We here at Bored Panda like to entertain our readers with various funny memes and hilarious photo compilations or broaden our visitors' perspective on arts and interesting facts, but sometimes we feel the need to share a not-so-pleasant educational story or two. And this time it's about rude people, who just cannot ever feel satisfied, mainly because of their huge sense of entitlement.
You know the saying 'beggars can't be choosers?' It turns out it's wrong! Some people, when receiving generous help with their everyday problems by strangers, choose to push for more instead of showing some of the deserved gratitude. And these people, my friend, are just the worst. While some of the helpers decided to kill them with kindness, others delivered the best comebacks for the ungrateful.
This list, collected by us here at Bored Panda is one of those that'll leave you furious. Furious with the sheer gall of people who can't see a good deed when it slaps them in the face and have only one first world problem on their minds; themselves! Scroll down to check the stories and savage roasts for yourself, and don't forget to upvote for your 'favorite' of these shameless cheaters!
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and rip her a new a*****e about being ungrateful .. that look like a good pack most i know wont give ya meat esp turkey
Load More Replies...That sounds like a wonderful spread of food. This person is incredibly ungrateful.
My local food pantry stretches to help people out, and recipients are so grateful!! Also, most of this OP's items are shelf stable, non refrigerated. If her she has a child 5 or younger, and can VERIFY that she QUALIFIES, she gets WIC (Women, Infant, Children), which would provide milk, formula, juice, cereal, dry beans or peanut butter. Also, JUICE is a HORRIBLE beverage for regular use--very high in fructose, without the filling fiber and other nutrients of actual WHOLE FRUIT!!!
Ok, let's break down the costs here, as best as I can guess: Turkey, at $2 a lb, assuming that's a 10 lb turkey (it looks pretty small), $20. Loaf of bread, $2, two boxes of stuffing, $6, bag of oranges, $3, bag of apples, $3, bag of carrots, $2, can of cranberries, $1.50, can of green beans, $1, bag of potatoes, $2, box of chocolates, $3, box of cookies, $2. Total $45.50. That's for one family. Can safely assume that each food bank helps several hundred families, and if they give each family the same thing, that quickly adds up. Idiots should stop and think before posting their nonsense all over the internet.
those are some really cheap groceries Where I live that’s more like 60-70$
Load More Replies...If you need help, especially during the holidays, find a food bank. Reach out to your local churches. A lot of churches host a Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner and all are free to come. For the food boxes, you usually don't have to provide proof of income, you just fill out a short form to apply. You don't have to be a member, you don't even have to be a church-goer. I'm agnostic, but I see no reason to tell them that. They always pray with everyone before we leave and I let them ( It's the thought that counts). I have gotten food in the past when, technically, I made too much money to qualify for assistance. But I had bills pilling up and I just needed a bit of food to get through the month. I know what it's like to struggle. We could all use a little help from time to time.
Load More Replies...THis one made me livid. I lived in poverty asa kid. We had no food bank. That much food was for a family of four for a *month* in my childhood household. But hey, by all means, lady, complain you didn't get butter or juice. *eyeroll*
You got a flipping box of chocolates?! And you're pissed about juice?! My food bank doesn't give out chocolate like that. If yours is anything like mine, you don't get juice in Christmas or Thanksgiving boxes. You know what beverage we got in our Thanksgiving box? Milk! Granted, we did get butter but it all depends on what people donate. Butter is expensive. And it's pretty random what goes into those boxes. Our free dessert was key lime pie which isn't very fall like for the Pacific Northwest but hey, it was free! Be grateful for what you get. And you don't have to accept everything. I often pass on the table of mostly wilted lettuce. And if any food bank gives out actually fresh veggies, it's not in my neighborhood.
Don’t know if this will help, but soaking wilted lettuce in ice water will often crisp it back up again. Good luck!
Load More Replies...This looks like a pretty good holiday haul! She could have bought butter and juice.
For some it's a month's food. Been there, done that, and I can say, only You can get up From that and cherish even the smallest help.
Ha ha, that's better what me and my family had this year, and we aren't in need of financial aid at all.
My mum volunteers at a food pantry, and the stories she tells me about these ungrateful people would curl your hair. Thank goodness they are only a small percentage of the people who come in - but... wow.
If you go get a job you can buy your own you ungrateful prick. People who are actually in REAL need are happy not to starve.
Not a bad amount of food, I also assume that even if you need to use the food bank you can pay a couple bucks for a improvement on a holiday dinner. If not you check out other banks and count your blessings. I’m not trying to be accusatory or mean but you seem to have some decent furniture so I think you can spare a few bucks, I get needing a food bank but you can probably still spend a spare less than ten bucks on a special meal.
When I worked at a Community Action Center we had a guy in avery late model lincoln come in and try to take all the cakes. We had a two bag limit. I coodinated legal aid, but sat behind the receptionist who always made him put some back. Zero f*****g shame.
What a greedy little b*tch! That is an amazing amount of food given for free, and if you want juice you CAN make it from the apples and oranges. I cannot believe the nerve of some people!
....wow. A lot of people here(and I don't mean homeless/disabled/etc, just ordinary people, mostly lonely elders whose pension isn't enough) can't afford a meal like that for Christmas, and no one is gonna help them(they aren't dying from hunger after all, are they?), this person got this for free and they're complaining? That's b******t.
Wow! If you had to pay for that like I do you might be a bit more great ful. Get a bloody job like me.
I sincerely feel bad for the kids of this ungrateful piece of s**t- seriously, looking for juice boxes to rot the kid's teeth? Want juice?squeeze the freakin oranges!
She even puts the list of the things. What is wrong with this person. ?
It is s**t like this, that makes other people not care to help. Seriously......
Wow, so ungrateful, this makes me kind of mad, that is a perfectly, lovely, sizable xmas dinner, plenty of nutrition, juice is bad for your kids teeth anyway. What a spoilt, entitled, ungrateful cow. Many poor families would be so grateful for this.
I got turned away from a food bank for not having kids.
Load More Replies...F*****g lucky u got anything. Juice mf?! Aint get to complain, even if u try to hide it with "FOREVER GRATEFUL."
With what you saved go up to the store like normal people do and buy your butter and juice.
This reminds me of a story a reporter wrote about going to an Italian restaurant and encountering a beggar. “Spare change?” he asked. “No, replied the reporter, but I can buy you dinner. What would you like?” “Some fettucine Alfredo”, replied the beggar. True to his word the reporter brought out a take-out container of fettucine Alfredo when he left the restaurant. The beggar takes the container, opens it up and says, “Where’s the garlic bread?” Proving once again that no good deed goes unpunished.
Ive actually used the fredericton food bank once back in college...the amoint of food that was given to me as a single woman was unreal...this person is completely ungrateful...probably got a pack of smokes or case of beer on the way home from the food bank....couldng afford a dollar for a litre of juice
I think they want juice so they can mix their gin. Damn you food bank!!!
Umm that looks pretty flash to me ........ she shoul;d be glad she got anything some ppl cant even get a grant or a food parcel .. if that was a friend or a family member of mine id be telling the Ungrateful bish to be grateful she got anything
This is a lovely dinner. No need for juice or butter, you can add a splash of juice from the apples or oranges to a glass of water and I don't think butter is necessary here.
That's more than the standard pre-approved bags the government gives pantries to distribute. Those are name brand goods. And someone has personal internet access. Time to redistribute to a more "in need" family.
I wouldn’t use internet access as a measurement of poverty. Someone could be couch surfing at a home with internet. It doesn’t mean they aren’t poor.
Load More Replies...If i was ever in a position where i relied on the support of a foodbank to feed my Child/family, I would be blessed with just a loaf of bread and some baked beans - Turkeys in the UK at xmas time are ridiculously expensive, i would probably cry to have received these items! How fantastic that a charity will try and source you a "traditional" style package for an xmas day feast, that will probably stretch a few days! what an ungrateful wretch. ps, if your kids are thirsty, give them water, b***h.
I thought she meant for everybody until I saw the picture
My roommate and I both have jobs and make too much to qualify for food stamps. She just got more groceries than we do on any given shopping trip...
I volunteer at food banks when I have the time. This looks like an awesome spread to me. The supplies usually involve more canned goods vs fresh/frozen foods, but Thanksgiving and Christmas boxes usually contain a ham or turkey, and some fresh produce. I've never had anyone complain and the few people who do have dietary restrictions (allergies, diabetes, etc.) are always shy and embarrassed when they ask if they can have another can of green beans instead of the bread (or something like that). I volunteer because most people are grateful and it makes me feel good to help. That, and the food bank usually gives me the really odd extras after we close up. "We got three jars of capers in the pickup. What are those?" "I have no idea. Give them to Liz." Lol.
Gheebus Khreist people are fookin' insane!!! Where did this sense of entitlement come from???? Sometimes I'm just ready for the apocalypse.
There is no free lunch, have you no initiative to go to a do it yourself store and just buy butter and juice? No gratefulness for the gift? T Kowalsk
Someone tell the person that the oranges could be squeezed for juice before I personally fetch back the free food myself to distribute to someone really poor & deserving.
Damn, that's better than the dinner I spend all day cooking! and pay for myowndamnself. SMH
That just makes me sick. Seriously? Some people would be extremely grateful to feed their family this food. Craziness!! WTF is wrong with people today????
Wow, just wow. And I was grateful for black beans and rice and a bottle of water one year. :(
Because juice and butter aren't needed for any of this if you use your brain to figure this out. Heck..you're lucky you got fresh fruit and veg.
I got baked beans and other random stuff people didn't want. I was happy to have food.
Easy- use tap water (unless you don't have access to fresh clean water)
As a person that goes to food banks to make ends meet I am grateful for anything they are able to provide. This person angers me.
That, in store, would be nearly $100...how about their lazy ass gets a job if they want juice/butter that badly?
Those poor children. Not because they didn't get juice but because they have this ungrateful woman as their mother.
Dude... I had a ham with green beans and peas... I'd kill to have that nice of a Thanksgiving dinner.
I'm not a mom, but I am a truck driver, with no kids, and a disabled boyfriend. I will happily take all that food off her hands, since it clearly isn't up to her standards and she can't be grateful for any of it. :)
I’d be pissed if I had nothing to drink, too. She probably lives where tap water is poisonous
Go suck an orange then. With all that fruit, no one will die of dehydration.
Load More Replies...How is this not a reasonable question? What is wrong with you people? Someone in a desperate situation does actually still deserve to live.
No one needs chocolate and cookies and yet she got some. She's not too desperate with all of that lovely food. Plenty of juice in it's own containers right there. I would have made a feast with that and still had some leftover. How is this not living comfortably?
Load More Replies...Yes you most certainly can. Unless you're one of those unimaginative fatasses that needs tons of butter and cheese and gravy drowning all of your food.
Load More Replies...In the USA, at least 60% of people receiving government benefits are ALSO working. The attitude of this poster indicates that she is not experienced with true poverty, and has not used food pantries much.
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Ohhhh Noooo
Wow, this bringing in of people in need. I remember I had one buyer online who tried to tell me the tablet I was selling was for her sick mother she cared for. After a few dialogues she lost the story and told me about something else. Being confronted with the incosistency, there were no more replies. Depicable people who want to give you a bad conscious.
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Sadly the last remark represents how a lot of young people think. The richer the parents the more entitled the children are. Note: I said a LOT of children. I didn't say ALL children.
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I had a similar experience like this on eBay--I was selling 3 brand new, still-in-package sets of Hello Kitty lights (on strings, like for Christmas or around your room), and some lady begged me to knock down my price and hold them for her until she had the money so she could buy them for her daughter's birthday party. I agreed, but she kept stalling and stalling, and I told her if somone wanted them for the full price AND PAID FOR THEM, I was going to sell them to the other person. Well, that's what happened, and of course, *I* was the bad guy for ruining her daughter's birthday party, because she PROMISED her daughter she'd have them. Maybe I'm wrong, but I have a hard time feeling bad about this.
You are definitely not wrong. Susans like that act like we should all bow down because they decided to have kids
Load More Replies...It shows that there are people that are never satisfied. Sad for them because they'll never be happy and they'll die thinking that during their whole life they never really got what was coming to them.
you strike me... as a woman who has never been satisfied...
Load More Replies...I get so tired of seeing all the parents begging and using their kids to try and get free stuff. If you can't afford it, little johnny might as well learn early that they aren't going to get everything they want
I was living in the US and used to see a lot of veterans at intersections holding cardboard signs asking for money or means to go on with their lives. I always felt so deeply sorry that they had to endure a war, literally having their lives on the line. One day I found a guy who looked older. I pulled down my window and handed him a $20 and said "Thank you for your service, God bless you". He faltered. Looked me in the eyes, but accepted. No 'Thank you'. As soon as the light went green, he banged on the side of my car 3 times and yelled "Go away! You're stealing our jobs!". I was shocked. I had been relocated from my country to the US *by the North American company* where I used to work because my specific skills were a fit for the position. I was not 'stealing' anyone's job. I feel so sorry that Veterans have to go through this, after all they have endured. They should have proper social and health care. His rage was not against *me*. It was against the lack of dignity he deserved.
Unfortunately, some of these panhandlers are dealing with mental illness. I've seen them fighting over who gets what corner to beg from. They can be angry at life or just whatever.
Load More Replies...This attitude is becoming more pervasive every day! As if everyone OWES them something in some way!
A "friend" came over and told me a sob story about how he was going to lose his car because he gave all his money to charity that month (yea, right). The man is able bodied, so I offered to help if he would agree to help me paint my house. He signed a contract that detailed hourly rate & all. He worked off about half the money I gave him in advance. Then he skipped town without a phone call, an offer to pay at a later date when he was back on his feet, or an apology. The jerk had the nerve to call me up ten years later saying he was moving back in town. He said he needed a place to stay. He said he needed money to rent a storefront and open a business he wanted to start. Hmmm...He didn't ask for help, he just told me his needs. I was supposed to leap to the rescue of the poor dear. This guy only expects the best out of his friends. Funny how he won't give so much as a phone call in return. I told him to give me a call when he was settled in, and we could go for coffee ...
Once I stepped in at the last minute to teach a cooking class when the regular instructor was stuck in traffic. When he thanked me I made the mistake of saying "no problem!" which he interpreted as "no need to pay me!" 4 hours I will never get back
I truly appreciate the polite and civil answers given by the advertisers/posters to these "choosy beggars". Especially after reading the beggars' responses when their wishes were denied! I would have to put such a rein on my "sarcasm stallion" he'd flip over! Personally, I don't give change nor supplies to pan handlers. I have seen them get picked up and dropped off at prime off-ramp locations by white vans to believe that they have no support systems. However, I do give money to the local advocacy and support groups for the homeless and donate food to the pantries and food drives on a regular basis. The person complaining about the food handed out by the local pantry not meeting their particular tastes was especially galling. I cannot bring myself to feel sorry for these people, I just pity them.
Yeah, I advertised 5 free boxes of fabric scraps for quilting. Had a second person show up after I gave away the first five, and I put together 3 more boxes for her and she complained because I "wasted" her time!
Some people just don't understand gratitude. The world does not owe you a living - the world was here first. You want a living, work for one. However, if you are down and out because you had a run of sh***y luck, I don't mind lending a helping hand.
These people are terrible. It’s people like this that give actual people who have fallen on hard times a bad rep.
On a reverse of this, I made a relative a necklace as a gift and someone asked her where she got it. She told them it was handmade and they asked her if I would make one for them, they would pay $50 for it. Without even asking me she told them no because I am too busy to sell my crafts, it's just a hobby. It is just a hobby, and her piece was the first one I made, but shouldn't it be my choice who I make items for?
Omg! How rude! My stepmom was like that. I made her a matching necklace and bracelet set one Christmas and she complained that I gave her cheap, homemade stuff. I told her to give it back. I had been selling those sets at festivals for $60 all summer.
Load More Replies...I was selling a wardrobe for $200 (it was an antique and worth a lot more but I'd had ZERO luck selling at higher price) and some guy contacted me expecting me to knock $120 off the price cause he had to hire a car to come get it. I said "not my problem mate, if you can't pick it up I'm selling it full price to someone who can".
I'm selling a Star Wars Droid factory, near complete for $160 and had someone offer me $50. I countered with $8 off, he declined LOL
Oh wow…expirenced part of this recently…no idea there was such a thing. Knew someone that i helped but nothing was ever enough and there was always an excuse. Negotiating Prices. Not wanting to pay normal prices. I wish i had heard about it before. .
BoredPanda was surprisingly conservative, in that post... I like that.
" This other person can do it for a lower price/free " / " Even I can make it myself " — so just do it. Make it yourself. Go to the person foolish or generous enough to do it for f r e e . Yeah, bargaining is a thing that I won't disapprove 100% — but you need to know when you should bargain, and how to accept ' no ' .
Recently, when moving, I listed a bunch of stuff to give out for FREE (receiving end to pay shipping, but I still have to pack them and ship them out), including $200+ handbags and $500+ home appliances, all in good condition. I could just donate them to charity, but I would like friends and acquaintances to enjoy them, because I sure did when I had them! I also listed them on some message boards, offering them to strangers. In the end, not one of those "friends" who took my stuff even sent a "thank you" message after receiving the items, while the complete strangers took their time to thank me and tell me the stuff are useful to them...
We are just about to move and have put some stuff we don't want for very low prices online. I was selling a school bag at half the price it was bought for, almost perfect condition. A woman asked for it for $4 and said that was ok, because frankly, I prefer not to waste things. Then the lady said I had to bring it to her....to catch public transport to her location would have cost $2 and taken an hour return. Thank you but no thank you.
And here I thought my eyebrows could not go any higher. I think they hit the ceilieng. 5 stories above me.
I don't think I can keep my middle finger extended for much longer. Please send help. Willing to pay cash/sexual favours.
It's actually not something I'm used to seeing, especially the online convos(I might be wrong but I think this kind of sh*t is less widespread here because people on the whole have lower life standards and are usually more grateful for what they do have/get) so that was a very entertaining read. It makes me wonder...are those like op unique cases or is this actually a common kind of attitude? This whole attitude...it's like very very infantile and it seems that's becoming a common thing in modern adults, especially in developed countries. With the coddling to kids' whims, with whole 'you can be whatever you want and do whatever you like'(yes, but there are certain limits to this...), with generous social support...to an extent all these things are great and much needed, but is this actually what we are getting on the big scale? A generation littered with people who want the world to comply to their every whim, adults with mentality of 5 year olds? That's alarming...
It's a common attitude, just not quite on this scale all the time. People complaining about getting the wrong gift, wanting a specific free coupon, complaining about free content not being as they expect, things like that.
Load More Replies...My conservative, republican, uncle does c**p like this all the time.
Load More Replies...I had a similar experience like this on eBay--I was selling 3 brand new, still-in-package sets of Hello Kitty lights (on strings, like for Christmas or around your room), and some lady begged me to knock down my price and hold them for her until she had the money so she could buy them for her daughter's birthday party. I agreed, but she kept stalling and stalling, and I told her if somone wanted them for the full price AND PAID FOR THEM, I was going to sell them to the other person. Well, that's what happened, and of course, *I* was the bad guy for ruining her daughter's birthday party, because she PROMISED her daughter she'd have them. Maybe I'm wrong, but I have a hard time feeling bad about this.
You are definitely not wrong. Susans like that act like we should all bow down because they decided to have kids
Load More Replies...It shows that there are people that are never satisfied. Sad for them because they'll never be happy and they'll die thinking that during their whole life they never really got what was coming to them.
you strike me... as a woman who has never been satisfied...
Load More Replies...I get so tired of seeing all the parents begging and using their kids to try and get free stuff. If you can't afford it, little johnny might as well learn early that they aren't going to get everything they want
I was living in the US and used to see a lot of veterans at intersections holding cardboard signs asking for money or means to go on with their lives. I always felt so deeply sorry that they had to endure a war, literally having their lives on the line. One day I found a guy who looked older. I pulled down my window and handed him a $20 and said "Thank you for your service, God bless you". He faltered. Looked me in the eyes, but accepted. No 'Thank you'. As soon as the light went green, he banged on the side of my car 3 times and yelled "Go away! You're stealing our jobs!". I was shocked. I had been relocated from my country to the US *by the North American company* where I used to work because my specific skills were a fit for the position. I was not 'stealing' anyone's job. I feel so sorry that Veterans have to go through this, after all they have endured. They should have proper social and health care. His rage was not against *me*. It was against the lack of dignity he deserved.
Unfortunately, some of these panhandlers are dealing with mental illness. I've seen them fighting over who gets what corner to beg from. They can be angry at life or just whatever.
Load More Replies...This attitude is becoming more pervasive every day! As if everyone OWES them something in some way!
A "friend" came over and told me a sob story about how he was going to lose his car because he gave all his money to charity that month (yea, right). The man is able bodied, so I offered to help if he would agree to help me paint my house. He signed a contract that detailed hourly rate & all. He worked off about half the money I gave him in advance. Then he skipped town without a phone call, an offer to pay at a later date when he was back on his feet, or an apology. The jerk had the nerve to call me up ten years later saying he was moving back in town. He said he needed a place to stay. He said he needed money to rent a storefront and open a business he wanted to start. Hmmm...He didn't ask for help, he just told me his needs. I was supposed to leap to the rescue of the poor dear. This guy only expects the best out of his friends. Funny how he won't give so much as a phone call in return. I told him to give me a call when he was settled in, and we could go for coffee ...
Once I stepped in at the last minute to teach a cooking class when the regular instructor was stuck in traffic. When he thanked me I made the mistake of saying "no problem!" which he interpreted as "no need to pay me!" 4 hours I will never get back
I truly appreciate the polite and civil answers given by the advertisers/posters to these "choosy beggars". Especially after reading the beggars' responses when their wishes were denied! I would have to put such a rein on my "sarcasm stallion" he'd flip over! Personally, I don't give change nor supplies to pan handlers. I have seen them get picked up and dropped off at prime off-ramp locations by white vans to believe that they have no support systems. However, I do give money to the local advocacy and support groups for the homeless and donate food to the pantries and food drives on a regular basis. The person complaining about the food handed out by the local pantry not meeting their particular tastes was especially galling. I cannot bring myself to feel sorry for these people, I just pity them.
Yeah, I advertised 5 free boxes of fabric scraps for quilting. Had a second person show up after I gave away the first five, and I put together 3 more boxes for her and she complained because I "wasted" her time!
Some people just don't understand gratitude. The world does not owe you a living - the world was here first. You want a living, work for one. However, if you are down and out because you had a run of sh***y luck, I don't mind lending a helping hand.
These people are terrible. It’s people like this that give actual people who have fallen on hard times a bad rep.
On a reverse of this, I made a relative a necklace as a gift and someone asked her where she got it. She told them it was handmade and they asked her if I would make one for them, they would pay $50 for it. Without even asking me she told them no because I am too busy to sell my crafts, it's just a hobby. It is just a hobby, and her piece was the first one I made, but shouldn't it be my choice who I make items for?
Omg! How rude! My stepmom was like that. I made her a matching necklace and bracelet set one Christmas and she complained that I gave her cheap, homemade stuff. I told her to give it back. I had been selling those sets at festivals for $60 all summer.
Load More Replies...I was selling a wardrobe for $200 (it was an antique and worth a lot more but I'd had ZERO luck selling at higher price) and some guy contacted me expecting me to knock $120 off the price cause he had to hire a car to come get it. I said "not my problem mate, if you can't pick it up I'm selling it full price to someone who can".
I'm selling a Star Wars Droid factory, near complete for $160 and had someone offer me $50. I countered with $8 off, he declined LOL
Oh wow…expirenced part of this recently…no idea there was such a thing. Knew someone that i helped but nothing was ever enough and there was always an excuse. Negotiating Prices. Not wanting to pay normal prices. I wish i had heard about it before. .
BoredPanda was surprisingly conservative, in that post... I like that.
" This other person can do it for a lower price/free " / " Even I can make it myself " — so just do it. Make it yourself. Go to the person foolish or generous enough to do it for f r e e . Yeah, bargaining is a thing that I won't disapprove 100% — but you need to know when you should bargain, and how to accept ' no ' .
Recently, when moving, I listed a bunch of stuff to give out for FREE (receiving end to pay shipping, but I still have to pack them and ship them out), including $200+ handbags and $500+ home appliances, all in good condition. I could just donate them to charity, but I would like friends and acquaintances to enjoy them, because I sure did when I had them! I also listed them on some message boards, offering them to strangers. In the end, not one of those "friends" who took my stuff even sent a "thank you" message after receiving the items, while the complete strangers took their time to thank me and tell me the stuff are useful to them...
We are just about to move and have put some stuff we don't want for very low prices online. I was selling a school bag at half the price it was bought for, almost perfect condition. A woman asked for it for $4 and said that was ok, because frankly, I prefer not to waste things. Then the lady said I had to bring it to her....to catch public transport to her location would have cost $2 and taken an hour return. Thank you but no thank you.
And here I thought my eyebrows could not go any higher. I think they hit the ceilieng. 5 stories above me.
I don't think I can keep my middle finger extended for much longer. Please send help. Willing to pay cash/sexual favours.
It's actually not something I'm used to seeing, especially the online convos(I might be wrong but I think this kind of sh*t is less widespread here because people on the whole have lower life standards and are usually more grateful for what they do have/get) so that was a very entertaining read. It makes me wonder...are those like op unique cases or is this actually a common kind of attitude? This whole attitude...it's like very very infantile and it seems that's becoming a common thing in modern adults, especially in developed countries. With the coddling to kids' whims, with whole 'you can be whatever you want and do whatever you like'(yes, but there are certain limits to this...), with generous social support...to an extent all these things are great and much needed, but is this actually what we are getting on the big scale? A generation littered with people who want the world to comply to their every whim, adults with mentality of 5 year olds? That's alarming...
It's a common attitude, just not quite on this scale all the time. People complaining about getting the wrong gift, wanting a specific free coupon, complaining about free content not being as they expect, things like that.
Load More Replies...My conservative, republican, uncle does c**p like this all the time.
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