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[–] [email protected] 85 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I was at a coffee shop in a rich neighbourhood. Someone left the shop and then came back in speaking loudly to everyone. “Who here has the Mercedes with the license plate that starts with M?” They asked.

Someone raised their hand.

“You need to move your car” The entitled man demanded.

“But I parked in the middle of the spot.” The Mercedes owner replied.

“I can’t get in to my car”

It turns out the entitled guy had a Rolls Royce that he parked over the line. The Mercedes driver parked next to him, but inside the lines. The Rolls Royce driver didn’t accept that he was the one who parked terribly. He just demanded that the other person needed to move their car. Not politely asking, just a demand.

To add to it, this place only has about 8 spots and it’s always busy. The idea that no one should park next to him is the epitome of entitled.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When I see someone parked awfully, I do give them the benefit of the doubt that they might have parked where there was room, and someone else before them parked even more absurdly bad.

But I wouldn't if they show up making that kind of a scene.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

There is a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode about just this.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

Funny, I recently had a similar story at work. We're in a building with several companies, so the "Rolls Royce" guy of your story was someone from another company, and the "Mercedes" guy was one of our colleagues. Exact same thing, the other guy was badly parked whereas our colleague was within the marks (although slightly misaligned TBF, but still in the marks). Some people..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

If I see someone parked over the lines I assume they are gonna hit my car wh their door or while they are backing out, so I go somewhere else.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm sure there will be crazier answers, but one memory comes to mind. I'm walking down a busy street late one night in Montreal. I see this preppy looking guy lliterally screaming in the face of a bouncer outside of a club, like about to burst a blood vessel. Anyway, this guy is asking dumb questions like "dont you know who my dad is?" And yelling about how he's going to get this dad on the phone to ruin the bouncers career for not letting him into the club.

Maybe I'm lucky, but I don't see cartoonishly entitled behavior like that often, so it stuck out to me. To the bouncer's credit he kept his cool and just gave the other guy a blank stare the whole interaction...total pro.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, now he will never advance in his career. His advancement to mall security is nothing but a hopeless dream.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

No Paul Blart adventures for him.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago

I know "person" disqualifies my cat but at the same time if she could read this, she'd be furious she wasn't included.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago

We were staying at a small hotel, we just finished lunch when we saw a middle aged couple arguing with the young receptionist.

Their problem was that the all you can eat restaurant had self service and that they ran out of one of the meals. The receptionist tried to explain that this kind of thing happens sometimes but they try their best to refill the trays.

They then asked for the owner, but the receptionist informed them that he's out of town and not available, but if they want they could write a formal complaint. Hearing this the woman shouted: "then how will we get a refund???".

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ok I’ll play, I got a good one with a dose of revenge for fun.

Me, my young daughter(4) at the time, and my pregnant wife were standing in a very long line line to buy movie tickets to the latest Disney flick (I think it was Nemo). There was only one teenage girl working, there were clearly some staffing issues going on, she was mega flustered, and the wait was truly long and unbearable. But whatever-stuff happens, not the poor girls fault. So we wait as patiently as we can.

We are next in line. There’s like 50 people behind us. Some cow of a Karen just strolls up and cuts the entire line right in front of us. She looks back over her shoulder, smiling, and says that she cannot wait in this long line because she needs good seats. I’m kind of a jerk, and I would have enjoyed giving her a piece of my mind, but… small daughter, pregnant wife, etc. I behaved. People behind start flipping out.

I’m thinking this entitled bitch needs a slap, and just as she turns around with her successfully purchased tickets from cutting an entire line, she whirls around flinging her excessively large designer bag over her shoulder. The strap breaks, and stuff goes EVERYWHERE. Tampons rolling around, lipstick cases under arcade machines, stuff all under people’s feet under the ropes, etc. Truly glorious.

So now she’s horrified and has to pick everything up, and here’s the best part - nobody lifted a finger. All these people in line just ignored her, and her pathetic “excuse me”, “could you”, etc. she went from entitled Karen, queen of importance, to a cockroach scuttling around on a dirty movie theater floor, and everyone just silently looked down upon her.

Petty? yes. I’m sure she’s still a mega bitch still. But karma was served that day.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Karma would've been served if someone had picked up her tickets while she was crawling around

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