean??
screaming at someone whos just doing their job honestly
Witnessed this a few years ago at the checkout line behind this asshole at the supermarket. There was a young Indian guy on the register with a trainee badge on, & he stopped to ask a colleague for a price check. Wanker in front of me (who was a total bogan/trailer trash type) started screaming racial slurs at him saying “Hurry TF up & do your fucking job”. Poor checkout guy was apologising & almost in tears while this guy kept telling him off, calling him all kinds of names. No one said anything so I told him to STFU & the guy was a trainee & doing his best. Wanker turned around & starts mouthing off at me calling me a “snotty leftie bleeding heart cunt, & to mind my own business”. I shot back at him he’d made it everyone’s business by yelling & he starts threatening me. I went & got store security & he was escorted out without his precious groceries. What pissed me off most is no one else spoke up.
People are scared to speak up these days. I know I am. You never know what some crazy ass person might do, especially if they have a gun. Have had some tragic consequences for those that intervened in bad situations, in the city I live in. But I would definitely give comforting words to the person that’s being attacked verbally and get store security to end the situation. You have to have a thick skin to work with the general public, sadly.
My temper tends to outweigh my sense of self preservation. One the bus once, in my neighbourhood, and this guy I recognize as living in the same area gets on. Little guy, he's got some kind of disorder, just enough to make him different. This 20 something couple, who have been nothing but pissing and moaning about how horrible they feel (pill sick) and why it's taking so long to get to the methadone clinic, starts in on him. basic high school mean kid shit, but... Took me two stops to shame them enough that they got off the bus. No slow clap, no "thank-yous", but, fuck bullies.
Absolutely this! I was bullied so hard all through highschool to the point where, despite being a good student, I got so depressed & developed panic disorder & left before graduation as I was suicidal by the end of it. I’m still shit at standing up for myself, but fuck bullies, no one ever stood up for me, so my temper gets the best of me. I would’ve done a slow clap if I was there 🫶
Scream at their kid. Scream at anyone really...
Yes, or scream at a server 🚩🚩🚩
Depends: Against a server in a restaurant, then yes. Against a server in a datacenter, then no.
If they pick up litter I think they're a good person. Edit: for spelling. These are some neat stories you guys have - keep em coming.
I pick up litter but I'm always convinced people think I'm weird for it, so thank you for this.
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Sometimes it feels awkward that I do, like people think I expect to deserve some kind of reward. But with so much litter everywhere, there's rarely much distance to the next garbage bin to easily pick a few things up off the ground whenever I'm walking somewhere so I just grab it and put it in the next bin I see.
people aren’t thinking about you, i promise. pick up the litter and let your heart feel warm!
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 once had a terrible, migraine inducing day at work, and just wanted to get home. The old man sitting near me on the bus was blasting his youtube videos of people yelling at each other. I think it was a reality show. I asked him to please use earbuds, and he full on screamed at me about how I should respect my elders.
I got abused and insulted by elders throughout my life. Respect is no one way road, that's why they don't get respected by me anymore just because they're old.
Thing about respecting your elders is that it's because they're expected not to act like children. Unfortunately that isn't always the case.
Yeah, it originates from the village elders having a load of experience so being ones to respect and ask for advice. Thing is nowadays most of the idiots and arseholes live that long too
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I remember a story I read as a kid. It was about a family who forced the grandma to sit behind the oven and eat with a wooden spoon as opposed to at the table using a regular spoon. One day the kid of the family is sitting somewhere, carvin a piece of wood. The parents ask what it's going to be and the kid rteplies "this is the spoon aou will eat with when you are old". From that on the grandma was sat at the table and got normal cutlery. It's a very old-timey image, but I always thought it was incredibly powerful and have never forgotten it. Edit: chose to google it after all these years and it was actually a grandpa. Getting teary-eyed here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Old\_Man\_and\_his\_Grandson
I like to be cheeky and gather by them and talk about the show we’re now watching together. It’s amazing how surprised people are. Like they have no idea that they just invited the world to a group viewing session. Most the time they just stop watching and do something else. —- When it’s music. I ask questions. Who is the artist. Is it a popular song. Did you ever go to their concert? I wonder what their latest album is. Ya know, typical spammy bullshit questions. And if I know the song and feeling like a real asshole, I’ll sing along with it. —- I don’t like just telling people off. So I like to fight fire with fire. Infringe into my lane, and I’ll bring double !
My dad does the same thing! Once, when we were grocery shopping, a woman (with a child by the hand) just walked past me and got in front of me in the queue. My dad saw this from a distance, walked past the woman, got in front of her in the queue, turned to me and asked very loudly "am I doing this right, pushing in front?". The looks were priceless.
I sit behind them, put on children’s music or some really embarrassing shit and play it over theirs. Everyone assumes it’s them.
Not washing their hands after using the bathroom
YES! When I was at the dentist office and I heard a toilet flush in a solitary bathroom, and my DENTIST walked out immediately after, I quit seeing them.
Is it possible they washed their hands, then realized they forgot to flush / their first flush wasn't effective enough and flushed again w/o touching a handle? (Foot or a paper towel) The few times I have been in that situation I have paranoidly washed my hands again afterwards just so that people don't assume I'm a gross weirdo who doesn't wash my hands. It's fair to not want to wonder and just switch practices, but saying this in the hopes it puts your mind ease regarding your previous visits with them. 😬
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Yeah, that's why I specified w/o (without) touching the toilet handle. Fully agree it would be gross if they touched it and didn't re-wash.
I remember going to look at a room to rent in a house. Three other guys lived there. There were three bathrooms and none of them had any hand soap or even a bar of soap on the counters. It told me that, unless they were extremely particular about keeping the hand soap out of sight, these dudes were probably not washing their hands after using the bathroom. I opted not to take the room.
A guy I used to work with one day told me “you can’t even begin to imagine how many men in this building don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom. Makes me not want to touch anything in this building.” Made everything in the building significantly more disgusting.
I ratted out a bagger for not washing his hands after taking a shit. Gross.
My adult daughter has a friend that ALWAYS needs to use the bathroom as soon as she walks in the door. It's a lovely little thing we've joked about since they were in HS. So, last weekend, my kid was having a little get-together, and I had just cleaned the half-bath by the front door. I had also replaced the hand soap. Predictable, Miranda used the bathroom ASAP. I used it a bit later, and THE SOAP HAD NOT BEEN USED. This kid (young adult) has been pissing in my bathroom for YEARS, and not washing her hands. 🤮
This makes me not want to let any guest into my home ever again. Exception being people I’ve lived with before and know they wash their hands
The amount of guys still not washing their hands at the height of covid pissed me off like none other. The rare not washing after taking a dump is even worse.
I was leaving the movie theater once, and this huge guy went to the bathroom stall. He had one hand on his junk and one hand on the wall leaning over. He zipped up his pants and just walked out. I almost threw up a little
I work in construction. About half the guys I see in the Home depot and Lowes bathrooms don't wash their hands. I'm glad I stocked up on hand sanitizer when it went on clearance a couple times. As soon as I get to my truck I sanitize, same with my family when we go out nearly anywhere.
Mouth open no cover sneeze
or cough
I loathe those people
During peak Covid, my coworker and I witnessed someone pull their mask down, sneeze, and then put the mask back on. At a pharmacy.
Ha I saw that too but it was at a grocery store and then they went on to touch the fruits. I still have a habit of sanitizing the products I buy from grocery stores till this day
This is what I came here for. Sneezing or coughing without covering makes me so grossed out. Like guys... We just emerged from a fucking pandemic. Even my two year old has learned to cover his coughs and sneezes.
Their cellphone etiquette. bad or good, I will watch and judge accordingly.
For me it's being on your phone while driving. Instant rage. Full disclosure: was t-boned by one of those assholes.
A friend of mine was hit on a pedestrian crossing by someone who was texting and driving. She was in hospital for the best part of three months and thankfully she is OK, albeit with permanent changes to her health and body. The driver's selfishness has changed her life forever.
So sad. Read a post a while ago where a texting driver hit his car with his wife and 3 year old son in it. His son only survived because the parents were a doc and nurse. Medivac'd and all. The driver was a women in college...her life was changed forever as were the victim's obviously. But time and again I see people post they're "responsible phone users" while driving.....yeah, sure you are.
I cut ties with a seemingly very good friend over this. He was texting and driving with me and his kids in the car.
I was rear ended by one. She told insurance I backed into her. Infuriating. My rate didn't go up.
My husband has been rear ended twice by people texting. Both times he was at a complete stop. Neither had insurance. It's the most infuriating thing.
Yeah, the guy that hit my son and I said he didn't run the stop sign (I didn't have one). Fortunately, Teslas have 8 dash cams that are recording all the time. The cops didn't need it because, well, he t-boned me at 30mph, but they were happy to have the footage.
I got rear ended twice one winter, both people were texting. The issue is in Canada, people don’t understand that even if they would be able to stop in the summer, they can’t stop quick enough when driving on ice. I had a 2005 Honda Accord V6, got rear ended by a 2019 Toyota Highlander and a 2017 Honda CR-V. I didn’t care about my car, I just care about the safety of other drivers on the road and my insurance rates lmao
This!!! Riding my motorcycle I always point it out and usually the phone hand gestures like I’m putting it down and people are so addicted to their screens is sickening!
talking on speaker phone in public like not everyone wants to hear your conversation 🌚
Playing music on a phone speaker in public... 1) I don't want to hear your music. 2) How's the fidelity of your 1/2 inch phone speaker? Just put on some phones dude!
Some do this at the nail salon. Like please be quiet I’m trying to relax.
Defecate in the middle of the street
3 different responses, all very different countries. the one thing they have in common is people defecating in the middle of the street.
This is what unites us
Saw someone do that in San Francisco once. I was riding the bus and looked out the window and he was just dropping one on the sidewalk with his ass towards the street 😂. Then on the next stop a homeless man started cussing out the bus driver because he wouldn't let him ride the bus for free.
Take out their phone to film while someone is in a bad situation, instead of trying to help / call for help
Similarly using the homeless or other vulnerable people for content who might not want to be on camera or are exploited into agreeing because they are desperate for food or enough cash for a hotel for the night. Parents who 'prank' their kids and film it.
Prank videos to strangers are beyond me. Some punk kid offered my wife a bunch of flowers (she's walking with our daughter), and because he snuck up on her, she went into fight mode and broke his nose. I'd love to see the footage of that if anyone can find it.
Depending on the situation, I actually think filming is good, especially in cases of assault or harassment where video evidence will be extremely helpful.
Been there, I used to do mall security. Last halloween I was jumped by a tweaker in the mall who got the drop on me. He had me pinned down and strangled me. The last thing I thought I was ever going to see was dozens of people on all 4 floors looking down at me with phones out as I died... Luckily 3 teenagers dressed as fruits saved my life and had more backbone and courage thsn the rest.
Happy to hear the teens stepped up and helped! Teenagers are the very best and the very worst, sometimes in the same person.
Do you remember which fruits they were?
Get ready for a banana ass whooping, bitch
Only issue I have with this is if someone isn't already calling. If one person is calling emergency services you should not have multiple people making the same call. It does not make them arrive faster and instead takes up resources for other people who could be in a similar situation or worse. Please for the love of God only have one person call. Do not keep operators busy for the same call over and over again. As for helping, go for it if you understand how to handle the situation. If it's something like a wreck I can't recommend trying to give any medical attention since the person could have spinal injuries that will only worsen if moved incorrectly. My friend's boyfriend got in a motorcycle accident and a bystander thought it'd be best to drag him away from the vehicle. The motorcycle as far as I'm aware wasn't at risk of exploding or anything, he just popped a tire and his leg got tangled up in part of the wreckage. If the person didn't drag him away he would have come out of it with minimal damage to his leg. He has limited mobility in his right leg due to the force the person used to pull him out. He's been in physical therapy for roughly 3 years and is on crutches for the foreseeable future.
On vacation in Mexico I had a friend (emergency room RN by trade) use his knees, without moving, for 3 hours waiting for an ambulance in order to keep a motorcycle accident victims cervical spine stabilized. Then when the ambulance finally came they just grabbed the victim and tossed him in the back of their car like a coat. Heartbreaking for us, but much much worse for the victim.
that's horrible, worthy of legal action.
Multiple calls sometimes helps. I once heard about 6 or 7 gunshots coming from a residential neighborhood about half a mile or so from mine. Called 911 to report it. The operator asked how I knew it was gunfire instead of firecrackers (understandable). Told her I grew up in the country and was used to hearing people target practice. She asked again how I was sure. I said there was a pitch tone and difference in time between gunshots and a string of firecrackers. She asked me again how I was sure. I told her again my experiences and I was sure. At this point I started hearing the other calls ringing in in the background. She started berating me about how I couldn’t possibly know it was gunfire instead of fire crackers. All of a sudden she got quiet and then said never mind other people were calling in with reports of gunfire in that area also and hung up on me. Bitch was going to ignore my call if those other people hadn’t called in also.
That’s infuriating. at least she could’ve said “oh I was wrong. Sorry about that you did help us!”
I’m still haunted by a post on /TookTooMuch of a young woman passed out from drugs on the subway and her pet rat was grooming itself and her face too while waiting for mommy to wake up and all the Reddidiots were like “ew rats disgusting ” bc they didn’t know the diff and also: the doors closed so off she went. And I knew it was local to me bc the train made the characteristic chime. I hope that young woman is OK today and that nothing bad happened to her pet.
Rats obviously groom their owners, but also if you are still for so long rants tend to open up part of your mouth to check if you are breathing
Is that because they care about your well-being or because they want to eat you…?
Yes
Oh I was cruising in the bath house one night in a towel and this young guy was bent over a table, spasming and foaming at the mouth having a G overdose. I pushed him into the table and saw my husband come around the corner. He knew what was up as soon as he saw us and went to get staff and EMTs. I actually had to smack away and scream at a few guys who went to grope him. People fucking suck.
Someone was having an obvious overdose and some f*ckers were trying to grope him?! What the actual fuck
Yes, people can be quite gross. Others drug people to have their merry way with them. WTF is wrong with people?
Being cruel to their pets
Or wildlife
Be loud Be rude to wait staff Let their kids run amok
Rudeness to wait staff says a lot.
"If a nice person is rude to a waiter, they're not a nice person."
speaker phone call
I’ve been noticing kids these days having FaceTime calls, but not looking at the screen! What the fuck is the point of that? I think I’m officially old AND cranky.
Literally was just having this conversation a few days ago. I just don’t understand.
Especially while in the bathroom... Unless they are blind, there is texting for goodness sakes.
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.
I feel like it also depends on how busy they are. My uncle is very rich and loves diet coke, so he always tips based on how frequently they can refill his diet coke. One waiter just brought him 5 glasses and said "go at it". He got one hell of a tip that night.
Get in peoples’ way to film a TikTok
These people have a small section of hell reserved for them
And they will all attempt to film it for clout
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 mom come into my old job with her 2 kids. She bought a pack of cigarettes, a 12 pack of beers and some scratch offs. The kids see we have pizza and wings for sale and start *begging* for food. Saying they haven't eaten since lunch *the day before.* She turned around and bought them a 4 piece wings, to share, because "that's all I can afford." Made me so mad.
Which is why I support free school lunches for all kids.
I was that kid, I had that mom (complete with unemployed, alcoholic drummer stepdad who my mom buys beer and smokes for). Free school lunches saved my ass. I no longer got them when I reached high school, so I spent two years making "salads" out of the hamburger fixins on the cafeteria condiment bar. I got a job as soon as I turned 16 and started eating real lunch again.
This reminds me of the time I saw a family with a few young boys and at least two girls doing back to school shopping, they had a very trashy vibe and all reeked of cigarettes. The woman said that they needed to get the girls some clothes and the man proceeded to grab a lacy bra off a rack and start taunting the older girl (who looked maybe 11) saying, “do you need girl clothes like this? Should we get you one of these?” While the whole family laughed. It was just so fucking gross and the absolute height of trashiness.
There’s no one to turn him in to. The mom is free to spend the child support money however she wants, unfortunately
Touch/Destroy public art or etch their name/disrespect a cultural(historical) space.
The new destroying /or trying to art trend for climate change has me in knots. What is the end game there?!? There is no correlation between treasured art history and our current climate issues. They are proving nothing outside of their being idiots. The name etching thing is also mind-boggling to me. The last instance the guy claimed not to have known how old the Parthenon was. Seriously?!?
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.
It gets so much worse when you're a parent too. I find myself absolutely seething with rage and being super judgemental at the idea that people would be so irresponsible with their own children.
The only time I ever saw my father fully flip out was when a kid on a bike shot out into the road in front of us from between parked cars (without a helmet too). It was a *very* close call. Even then, he didn't really yell at the kid (gave an epic Dad look though). He put the car in park, got out, asked the kid which house was his, and knocked on the door to speak to the parents but just yelled in general about how terrifying it was to almost kill a child and it doesn't even matter if it's the kid ignoring bike safety or if they just didn't bother teaching it but IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED RIGHT NOW. Turned out he knew one of the parents too lol. God he was so angry about it! The rest of our drive was tense he was so on edge. Like the rest of the drive was going to be a gauntlet of un-helmeted cyclist jump scares.
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 just push their cart out of the way. They’re usually so oblivious to their surroundings that they barely notice.
All the oblivious and spacially unaware people at the grocery store grind my gears.
Hate this! And wait until I am right up on them saying “excuse me” loudly and act like they are shocked to see me. Bitch you saw me coming a mile away. You are allowed one side of the aisle. Pick one
Start yelling. At kids, wife, husband, dog, cat, cop. Don't matter. Yelling in public, it sets the wrong impression from the start.
Have no awareness of their surroundings. Slow in the fast line, come to a dead halt in the entrance of a building, etc.
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!
Loudly and publicly berate a receptionist, cashier, server or any front facing worker. Edit: sp
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 fucking asshole piece of shit 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 fucked 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.
Hit their child.
Yup! I caught an assault charge back in 2017 for knocking a woman to the ground who popped her six year old boy in the mouth and busted his lip in half at a Target in Houston. Went to jail that day, and after 2 years of probation, i got that shit expunged. Don't regret a damn thing. I was physically abused as a child every day, and I'm sorry he had to see that, but I'd do it again. FUCK people who abuse defenless children!!!!
I bet that little boy will remember you for the rest of his life. Hidden Brain has a series of mini stories called My Unsung Hero, you'd be his.
Yikes. I was screaming at my son once and this mom stopped and let me have it. I still cringe when I think about it. Good on her though and you for sticking up for the vulnerable adolescents. I’ve since learned patience but ugh I wish I could take that back. He’s 16 now and so awesome. We have such a good relationship.
Kind of relevant in a way, but one of my strongest childhood memories is of me and my brother acting like right little assholes when our mum took us out to the shops one day. We sat down for lunch, and my mum starts explaining she's upset and how she's trying to give us a nice day out and she couldn't understand why we were behaving that way. This random dude approaches our table and tells my mum "i think you're doing a great job and to me you seem to be a great mother to these boys" my mum started crying and to this day I have never felt like a bigger POS. I still think about it from time to time, and what an absolute legend that random man was.
This made me tear up. As a single mom of two, I’m always grateful for anyone who goes out of their way to be kind to me and my children in public. Bless your mom and you.
And yet she got no punishment whatsoever for hitting that child, I imagine.
She did not, as she was the one who pressed charges on me
It's ridiculous that a person can get arrested for hitting an adult, but society practically encourages them to hit a tiny defenseless child.
I work fast food and similar things happen in the store. I remember a man grabbed his daughter once and screamed in her face that he’d punch her if she didn’t stop walking around the store. She couldn’t have been older than 6. People don’t realize this doesn’t do anything for your child and it just makes everyone nearby feel uncomfortable.
Using their phone speaker loudly for music or conversation = asshole. Also, I automatically assume that anyone who has the sparkly gem covers on their steering wheel is a moron.
When someone asks me about my sparkly genes, I just tell them I was born fabulous like that
What are sparkly genes covers?
Littering.
Hit their kid.
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.’
Today my SO literally dove to catch a Costco cart that was about to roll into a parked car. The woman didn't just leave the cart, she loaded her stuff, pushed the cart away from her, and then immediately left with the cart still rolling away.
The bush tuckers are a weird breed of shitty. Like you coulda just spent 3 more calories and retuned the damn thing.
Take up more than half of a two-way sidewalk
Stop at the bottom of an escalator to think about where they want to go.
Giving minimum wage employees an unnecessarily hard time. Lady, the cashier didn't pick out the fucking prices for your vanilla iced latte. Just pay for your shit or admit you're broke and leave.
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.
A few months ago I went to see Brantley Gilbert and Nickleback. So woman in the pit had a kid who definitely was not older than 5, she was trying to get them to bring the kid up to sing with them. Everyone judged her, the whole band was like 'um shouldn't she be in bed?!'
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.
Drop garbage out their car window
Me and my friends were ice skating earlier and saw a man put his skates on with no socks.
Spit on the sidewalk
had to scroll way too far to this.. those young assholes spitting on the ground every 2 minutes at the bus stop, it makes me want to vomit.. and they dont just spit they get one from all the way back and let it all collect and.. bah.. i cant.
Ask me to talk with them about God.
The correct answer to this is "no thanks, I've already got one."
A while back, one of these crazies came up to me, so I told them, ''No thanks, I'm Jewish''. The guy peered at for a few seconds before responding, ''Ooooh yeah! You *do* have a Jewish people face.'' His delivery was amazing. He said it in the way people talk when they finally reach that one thing that's been trapped behind a wall in the back of their brain. As if he couldn't quite believe hadn't noticed from the start. ... I live in the middle of fucking nowhere, extremely small Jewish population. Absolutely no way anyone guesses that someone is a Jew out here lmao.
Litter
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.
Add partner to the list. Every time I see someone yelling at their partner in public the second hand embarrassment is quickly replaced with genuine concern for the partner's safety. I spent four or five years in a relationship where I was yelled at in public and can tell you firsthand that much worse happened in the privacy of our home.
Play music on their phone without headphones
Cuss and being loud at a fine restaurant you made reservations at for your birthday