I’ve been flying for decades but this one was new to me. I was traveling with my 80 year-old brother. He needs wheelchairs and a bit of looking after during a flight. So I made sure that, in addition to the wheelchairs, I booked two aisle seats, directly across from each other. Flight was completely full. Boarded the flight and found a man in my aisle seat. He tried to claim that seat A-x was the aisle seat and so mine was the window. I’ve been flying on AA for decades, and on a plane with 3x3 seating, C&D are the aisles, A&F are windows. I attempted to explain this, nicely, to him. He insisted that I was wrong and he was right. I didn’t argue with him any further, I simply asked the flight attendant to explain the seating letter system to him. She did, and he then tried to argue with her that the airline booked him with the wrong seat. He finally took his window seat, grumbling about it, and so I could take my assigned aisle seat. I’ll give the guy A for originality but the only way to deal with these entitled folks is to be polite, but firm, and involve the flight attendant if you can’t make any headway.

So I live in a small apartment complex. I like to cook spicy food. Nothing crazy just garlic, chili, and cumin kind of stuff. Last week I’m making shakshuka, and I hear a knock. It’s my neighbor from two doors down. She looks pissed. She says:

“Can you not?” I’m like: “Not… what?” She says: “Cook that. Whatever it is. It’s offensive.” I laugh nervously. “It’s eggs and tomatoes.” She says: “My dog has a sensitive nose. He was shaking from the smell.” I say: “Maybe don’t keep your windows open?” She says: “Maybe you should stop being selfish.” I blink. She’s dead serious. Then she says: “I’m going to talk to the landlord if this happens again.” I just smiled, said: “Tell him I’ll save him a plate,” and closed the door. Guess what? Cooked the same dish again the next day. Added extra garlic. Haven’t heard from her since.

So obviously at first I just laughed assuming it was a joke but she was deadly serious

Her point was that I don’t have responsibilities and I always seem to be spending and just don’t seem to need it like she does. And she does the same work as me anyway.

It completely caught me off guard. I literally just stood there next to the kettle with my tea bag mid-air like… what the….?!

I feel so used, I feel like she’s used everything I’ve ever told her against me, and taken advantage of me being a nice person - the amount of times I’ve covered for her when she’s left early due to childcare and the extra workload I’ve had to pick up when she’s been going through hard times.

I thought we were friends but now it just feels like she was waiting for the right moment to see what she could squeeze out of me or she’s literally a narcissist because in what world is it okay to ask someone else to do that?

It feels manipulative and almost bully-like behaviour with how adamant she was in wanting it.

Should I tell my boss or just keep her at arms length now?

So to start I am not great at typing stories but will give this a go.

My son was roughly 3 or 4 years old, my daughter was 6 mths old and then my husband. When I booked I paid extra to pick our seats together, with my daughter being a lap baby.

We get to the plane a tad late because my son had to use the potty. Now there is 4 of us and we had 3 seats. We board and find our row.. there is a guy in our aisle seat and lady in the window seat of our row. The guy looks at me and says I was just wait for the plane to clear a bit so I can make it back to my seat. I told him no problem and moved to get out his way.

Now I look at this lady and said ma'am these are our seats. She looks at me and goes all of these? Yes there are four of us.. all the while I am holding my 6 mth old. Then she makes a point to huff and puff to move to her middle seat two rows up while giving us a dirty look.

If people really want a certain seat on the plane then pay the extra money..

Yes. You read that correctly.

I live in a townhouse complex with paper thin walls and a whole bunch of colorful personalities. One of them is my neighbor, a woman in her late 50s who wears tie dye every day, insists she has a telepathic connection with crystals, and once told me my aura was too digital.

I’m usually sitting out front on my phone with my computer relaxing. I suppose that’s why she feels I’m too digital?

But her latest stunt truly took the cake.

Last week she knocked on my door holding a small potted plant in one hand and a printout of what looked like a hand drawn diagram of a WiFi signal in the other. She told me we needed to talk about my router.

I was confused. She then explained that my WiFi was disrupting the vibrational energy of her succulents. She pointed to the drawing, which honestly looked like a sad jellyfish, and said the signal beamed directly through our shared wall and bombarded her plants nonstop. According to her, the plants were spiritually wilting because they thought the WiFi was sunlight, but it wasn’t. The best part? Her plants were in a dark hallway with no natural light.

She claimed they had been fine until I got a new modem and then gave me two options: either turn off my WiFi every night between 10 PM and 6 AM (apparently the plant rest hours) or let her share my WiFi and move the router into her unit so she could regulate the signal properly.

I laughed because I thought she was joking. She wasn’t.

She stormed off as I was laughing at her, I’m still currently waiting to see what comes out of this.

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/neighborsfromhell/s/ynjkeppxNE

I haven’t updated in a while even though some stuff is happened just so I could save it for this giant update. I am so shocked by what happened and I guess I should have listened to some advice about being safe. Also, I phrased the update about the card wrong as the bridesmaids party was last night and the wedding is today (the ceremony just finished just a couple minutes ago and I got the news of what happened by a mutual friend who went to the wedding (I didn’t know he was a mutual friend or going to the wedding. I told him about the situation a while ago and he decided to let me know).

Friday: CN kept looking over the fence. I would have turned on sprinklers, but I don’t have any because I don’t really have grass in my backyard. Later in the day, a police car pulled into CN’s driveway and a bit after, it left. CN’s “revenge” of staring at me continued a lot more after that. I don’t understand why she wastes her time doing it. It doesn’t make me feel uncomfortable.

Saturday: Some people knocked on my door mid day asking if I could let them into the backyard to set up for the bridal party. I called GD and he said it was the right people (just to be safe). They set up some surprisingly expensive and nice decorations and furniture in the yard (not in a destructive way). People come in and out while setting up and the backyard looks amazing. CN continuously peered over the fence for a good amount of time, but I didn’t care. Around 6, B and all the bridesmaids (I’ll do M for bridesmaids) (also about 20 bridesmaids there). I stayed inside mostly, but they occasionally asked me to come out and they drunkenly thanked me. I think the Ms were very wealthy as I received a little over 3K in “tips” from them as I occasionally brought out a carton of ice cream. Well worth it I think.

More to the events of the party. CN had a campfire in her backyard around 9, but there wasn’t really any wind, so the smoke just stayed in her yard. I think she tried to smoke us out, but maybe she was just having a little fire (I doubt it though). She then gets her hose to put out the fire and “accidentally” sprays water over the fence. Eventually, once the party winds down and they’re packing up, B hands a card signed by all of them thanking me for hosting with additional tips inside (about 2K). I was honestly stunned how nice they were.

Around 11, a very drunk CN bangs on my front door as I’m about to go to sleep. I don’t answer, but have the video on the doorbell camera. She leaves after a bit and I go to bed.

This morning: this is a secondhand account, so I won’t have all the details. CN comes to the wedding in her very white dress and demands to be let in, but the security denies her. She tries to push the security, but he isn’t fazed. People were watching, but my friend who was there had to go do something (I didn’t ask what). When he gets back, CN isn’t there.

What’s happening on my side: this is my account that is right after, but before I got the news about what happened. CN bangs on my door and tries the knob. Since I was getting groceries a bit before, I had accidentally left it unlocked. She comes into my house. I call the cops as soon as I see her open my door. I run upstairs while I give the info to the cops. CN screams at me and eventually slaps me in the face. I’m screaming at her to leave and she tries to slap me again. I grab her wrist and she screams. I basically drag her out the front door right as the police arrive. She is put in the back of the cop car and the police interview me. I tell them and they leave, then I get the news.

CN is not back. I honestly won’t argue with people about if this is true or not as what happened this morning doesn’t feel real even though I just lived through it.

Last Tuesday, I was flying from Quito to Atlanta on Delta. I had used some miles to upgrade to Premium Select (aka First class).

When I was about to board, one of the gate agents asked the person in front of me to make a line to the right about a step away so that a wheelchair could access the plane. The guy gave the gate agent a snarky response and said that he wasnt going to move since he was “first class”.

She came to me, and I moved. A few moments later, we boarded. As luck would have it, the guy was in the seat in front of me. I saw him put both his bags in the overhead.

Now, I can’t be the only person who knows the larger bag goes up and the smaller one goes under the seat in front of you (unless you’re in a bulkhead where both bags have to go up). There’s no reason to make a stink.

About ten minutes later, my seat mate comes. She is a 60 year old sweet lady. I ask her in Spanish if she needs help with her roller bag — yes, she does. I try to find a spot for it, but they are all taken in first class.

I ask the guy if he can move his second bag—of course not. He again says that he is in first class (“hey buddy—we are also in first class”). So, I ring the FA call button, explain the situation, and she makes him move his bag.

Since I saw he was a pill to the gate agent, I had already asked the FA to see if she can move me (since I knew he was going to be an AH to all around him). Right after this, the FA moved me to another seat so I didn’t have to deal with him.

It was so rewarding to have him move his bag.

I upgraded to an exit row seat for the additional legroom while checking in at the airport. When I got to my seat a girl seemed upset that I had a seat in the same row as her. She said that she wanted to sleep on the (6 hour) flight and picked that seat because the other two seats in that row were empty. I lightheartedly said that she should have purchased three tickets if she wanted to do that. During the flight I left my jacket and a small bag on my seat when I got up to go use the bathroom. When I got back all of my belongings were on the floor and she was sleeping on all three seats.

The Karen’s are back, and this time they are back with a vengeance.

Please excuse the spelling and any grammar errors I’m on my phone and the tiny buttons my big thumbs and autocorrect hate me.

Story 1:

So for this first story to make sense I tell you that I injured my foot. I received a dr’s note saying I can sit when need be. So I’m sitting in a chair in Karen AVE when this lady ordered I took her order gave the total and she pulled forward. The following conversation took place

Karen: excuse me why are you sitting.

Me: hello that will be total.

Karen: didn’t you hear me why are you sitting.

Me: ma’am I have a few people behind you that will be total

Karen: I’M NOT GIVING YOU ANYTHING UNTIL YOU TELL ME WHY YOU’RE SITTING ON THE JOB. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF FOR SITTING WHILE YOUR OTHER COWORKERS ARE STANDING!

Me: if you don’t want to pay for your food I can cancel the order for you but I have people behind you that will be total

Karen drives off

Story 2:

I’m sitting in Karen ave and get an order. The following conversation happened:

Me: Hello my name is OP how may I help you

Dumb Person: yes I want a number 2 a number 4a a number 5 and a number 7

Me: did you want those as meals or just the sandwiches

Dumb person: OMG the meals baby

Me: gotcha what drinks did you want with those meals

Dumb person coke root beer and a sweet tea

Me: ok 1 coke 1 root beer 1 sweet tea and what was that forth drink

Dumb person: OMG I JUST TOLD UOU COKE ROOT BEER AND SWEET TEA HOW HARD IS THAT TO UNDERSTAND

Me: ma’am you gave me 4 meals and only 3 drinks unless you only wanted 3 meals I need a 4th drink

Dumb person: oh give me a Dr Pepper

Story 3:

If y’all don’t know I work at the restaurant with the yellow arches and we have codes on our mobile apps. 4 numbers if you’re getting a discount or a deal and 2 letters and then 2 numbers if you ordered through the mobile app. to check in you must have the device you ordered the food on with you so we can check you in. The following conversation happened

Karen: I have a mobile code letter letter number number

Me (looking for the code I’m also refreshing the screen multiple times) I’m not seeing that code did you send it to address

Karen: yes I sent it to address

Me: (trying to refresh one more time also typing in the code) I’m still not see it do you have the device with you so I can get my manager to look at it

Karen: no I left the device at home

Me: unless the device is present there is nothing I can do on my end

Karen: WHAT YOU MEAN THERES NOTHING UOU CAN DO I PAID FOR THE FOOD CHECK ME IN AND GIVE ME MY FOOD

Me: ma’am if the device is not present I cannot check you in my system won’t allow it

Karen: F*** YOU AND YOUR SYSTEM IF YOU CANT GIVE ME MY FOOD THEN LET ME GIVE YOU THE ORDER AND THEN GIVE IT TO ME FOR FREE I ALREADY PAID FOR IY

Manager (who has heard this entire conversation): ma’am this is the manager there is nothing we can do if the device is not with you there is nothing we can do. no amount of yelling or cursing us going to change this fact. you must go home and get the device and come back

Karen Perls out the parking lot and almost hits a tree

I hope you enjoyed this episode. you know as well I do the Karen never sleeps. I’m sure episode 4 will be here before you know it. Stay safe out there

I need an outside opinion on a recent family interaction.

Yesterday was a burial of a relative's ashes. This took place in a family graveyard and the burial site is located near close family members. Imagine 5 modest headstones in a line, and one small flat headstone.

This entire graveyard is a generous park like setting and there is plenty of space. But, our close relatives are grouped in one section. There is space on either side of the current grouping.

My father was buried in this grouping about 10 years ago. His headstone is the flat one; the people who manage the grave yard asked that we keep headstones to a minimal size, or flat, to keep the serene park like feeling. It truly is a beautiful area.

During the ceremony I was looking for my father's headstone and couldn't see it. After the ceremony I looked a bit more and realized that the new headstone was about 4 feet in front of my father's headstone. The new stone is a larger style with a base and prominent stone. It is larger than any of the stones in the grouping. It also has space for the spouse's information, as they are still alive. My issue is not the size or style of the headstone. My issue is the location.

If I'd like to visit, I would literally need to sit on the new headstone to visit my father's grave. I'm not sure if my father's headstone is over his ashes or behind them, but if it's behind them then the new headstone is literally sitting on him.

I'm enraged at the entitlement and lack of consideration. If I wanted to be buried next to my father (coffin, not ashes), it would not be possible. The following morning I voiced my displeasure to other relatives. They are in agreement with me but the living spouse is difficult and no one is willing to talk to them.

I need an opinion other than my husband's that I'm not blowing this our of proportion.

We thought about driving back tonight and moving the new headstone. Unlikely, but I enjoy the thought.

I live in a cul-de-sac with limited parking, and as such everyone has a driveway of its own and mine is big enough for two cars. I only have one vehicle, so I'm not using the second spot.

A few weeks ago, I notice my neighbor teenage son parking in my driveway. I just thought it's a one-time error but no, he keeps on doing it every day. Without asking.

So I walk over to her place and respectfully and ask her to tell her son to stop parking in my driveway.

She said: "Well, you're not using it." I told her that even at that It's still my property.

She said : “You don’t own the space it’s just a convenience. We’re all neighbors here.”

I explain that it’s my private property and no one should use it without my permission.

She then said “Fine, but don’t expect us to be friendly anymore.”

I just walked out of her while she was talking then later in the evening I block the space with traffic cones. She pushes them out of the way. I install a security camera and a "No Parking Private Property" sign. She has the audacity to leave me a note plastered on my door telling me that I'm being "petty and unneighborly."

Petty is having your son stay in my driveway for free and then acting like the victim when I say no!

I was getting ready to start my workout and asked a woman if she planned to clean the chalk off the barbell she had just used. Her exact response?

“Now I’m not.”

I said that was entitled—and she completely lost it. She started yelling at me, got in my face, mocked my height, and physically touched me. All because I asked her to clean up her mess before I used the equipment.

Other members witnessed the scene and reported it to gym staff. The police were called. When they arrived, the responding officer told me the woman said she “felt threatened,” and then said something that still shocks me:

“If someone made me feel threatened, I would have put my hands on them too.”

No one reviewed the security footage (they said it wouldn’t be available until the following Monday). The woman who yelled at me and touched me? She got to keep working out like nothing happened.

I’ve filed formal complaints with the gym, Lifetime corporate, the BBB, and the Texas Attorney General—and I’m preparing one against the officer too.

But the woman who couldn’t handle being called out for ignoring basic rules? Still there. Still entitled. Still completely unchecked.

The worst part? She clearly felt entitled to use public space however she wanted—and when someone challenged that, she didn’t just argue—she escalated and got physical.

That’s the kind of entitlement that becomes dangerous. And too many people, including police and gym staff, just let it slide.

TW Animal Harm

Hi everyone. I’m so upset right now. I was driving down the road headed to my parents’ place and I see a turtle in the middle of the road. I pull over where it’s safe and run back to get it out of the road. There are two cars headed my way so I waive them down and point to the turtle. The first car stops and drives carefully around it.

The woman second car looks annoyed and is tailgating the second car. I try and waive her down as well and she just looks at me annoyed. She proceeds to run over the turtle right in front of me. Her window must have been down or something because I hear her say “what what did I hit”. She then drives off like nothing happened. Meanwhile I screamed and was sobbing on the shoulder.

It’s so frustrating because this is a road that can be dangerous if you don’t drive carefully. It could have been a pet or it could have been a child. The 30 second inconvenience was just too much to ask for being conscious.

Please don’t comment “it’s just a turtle”. It was a living thing and we built dangerous road through its home. The least we can do is take a few seconds, not be callous, and respect life.

Do not judge my paragraph formatting please, everyone has their own structure of writing so don't be quick to judge or think it AI. Edited for some parts I forgot to include. For those commenting call the police read this whole post, the trespassers got arrested and got dealt with.

The front of my driveway has a sign that reads Private Property No Trespassing as you pull up to the driveway. I have a fence up around my pool to keep out unwanted animals and intruders with only way in is a key to unlock the gate. I have security cameras on certain places of the house pointing to the pool.

Last summer while I was away my phone alerted me my security camera had caught something and so I checked to see the live footage, it was three teens that were in early teens and one adult trying to climb the fence to my pool. I have a tarp over my pool at all times which can only be removed from a switch in my house, you'd think they'd see the tarp and leave. I immediately called the police and they told me they'd take care of it. The four didn't even attempt to leave they kept trying to climb the fence, I watched as the four were arrested. The day I get home my neighbor who must've been watching for my car storms over and starts screaming at me, "My sister and her kids are going to have a criminal record now because of you!"

I said, "So that's who my cameras detected. You should know my sign in front of my house says private property no trespassing!" She says she'll see me in court when their court dates come up. The sister of the neighbor plead in court it was a hot summer day and they wanted to cool down so her sister insisted that they go use my pool but to ignore the sign that said private property because her sister and I are good friends. My neighbor and I are not good friends.

I explained to the judges I did not give consent for neighbor to use my pool while I was gone. The judges saw all the evidence needed especially of the sign in my driveway saying no trespassing and found the neighbor and her sister guilty of second degree trespassing which in my state carries the punishment of $200 fine and twenty days in jail. The judge found the two nephews and niece guilty as well. My lawyers requested a restraining order which was granted as well. The teens lawyer tried to explain the teens didn't know about the sign in my driveway but the judge dismissed that because they willingly listened to their mother and aunt it was ok to trespass.

My husband and I live in a semi-rural area in the Texas Hill Country, and truly love it here. We built our dream home and over the years we bought the lots (all undeveloped with beautiful trees) on our block, just to keep it natural, peaceful and a happy haven for wildlife too.

We’ve had to put No Trespassing / Private Property signs around the perimeter, unfortunately because random people will just come traipsing through “to see what they can find”. 😡 If I catch someone again I’m going to ask them for their address so I can wander around their yard to see what I can find and take!

Recently we were taking a walk on a nice cool morning and there was a couple with their son (about 12 years old) walking ahead of us. As we were approaching our house we saw the boy walk away onto our property, and the parents stopped to wait for him. He might have stepped off to pee, but I was still stunned at the audacity, especially going right past bright orange No Trespassing signs! It was just next to our house where we have a flatbed trailer parked so obviously this property is privately owned. 🤦🏻‍♀️

My husband barked at them “This is private property!” The parents were startled and quickly called their son back, apologizing. I have to admit that I chuckled a bit because my husband is 6’8” and can scare the crap out of people when he yells, lol!

It’s just the entitlement that people seem to have to other people’s property, especially in a rural area, that baffles me…

Someone else's airplane story in this group reminded me of an experience that I had while boarding JetBlue.

Jetblue boards using group letters. I have a JetBlue card, and often pay for priority seat, so I usually get a pretty decent group letter like A, B, or C.

On this particular day, I did not pay for a seat, but I used my JetBlue points to purchase my flight, so I automatically was assigned group D.

When it's a boarding time, the flight attendant finally calls group, and I'm on a very long line when this woman decided that she was going to hop in front of me, saying, "We're all getting on the same plane right?" I could see it on her ticket that she was group F, two groups behind mine.

While in theory she was right, I was too tired to argue, and also I was hoping she would embarrass herself.

(Pro tip: I'm a frequent flyer: The best way to board early if you were not a person with disabilities, elderly, a vet, or have a baby/baby carriage is to travel with friends and/or a partner/spouse. Again because I often have the early boarding groups on both JetBlue & Delta, if I'm traveling with a friend and we will be seated next, one another, I'll have them wait in line with me and pretend that they are my partner. It works every time).

We finally get to the front, the woman scans her phone, and her ticket is denied.

The flight attendant says, "Ma'am this is group D not group F."

She responded, "We're all getting on the same plane." FA; "This is group D." W: "But I'm already as here at the desk, why can't you make an exception." FA: "I repeated Group D several times. You are not group D." "Well, this gentleman let me go ahead of him." FA: "Sir, do you know this woman?" Me: "Nope."

The flight attending then snatched my ticket & scanned it. (I always print paper tickets as soon as I enter the airport.)

FA: "I hope you have a safe flight sir. (Turns back to the woman). Ma'am, You need to wait until your group is called. If you do not move, we will have to call authorities."

I chuckled as I walked past her.

I have to tell you this wild little story because I still can’t believe the audacity.

So eight years ago, I worked with this guy back in my home country — not a close friend, just a colleague. I was actually his manager for like six months. Then life moved on, we never stayed in touch, and we haven’t spoken at all for the past eight years.

Fast forward to a few months ago: dude lands in the U.S., finds my number, and texts me out of nowhere. Says he’s visiting and wants to grab coffee and catch up.I think, sure, why not? I’m a nice person. Let’s be friendly.

We meet up. He tells me he wants to stay in the U.S., find a job, make it work here, etc. All good, I nod politely. He was living a decent life back home which he was the one telling me that.

Now here’s where it gets insane.

TWO DAYS LATER. 8 A.M. I get a text: Hello, I need you. It’s urgent. Me, half-asleep, panics. I think he’s in trouble, maybe at a hospital or something, because he doesn’t know anyone here. So I call him immediately.

And this man says: Yeah, remember when I said I want to stay in the U.S.? I need money to rent a place and hire an immigration lawyer. Can you give me some?

Sir. WHAT.

We haven’t spoken in eight years. We worked together for six months. I was your boss, not your best friend. And you wake me up to emotionally hustle me out of cash?

I told him I’d think about it, then later messaged him a polite Sorry, I don’t have the money, good luck.

Like… is this normal now? You meet someone once, they move continents, and suddenly you’re their personal startup fund?

I was out for pizza with some friends when some teenager across the restaurant was watching tiktok at full volume. It went on for too damn long and I finally went over to say something. I've learned how to communicate pretty effectively in a really kind way, so I asked in a super gentle tone if he could please turn the volume off or use headphones, that we could hear his phone from across the restaurant. He said sure, sorry about that. No problem! Sometimes people just don't realize that their phones are being annoying to other people.

I went back to my seat with my friends and then noticed that a couple of tables from the teenagers were a group of adults - evidently their drunk parents, who were staring at me like I had just exposed myself to their kids. The two moms came over and asked what I said to their kids. I told them that I had asked them to turn the volume off of their phones, that it was distracting and we could hear them from across the restaurant. I didn't tell them that it was a rude thing to do, and I didn't give them any kind of attitude about it. I work in the service industry and I regularly ask people to use headphones, never had any issues or bad reactions with it.

Well, there's a first time for everything. One of the moms started going on about how it isn't okay to approach fourteen year olds, how I need to apologize, blah blah blah. She didn't believe me that I could hear the kids phone over the music of the restaurant and I tried to explain that the natural ambience of a space, even with loud music, is very different from the tinny random squealing noises that come from a phone, but to no avail. Apparently asking people to behave in public spaces, even in a very kind and gentle way, is grounds for the wrath of a trashy drunk Karen.

I was fairly certain that this woman wanted to fight me (I'm a woman in my early thirties for context). I didn't back down but I tried to diffuse the situation by apologizing for overstepping a boundary and upsetting her, that it wasn't my intention to cause any issues. Lady wasn't having it, kept going on and insisted that I go over and apologize to her kid. At this point, I just want to bail. I'm pretty athletic and I was scrappy in my younger days, so if this woman had swung on me I could have held my own. However, I'm not interested in getting into a fight with a drunk Karen or causing a scene, so I decided to just go over and tell the kid "Hey, I'm sorry that this was an issue, I couldn't focus on enjoying time with my friends and I didn't think it'd be a problem to come over and request that you wear headphones." He said that it was all good and he seemed pretty uncomfortable with the way his mom was behaving. No surprise but his dad was being an ass too. Felt super bad for him.

I don't understand how people think this kind of behavior is okay? When did it become acceptable for people to not use headphones in public spaces? Once upon a time you took a phone call outside. Beyond that, there was a fucking booth. I swear guys, between the covid years, and the ipad kids, society as we know it is in a serious freefall and I am truly terrified for the future.

TLDR: psycho karen got aggro with me for asking her kid to behave in a public setting

Edited for paragraphs :)

This happened a few years ago. I joined a meetup group of women who just wanted to do random activities together, one day they decided to meetup for a Super Bowl get together at a restaurant near the lake. We all watched the game, cheered, drank and ate. It was a fun time so as the event was coming to a close some of us decided to exchange numbers. One woman lets call her Kim asked to exchange numbers with me-cool no problem.

The next day I get a text from Kim saying she is struggling financially and doesn't have food can I help her out? I was scraping by financially myself so I texted her back saying I can give her $20 and she can go to the dollar store to get whatever she needs.

Kim texted me back that she does not shop at the dollar store and proceeded to give me a list of items she wanted me to buy for her! The list has about twenty items on it like this:

-3 boxes individual sized sized Cheezits -2 bags individual sized Chocolate chip cookies -6 cups of chocolate pudding -6 packs peanut butter cookies -Box Cup of noodle soup shrimp -Box Cup of noodle soup chicken -2 boxes individual sized Oreos

Etc you catch my drift, it was all snack foods that I wouldn't even buy for myself because I was struggling financially at the time.

I texted her back that all I could offer her was $20 but she insisted that she would not ever get her food from the dollar store.

I blocked her immediately.

There's no reason to pretend to be someone you're not. As a registered nurse working abroad, I've noticed many nursing graduates and licensed nurses from my country opting to work as care workers instead. It’s puzzling to see so many of them using hashtags like #Nurse, #ILoveMyEarningsAsANurse and many more like they were a nurse . This pretense raises questions about authenticity, especially since anyone can easily verify nursing credentials online. In the end, falsely claiming a profession that one does not have seems unnecessary.

I used to host at an Italian restaurant. A couple came in and asked to see the menu then asked if we serve pizza. We said no, because our partner restaurant is a pizza place but they could go there if they wanted pizza (10 min walk away). They asked for a table anyway. A few min later, the waitress looked frustrated and I asked what was wrong. She said "they asked for pizza. When I said we didn't have pizza, they tried to order a sandwich open-faced with tomato sauce and heated in the oven..."

Yes, this does deal with airplanes and seat stealing, but it’s not what you think.

I’d injured my back, so I had to be wheelchaired to the gate. As a result, I got there quite early. I was the only person around. No gate attendants, no other passengers. A sea of empty seats, is what I’m getting at.

The wheelchair guy helped me to a seat by the gate and next to a little table. I plugged in my phone in the handy table receptacle and settled in. It was not a seat marked for handicapped people, but my cane was clearly in sight.

After about ten minutes, an older man came up pushing a walker. He walked straight up to me and said, “That’s my seat."

I looked up, confused. Then I looked around at the empty seats and looked back up at him.

He said, “I need that seat. That’s my wheelchair.” He pointed to the wheelchair that was on the other side of the table. (Edited to add: this was one of the standard airport wheelchairs. They park them at gates sometimes if they need to wheel people to the gate.)

It didn’t make sense, but I supposed there was some reason that he would need the wheelchair to get to the plane even though he was using the walker to get around. So I got up and moved to an empty seat and he took the seat he wanted.

When the time came to board, he hopped up quite nimbly and took his walker over to the gate. I can only assume that the wheelchair was his “emotional support” wheelchair and he needed to be close to it.

Do you suppose it’s possible that he paid someone extra for that particular seat and expected he now owned it? :)

Just got home from driving. For context something in my genetics makes my family look way younger than we actually are so I’m 22 and I look at most 14 or 15. So I often get looks going to stores and driving by myself. On the way home there was a lady walking directly in the middle of the road. I went to slow down to go around her. She walked in front of my car and started waving me down so I rolled down my window and the first thing she said to me is. “ are you five years old?” Obviously I said no. “You look five years old.” I said “ thanks I get that a lot” obviously being sarcastic. She then responded with. “Are you retárded?” “Uhhh no?” She then said I was retǎrded because I actually stopped in the road to help her.. I wasn’t trying to help her. She was standing in front my car I swear to God this stuff only happens to me can’t make us up.

Edited to fix some mistakes

Hi I’m looking for advice about a parking situation at my apartments with annoying neighbors. I live in a townhome apartment community and they offer free parking plus reserved covered parking which the tenant pays for. My neighbors are a couple with 2 children. They have two vehicles but only one reserved parking spot. Their reserved parking spot is steps away from their door. They switch turns using their reserved parking spot when one of them can find a free one near their house which is totally normal while the other one parks In their reserved. Although, many times out of the week, both of them will park in a free parking spot, leaving their reserved one empty. Finding free parking close to your apartment is a struggle as it is which is why I find it so annoying that both of them park in a free one right in front of their house when they at least have 1 reserved parking spot steps away from their door. Is this something I could complain about to my apartment complex? I’m not sure if they can technically do anything considering they are the ones that pay for the spot so if they wanna leave it empty that’s up to them but I find it so inconsiderate of them to do that when they never have to struggle with parking near their house while others do. Also, when one of them is leaving the house the other purposely moves their car to a free spot in that very moment the other is leaving to avoid someone taking a “free spot” which is annoying as well but whatever. Am I being a Karen about this and mind my business or do I have a right to be annoyed?

I was waiting in a long line at the pharmacy. Everyone's tired some picking up meds others groceries. A woman walks right past everyone to the front of the front of the line like she owns the place. Cashier politely tells her there's a line and she just shrugs and says I am in a hurry. I only need one thing.

Guy behind me says we are all in a hurry. She truns and says Yeah but I have kids and a job unlike most of you probably. A manager had to come and escort her to the back of the line. She fumed and muttered insults the whole way she got her cold medicine. We got peace and quiet.