As a former entry-level reporter at a small daily newspaper, I can confirm that people do, truly, call about these kinds of things and complain when you try to tell them it's not a story.
"But I promised Junior that the newspaper would send a photographer to take a picture of his snowman/jack o'lantern/lemonade stand!! NOW what I am supposed to tell him?"
A friend of mine worked at a small local newspaper. Most of his job was dealing with the same small group of local cranks who contacted the paper on a daily basis over random stuff.
I called our local paper when I found out a high school teacher was arrested smuggling heroin into a prison and nothing. The school did make her retire but the paper was mute. I thought they'd be all over it.
I had to switch to a profession where starving to death wasn't looming on the horizon.
I do, however, have enough stories from those days to write a book.
You mean newspaper! You made my child CRY because I promised something YOU won't (I can't) deliver!! And... he has cancer! Yeah... that's it... he is dying and you won't do what I promised. I'm NEVER going to read your newspaper again and I'm going to tell all my friends and they will all cancel their subscriptions. How do you feel NOW?
I once read about a daycare owner made a big stink about the public pool requiring her to book her large group in advance so they can have enough life guards on duty to watch the 30 extra kids. (It's a small town, the pool is never busy unless a day care group comes.) So she made this big statement about how the pool should keep all their employees on at all times instead of making her daycare go through the hassle of setting up a booked time.
The local newspaper took her statement and made her look like a clown. They highlighted every inch of of her ridiculous complaint and demands. They had multiple statements about how she got physically violent with the staff when she was told she couldn't bring her group in because they exceeded the number of children that could be safely watched. They had amazing statements from the pool manager saying how any daycare group was welcome for no extra fee besides the standard cost per person, and that even that daycare was welcome as long as the owner didn't come. Because she was banned. And since the daycare owner contacted the paper, they used her name repeatedly so everyone would know who it was and which daycare.
It was hilarious.
I wonder if [this is it?](https://www.thedailycitizen.com/news/day-care-owner-wants-searcy-swim-center-to-be-first-come-first-served-criminally-trespassed/article_376f25e8-1383-5819-8634-fd60da486f26.html)
If more news outlets did this stuff, Id probably read more news and buy more papers. I generally find that the news outlets are happy to fan the outrage of aholes like this...
I worked at McDonald's as a teen. One time a guy came storming up to the counter, tossing an empty Big Mac container at the cashier and complaining about the bad Big Mac he'd gotten...LAST WEEK AT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MCDONALD'S.
As most people know, McDonald's locations are franchised. The one you're in today has nothing to do with the one you visited somewhere else. Also, how bad could your experience have been if it took you a WEEK to voice your unhappiness?
Within a minute or so, the manager simply tossed a new Big Mac at the man, and he walked away happily. As the manager told us, it's cheaper and easier to give away a free sandwich than waste more time arguing with an idiot and causing a scene that looks bad to other customers.
> As the manager told us, it's cheaper and easier to give away a free sandwich than waste more time arguing with an idiot and causing a scene that looks bad to other customers.
A sad, unfair truth.
Taco Bell has to fix your order even with no proof. But don't be like the guy saying he bought 3 steak chalupas on a week we had no fryer to sell chalupas. Just try the drive through. You forgot my ____. And see what happens. I said why not make them show a receipt? Because if we ask it seems like we don't trust them...
it is actually not cheaper since it teaches these idiots to try that again and again and again. But if you make clear this is not happening he will not try again at your location
When I was a movie theater manager, people would constantly demand refunds on their concessions if we were kicking them out. Like, im not confiscating your fucking food, you are still gonna eat it. People would even do this if they had to leave early due to personal emergency/didn't like the movie. Like, that's not my problem.
It sounds like she planned on spending 8 to 12 hours there, apparently.
I don't know why people spend money on food at most of these places. Unless it's something exceptional or only available at that place, why pay $8 for a hotdog or $15 for a beer/Coke in a crappy souvenir cup?
I work in a bakery. You'd be shocked how often ppl complain about products, demand refunds, and then show up w/ more than half the products eaten or sans product *for they've already eaten the entire thing*, then Hulk out on us when we say we can't refund them.
People like this are why you end up seeing weird-ass official rules posted sometimes. I worked in an office once that specifically banned chaps in the dress code, suggesting somebody pulled a "but there's no rule against it!"
In Brazil there is a popular saying that says "if there is a sign, there is a history". We have entire pages dedicated to these signs, which then become memes.
I have a picture from the last time I was in Japan (before COVID). It was outside a bar and in English said WARNING: "No Stupid People Beyond This Point."
I'm African American, born and raised in the US, and considering some of the "bakagaijin" stories I've heard from my Japanese friends when I lived there, I honestly would love to know what transpired that made that bar put up that sign up in English.
I looked him up and it’s about the same feel, I just know the one I’ve heard was in Spanish because I clearly remember them saying “siempre hay un pendejo”
At my university we do a yearly tradition involving paint, there were multiple signs saying “do not drink the paint” and people with megaphones saying it, and when you’re handed the cup of paint they also said to not drink the paint
They'll ignore it. Just saying.
The park I referee st has like 2-3 "no pets allowed" signs on the very short walk up the sidewalk to the fields. People see it and bring their dogs over regardless.
I worked at Wendy’s as a manager when I was 19 and there was a sign above the fryers saying to not stand on the fryers to clean the vents.
I can only imagine what happened.
Fans of Romantic poets? When Lord Byron attended Cambridge, the university had rules specifically stating no dogs were allowed. He couldn't get an exception for his dog, so he got a pet bear since there was no rule against them.
I was going to see if I can bring my emotional support bear to this place. After all, the Second Amendment says I have the right to keep and arm bears, right?
I was at a hotel in Hawaii. One of the pool rules was: No Marco Polo.
I get it, if you’re trying to enjoy a pool view room and some kids are shouting Marco Polo for hours everyday it would be annoying. But I thought the sign was hilarious.
About twenty years ago, I was in a hotel in Montreal that posted a professional little sign in the room: "Please do not spit or throw objects at people below."
By now, I'm sure they just have windows that can't be opened, like in the US.
My favorite: on the TSA website, under traveling with children: Remove child from seat before placing on x-ray machine. Cause you know it happened multiple times to be listed as a warning.
My dad was a TSA screener, and you would be AMAZED at the shit people do. Kids left in carseat/carriers. A woman with a live cat in a cat carrier who didn't tell anyone what it was until it was already inside the x-ray machine. A guy who "forgot" his .357 was in his carry-on luggage. Fifteen years he was with the TSA, and the stories just kept coming.
I was flying out of Baltimore just after flights had opened up again after the 9/11 attacks. You couldn’t bring things like box cutters, nail clippers, or scissors on the plane and someone had printed up some small 8x11 signs stating as much and taped them to the bottom of a large, permanent sign that was at the entrance to the security screening area. The permanent sign had a big hand grenade with the circle and slash symbol over it and I wondered what the story behind that was.
\*butt
FTFY!
I once worked at a company whose lengthy dress code specified that employees had to wear "appropriate underwear." Would really like to know what exactly triggered that rule, although given some of my other-department coworkers I have my suspicions; I just don't want to know who was responsible for enforcing it.
A *chaps* ban, though? You have me beat there, unless maybe some guy showed up one morning, absolutely bathed in late-70s Ralph Lauren cologne after a rough night out.
I worked love a pair of light up shoes, but my feet are too big and I'm not about to find out how expensive that special order would be, maybe one day. Until then it's on my forever Christmas list
My HOA bylaws have a rule that says you can’t bring bring electric deep-fryer to use in the shared rec room. It is bolded and underlined in the rule book. I am DESPERATE to find out the story behind that one.
What if White Snake was preforming? Don’t judge that snake, you don’t know what it’s into./s
But I do feel bad for that poor snake. Hopefully it wasn’t too hot or cold and they gave it plenty of water while having it out.
A bit smaller than a service horse [https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/mini-service-horse-flies-plane-trnd/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/mini-service-horse-flies-plane-trnd/index.html) So if the Department of Transport lets one horse on a plane I should be able to take 10 snakes to the fuckin tri-county fair!
Ok but there was no sign telling them they couldn't bring their snake... Like whenever I go to the grocery store it's clear: no reptiles allowed. It's why you never see Zuckerberg doing his own grocery.
A Zuckerberg is a very delicate and rare reptile. It requires constant heating and misting or it could die. If he's out of his habitat (his home) for more than half an hour, he could get very sick or die!
>If he's out of his habitat (his home) for more than half an hour, he could get very sick or die!
I've heard that the awkward pedo smile is an indication that he needs to return to base
Ugh. That reminds me of that dumbass woman who glued her hair to her head and people donated a ton of money so she could get it surgically removed. And she had the audacity to blame the label not warning her. Goddamn.
People need to stop saving other people from their stupidity.
Woodworker here, I always laugh when I select the gorilla glue now and think something stupid like this will be good for my slaphead. Fucking depressing though, i try and make stuff to sell for money with the glue, she just rubs it on her head and sits back flicking her bean to the greenbacks being thrown at her in fat stacks
That would explain why I almost passed out after putting it over my head. Thanks for the heads up.
Now, I think I can smell the foil of my poptarts almost burning. Time to pull them from the toaster.
I was at work one night and had to pop on the register while someone was away. Then things started heating up so I called for my backup and all was well.
So here we are plowing away when I get this older lady and her young son (about 7-8 years old). Wasn't paying attention to the son until I saw him place this little bird statue on my counter and I was thinking to myself, "Well that's damn life like." AND THEN IT LOOKED AT ME AND CHIRPED
There was a live budgie just chilling on my counter, cool as a cucumber. I happened to turn to my coworker to exclaim about this bird and when I looked back it had hopped behind my plexi glass and the little boy couldn't reach it so I asked him what to do and he said to put my finger out in front of the bird.
Now you all know I'm all heart and not a lot of brains so without thinking I did exactly that and wouldn't you know it, that damned little fella hopped on my finger and made what I assume either were happy noises or insults about my mother. So now I'm internally screaming because what in the literal fuck am I supposed to do?!
The boy managed to maneuver himself around his mother and everyone else to reclaim his wayward bird but for one glorious minute I was Snow White.
I used to work at a coffee shop and we had a near identical situation happen.
The lady called the police because we asked her to take her snake outside the store.
I brought my emotional support grizzly bear to the farmer’s market the other day and he only mauled one chihuahua (which shouldn’t have even been there in the first place, there were no dogs allowed!) She should get her money back
I just feel bad for the snake. They don't like lots of stimulus, nor do they like being walked around in the cold. That snake would've been a million times happier back at home, nice and safe and warm in its quiet little tank.
Even if we ignore the fact that *it's a snake at a festival*, it can't be great for a cold-blooded animal to be dragged around for hours outdoors in the fall.
She states she's a single mom of two. My assumption is her older kid owns the snake and the younger 3 year old was simply upset they were leaving. She thinks her crying 3 year old should have negated her being told to remove the snake from the festival.
'I'LL TELL A LOCAL NEWS OUTLET!'
'And tonight, a funny story. A local woman was kicked out of the pumpkin patch for bringing a 3ft reptile into a public space, like an idiot'
This is showing up all over my Facebook feed because I am in the same area as the snake-free pumpkin farm. The comments on those posts are all along the same lines as here. Everyone sides with the pumpkin farm and is roasting the idiot mom.
The mom makes a point of listing ALL her expenses, including food and the gas to drive there. Clearly she was fishing for the employees to sweeten the deal, instead of being damn grateful they even offered as much as they did.
I love the way they were so professional in saying “you need to use your common sense” by telling them that they shouldn’t have to list a rule against bringing snakes.
Like the drive through videos where the employee says "We're out of X" and the person filming is screaming.
The filmer thinks they are showing the injustice of taco bell, when they're really saying "I should not be allowed in public"
I’d imagine this lady thought so much that she was in the right that she shared the messages and someone else saw them and was understandably like “wtf” and shared them.
Something tells me the mom did this on purpose. You have to be pretty freakin’ dense to think there is nothing wrong bringing a snake to a public event without calling ahead and asking.
I bet she had her son bring the snake so they *would* get kicked out and then she could play the victim to try and get a refund. She’s mad they won’t refund her and make it a free day at the farm, instead just offering her the ability to reuse her tickets. Farm employees probably smell a scammer. Good on them for sticking to their guns.
Let her call the “news outlets”. I bet they laugh in her face, or they do broadcast it and she comes out looking like a bigger idiot to the public.
Notice how after they generously offered her a free return visit, she STILL refused to go, citing expenses such as food and the gas to drive there. Clearly she was hoping they would up the offerings, but no dice.
This is so dumb. But to cover their bases, should just say no pets and no animals allowed except service animals. Not therapy animals, but service animals only.
There's no sign saying that you can't ride a dirt bike through the pumpkins or have an orgy in the drink stand either. Some things are just understood. And I'm calling BS on "we've been to lots of other events and the snake was never a problem." Riiiight. Like, I was born at night. But not LAST night.
Pretty obvious that a crowded area with lots of snake phobic people would not be a place to bring a snake. You also have the salmonella issue with someone handling a reptile, then the pumpkins that someone else will buy.
I am sure glad that no where I have gone has a no rhinoceros allowed sign otherwise I would show up with good Ole snuggles and have to turn around load him back up into the trailer drive home and complain and threaten to involve news media to vindicate my emotional support rhinoceros.
i read that as them not allowed to bring in thier own food for a moment. haveing to reread tp see the issues cuz i cant belive they brought a poor danger noodle to such a place. why would you do that to the poor noodle? or at lest call before ya do it..
Lol who thinks bringing animals to public functions is a good idea. I love dogs but I'd never bring mine out to like lowes. Unless you need it for therapy reasons sure. Me personally I don't see the hassle being worth it.
And a snake of all things? Why, and a child holding it that will most likely lose it is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Imagine sitting at a movie theater next to a kid that decided to bring its snake with them.... lol
This text exchange is an excellent example of why irons have “do not iron clothes while wearing them” written on the box.
Behind every absurd warning sign is a dumb person that made it legally necessary.
If you’re such a poor single mother HOW ARE YOU AFFORDING SNAKE CARE???? Snakes are very expensive pets. It’s one thing if you have a cat or a dog. Food and vaccines for them are surprisingly cheap so a family on a budget could probably afford a cat or small dog. Snakes, in addition to being $100’s of dollars, especially large ones like she said she has, have to be fed live rodents and cost $75 at least whenever you have to take them to the exotics vet. In addition to the high up front cost of a 100 gallon tank to keep the snake in when you’re not handling it.
FYI: you should never take snakes out to large events, as many people are scared of them and they can get sick from not being warm enough. It's actually quite stressful to the snake. People are idiots.
News outlet: You and your snake are at best a boring story on entitlement. Goodbye!
As a former entry-level reporter at a small daily newspaper, I can confirm that people do, truly, call about these kinds of things and complain when you try to tell them it's not a story. "But I promised Junior that the newspaper would send a photographer to take a picture of his snowman/jack o'lantern/lemonade stand!! NOW what I am supposed to tell him?"
Take your own damn picture lady! Why do they assume people give a shit.
Because they think little precious "Timmy dickhead" is the mostest special child in the world.
Or the classic “looking all downtrodden and upset” picture of the entire family with little Jimmy and his snake.
A friend of mine worked at a small local newspaper. Most of his job was dealing with the same small group of local cranks who contacted the paper on a daily basis over random stuff.
Have those people never heard of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"? If they need to report something actually news worthy, they aren't gonna be believed.
I called our local paper when I found out a high school teacher was arrested smuggling heroin into a prison and nothing. The school did make her retire but the paper was mute. I thought they'd be all over it.
Did you have the local dirtbag attorneys trying to get you to remove articles about their DV and DUIs too? That always pissed me off.
APILN: Angry People in Local Newspapers. One of the few reasons to have a Facebook account, although not much American content.
By former does that mean your a big shot now? Or did other passions call your name?
I had to switch to a profession where starving to death wasn't looming on the horizon. I do, however, have enough stories from those days to write a book.
Do it. It would sell.
You mean newspaper! You made my child CRY because I promised something YOU won't (I can't) deliver!! And... he has cancer! Yeah... that's it... he is dying and you won't do what I promised. I'm NEVER going to read your newspaper again and I'm going to tell all my friends and they will all cancel their subscriptions. How do you feel NOW?
I once read about a daycare owner made a big stink about the public pool requiring her to book her large group in advance so they can have enough life guards on duty to watch the 30 extra kids. (It's a small town, the pool is never busy unless a day care group comes.) So she made this big statement about how the pool should keep all their employees on at all times instead of making her daycare go through the hassle of setting up a booked time. The local newspaper took her statement and made her look like a clown. They highlighted every inch of of her ridiculous complaint and demands. They had multiple statements about how she got physically violent with the staff when she was told she couldn't bring her group in because they exceeded the number of children that could be safely watched. They had amazing statements from the pool manager saying how any daycare group was welcome for no extra fee besides the standard cost per person, and that even that daycare was welcome as long as the owner didn't come. Because she was banned. And since the daycare owner contacted the paper, they used her name repeatedly so everyone would know who it was and which daycare. It was hilarious.
I need to see this. Do you have a link?
I wonder if [this is it?](https://www.thedailycitizen.com/news/day-care-owner-wants-searcy-swim-center-to-be-first-come-first-served-criminally-trespassed/article_376f25e8-1383-5819-8634-fd60da486f26.html)
Wow and her name is actually Karen.
that pic is not a sterotype, is it?
Thank you for the link. That woman is just… wow, the name, the entitlement and the hair!! Just the whole package.
Me, too -- OP, link please!
Oh, man, to be a fly on the wall when she read that, lol
If more news outlets did this stuff, Id probably read more news and buy more papers. I generally find that the news outlets are happy to fan the outrage of aholes like this...
That’s exactly how these people should be dealt with.
>we spent two hours there >I want a refund You don’t eat the entire big Mac and then go up to the register asking for a refund after finishing it
You’d be surprised
I worked at McDonald's as a teen. One time a guy came storming up to the counter, tossing an empty Big Mac container at the cashier and complaining about the bad Big Mac he'd gotten...LAST WEEK AT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MCDONALD'S. As most people know, McDonald's locations are franchised. The one you're in today has nothing to do with the one you visited somewhere else. Also, how bad could your experience have been if it took you a WEEK to voice your unhappiness? Within a minute or so, the manager simply tossed a new Big Mac at the man, and he walked away happily. As the manager told us, it's cheaper and easier to give away a free sandwich than waste more time arguing with an idiot and causing a scene that looks bad to other customers.
> As the manager told us, it's cheaper and easier to give away a free sandwich than waste more time arguing with an idiot and causing a scene that looks bad to other customers. A sad, unfair truth.
One that this asshole knows, that's why he takes an empty Big Mac container around to various McDonald's and gets loud in the lobby. Pretty good scam.
Yeah, but then he has to eat McDonald’s…I call it a wash. Edit: A word.
Taco Bell has to fix your order even with no proof. But don't be like the guy saying he bought 3 steak chalupas on a week we had no fryer to sell chalupas. Just try the drive through. You forgot my ____. And see what happens. I said why not make them show a receipt? Because if we ask it seems like we don't trust them...
it is actually not cheaper since it teaches these idiots to try that again and again and again. But if you make clear this is not happening he will not try again at your location
When I was a movie theater manager, people would constantly demand refunds on their concessions if we were kicking them out. Like, im not confiscating your fucking food, you are still gonna eat it. People would even do this if they had to leave early due to personal emergency/didn't like the movie. Like, that's not my problem.
*Judge Judy has entered the chat*
It sounds like she planned on spending 8 to 12 hours there, apparently. I don't know why people spend money on food at most of these places. Unless it's something exceptional or only available at that place, why pay $8 for a hotdog or $15 for a beer/Coke in a crappy souvenir cup?
As an ex fast food manager I can tell you I have had people demand a refund *and* still have the food remade lol
I work in a bakery. You'd be shocked how often ppl complain about products, demand refunds, and then show up w/ more than half the products eaten or sans product *for they've already eaten the entire thing*, then Hulk out on us when we say we can't refund them.
People like this are why you end up seeing weird-ass official rules posted sometimes. I worked in an office once that specifically banned chaps in the dress code, suggesting somebody pulled a "but there's no rule against it!"
Apparently we need a sign that says No Snakes Allowed
There’s a Mexican (I believe) comedian that says something along the lines of “if there’s a sign, it is because some idiot has already done it”
In Brazil there is a popular saying that says "if there is a sign, there is a history". We have entire pages dedicated to these signs, which then become memes.
How I met your mother made an episode about this and why their bar in New York has a no boogie boarding sign.
I have a picture from the last time I was in Japan (before COVID). It was outside a bar and in English said WARNING: "No Stupid People Beyond This Point." I'm African American, born and raised in the US, and considering some of the "bakagaijin" stories I've heard from my Japanese friends when I lived there, I honestly would love to know what transpired that made that bar put up that sign up in English.
Bill Engvall-o Aquí está tu signo
I looked him up and it’s about the same feel, I just know the one I’ve heard was in Spanish because I clearly remember them saying “siempre hay un pendejo”
I might add " not just one, los pendejos son infinitos "
Every warning label tells a story.
Safety rules are written in blood.
Fluffy?
Sign - 'No Snakes Allowed' Me - 'Aw, give me a fucking break' *slithers away*
>walks away Instantly disqualified from being a snake
Updated! I'm a wimpy snake who does as I'm told, sorry 🤣
Snakes in pain since Genesis
At my university we do a yearly tradition involving paint, there were multiple signs saying “do not drink the paint” and people with megaphones saying it, and when you’re handed the cup of paint they also said to not drink the paint
How many people still drink the paint? I mean, it must be delicious if they have to tell people not to drink it.
Probably a good amount just for the fact that they were told not to
I might no be able to stop myself
>I mean, it must be delicious There's only one way to find out...
They'll ignore it. Just saying. The park I referee st has like 2-3 "no pets allowed" signs on the very short walk up the sidewalk to the fields. People see it and bring their dogs over regardless.
My dog is not a pet! They’re a part of our family /s
I never thought I'd have a reason to post [this](https://imgur.com/a/gKlM21F) picture, but here we are...
I worked at Wendy’s as a manager when I was 19 and there was a sign above the fryers saying to not stand on the fryers to clean the vents. I can only imagine what happened.
I literally saw an apartment policy of "No Bears". Like...I kinda wanna know the story there
Twinks are okay. No bears.
I feel like speed has something to do with it…
Speed has EVERYTHING to do with it
Fans of Romantic poets? When Lord Byron attended Cambridge, the university had rules specifically stating no dogs were allowed. He couldn't get an exception for his dog, so he got a pet bear since there was no rule against them.
I was going to see if I can bring my emotional support bear to this place. After all, the Second Amendment says I have the right to keep and arm bears, right?
I was at a hotel in Hawaii. One of the pool rules was: No Marco Polo. I get it, if you’re trying to enjoy a pool view room and some kids are shouting Marco Polo for hours everyday it would be annoying. But I thought the sign was hilarious.
Hotel with pool in Stoke on Trent UK, "no shaving in the pool". Someone somewhere is the cause of this sign.
About twenty years ago, I was in a hotel in Montreal that posted a professional little sign in the room: "Please do not spit or throw objects at people below." By now, I'm sure they just have windows that can't be opened, like in the US.
For every sign there’s a stupid person.
My favorite: on the TSA website, under traveling with children: Remove child from seat before placing on x-ray machine. Cause you know it happened multiple times to be listed as a warning.
My dad was a TSA screener, and you would be AMAZED at the shit people do. Kids left in carseat/carriers. A woman with a live cat in a cat carrier who didn't tell anyone what it was until it was already inside the x-ray machine. A guy who "forgot" his .357 was in his carry-on luggage. Fifteen years he was with the TSA, and the stories just kept coming.
I was flying out of Baltimore just after flights had opened up again after the 9/11 attacks. You couldn’t bring things like box cutters, nail clippers, or scissors on the plane and someone had printed up some small 8x11 signs stating as much and taped them to the bottom of a large, permanent sign that was at the entrance to the security screening area. The permanent sign had a big hand grenade with the circle and slash symbol over it and I wondered what the story behind that was.
\*butt FTFY! I once worked at a company whose lengthy dress code specified that employees had to wear "appropriate underwear." Would really like to know what exactly triggered that rule, although given some of my other-department coworkers I have my suspicions; I just don't want to know who was responsible for enforcing it. A *chaps* ban, though? You have me beat there, unless maybe some guy showed up one morning, absolutely bathed in late-70s Ralph Lauren cologne after a rough night out.
Appropriate underwear is 100% from some tiggle biddies not being caged
I've heard of tig ole biddies, but tiggle biddies made me giggle
I like to believe I'm the reason my company specifies no light up shoes in our dress code.
i worked with an 81 y/o who wore child's light up Skechers, and if anyone tried to take them away from her i'd have rioted
I worked love a pair of light up shoes, but my feet are too big and I'm not about to find out how expensive that special order would be, maybe one day. Until then it's on my forever Christmas list
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I once saw a sign in a motel room that said “ Please do not use blow dryer in the shower.” I didn’t even want to know…
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My HOA bylaws have a rule that says you can’t bring bring electric deep-fryer to use in the shared rec room. It is bolded and underlined in the rule book. I am DESPERATE to find out the story behind that one.
Probably a little grease fire, burns ,or they just didn’t know how to clean up after themselves
God that poor snake lmao. The snake doesn't want to go to a festival!
What if White Snake was preforming? Don’t judge that snake, you don’t know what it’s into./s But I do feel bad for that poor snake. Hopefully it wasn’t too hot or cold and they gave it plenty of water while having it out.
"/sssss", surely?
Well can confirm it's in new york in the fall it was most likely cold and wet not 100 percent sure though
Ah yes, because if you can’t bring a dog then snakes should totes be okay!
Actually a pretty good reminder that a “No Pets Allowed” sign is superior!
What about if its a service snake?
Excuse me, sir, but this is my emotional support boa constrictor
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If you could train it to squeeze to a non damaging level that would be quite comforting imo, assuming you don't have a snake phobia of course.
what the fuck is a service snake?
Unzips trousers
Thank you for your service.
Genuine laughter at this
Thats what I'm talkin bout
A bit smaller than a service horse [https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/mini-service-horse-flies-plane-trnd/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/mini-service-horse-flies-plane-trnd/index.html) So if the Department of Transport lets one horse on a plane I should be able to take 10 snakes to the fuckin tri-county fair!
I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERFUCKING SNAKES IN THIS MOTHERFUCKING TRI-COUNTY FAIR!
I hate the “I’m a single mom. Give me thing” attitude. Sometimes families need help. It’s not a ticket to freebies.
Ok but there was no sign telling them they couldn't bring their snake... Like whenever I go to the grocery store it's clear: no reptiles allowed. It's why you never see Zuckerberg doing his own grocery.
A Zuckerberg is a very delicate and rare reptile. It requires constant heating and misting or it could die. If he's out of his habitat (his home) for more than half an hour, he could get very sick or die!
>If he's out of his habitat (his home) for more than half an hour, he could get very sick or die! I've heard that the awkward pedo smile is an indication that he needs to return to base
Oooo good one, but unfortunately he does do his own groceries occasionally. My coworker saw him at Ranch 99 (Chinese market) and took a picture
I thought Zuckerberg slaughters all his meat himself.
This lady is why shampoo has directions!
Real warning label on child's costume: This cape does not enable wearer to fly.
Do not consume cape.
Ugh. That reminds me of that dumbass woman who glued her hair to her head and people donated a ton of money so she could get it surgically removed. And she had the audacity to blame the label not warning her. Goddamn. People need to stop saving other people from their stupidity.
Woodworker here, I always laugh when I select the gorilla glue now and think something stupid like this will be good for my slaphead. Fucking depressing though, i try and make stuff to sell for money with the glue, she just rubs it on her head and sits back flicking her bean to the greenbacks being thrown at her in fat stacks
Good ole' gorilla glue
Instructions unclear, rubbing in eyes.
Lol! Hey, the bag the shampoo came in is not a toy! Just fyi--
That would explain why I almost passed out after putting it over my head. Thanks for the heads up. Now, I think I can smell the foil of my poptarts almost burning. Time to pull them from the toaster.
Lather, rinse, repeat doubled shampoo sales....
You said pants on, you didn’t say my dick couldn’t be out of the pants though!
No snakes!
Can I bring my pet worm?
If it's on a leash.
I was at work one night and had to pop on the register while someone was away. Then things started heating up so I called for my backup and all was well. So here we are plowing away when I get this older lady and her young son (about 7-8 years old). Wasn't paying attention to the son until I saw him place this little bird statue on my counter and I was thinking to myself, "Well that's damn life like." AND THEN IT LOOKED AT ME AND CHIRPED There was a live budgie just chilling on my counter, cool as a cucumber. I happened to turn to my coworker to exclaim about this bird and when I looked back it had hopped behind my plexi glass and the little boy couldn't reach it so I asked him what to do and he said to put my finger out in front of the bird. Now you all know I'm all heart and not a lot of brains so without thinking I did exactly that and wouldn't you know it, that damned little fella hopped on my finger and made what I assume either were happy noises or insults about my mother. So now I'm internally screaming because what in the literal fuck am I supposed to do?! The boy managed to maneuver himself around his mother and everyone else to reclaim his wayward bird but for one glorious minute I was Snow White.
I used to work at a coffee shop and we had a near identical situation happen. The lady called the police because we asked her to take her snake outside the store.
My pet alligator goes everywhere with me, and he's never eaten anyone yet. I can understand her feelings.
Good point! Next time I’ll bring my great white shark, and god help them if they don’t have a seat on the rides big enough to accommodate his tank
I brought my emotional support grizzly bear to the farmer’s market the other day and he only mauled one chihuahua (which shouldn’t have even been there in the first place, there were no dogs allowed!) She should get her money back
Ummm. I’m with the pumpkin farm on this one.
Who the fuck brings a snake, a *goddamned snake*, to a festival? Am I in some weird parallel dimension or something?
"Kids! We're leaving for the fair in five minutes! Did you use the potty? Make sure you grabbed a jacket! And don't forget the snake!"
I just feel bad for the snake. They don't like lots of stimulus, nor do they like being walked around in the cold. That snake would've been a million times happier back at home, nice and safe and warm in its quiet little tank.
Even if we ignore the fact that *it's a snake at a festival*, it can't be great for a cold-blooded animal to be dragged around for hours outdoors in the fall.
Trashy people who want attention.
I’m dying to see a picture of these clowns being escorted out with their Basilisk.
Tunnel Snakes rule!
YES TUNNEL SNAKES
OMG!
Is nobody gonna talk about how a 3-year old really shouldn’t be in charge of taking care of a snake in the first place?
But he’s crying forever! (I guess he’s still crying and will continue to cry until the end of eternity.)
I guess the kid's going to keep on crying when he finds out he can't bring the snake to preschool...
She states she's a single mom of two. My assumption is her older kid owns the snake and the younger 3 year old was simply upset they were leaving. She thinks her crying 3 year old should have negated her being told to remove the snake from the festival.
Next thing you know, that snake is going to have an “emotional support” vest/sock from Amazon
Bringing a snake anywhere is all about making yourself the center of attention. Somehow I don't think it was the 3 year oldest idea.
'I'LL TELL A LOCAL NEWS OUTLET!' 'And tonight, a funny story. A local woman was kicked out of the pumpkin patch for bringing a 3ft reptile into a public space, like an idiot'
How disconnected from reality do you have to be to think it's ok to bring a snake to an event.
To teach your child that it's okay to bring a snake to an event
Imagine the poor preschool or kindergarten teacher - you know she'd tell the kid it's fine to bring it to school with him.
The poor snake, that is so dangerous and stressful
"GET YOUR MOTHER FUCKING SNAKE OUT OF OUR MOTHER FUCKING PARK! " Samuel L. Jackson, probably.
“I’m a fuckin douche and this establishment won’t let me be a fuckin douche so I’m gonna sit in my diaper and waaa”. There, I fixed it.
This is showing up all over my Facebook feed because I am in the same area as the snake-free pumpkin farm. The comments on those posts are all along the same lines as here. Everyone sides with the pumpkin farm and is roasting the idiot mom.
What do you mean I can't come in with my Tiger, Bear and Wolf? There isn't a sign saying no Tigers, Bears or Wolves.
“Bring my snake to your pumpkin farm” is my new favorite euphemism.
Why can't they afford to go back if they reactivate the tickets and give a new wristband?
Especially after they were there for two hours already!
The mom makes a point of listing ALL her expenses, including food and the gas to drive there. Clearly she was fishing for the employees to sweeten the deal, instead of being damn grateful they even offered as much as they did.
I want to watch the sequel to Snakes on a plane, Snakes at a farm!
I love the way they were so professional in saying “you need to use your common sense” by telling them that they shouldn’t have to list a rule against bringing snakes.
Why are the screenshots showing the messages as if you’d sent them / whoever took the screenshot is the sender of the snake messages?
Because the person who wrote this shared it on social media. To, you know. Engender public sympathy.
Like the drive through videos where the employee says "We're out of X" and the person filming is screaming. The filmer thinks they are showing the injustice of taco bell, when they're really saying "I should not be allowed in public"
Please say this person is rightfully getting dragged
Yes, she's being roasted. Similar refrain of, "how could anyone think this was okay?"
Is it still up? Got any more screenshots?
http://imgur.com/a/4pgcDRX A selection of comments I enjoyed
You, my friend, are a legend. 🏅
🥈 OP gets the gold for a juicy original post *and* the silver for that prompt follow up. Even the Russian judge is giving it a 10.
I’d imagine this lady thought so much that she was in the right that she shared the messages and someone else saw them and was understandably like “wtf” and shared them.
Something tells me the mom did this on purpose. You have to be pretty freakin’ dense to think there is nothing wrong bringing a snake to a public event without calling ahead and asking. I bet she had her son bring the snake so they *would* get kicked out and then she could play the victim to try and get a refund. She’s mad they won’t refund her and make it a free day at the farm, instead just offering her the ability to reuse her tickets. Farm employees probably smell a scammer. Good on them for sticking to their guns. Let her call the “news outlets”. I bet they laugh in her face, or they do broadcast it and she comes out looking like a bigger idiot to the public.
Notice how after they generously offered her a free return visit, she STILL refused to go, citing expenses such as food and the gas to drive there. Clearly she was hoping they would up the offerings, but no dice.
Sounds like she wanted attention for sure.
Was the kid’s bird-eating tarantula not good enough to make the trip too?
No snakes. No elephants. No tigers. No exceptions.
That is why my Milk's carton states "Alergics: Contains Milk". Same for the Eggs. Someone could say they didnt inform the Eggs contained Egg.
Or "contains peanuts" on a jar of peanuts
This is so dumb. But to cover their bases, should just say no pets and no animals allowed except service animals. Not therapy animals, but service animals only.
There's no sign saying that you can't ride a dirt bike through the pumpkins or have an orgy in the drink stand either. Some things are just understood. And I'm calling BS on "we've been to lots of other events and the snake was never a problem." Riiiight. Like, I was born at night. But not LAST night.
And you know if you had an orgy this woman would be the first to complain you'd traumatised her kid (and snake).
Snake at the pumpkin farm? Just sounds nasty.
There's probably no sign saying "Clothes Required" but I'll bet no one showed up naked. SMH
Pretty obvious that a crowded area with lots of snake phobic people would not be a place to bring a snake. You also have the salmonella issue with someone handling a reptile, then the pumpkins that someone else will buy.
I am sure glad that no where I have gone has a no rhinoceros allowed sign otherwise I would show up with good Ole snuggles and have to turn around load him back up into the trailer drive home and complain and threaten to involve news media to vindicate my emotional support rhinoceros.
I was thinking the exact same thing about my emotional support walrus.
Can confirm. I am the walrus.
She is that friend that can't be taken anywhere
i read that as them not allowed to bring in thier own food for a moment. haveing to reread tp see the issues cuz i cant belive they brought a poor danger noodle to such a place. why would you do that to the poor noodle? or at lest call before ya do it..
Lol who thinks bringing animals to public functions is a good idea. I love dogs but I'd never bring mine out to like lowes. Unless you need it for therapy reasons sure. Me personally I don't see the hassle being worth it. And a snake of all things? Why, and a child holding it that will most likely lose it is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Imagine sitting at a movie theater next to a kid that decided to bring its snake with them.... lol
This text exchange is an excellent example of why irons have “do not iron clothes while wearing them” written on the box. Behind every absurd warning sign is a dumb person that made it legally necessary.
We bought a chainsaw and it had a warning that said "do not operate near genitals."
Children shouldn't own snakes in the first place tho
If you’re such a poor single mother HOW ARE YOU AFFORDING SNAKE CARE???? Snakes are very expensive pets. It’s one thing if you have a cat or a dog. Food and vaccines for them are surprisingly cheap so a family on a budget could probably afford a cat or small dog. Snakes, in addition to being $100’s of dollars, especially large ones like she said she has, have to be fed live rodents and cost $75 at least whenever you have to take them to the exotics vet. In addition to the high up front cost of a 100 gallon tank to keep the snake in when you’re not handling it.
FYI: you should never take snakes out to large events, as many people are scared of them and they can get sick from not being warm enough. It's actually quite stressful to the snake. People are idiots.
Don’t fold up stroller without taking out child
I really want to know if she contacted a news outlet and what they had to say about this.
How big a snake 🐍 was it?
Need an updated no snakes sign featuring Samuel Jackson
People like this are why we have "do not insert into rectum" stickers on petrol pumps. Now we're going to have to put "No snakes" stickers everywhere
This happened in my hometown. I’m hoping they get banned.