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Modern advancements in areas such as transportation, technology, healthcare, and education have improved the quality of life for a considerable portion of the global population.
However, we humans are pretty egoistic by nature, and the biggest trouble to us is usually the one we're in ourselves. So when Reddit user Jennimackenzie made a post on the platform, asking its users "What's the most ridiculous 'first world problem' you've seen people get worked up over?", many had memories to share.
From having to wait a little while to enjoy a freebie to misbehaving smartphone apps, the question has received over 3.6K answers. Continue scrolling to read those that climbed to the top, garnering plenty of upvotes.
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#1
Vaccination. Nothing screams "I'm oblivious to my own privilege" like an ignorant antivaxxer.
KatSaidWhat 2 years ago
Someone I used to know who was a massive caner and put every rec in his body on top of selling them deemed vaccines unsafe. Go figure.
Allen Packard 2 years ago
Get your up to date covid vaccines! We're at 10% here in the US for adults!! All you people making fun of antivaxxers... if you aren't vaxed you are one!
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
These r horribly selfish people who don't care about others. If u want to b an antivaxer, cool! Stay home and away from people. U and ur kids. As soon as I start spreading ur c**p around to others, u lose the right to that argument. I've heard many times about how they have no problem sending their kids and themselves out and about when they r sick. It's not fair that everyone else has to wear masks around just IN CASE they run into people like that. But don't infringe on THEIR rights to refuse.
Ferdinand Reinke 2 years ago
Have you noticed all the people "dying suddenly" lately? Add to it the "turbo cancers" and those falling out of "remission'! the covid jab is NOT a vaccine like the polio one. So, Big Pharma has screwed us on this one. imho ymmv
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#2
Like 90% of cultural appropriation discourse. Cultural appropriation is supposed to be for when things which have significant, deep, special cultural significance are taken and commodified to a point it disrespects or undermines the original purpose or meaning of said significant thing. Not “omg this white girl has a dream catcher in her room” or “omg this white person went to Japan and wore a Kimono” Like people are dying Kim, and you’re p***ed because Becky got braids done when she went abroad? Also more often than not the people getting mad about that s**t aren’t even from that culture they’re just random white people virtue signalling. And a lot of the time, when you ask the people of said culture, they either don’t really give a s**t or are actually happy at people taking an interest in and participating in their culture. Just screams “I’m so privileged that I have nothing in my life actually worth complaining about so I’m going to get offended on other peoples behalf over things that aren’t actually that much of a problem.”
KatSaidWhat 2 years ago
Most cultures are actually flattered if you wear their traditional garb. It really is white person virtue signalling. You don't speak for that nation, becky.
Dan Holden 2 years ago
I saw a video of a young white man who went around wearing a sombrero and a poncho. He was asking a bunch of white, college aged white kids what they thought of his outfit. They were all saying it was cultural appropriation and that it was inappropriate. He then did the same thing in a predominantly Mexican neighborhood and everyone he asked said that they liked his outfit and that they had no problem with him wearing these things. These virtue signaling people that try to speak for other cultures are just embarrassing.
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Corvus 2 years ago
Culture is not owned by anyone, so I really don't understand the whole idea of "approrpiation"... It should be shared, not locked away in vaults.
Surenu 2 years ago
Fun fact: the first recorded handshake was on a Sumerian clay tablet, several thousand years old (I used to know a more accurate estimate but I can't be bothered to look it up right now).
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R Dennis 2 years ago
These people conflate appropriation with appreciation. As an aside: Was actually in a disagreement with someone over Speedy Gonzalez - a cartoon mouse beloved by every Mexican I know... he said that they had their land stolen and were tricked into being fools. I just reminded him it was a cartoon mouse and that if they found it funny, it was their choice. (Speedy always got the best of everyone, so I don't think the fans are as "ignorant" as the guy arguing actually was.)
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
I was going to say something about Speedy! He was always one of my favorites. He always ran rings around the opposition.
Load More Replies... BrownTabby 2 years ago (edited)
Honestly? As someone in a neighbourhood that drew swastikas on a brown mayoral candidate’s posters and eventually made the poor guy cry, getting overly offended about a teenager being enthusiastic but misguided about anti-racism tends to be a first world problem in itself.
G R 2 years ago
There's a lot of truth to this, but as a minority I've heard a hell of a lot of white peoples trying to justify racist stuff by going "oh people of [my] minority don't actually mind that, it's just white people virtue signalling" and I'm in a corner thinking, um I actually am a member of that specific minority group and I find it really hurtful. And literally every single time I've said "actually I'm part of that minority group and yes I do mind" I'm met with INSANE hostility. People claiming "minorities aren't bothered by X" are just as bad as people claiming "minorities are bothered by X." Because in both cases you're trying to exploit us to serve your own agenda, and reduce us to some kind of hive mind. So maybe we should all just stop trying to speak for minorities, hmm?
RabidChild 2 years ago
If I'm "appropriating" anything from another culture it's because I like or admire it and want to copy. I certainly don't mean any disrespect and not claiming it as my own.
Bored Trash Panda 2 years ago
That would be cultural appreciation, not appropriation.
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Jared Robinson 2 years ago
America was supposed to be a melting pot, we were all supposed to take from each others cultures and make a new one, and we did until little cry babies decided it was racist.
S Bow 2 years ago
White people aren't the only ones that complain about cultural appropriation
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
African here. Yes, you get some minority academics who also complain about it.
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
If it's taking the pisd out of the culture, or ripping it off to make money, then it appropriation. Otherwise all good.
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
Whites gatekeeping everything from music to food. An American classic. There's a much more relaxed attitude in Europe, though there's always the occasional moron who gets offended on behalf of minorities because, y'know... they know better than those poor, uneducated (,insert name of minority here). I've always thought they're actually profoundly racist. .
G R 2 years ago
I'm a minority and also European and there's definitely stuff from my culture that no one else should use. Obviously not everything is cultural appropriation but cultural appropriate does exist. Different individuals from different minority groups have different opinions obviously because we're all unique human beings.
Load More Replies...We managed to get in touch with Jennimackenzie, and the Redditor was kind enough to share some background about their post.
"I got the idea for it when I was in the kitchen at work, scrolling through Reddit and waiting for the Keurig," they told Bored Panda.
"I saw a post where the author was absolutely indignant about his fast-food experience (he was asked to pull out of line and wait in a parking spot when going through the drive-thru)."
#3
When I was about 19 years old, I was at my boyfriends family BBQ. I was wearing this pretty floral sundress. His cousins girlfriend showed up in the same dress and she was SO mad that she went and changed. I will never understand being upset when someone is wearing the same thing as you. Did you really think that your shirt you bought off the rack is going to be unique to you? No.
Firstname Lastname 2 years ago
I would have shouted "twinsies" and embraced their great taste in clothes.
LillieMean 2 years ago
My co-worker and I had exactly the same shirts and we agreed in advance on which day we would wear it, we would both wear black pants and keep our hair in the same style. We were both of average height and had roughly the same color and length of hair. Not all coworkers thought it was funny at first because it was confusing, but my middle name is chaos and her is prankster. What made it special was that we had both bought the same shirt at a second-hand store. We embraced our mediocrity with joy.
Just me, myself, and I 2 years ago
I worked with a woman who had 3 of the same dresses I did. We planned our hosiery color, shoes, and hairstyles for "twins" day. Easy to tell us apart tho - I'm tall and she's short.
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EasyBreezyCataneze 2 years ago
Me and another girl ended wearing similar black and white stripes dress to an office party (her's was longer) and we both were okay with it. But every other colleague had to comment and it didn't end there. When the pictures came, that is all people pointed out. On every picture where we both were together
Just me, myself, and I 2 years ago
Happened at my wedding! I didn't wear a traditional wedding gown but it was floor length. A friend wore a VERY similar knee length dress. I hugged her and told her she has excellent taste in clothes.
Load More Replies... Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Had this at a Christmas party. Wore a different color, but she was VERY upset. I've never understood that. These r VERY fragile people.
David 2 years ago
I SEETHE when I think of all the times I showed up in jeans and a t-shirt and some other middle aged man was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. /S Yeah, I don't get people who do this. You could make it positive by just admiring each other's dresses and joking about being twins. It makes me wonder if the mad one had pretended it was some expensive / exclusive dress and knew the other one might say something like, "I got it on sale at Target"
FlamingoPanda 2 years ago
I had a random interaction in a cafe the other day when someone was wearing the shame shirt I was, he waved and pointed at his shirt and smiled and I laughed and waved back. I love seeing others wearing the same stuff I am.
#4
HOAs. These people have been waiting their whole lives to stir some s**t up over something minuscule.
DJay 2 years ago
From someone in the UK, I can't understand how people willinging joined or allowed their area to become part of a HOA. No one is going to tell me what plants I can grow or what colour my fence will be or how often I have to cut the grass. F%&k right off
Ashlisha 2 years ago
It can be hard in the U.S to find housing that's not part of an HOA.
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Ima Manimal 2 years ago
I wish Congress would pass a law, allowing anyone who wants to opt out of an HOA the ability to do so
TheTrueBT 2 years ago
It kinda ruins the point of a HOA if someone can opt out. I do not like HOAs and would have no problem if this was a law, though.
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INGI 2 years ago
When I rented my condo, I had to fill out an application for any pets (reasonable, I guess). I said I had a cat, named Monkey (his real name is Inigo Montoya, but that's a mouthful). I was then forced to produce vet records to prove I did not have a PET MONKEY. Seriously. Such a waste of time and energy. I haven't seen one benefit.
David 2 years ago
BP loves to hate on HOAs. Many of them are just fine. My friend has bun under one for about 20 years now and it's fine because it is one of the reasonable ones. A modest yearly fee to maintain the privately owned street lights and storm drain system. Some very modest rules about not making your front yard an absolute eye sore. The internet tells me "There are over 370,000 homeowner associations in the United States." You hear the horror stories from the exceptions. Kind of like how you can travel to Florida and not every Floridian is the crazy drug addict Florida man trying to eat your face.
Igor914624 2 years ago
Ours is not the HOA board. They are incredibly benevolent, and only want to keep things maintained. But one of our residents is a neighborhood N@zi, and failed to win a place on the board. Now he has violated the covenants and is suing the board for enforcing them.
#5
I work in a public library. People will get so so mad if they have to be put on a wait list for a book. A popular book that just came out. Ok our services are not only free but so are the books. You’re welcome, a******s.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
The library delivers books to me. It's a huge lifeline.
Adam Chang 2 years ago
We will always find a way to be mad. To small selection, to expensive, to small font, too many hits on search, too few hits on search....yeah list goes on
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Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
I love waiting for books on hold. It's like getting a surprise package when it finally comes in.
RabidChild 2 years ago (edited)
I totally get this but question for librarians: why do electronic versions have limited numbers of borrowers too? I borrow audiobooks online (don't judge!) and I've always wondered. Is it a licensing thing? Just seems odd to me.
Jackson 2 years ago
The publisher charges for each copy the library gets so that the publisher, their staff, and the author get paid.
Load More Replies... officerripley 2 years ago
Or like the upper classes in my area: "There's a library here?! I had no idea; I buy every book I read!"
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
That, and do people not know how to be quiet in a library anymore?
David 2 years ago
My condolences. I have only ever witnessed politeness in my local library. I guess some folks don't realize libraries have to guess at how many copies of a book or DVD to buy and that after the initial demand dies down they have a lot of extra copies of the (initially) very popular ones. My library has on line holds and it shows you where you are at. stuff like "You are number 37 on 12 copies" then they email you when it is in for you and you just go pick it up from a special shelf.
After going through the replies they've received, Jennimackenzie noticed some recurring themes, most notably food.
That's understandable. While many of us don't have to worry about our next meal, up to 783 million people worldwide are hungry. That means one in ten people goes to bed on an empty stomach every night.
Furthermore, of those 783 million people, 333 million are facing severe hunger.
#6
Apple vs Android. Get a life.
tom 2 years ago
Dad here, I am the only one in my family that has an android. consequently no-one likes to borrow my phone.....yay
Jason 2 years ago
Hi Dad I'm hungry. Also Dad here we all have Android. Still no one wants to use my phone
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Andy Gibbesh 2 years ago
I'm an IT professional and a tech enthusiast. I used to be much more vocal about Android being better than iPhone, but in recent years I've come to the conclusion is that for most people either will work equally fine, and the best one is the one that works for you.
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
Years ago, when Apple was preparing to introduce the iPhone 5, I had the opportunity to get a 4s for free, because my cellphone provider was trying to clear out their old inventory. I tried it on a 2 year contract--and within six months, I was wishing I'd never had it. After that contract was up, I happily went back to an Android, and I've stayed with Android ever since. Don't get me wrong, clearly the iPhone has a lot of happy fans--I'm just not one of them.
MoMcB 2 years ago
I have the same experience the opposite way. Life would be boring if we were all the same.
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Zedrapazia 2 years ago
In this case, it's clear who won tho. Nintendo. Former Sega games now run on Nintendo too.
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Janine Randall 2 years ago
Have a paid for Android phone and $15/month phone plan. Happy as a clam!
g90814 2 years ago
Same here. MintMobile, $15/mo for 5GB data and unlimited txt/calls if you pay by the year. Got an unlocked Pixel 6a last year for $249. Can't beat either price. In US.
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Alpha_Snail 2 years ago
Couldn’t care less about the battle between the phones it’s just a pain to do things between the operating systems like texting and calling, all that stuff.
Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago
I am team Android All the way for two reasons even though I have never owned an iPhone. Reason #1: I can't afford an iPhone, or anything made by apple. Not when I can buy something that does everything an apple product does for 1/4 of the price. Reason #2: I'm a Linux fanboy, and have been using it as my main OS since 2005. Android is based on Linux, and helps to support kernel development. I have laptops and servers that are 15 years old still chugging along running Linux. However, I can easily buy or build a new desktop or laptop and install Linux and customize it however I want. Apple doesn't allow modification/customization, or right to repair. I'm not ready to pay for something that I can't make my own. I won't even use windows for that reason. I'm not putting anyone down who does like Apple products, they just aren't for me. In the same way that I prefer driving a car with carburator as opposed to fuel injection.
Rahb in Oz 2 years ago (edited)
I understand, *especially* your preference for Linux! However most Apple iPhones are *marginally* less expensive than the Samsung equivalent! If there are truly cheap Android ones out there I am curious to hear about them. By the way, I am still on an iPhone XS (2018), which does everything I need, and still runs the latest software. Not looking to 'upgrade' until this fails. Android users, please calm down! This duel is almost as bad as the pointless angst between Ford and Holden in Australia! What suits you is what is best for YOU. Simples! My favourite colour is blue. Yours may be otherwise; it really doesn't matter.
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Richienotsorich 2 years ago
Had Androids (mostly Samsungs) fir years and have had iPhones forced on me by work. How Apple managed to successfully sue Samsung for copying them is beyond me. Samsungs are so much easier to use. I think most Apple owners only get the phones out of peer pressure.
#7
My own. We have a bidet toilet seat (Fabulous! Everyone should have one!) and not only does it wash your bum and blow dry it, but the seat's heated! It's shocking how much a heated toilet seat makes the whole process more agreeable. Except: We had a power outage and I went to use the toilet and the seat was cold! Unacceptable! This shall not stand! I was really upset because it didn't feel good. Then I stopped and thought: This is the most first-world problem anyone's ever had. I was really pissed because my heiny was tepid. I got over it.
Jason 2 years ago
I hate the heated bidet. Feels like I'm sitting on something alive giving me sweaty butt. I'll take the normal cold uncaring toilet seat please
M S 2 years ago
It feels like a public toilet preheated by strangers hineys. That's my problem with it. 😀
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Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
Honest question from someone who has never had a separate bidet: How does one make a clean transition from one seat to the other without, um, drips etc?
tom 2 years ago
and furthermore (not having a bidet myself), why does the bidet not have a seat? do you sit on the rim?
Load More Replies... Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
I can't imagine how horrible a heated toilet would be when sick and having it come out at both ends. This happened to me a few weeks ago and I ended up taking all my clothes off and laying on the bathroom tile. It was horrible and I can't imagine the seat being heated up to add to that misery
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
I dislike heated seats. Like someone just went and l'm next 😆. Give that cold, butt clenching seat.
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
I have a first world problem too: I am scared of sitting on toilets that splash water at your butt because it feels like something was attacking my rear end. I was so terrified of my grandmothers "hyper modern" toilet when I was a kid.
David 2 years ago
I have a cheap bidet seat I have yet to install. Not heated / no electrical. I am a bit unsure if it will be okay with my well water which gets pretty cold in the winter time and is moderately cold even in the summer. But it was only $30 and gives me an opportunity to experiment with the bidet thing. I might upgrade later.
Phobrek 2 years ago
Mine is cold water only, equally basic. Have used it happily for years. I'm sure one with bells n whistles would be swell but basic is fine. Any time I use some toilet w/o a bidet now I just feel like a filthy animal.
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#8
When iPhone users get annoyed when they’re texting someone using Android and their messages appear green instead of blue
Paul Scheermeijer 2 years ago
Wait what? I have android privately and iPhone for work.. there is a color difference????.... now I'm stressed because I DID NOT KNOW THAT
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Don't worry about it. I've been living in this house for almost two years, and I couldn't tell you what color it is.
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CryingChildKinnie 2 years ago
My mom said it "ruins the whole thing" and I'm like ...mother it's just a literal color.
SxS 2 years ago
Green just means it didn't go thru Apple's iMessage network.
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EarthGrowl 2 years ago
Apple was originally designed for people with Zero technical skill. You weren't allowed to tinker or modify Apple products. Microsoft allowed total freedom. Apple thinks it's users are stupid.
It's a big problem even in the developed world. For example, in the United States, over 44 million people, including 13 million children, experience food insecurity annually.
It is a systemic issue that can happen to anyone, not a personal failure. People facing hunger often struggle with high living costs, expensive housing, unemployment, and low-wage jobs.
#9
Weddings are a gold mine for this question. People get so hyped up over their "most important day of their life," they'll destroy friendships, go into debt, and have crazy expectations. It's not always the couple who go crazy, either. Sometimes, it's the parents or another family member who feels entitled to control the wedding. It's just a party. Be considerate of guests, have plenty of food and drinks, and enjoy it.
Jason 2 years ago
I eloped with my wife on April fools decades ago. We had a good time, still could afford our first house (barely), and still together
R Dennis 2 years ago
My wife and I got married on $500 and I was in a borrowed tux... we went to a Chinese restaurant afterward. Currently in our 24th year of marriage. (33 years total)
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ARandomPotato 2 years ago
People who think the wedding day is the most important day of their life don't understand marriage.
JLo 2 years ago
You said it! My wedding day was over 30 years ago, and I don't remember most of it! Plus your expensive wedding gown and veil will make your children laugh one day.
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Jumping Jellyfishes 2 years ago
The best advice at the end-- it's just a party, so enjoy it and don't expect perfection. When you bring together your extended family, as well as someone else's, there's a possibility it'll be like Thanksgiving on steroids.
Bamboozled 2 years ago
We've been engaged for 12 years and still no wedding plans. We've been together for 15 years, have two crazy dogs, a lovely home and are perfectly happy. I find the obsession about one day absurd. And these couples who dictate what their guests can wear are deluded.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
Wait until you have a baby and tell me your wedding was the most important day of your life.
Ima Manimal 2 years ago
The wedding craziness just blows my mind… Just elope and save everybody the hassle of your damn drama
#10
Not wanting to wear masks, some people equating wearing a mask with going to a concentration camp really was eye opening about the entitlement of some people.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Many of the people equating wearing a mask with going to a concentration camp belong to the same political element that built those camps.
sara fulmer 2 years ago
I don't know how there wasn't a revolution of smacking people across the face
INGI 2 years ago
I felt myself losing my grip on my self control more than once. People are such hateful morons!!!
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Certain people who wallow in privilege have developed a victim complex and have convinced themselves that they are oppressed. They think people standing up for themselves is persecution.
Bonesko 2 years ago
I work at a restaurant and during the early days of Covid abd enforced mask regulations I have been called "Hitler" and "nazi". 1, I have to follow these guidelines, and 2 f**king really?!? There's quite of a leap from asking someone to wear a mask for 5 minutes to genocide!
Richienotsorich 2 years ago
Saw someone in the supermarket wearing one just below his bottom lip yesterday? Seriously, why bother?!
Joshua David 2 years ago
Perhaps putting them into an actual labor camp to gain perspective. After 10 minutes, they'd beg for forgiveness.
BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 2 years ago
During the quarantine there has been so much fuss about how life was going to be unbearable specially for children. I always told anyone that our grandparents and parents in many parts of Europe lived for at least 2 or 3 years with continuous bombing, they had to leave everything and race to the nearest underground shelter. Night and day, without warning. They kept working, going to school, went on with their lives anyway. Many died, many survived, and we are here.
Bahija Just 2 years ago
When i stand in a line ( airport- whtever. i still keep distance. For hygenic reasons, i notice ppl forgot about the social distancing. Oke no need for 1,5 meter, but please dont breathe in my neck i dont mind wearing a mask in overcrowded areas Specially in winter, when its cold and i had too much cocaine last night
#11
My boss from about a decade ago was this insanely rich dude who always went to the bank to get fresh and crisp currency. He'd call the bank in advnace to make sure they had some on hand. I think he was a germaphobe.
He had a trash can that he'd throw $1 and $5 bills in that he thought was "dirty" and regularly just donated it vs spending it.
I asked him why he did this and he said it was too much trouble and asked if I wanted it. I said f**k yeah dumped it into my bag and when I got home it was close to $400 in singles and fives.
//edit: Whoa didn't expect such a response. Another time, he wanted to upgrade all the computers in his studio, so we went to a store and bought 10 PCs. They all had $150 mail in rebates and he wasn't bothered to go through the trouble of mailing them in. 3 weeks later I received $1500 after spending a whole afternoon filling out all those goddamn forms.
Steve Hall 2 years ago
I worked for a guy who called anything smaller than a twenty "heavy money" and didn't want to be bothered with it. I collected a lot of small bills and change for him, I was happy to dispose of it for him.
Jason 2 years ago
I do this too. I drop a penny and don't even bother picking it up, sometimes.
Lee 2 years ago
Well stop doing that. Drop it into a homeless person's cup, a charity box or a jar and you'll see how fast they all add up.
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EarthGrowl 2 years ago
I found a gift card for a local grocery store on the ground. Out of idle curiosity, I called and checked the balance. It still has $8, and someone just tossed it.
Christopher Denney 2 years ago
I guess he never learned how they make the "new" money all nice and crisp. <> there is a process to make used bills "like new" don't think it kills any germs. :)
Jennimackenzie said that the discussion was really interesting to read, but they think the prevalence of first-world problems also tells us something about contemporary society.
"People are generally blissfully unaware of what each and every one of us is going through in life. There's a distinct lack of understanding when it comes to 'the big picture' or 'us.'"
"Frustration is hardwired; no matter how easy we might have it, we will find a way to be frustrated with something and lose our cool," the Redditor added.
#12
I've survived everything from chemotherapy to two decades of immunotherapy, have undergone a dozen surgeries, spent a year of my teens paralyzed (had to re-learn how to walk), gone into cardiac arrest on several occasions, my mother is a diagnosed narcissist, and I recently left my abusive soon-to-be-ex-husband. Not a whole lot phases me, and it takes a LOT to anger or upset me. I am a genuinely patient, kind, and understanding person. Recently took some vacation, which included renting a car. The guy in line ahead of me completely and totally lost his marbles about the type of car they gave him. He ***demanded*** a Tesla. They told him they didn't have any available. Bickering ensued. The lone staff member, a gal who couldn't have been older than 22/23, was the only person on staff that night. She went above and beyond by contacting another local rental company (in the same large airport garage), and asked if they had any Tesla's available. They did, but it was only 60% charged. Customer threw a s**t-fit about it only being 60% charged. Dude....... they *specifically* told you they didn't have any Tesla's available, then went above and beyond to acquire one for you through a different company, but you still throw a tantrum about the charge level it's at!? 🤨😐🤦♀️ Talk about entitlement.
Rahb in Oz 2 years ago
Well, yes! Bookings can be catered for; walk ins, less so.
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They should’ve given him a lifted truck to accommodate his small package
Vinny DaPooh 2 years ago
Damn... you're simultaneously the most lucky person for having survived all that AND thr most unlucky person for having gone through all that. Sounds like God is trying to kill you. Stay strong. Keep surviving and thriving. And F that Tesla guy
Rahb in Oz 2 years ago
Simple; if he hadn't booked it, then he is not 'entitled' to it at ALL. If I were the rep I would have given it to someone else ahead of him as a lesson. We always book rental cars ahead of time. If the desired car is not available, we get an upgrade. This is not rocket science!
Patricia Smith 2 years ago
I admire your strength and stamina for holding on to your life. It's a precious thing and you are tenacious in moving forward day by day. Good for you, brave heart. Witnessing what could have been at the rental was humorous, I'll bet. Having pain and suffering in life sure changes one's perspectives. Humility for you was hard won. You're a winner.
#13
A lady in our neighborhood was renovating her 5-bedroom home while building a similarly sized vacation home in Arizona.
She said “oh you have NO IDEA how stressful it is to decorate two homes at once!”
Paul Macdonell 2 years ago
Stressful is cleaning 15 houses a week to keep your family from starving...
Jason 2 years ago
I can't even decorate one, unless you count kids toys everywhere and dirty dishes
Nils Skirnir 2 years ago
Should tax all 3rd and more homes and REIT owned homes at 50% of value.
#14
Not being able to get haircuts during lockdown. I will never forget the people with those posters
Jason 2 years ago
Grew up mad poor. Never knew other people cut your hair. I tried going a few times as an adult but it's just awkward cause it's faster if I do it. 40 years and counting
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Sum Guy 2 years ago
I cut my own hair twice during lockdown... and I'm black, do you know how hard it is to do a fade and line myself up.
BookFanatic 2 years ago
I had the spectacular timing to go through chemo during lockdown (I'm ok now), so it was a real hoot listening to people whining about their overgrown hair.
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 2 years ago
I will never forget the nails lady that after have her nails down wrote to the professional to let her know that she tested positive a couple days ago, but could not handle anymore to have her nails not done.
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Or those that were willing to jeopardize others just for the sake of a manicure or cut and color
#15
Crying over their favourite celebrity breaking up with a partner.
Šimon Špaček 2 years ago
I think that most of the celebrity interest is crazy. "Hey, this guy who portrayed a fictional wizard in a movie wore black pants and beige top at [random party]" ok, who cares? Tell me if this guy will be in another movie or if he died, that is all I want to know (and it is probably all he wants me to know about him).
INGI 2 years ago
Musicians sometime affect me - like when Prince died. He was the soundtrack of my teens. A lot of those lyrics made an impact. That's an artist. Now... Brittany and Justin breaking up? Kardashian BS? Ridiculous. Agreed.
Load More Replies... BarkingSpider 2 years ago
Or having a meltdown when their celebrity crush gets in a relationship and trash talking their partner. Like you had a chance girl.
Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
The backlash when a hot celeb gets married. All those uber crazy fans who detest the new spouse just because their idol found someone to love, but it wasn't them.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Social media has created parasocial relationships where we see and know so much about complete strangers that our brains treat them like actual living friends. Our lizard brains are programmed so that the lady we see 4 times a day at the fire is tribe and must be protected. Spend an hour every night watching a news presenter or scrolling Swiftie feeds and your brain is tricked into thinking you know them.
#16
Anything Starbucks related. Holiday cups, star rewards points reset, pay it forward etiquette, whatever.
Nadine Debard 2 years ago
Wait, is it coffee? I thought it was all sugar and additives
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Ryan 2 years ago (edited)
The pay it forward chain is stupid. Just let me buy my own stuff and go. I don't want to play meaningless feel good games.
Rebekah 2 years ago
I completely refuse to do it . I say "Thanks!", and then give them a tip, and drive off. The chain always ends with me.
Load More Replies... Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
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Ima Manimal 2 years ago
One day people will wake up and realize they’ve been drinking the Kool-Aid for years
KatSaidWhat 2 years ago
pay it forward can foxtrot - you don't know people's circumstances and the expectation is b******t.
Rocket Surgeon 2 years ago
For me it's people hating Starbucks. Fine you like different coffee get over it.
BrownTabby 2 years ago
Agree with the first one, don’t know what the second one is but it sounds like corporate greed, and I am not going to defend people’s constitutional right to harass fellow customers into parting with money in a way that I would never get away with doing for the very much not-first-world-problem charities I donate to.
DJay 2 years ago
If you have a Starbucks loyalty card you earn Star Points with each purchase and go up from standard member to gold I think. The more stars and the higher the rank you get free drinks occasionally or free extras like syrup etc, but you must constantly buy things or the points reset and you drop down in the ranking and lose your perks similar to hotel schemes, the more you spend the higher your "status". People panic they won't be a gold member if they don't buy enough etc.
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#17
I regularly see people come to blows about football
Gavin Johnson 2 years ago
=? Nah, it’s more important than that. Football > Religion 😜
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KatSaidWhat 2 years ago
Millwall, a classy team in London, actually arranges for fights with other fans before the match. which is pretty damn stupid - watch the game and then fight about it instead of getting arrested and missing the match.
Ima Manimal 2 years ago
That’s another thing where people have been drinking the Kool-Aid for years… Guess what, I can watch the game from home and see everything and when it’s over, there’s no traffic to fight oh, and it also saves hundreds or thousands of dollars to view from home
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
Tell me you have a small penis and an even smaller IQ, without telling me.
#18
Haha so last week, I ended up changing a train ticket last minute and when I went to sit in the seat (there was assigned seating on this one), the guy I’d be sitting next to had all his stuff sprawled out on it and was using my tray table to hold his food, with his laptop on the other. So I politely told him that was my seat and he was like “ugh did you just book this last minute? The app said it was empty and that I would have this row to myself”. He huffed and puffed for the entire 2 hour ride into NYC lol. It was kind of comical tbh.
I’ll never understand why people get so worked up over having seat mates on public transport.
Susie Elle 2 years ago (edited)
Same, like I understand that you're suddenly in close proximity to a stranger, but you're also in public transport so it comes with the deal, get over it.
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
I only get worked up if they're unnumbered seats, plenty of empty spaces and they CHOOSE to seat right next to me. I don't hold back my glare.
KatSaidWhat 2 years ago
I've asked someone if their bag had their own ticket when I got a hostile response to asking them to move it.
Paulina 2 years ago
I like to sit on my own as well, but I also understand it's not a given unless you buy out the spots next to you! It gets me furious when people sit down in someone else's spot (for whatever reason - usually it's their own perceived comfort) and then get upset when you ask them to vacate because it's your assigned sitting. Look, I don't give a f**k that your spot is at the further end of the wagon & I "could sit there"! I paid for this one and you're making both of our trips unnecessarily complicated.
Laura Binns 2 years ago
I didn't know they'd extended the London underground to New York. Wow!
Brian Droste 2 years ago
He if he wanted a whole row to himself he should have about all the seats in thatvrow.
Agent of Karma 2 years ago
Well I'd be less than happy, but hey not like I paid for both seats right?
#19
I was working the return desk at a Target next to a military base so I have so many stories. One of my favorites was a lady who had her baby shower before revealing the gender and was livid that she had received floral newborn diapers when she’s having a boy. It was a huge box of super expensive, all organic diapers, that we didn’t carry and therefore could not return. I cannot accurately express her fury and disgust. How dare either suggest her boy could wear feminine diapers 🙄 I suggested she donate them if she didn’t want to use them and she instead threw away the entire box. When she left we pulled it out and threw it in our donate bin. There have also been multiple times where mom’s order massive toys and when we bring them out to the car they get furious that they aren’t wrapped. We don’t offer wrapping services. Here’s the thing, if you don’t want your kids to see the toys you got them for Christmas or their bit to day DONT BRING THE CHILD WHEN YOU PICK IT UP. I’ve had multiple women scream and curse me out that I had ruined their kids Christmas by bringing the toys they ordered out to the car like they requested.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
When cloth diapering, boys diapers and girls diapers were always folded differently to account for differences in anatomy. In modern nappies this isn't a problem, so this woman was just being silly about a few flowers.
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IamMe 2 years ago
The only specifically boy/girl diapers I've seen are certain pull-ups. They have extra padding in different places, to absorb the pee. My brother refused to use the girl ones for his daughter, because he wanted her to like super heroes, not princesses. There were a lot of leaks.
ShellsBells 2 years ago
Military wives tend to have an air of entitlement about them. Their husband's accomplishments are now their accomplishments, especially with high-ranking officers.
Peppy 2 years ago
One Christmas when I was about six, money was tight and my mum helped herself to some toys while we were out shopping. Ended up in the cells of the local police station, I had to sit facing the wall in the corner while it was decided what was paid for and what was stolen so I didn’t see my presents. That was fun. Actually looking back it was kind of thoughtful of the police really, Merry Christmas everybody 🥳💕
sara fulmer 2 years ago
I've also worked in a toy store where I've held toys for pick up and people brought their children all AGHAST I didn't sneak them out the back under my invisibility cloak. I'm not GD SANTA
Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
Flowers are for everyone! Grandpa had an enormous flower garden. I see all kinds of men's shirts with flowers. That mom is rampantly sexist.
#20
The supposed “war on Christmas.”
Floeckchen 2 years ago (edited)
I think they ment the republicans in the US that declared the end of civilization because some people started to call it "Holidays" instead of Christmas to be more inclusive.
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Pferdchen 2 years ago (edited)
The only people who should be going to war on Christmas are Christians. It's an idolatrous, sacrilegious amalgamation of pagan traditions. All that money being spent on "Christmas" should go to alleviate suffering, as Jesus taught. Personally, I love it, when not carried to extremes.
Ross “Sarcastic Dad” 2 years ago
I've said for years, if there is a War on Christmas.....Christmas is winning, lol. Thanksgiving has been annexed!
David 2 years ago
Anyone who can not gracefully accept someone saying "Happy Holidays" to them is failing to grasp Christianity in general anyway IMO.
EarthGrowl 2 years ago
Happy Holidays is a generic inclusive greeting. Certain Christians act like it's a sin to respect other people's beliefs.
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Donna Peluda 2 years ago
Christmas is great when you are a kid or got kids. As you get older it´s just another good excuse to get pissed and blow loads of cash.
Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
Or, if there's no kids, a stress-free day off. We don't decorate, so there's less post-holiday letdown.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
For many years, we'd turn on the TV Christmas day and watch the original Star Wars trilogy. There was a really big war, so that counts, right?
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Dan Holden 2 years ago (edited)
Many of the traditions we practice at Christmas, from the tree to the time of year we celebrate, are all borrowed from pagan traditions and could be considered cultural appropriation themselves, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
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April Pickett 2 years ago
I'm a grandmother. I don't give presents. My grandkids and my grand nephews get a very nice card and some money. They seem to like this arrangement. I don't go shopping, I don't stress. The only thing I worry about is what to take for Christmas dinner.
#21
Not being able to park right outside your house in an area of terraced houses built in the 1850’s when the motor car was a distant dream.
MarieTDr 2 years ago
When I lived in Philly, in a very nice row house, the only fire plug was in front of my house.
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Viktor 2 years ago
To be fair, I live near a hospital (3min walking) and we regularly have staff and visitors taking up all the on-street parking. Staff has their own parking 10mins away, so it’s just laziness, and visitors are free for 90mins and then pay 1.50 euros per hours, so it’s really inexpensive. On the other hand, residents have to drop their kids off in the morning and then come back to the neighbourhood being full of non-local cars with nowhere closeby to park because it’s just that time to the day when people go to work and visitation hours start.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Street parking in a street with terrace houses is a total and utter pain. Add 20 minutes each way to your daily commute just walking to and from your car from home.
Paulina 2 years ago (edited)
Honestly - getting upset for not being able to park next to your place of living, in any neighborhood. There's waaaaaay too many cars in existence for everyone having comfortable parking spot! Also: buying a car didn't buy you ANY parking space anywhere, so be glad that you found that spot two blocks down because it could've been lot worse.
#22
Being upset about disney movies and diversity in video games
Space Bunny<3 2 years ago
Diversity is good! But changing tales so there’s diversity is not. The are plenty of stories to tell. A girl in Denmark s XVIII wouldn’t have black skin. That is why I like the new movie.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
Agreed. This is "fake" diversity. True diversity is not achieved or reflected by having a few non-white characters or staff filming a very white story for a very white company and a white producer and director. True diversity is having global stories, written and led by people from those backgrounds given equal prominence and advertising as "white" western productions.
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Floeckchen 2 years ago
I think the main problem is, that the writers of the new live action Disney movies think they are immune to critique - and if you pointing out that the stories are dumbed down of just plain bad you are hating on diversity.
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
I don't know why you are getting downvoted, you are right. I for my part for example found the new Arielle movie bad because they curb stomped the story so much to appeal to everyone, which ended up very bland. Not because of Halle Berry (she played her role well and has a great singing voice). I would have preferred if they had made the modernisation like they did in Kiss The Frog (my favorite Disney movie). For example, how about if we set the story in the slavery times on the Caribbean islands a hundred years ago, with a young slave man from a plantation pretending to be a prince so Arielle, a local mermaid not knowing a lot about human culture, would help him to get out of slavery - but then, everything goes wrong because she decides she wants to be a human too? That would be a modern and diverse retelling of the original, without being an absolute copy of the original movie or the book!
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David 2 years ago
The people I have heard upset about Disney's recent endeavors are not upset about diversity. They are upset about the diversity being the whole show in lieu of an actually good movie / plot. Make a new compelling movie / story. Don't just reheat one of your old movies using different genders / diversity as the selling point.
Pollymere 2 years ago
Diversity is good. Disney movies are just trying too hard and offending people in the process. Little Mermaid is supposed to be as pale as seafoam which is why they made her a redhead originally I guess. Give us more Tianas and Moanas rather than deciding to blackface white characters. True diversity needs to be actually diverse.
TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago
Depends on the execution though - Zootopia or Mass Effect have morals about diversity and pick up the theme within the story in a natural way that fits the narrative (Good products). Just having a diverse cast to say "look how good we are", "sticking it to all those bigots" or simply to have it as main selling point is bad. "Forspoken" is a good example on how to make a product fail - Bad writing, gameplay wasn't that good, but we should all love it for the rather lackluster main character or else we are sexist racists (typical Disney reaction as well if their movie flops)
Elio 2 years ago
Forspoken is a lot of fun though. It's like what would happen if Annihilation was a video game. I do wish the story was a little longer though.
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My problem with it isn't what they're doing but how they're doing it. Don't remake all the old movies and just turn previously white characters into other races. Instead come up with new material and tales that would be culturally relevant to non white races. You can cast the entire production from that racial group giving them a voice on the big stage. Moana, Coco, Mulan, Lilo, Encanto, etc were all great stories I loved. That does more to provide inclusivity and cultural awareness than just changing Snow Whites characters.
Kira Okah 2 years ago
Diversity - beautiful. Tokenism for brownie points - insulting. Been the token Asian in a workplace, discovering that I was hired to be the "token ethnic person" was a slap in the face. A lot of stuff in media recently is putting in token diversity in.
Pollymere 2 years ago
My child is ethnically "Other" on forms. I'm convinced this has helped get school places because it looks good on the school's diversity. I'm convinced my husband has had interviews for the same reason 🤦♀️
Load More Replies... Allen Packard 2 years ago
Just don't watch it or buy it. Easy. I have no idea why everyone gets so worked up about it. You don't have to talk bad about it, just ignore it. Be an adult.
Brett Layton 2 years ago
Its patronizing, they remake a movie that was a proven commodity and somehow make it way worse than the original. I'm honestly hard-pressed to think of one remake in the last 5 years that was even close to the original.
INGI 2 years ago
What's patronizing about it? While I didn't think it needed to be remade, and agree the live-action films haven't equaled their animated predecessors. I'm trying to imagine what's patronizing? It's business. People paid to see them. Disney made money. That's what Disney is all about. Money.
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Well I get really f*****g pissed off at the printers in my office.
We put a guy on the moon 54 years ago but we can’t make something that puts f*****g ink on paper holy f**k.
INGI 2 years ago
Came here to mention Office Space. I've never related more to a scene. EVER!
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And your probably paying upwards of 100s of dollar or even multiple thousands
Shelley DuVal 2 years ago
So I guess we need to get the guys who put the guy on the moon to work on putting ink on paper?
Janine Randall 2 years ago
Can't send a piece of paper through an easy route without consuming it in tiny, tiny pieces!
M O'Connell 2 years ago (edited)
HP large format printers. They've been making the f*****s for 40 years and they still can't do it reasonably. Why can I not set my own default paper source? I don't have a c*********g roll of paper, I use single feed. Why would you complain about it all the time you c**** juggling thunder c***!
#24
Being rude to a retail or food worker over petty s**t. I'm so sorry that your 3500 calorie meal was missing the side of ranch you asked for. Ask politely and get your extra diabetes. God people are such a******s.
UpQuarkDownQuark (he/hey you) 2 years ago
I believe the plural is “diabeti.”
Load More Replies... Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
28 years in fast food. Seen it all. Thankfully, good people always outnumbered the bad.
Kate Mothers 2 years ago
I have diabetes. It is NOT a disease to joke about, not that you should joke about any disease. To me, this makes you as pathetic as the person you're complaining about.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
We went to applebee's with my husband's aunt and uncle. They got weird when they each ordered their own 2 for 25 (an appetizer and TWO entrees for each of them) and we ordered just one 2 for 25 between us. Then the uncle ordered an extra appetizer of boneless wings. They forgot his wings. They kicked up such a fuss. It was so embarrassing. They would not stop flipping out about it for 3 hours. Never again.
Arenite 2 years ago (edited)
I am offended by this. Type 1 diabetic for 47 years. Hey, my diagnosis anniversary was yesterday (12/20)! Diabetes is not a joke, nor do you get it by eating a lot of sweets or fat. It really bothers me that people use it that way. Living with it ain’t fun or funny!
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Seriously. Act like an adult and you may find it easier to get what you want/get the problem fixed.
EarthGrowl 2 years ago
I'd starve without restaurant workers. I always tell them, "Thank You."
#25
Any freakout at a fast food joint.
Always Malfunctioning 2 years ago
Reminds me of the lady who threw her food at the Chipolte employee because she said her food looked disgusting. The judge offered her jail time or gave her the option of working at Chipolte for 2 months so she knows what it feels. She chose to work at Chipolte for 2 months. Shame on her for throwing food at an employee
Ryan 2 years ago
The poor workers that have to work with her for 2 months.
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R Dennis 2 years ago
Was opening a new Panera in a wealthy neighborhood. They mailed out free food coupons that accounted for 70% of our sales. The last day of the coupon before expiration, our line was out the door and eventually we ran out. This guy threw the coupons in my face while standing there with his kids because we ran out of a product - actually cut my cheek. The capper was we didn't get our opening bonuses because they deducted the coupons from our sales, but the labor to make and serve the food was kept in.... 16 hour days, 6-7 days a week (salary) for a month and we got $0 for that extra work. But please tell me how your free coupon being unusable ruined your day!
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
I've seen grown @ssed adults throw temper tantrums over KETCHUP. I've seen them throw temper tantrums over prices and/or stuff no longer being offered on the menu (neither of which the cashier HAS ANY CONTROL OVER.) If you want class, go to Outback Steakhouse. Them minimum wage workers at the Micky D's don't care nor do they get paid enough to care. Grow up.
BarkingSpider 2 years ago
Next level freak outs were the norm back when McDonald's had 10 cent hamburger/20 cent cheeseburger days. The amount of people who would try to mass order cheeseburgers with no cheese and then freak out when we said we would have to ring up and charge them for hamburgers because a cheeseburger with no cheese was a hamburger and it's not hamburger day. Just come back on Wednesday Kevin!
#26
Don't know if this qualifies. On safari in Kenya, when all the laundry was hand-washed by the staff, a North American got VERY upset when she was informed she'd have to do her own panties.
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
Just be f*****g grateful that you don't have to do your own laundry. Hand-washing is tiring.
Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
I'm a North American who'd never let a stranger wash my unmentionables. You got one of our reject citizens on your safari. Just let her run around a few more days with unwashed drawers and see if she changes her tune.
Ima Manimal 2 years ago (edited)
Oh, I’d offer to do the panties… They’re going to get some icy hot in them too
Heather Talma 2 years ago
On the one hand, no need to be a b*tch about it. On the other, what North American who can afford to travel to Kenya knows how to hand-wash laundry?
#27
My kid last week said “oh but dad I had gnocchi for lunch at school” when I was making dinner
Always Malfunctioning 2 years ago
We used to get pizza that was like cardboard or nuggets that were made from a mysterious substance
Papa 2 years ago
My usual response when our children were younger was "We're not running a cafe here."
Wolf Hungry 2 years ago
"Were not a restaurant" - My mom when i don't like what she cook.
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harpymaiden 2 years ago
My mom, the same, "I'm not a short order cook, you eat what is given."
R Dennis 2 years ago
I grew up extremely poor, so there were days I didn't have food. I love that my daughter has this first world problem - she was devastated when they got rid of the salad bar. (She has friends who don't have much and we put extra money in her lunch account and pack extra so she can share.)
#28
I saw a video of a woman getting extra angry because she got a Kichenaid mixer for Christmas. Those things are super expensive. I would be so happy if I got one of those, but she was super mad. I just think getting mad about something like that is silly.
BrownTabby 2 years ago
If she does all the chores and it was given to her by someone who lives in the same home and does fûck-all chores, she probably has a point.
BookFanatic 2 years ago
That was my boyfriend's and my first Christmas. I got him a pair of cufflinks....and he got me a broom and a dustpan. Words were said. :D
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Yeah, this one needs more context. If she loves cooking then this might have been an appropriate gift. If she is just expected to do all the cooking and this was intended to 'make her work load lighter' then I think she has every right to be mad. Then its like giving a vacuum cleaner or some other necessary tool for a job.
Kat-Renee Kittel 2 years ago (edited)
I think it would depend on who was giving it to her, also if she already has one if she doesn't like cooking. Now if I got a KitchenAid and didn't need it I would probably sell it or give it away to somebody else as a gift.
Monique Miller 2 years ago
I have to admit I wasn’t happy when I got two pots for Christmas.they where nice Dutch ovens, but really 🙄😱
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
NGL...I thought that was some kind of robot from Star Wars or something else. LOL
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
Bonus points if she wasn't mad because it's a KitchenAid, she was mad because it was in the "wrong" color. I have a KitchenAid. I'd wanted it in a dark green. I only mentioned "green" to my parents (it was a combo xmas/bday gift), in my head I was thinking dark green. They got me a KitchenAid in a mint green, a color I didn't even know they made. Rather than getting angry that it was the "wrong" green, I thanked my parents for getting me the KitchenAid when they didn't have to.
#29
Michelin starred restaurants tend to have too much fish on the tasting menus
lenka 2 years ago (edited)
Lol. Im pretty sure this post is the very definition of a ridiculous first world problem. Bahahah.
Jcusack 2 years ago
I'm not even wealthy enough to understand this 1st world problem...
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Sven Grammersdorf 2 years ago
Same company. They created the guide to encourage you to travel and wear down your tires.
Load More Replies... tom 2 years ago
The first Michelin Guide printed 35,000 copies and included maps, along with instructions on how to repair and change tires. It also included a list of restaurants, hotels, mechanics, and gas stations along popular routes in France. Since there were only a few hundred cars in all of France, the guide was given away for free in hopes of creating demand for cars. Within its first decade of existence, the Michelin Guide expanded rapidly and became available throughout Europe, as well as Northern Africa. Although the guides contained valuable information about restaurants, the ultimate end goal for the Michelin brothers was to generate sales and profit for their tire business.----google, not me
Toothless Feline 2 years ago
This is beyond "first world problems". This is "elite world" problems.
Michael D Bresnahan 2 years ago
If I'm going to spend 300 on a meal bring me meat lots of red meat.
Martin 2 years ago
The Michelin restaurant star ratings were created by the tyre company Michelin for drivers to get the best idea of where to stop off and have something to eat. The basic idea was simple and effective, it made their customers spend more money on Michelin tyres the further they drove as a money making tool.
#30
Having to pull off to the side to wait for a drive-thru order to be brought out to you because your food isn't ready and there's a line building up behind you.
Anony Mouse 2 years ago
I have to admit - I hate this. If I have a huge order for several people, sure. But recently I waited at the window for 5 minutes, then they asked me to pull over and they'd bring it out. I watched eight cars get their food and leave. It took 15 more minutes. My order? One hamburger and small fries.
Ima Manimal 2 years ago (edited)
Waaaaaaahhhhh. Idiot pictures a fit because he can’t wait two minutes.
tom 2 years ago
Do you remember Aussie Sundays when the chook was worth the wait? Well red Rooster does so they cook it right to make it Sunday every day Australia, your chicken is ready, ready right now Australia your chicken is ready, red red ready red rooster .....see the advertising from the 90's wasn't wasted on me!
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Especially when they have a HUGE order and they aren't smart enough to call it in before hand.
Rocket Surgeon 2 years ago
And then they don't give you ketchup even though you SPECIFICALLY asked for Ketchup how am I supposed to eat these fries without ketchup.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Yup; happened to me at Rick's Barbeque in Muscle Shores, Alabama. However, having that happen to you is a good sign - if half the town is in line at the drive-thru behind you, it can only mean that Rick's fare is outstanding. And it was.
RajunCajun 2 years ago
I get this. I really don't do the fast food thing unless I am in a hurry, so if I see a line at the drive through I will not stop there.
#31
I once knew a mom who was legitimately devastated, to the point of tears/grief, because a doctor predicted her 8 year old daughter's final height to be around 5'2", which wasn't tall enough to get cast as Belle at Disney World. That was the child's (and her mother's) only dream in life, apparently. Didn't appreciate my suggestion that she could be Minnie or Mickey. Lol! Only a face character would do!
Kira Okah 2 years ago (edited)
Currently around 18USD/hr, but that is the minimum for all cast members as of this month. I don't know if the wages are different for face actors.
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Stardust she/her 2 years ago
Not related to Disney but my mom is so upset and worried about my height (I’m short) that she reminds me of it every day
ShellsBells 2 years ago
Wouldn't that be her and your father's fault, as they are the one that created you? She's upset at the wrong person. And there is no problem being short, life would be boring if we all looked the same.
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#32
I used to work for disney.That in itself should tell you everything. However for fun I'll give you two specific stories one form our tech department and one from my wife who worked bookings I specifically worked for their call center to help with technical issues with magicband and the website....suddenly got worse huh? A right of passage call everyone has at least one story of is the "Dome call" Basically there is a subset of Disney Guest(TM) that believes if it rains at walt disney world there is someone that will push a button to encapsulate the whole of Disney property in a dome to keep out the rain.........I'm not kidding.........If this button is not pushed they call our tech department to angrily ask why. My wife worked booking.....pretty much everything including Bibbidi Bobbidi boutique and Pirate's league. These two things did roughly the same thing difference being price and theme. BBB was expensive did more and was focused on princesses, pirates league did a bit less and focused on mermaids and pirates. Lady called up my wife, and got pissed about BBB being booked up(It goes FAAAAST) Karen: "Im going to give the phone to my daughter and I want you to tell her how you are ruining her vacation by not letting her do BBB" Wife.......proceeds to explain how pirate's league is so much cooler and how she can be a mermaid or pirate and basically gets the kid to start demanding to their parents about how they want to be a mermaid instead of a princess.
DJay 2 years ago
I'm sorry little girl. Mummy doesn't love you enough to book the princess for you.
#33
Rich neighbors who end up in expensive court battles because they disagree about where a tree can be planted or whether the color of a fence fits in with the street’s “amenity”. These disputes get really heated and rack up huge lawyers’ bills. The most pathetic part is after the judgement when they are arguing about who should pay the other party’s costs. Lots of affidavits filed citing the “emotional distress” they had to endure, or painting themselves as brave warriors who were forced to take a stand to fight for “justice”. Also lots of pompous litigants insisting that the judge refer to them by their “Dr” title. An absolutely insane dumpster fire of entitled rich people problems.
René Sauer 2 years ago
That with the DR. Title is so right. Unless I come to you with a problem that needs your doctorate to solve I don´t care about your title.
#34
I'm a florist and the things (mostly brides/mothers of) get upset over are wild. Colors of flowers, Weather , Noise of other people at the same venue, but at a different part of the venue, The sunset.....🙄😒, The DJ they hired, Catering ( they're talking, it's not close to wedding time), Their dress, Grass is too soft, heels are sinking into it , The wind...... Birds flying overhead, Leaves falling It's absolutely hilarious and unhinged. People can't afford to eat and you're complaining about the color of the sunset because it's ruining your pictures? Why didn't you choose to have your ceremony during the morning like normal people? Oh, that's right, you're not a morning person and you look gorgeous in the sunset lighting...🙄😒🙄😒
Ima Manimal 2 years ago
I have a personal policy of just not going to weddings because of stupid s**t like that.
#35
Having to wait 3 minutes for a red light, or going 90 in a 65 on the thru-way. People are in such a hurry, and I don't understand why people are like that. Plan your day better if you want to get to work on time, and don't honk at me when I'm already going 5 MPH over the speed limit.
Dane 2 years ago
Where I live (Southeast US), the interstates and highways are clogged with people in the middle and left lanes that are not passing anyone. In other countries (and a US state or 2), you can be ticketed for this, but it is nearly enforced. "Stay right except to pass" or "Slower traffic keep right" are not just suggestions - they are the law. YOU are the reason someone going faster then you is being an "aggressive driver" - they HAVE to pass this car on the right and that one on the left because you think because you pay taxes, you entitled to drive in whichever lane you want to. I swear, they act like "slower traffic keep right "is proclamation of their mental aptitude. Perhaps it is.
Nadine Debard 2 years ago
Anyways if you do the maths, speeding will only make you win a couple of minutes, not more. Assuming all the sh1t that could happen and arriving just 2 minutes earlier. Insane.
Eric Mitchell 2 years ago
10mph faster puts me 50 miles ahead of you at the end of a 5 hour drive. I'll have my feet up and resting while you still have a miserable hour in traffic. Just get in the right lane.
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Donna Peluda 2 years ago
TBH I hate just sitting in my car and not moving. If I'm in a traffic jam I always try to take alternative route rather then sitting there doing FA. Even if it takes longer. At least I tried!!
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
This! If I am going 60 in a 55 and you want to pass? Guess you'll have to wait, Scooter!
Igor914624 2 years ago
There is a law in most of the United States that requires you to move right if you are traveling at or below the speed limit, or are impeding the flow of traffic. https://www.mwl-law.com/slower-traffic-keep-right-a-summary-of-state-keep-right-traffic-laws/ "A Slower Traffic Keep Right sign is a regulatory sign installed on some multilane highways to remind drivers that slower traffic must stay in the right lane. If you are driving slower than the rest of the traffic, you must keep right unless passing. Slower traffic must move out of the left lane when being overtaken by a faster vehicle. " Maybe you should just keep right and not worry about what other drivers are doing and just stay in the right lane.
Load More Replies... Rob D 2 years ago (edited)
Gotta say, if there's more than one lane, 5MPH over in the fast lane boomers and trumpers can GO F*K THEMSELVES. Not everyone moves at the speed of stupid and selfish. And always the same person. A boomer white knuckling at 10 and 2, eyes glued straight ahead cause no on else exists. Or MAGA mobile with every bit of bolt on bad assery you can buy, but an owner that drives like a total pusssy.
Igor914624 2 years ago
It is not always the same person. It also can be the Prius driver with all the hippy dippy bumper stickers on the rear. Generalizing it as "boomers and trumpers" just shows your general attitude.
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#36
The blue of the balloons wasn't quite the same as the bridesmaid's sashes.
Years ago my wife and I attended a wedding. It was very low key. The dinner was in the diding hall at the university where the couple met, cinder block walls and all. It was a Baptist wedding - no booze and very serious. The dark blue balloons attempting to liven up the hall were a slightly darker shade of blue than the sashes on the bridesmaid's dresses. The bride lost here s**t and absolutely raved for nearly an hour. I can't remember how they finally managed to talk her down.
Kat-Renee Kittel 2 years ago
For the same reason that the sky looks blue, you can't match the color blue exactly in different materials.
#37
I saw an ad that some McDonald's may carry the Szechuan Sauce Rick & Morty mentioned in an episode. I was a little curious and asked a manager if they had it. He said his location wasn't one of the ones that had it. Another customer in line lost his f*****g mind. He accused the manager of hoarding it all to sell on Ebay. I watched the drama for a little bit but decided to leave as he was attempting to climb the counter. I really hope the a*****e was arrested.
StPaul9 2 years ago
If I recall, the sauce is barely mentioned, let alone in a positive light (it's Rick). McDonalds f****ed up by thinking it would be awesome.
ShellsBells 2 years ago
People were rioting at several locations. It blew up. Google Rick and Morty Szechuan Sauce Riot.
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#38
I work for TSA, and someone complained to me the Precheck line was longer than the non-Precheck line. Uh…sorry lady? I’ll tell the other people to go home?
Saphyre Fyre 2 years ago (edited)
Hey...Poulio...how you communicate with others is a reflection of your character, not theirs. It takes less time to just keep scrolling than it does to stop and post unkind, insulting comments. Grow up.
#39
Self checkout lanes.
My entire neighborhood/community lost their minds when our Walmarts switched to mostly self check out. "I'll never shop there again! I'm not about to be bagging my own groceries! They're going to lose so much business!" Insanity.
Nadine Debard 2 years ago
Nobody packs your groceries where I live but I'm quite concerned about these companies firing people to save money on customers' back.
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 2 years ago
They should be pissed about people being fired and be substitute by computers.
Bitsey Bloom 2 years ago
That's interesting that self-checkout is apparently viewed as a downgrade by customers, judging by this post and the comments here. I've always seen it as a huge upgrade: you go to self-checkout so you don't have to deal with other people...
Michael Largey 2 years ago
You have to deal with a machine at least as defective as some people. And with poorer listening skills.
Load More Replies... Zedrapazia 2 years ago
European here. We never get our stuff bagged (unless the customer is a really old person who has problems doing it at relatable speed). Suck it up, buttercup! Even though I don't think any of the people here are guilty of ferociously demanding bagging service.
Stephanie A Mutti 2 years ago
I find this subject confusing. I enjoy doing self-checkout on the other hand, it's cutting people's jobs and is not reducing costs to the consumer. It's just putting more money in the corporate coffers. Self-checkout is fun though and sometimes you don't want to wait in a line to check out your three items at the cashier.
Travelling Stranger 2 years ago
cuz they can't look down on and berate a self checkout stand, or report on one to a manager for some s h i t t y reason
Austin L 2 years ago
I've been shopping around wal-marts before they had grocery sections and I think the self checkouts are actually more efficient than before. Yeah, I get the beef about it but from what I remember most of those check out lines were never opened and the few that were always had long lines. I don't spend much time in line like that anymore at the wal-marts around where I live.
ShellsBells 2 years ago
Last time I had an employee bag my groceries at Walmart, she was mad because her replacement wasn't there and she had to go out. She was slamming and cramming my stuff in bags, even threw heavy stuff on my bread. Her friend was next to her, watching these, and even told her to chill. I'd rather pack my groceries my way and not deal with an angry teenager.
Load More Replies... #40
I have been told directly to my face that the fact I don't like the Star Wars Sequels is "dangerous" or "alt right dogwhistle." People have messaged me saying "I used to think you were a good person, but then you attacked [BRAND]. [BRAND] is important because it casts diverse LBGTQ actors." Maybe you'd have a point, if I had ever said "I hate that they put gay people in Star Wars!!" What I said was "this series is poorly written, I don't like the way legacy characters are portrayed and it was clear the creative team had no clear direction after TFA." The fact people can't just say "I like thing" but constantly must have their opinions validated is so exhausting.
BrownTabby 2 years ago
This is unhinged, but I’ll take it over people who get unhinged about a Disney movie having a black girl in it.
CanadianDimes 2 years ago
Also people who insist that if you don't like something, it's because you're not smart enough to understand it. I can understand something just fine AND still dislike it. My lack of enjoyment of something is not a comment on your enjoyment of it - if you're so insecure about the things you enjoy that you can't like them when others don't, maybe the problem is with you.
Eric Mitchell 2 years ago
I don't like the Star Wars sequels/prequels because, with each one, the plot holes get deeper and wider.
René Sauer 2 years ago
It´s not that I hate star wars. I just don´t care for it. Never watched it, never will. same with star trek.
Mila Sliacka 2 years ago
Oh a have a similar story. Back when the movie Amorres Perros came out, I went to see it and said to my coworkers that I liked it. One of them got mad at me and I didn’t know why. Turned out me liking that movie ment for her I supported illegal dog fights.
Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
Wow. That's the wildest take on that movie l've heard 😂. Btw, l also loved it
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
I saw Star Wars only because my aging mother insisted I take her. She would watch any movie with Alec Guinness in it. By the way, my opinion of the film is the same as Sir Alec's.
#41
I'll tell you my personal "problem" that my friends love to laugh at me about. I have house cleaners who come by every two weeks. I also have a keyboard with those little flip out risers on the underside to increase the hight of the keyboard for wrist posture. Every time the cleaners leave, one of the two risers will be closed, leaving the keyboard off balance. I swear it can't be a coincidence that this has happened consistently for almost 4 months now, and it's slowly started to bother me over lmao. I mention it every time it happens when I hop online with my friends and proceed to get roasted for my first world "problem."
Nadine Debard 2 years ago
Why not communicating with the humans working for you? It's more of a prick problem, IMO.
R Dennis 2 years ago
Ew... talk to "the help"! They might accidentally make eye contact. /s
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 2 years ago
It's not even a first world problem. It's a psychological glitch, you entitled [insert expletive here].
RabidChild 2 years ago
I would be grateful they actually bother to pick the thing up and clean properly.
Ima Manimal 2 years ago
Oh, my God, the world is going to end… Wait till this one has to deal with some real problems.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
The couple who look after my dog when I travel aways leave the dog's medicine bottle caps half screwed back. I know it's stupid but both are barely employed or struggle to hold low paying jobs. I know they take great care of my dog, don't get me wrong they are lovely people but I can't help thinking if you do something as simple as that half-heartedly what will you be like in a job. I pay them a very fair rate, and always pay full days even if it's just a morning or a late walk a night. Small things like that annoy me, the devil is in the details. And know they are not hard to open.
#42
At Shoprite when the roast beef is $1 more than they wanted it to be and stand at customer service yelling at a 16 year old like it’s their fault.
#43
I work in a coffee shop inside a store. A lady & her husband came in, with emails from our customer service centre, saying they were allowed a free pot of jam. Seems they'd bought a cream tea at some point, didn't take the jam & instead of approaching a member of staff at the time, they waited until they got home, then emailed asking for compensation. Upon realising that their 'free pot of jam' only totalled 40p, they then proceeded to insist we gave them either a free breakfast, or refund their petrol money (for which they just *happened* to have a receipt) I asked them to show me where CS had authorised this, and they stuttered their way through some random excuse that it would make them more likely to shop in-store... Needless to say, they left with a 40p pot of jam & a flea in their ear about trying to swindle things for free & potentially making a staff member lose their job.
#44
Video game companies getting threats, including false bomb alerts, because some players got mad that the devs didn't design the game the way they wanted. Being dissappointed at a product or service you bought is acceptable. Complaining about it is also acceptable. But feeling attacked to point of making threats and using intimidation over a video game? Not even because of a social issue but because you weren't the one being catered to? That's a first world problem.
MinDHertz1366 2 years ago
All the discourse after the release of The Last of Us Part 2 was incredibly sad.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
Learn how to code and make your own? (I'm sure there's a lot more to it)
#45
Being ‘hangry’. In North America alone, the waste of food is egregious. When you’ve lived that life not worrying about your meals whatsoever, just know there are folks who would do heinous things to be in your position. I have a really foul mouthed coworker who sounds off when he tells me his ‘hangry’ stories. It’s embarrassing how worked up he gets over something he has complete access to. Everybody’s guilty of being in a sour mood when hungry, but to constantly complain about it rather than check yourself & exercise self control is shameful.
BrownTabby 2 years ago
I think if you’re going to be permissive of privileged people being hangry, you have to be 100% fine with belligerent homeless people. They’re a lot hungrier!
Nadine Debard 2 years ago
I know I can feel bad when hungry and I always carry something to eat, but I would never take this as an excuse for any bad temper I would show.
Lizzie Andricks 2 years ago
okay but it's legitimately a thing to be irritable because of low bloodsugar. like a medical thing. i agree that it can be taken too far but legitimately i have been unreasonably grumpy or felt like the world was ending but after my dumb a*s eats a little snack everything is fine.
#46
The warehouse worker that comes into my office every Monday complaining how the janitor put the hand soap on the right side of the sink rather than the left side
#47
My [jerk] cousin once sent back a dish four times because it wasn't "aesthetically pleasing" and actually hissed "are you dumb?" at the waiter when he brought it back a fourth time. B***h, you ordered a f*****g plate of *soup*. It's *soup*. It's *liquid* in a f*****g *bowl*. Sadly I wasn't there to verbally bitchslap her but my sister was. Told her to stop being a c**t otherwise she'd drown her in the soup in front of her kids. Oddly enough she's not asked my sister out for brunch since... I would tell the tale of her dress-shopping for one of our other cousins wedding (she looked delightful, by the way. More brides should wear lace gowns. No, not the Arsehole Cousin. *She* looked like a cheap busted-up couch at her wedding) but I just don't have the strength.)
#48
I've got this cousin. He's upper-middle management for a rather large department store chain. Bought himself his dream car...a Dodge Viper. He got a personalized license plate... "Nagini." When I saw him at the family reunion, I was giving him a hard time about it, because I'd always been known as the nerd in the family. I was really getting under his skin. And then, he hit me with the biggest first world problem I'd ever heard. "HEY! Do you know how hard it is to get a snake-themed personalized license plate for a Dodge Viper?"
Michael Largey 2 years ago
The first step - getting your IQ lowered by forty points - is the hardest.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
Almost like you can feel the stupid when you walk into the room.
Load More Replies... #49
Not having diet soda available at a party or a menu. If you're that adamant about wanting a soda, you can drink a regular. If not, you can have water or another beverage.
Libstak 2 years ago
If you have diabetes, it kind of has an impact when going out equals missing out.
#50
Not having McDonald's. Remember the lines at mcds when they were closing for covid? There was a mile long queue to order.
Jason 2 years ago
We have like 3 fast food places within 60 miles and they are way expensive so meh
g90814 2 years ago
I have the opposite problem: 60 fast food places within 3 miles. They are expensive too.
Load More Replies... #51
Whining about who TIME magazine picks as person of the year. Whining about the popularity of a movie because you aren’t the primary target audience.
#52
Getting tomatoes on your burger when you didn't want tomatoes. Yes, people get really upset about this sort of thing.
BrownTabby 2 years ago
If they’re outright yelling, that’s unhinged, but I worked at McDonald’s and it took so little effort to leave the tomato off the burger that some of the bitching about substitutions that I see online qualifies as a first world problem too.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
I would like it made without tomatoes - please don't make it and have to pull the tomato off. I am really allergic to them. I do specify when I order and generally am accommodated. But I'm not gonna be an a$$ about it.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
I can't stand the smell of cooked onion. Fresh is fine but the smell of cook onion make's me sick. Some burger joints they just pile in on.
#53
Food. We make such a big fuss about what and where we eat. It's like you know it's a first world problem and not rational, but still can't help it.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
There's something nice about going to one of your favourite restaurants and being greeted by the staff or owner. Sitting down and having lovely food and drink served to your table. I travel a lot for work and have been going some places once or twice a year for over 20 years. I generally go to the sae restaurants and hotels. It's really nice when you are away from home so much and people are pleased to see you.
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
Having been a server for many years when I was younger, I've always loved going out and having a nice meal cooked and served to me. You know the effort that goes into that experience and you appreciate the people that make it possible.
What do you think ?
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
So I'm gonna get downvoted. I have a bigger issue with people dismissing others problems as 1st world problems. You are going to have feelings and opinions about things affecting your life, big, small or whatever. If your life is in the 1st world are you supposed to live it in silent misery and stop communicating how you feel about what is put before you because reasons? Those starving kids matter and i wish they could enjoy not suffering like that. With that wish fulfilled you know they will feel some kind of way about what they now have Round them, you want them to have it that good, but those that do now are not allowed to? I don't get it.
witchling 2 years ago
I know someone who had the 'ideal' childhood. But she'll still discuss the trauma of not having a parent show up at ONE high school event. To me it's ridiculous. That's your major childhood trauma? But to her it's genuine, scarring, damaging. To her it's very real. First world problems are the same way. Every life, no matter how 'perfect', has stresses. There are people out the who'd give a lot to have to deal with (enter first world eye rolling non-problem of choice) as their major issue. I feel for them. But I feel for the guy with the tepid bum too. All problems are valid to the sufferer.
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Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
I have a sister who booked her vacation with all the associated activities and sights, and had excitedly told her coworker about her plans. She cancelled due to Covid, but the coworker liked the idea so much, they went to the same place. My sister was furious because the lady STOLE HER VACATION.
Say No to Downvoting 2 years ago
I have three kids - two with ASD AND ADHD. Getting them to school and through the day, through the week is a bloody hard slog. I always try to greet my kids after school with a cuddle and a positive word even though there is more often that not going to be tears, anger and chats with the teacher about some incident of the day and me knowing the hard part of my day is just beginning. I remember once being in the line up of mums, watching our kids flood out and hearing the mum next to greet her child by snapping angrily “How many times have I told you to put your drink bottle in the side pocket, NOT in your bag?”. All I could think was “Man, I wish that was all I had to worry about”. These things are all relative, aren’t they?
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
My godparents, millionaires, are mad that their house needs several WLAN routers because it's too big. Wish I had your problem fam, my WLAN router refuses to work when I sit right next to it because the bastard is 10 year old electro junk at this point.
Steve Hall 2 years ago
One thing that's true in the entire western world is that IQs are dropping fast.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
Mine is my new company laptop doesn't have a track point. Dell has stopped putting them on. Since the 90 when I started using a laptop all my laptops have had a track point IBM, Lenovo, Dell. It takes a bit of getting used to but the scratch pads are Xite!!! Once you get used to the track pad you can turn of the scratch pad. You have to start with low sensibility and work your way to whizzing the cursor all over without moving you fingers. I can work on the sofa with out having to take my hands of the keyboard. Dell was cheaper..
David Paterson 2 years ago
A few first world worries I've come across. Won't buy a dented can at the supermarket. Count how many days before food expiry date. Won't use any public toilet because they identify as non-binary. Meltdown because one of the eggs in a pack of 12 is broken. They've rearranged items on the shelves in the supermarket! The free Covid hand sterilizer has run out. The house budget is in error by a few cents. I'm not sure my cat likes that brand of food.
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
So I'm gonna get downvoted. I have a bigger issue with people dismissing others problems as 1st world problems. You are going to have feelings and opinions about things affecting your life, big, small or whatever. If your life is in the 1st world are you supposed to live it in silent misery and stop communicating how you feel about what is put before you because reasons? Those starving kids matter and i wish they could enjoy not suffering like that. With that wish fulfilled you know they will feel some kind of way about what they now have Round them, you want them to have it that good, but those that do now are not allowed to? I don't get it.
witchling 2 years ago
I know someone who had the 'ideal' childhood. But she'll still discuss the trauma of not having a parent show up at ONE high school event. To me it's ridiculous. That's your major childhood trauma? But to her it's genuine, scarring, damaging. To her it's very real. First world problems are the same way. Every life, no matter how 'perfect', has stresses. There are people out the who'd give a lot to have to deal with (enter first world eye rolling non-problem of choice) as their major issue. I feel for them. But I feel for the guy with the tepid bum too. All problems are valid to the sufferer.
Load More Replies... Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
I have a sister who booked her vacation with all the associated activities and sights, and had excitedly told her coworker about her plans. She cancelled due to Covid, but the coworker liked the idea so much, they went to the same place. My sister was furious because the lady STOLE HER VACATION.
Say No to Downvoting 2 years ago
I have three kids - two with ASD AND ADHD. Getting them to school and through the day, through the week is a bloody hard slog. I always try to greet my kids after school with a cuddle and a positive word even though there is more often that not going to be tears, anger and chats with the teacher about some incident of the day and me knowing the hard part of my day is just beginning. I remember once being in the line up of mums, watching our kids flood out and hearing the mum next to greet her child by snapping angrily “How many times have I told you to put your drink bottle in the side pocket, NOT in your bag?”. All I could think was “Man, I wish that was all I had to worry about”. These things are all relative, aren’t they?
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
My godparents, millionaires, are mad that their house needs several WLAN routers because it's too big. Wish I had your problem fam, my WLAN router refuses to work when I sit right next to it because the bastard is 10 year old electro junk at this point.
Steve Hall 2 years ago
One thing that's true in the entire western world is that IQs are dropping fast.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
Mine is my new company laptop doesn't have a track point. Dell has stopped putting them on. Since the 90 when I started using a laptop all my laptops have had a track point IBM, Lenovo, Dell. It takes a bit of getting used to but the scratch pads are Xite!!! Once you get used to the track pad you can turn of the scratch pad. You have to start with low sensibility and work your way to whizzing the cursor all over without moving you fingers. I can work on the sofa with out having to take my hands of the keyboard. Dell was cheaper..
David Paterson 2 years ago
A few first world worries I've come across. Won't buy a dented can at the supermarket. Count how many days before food expiry date. Won't use any public toilet because they identify as non-binary. Meltdown because one of the eggs in a pack of 12 is broken. They've rearranged items on the shelves in the supermarket! The free Covid hand sterilizer has run out. The house budget is in error by a few cents. I'm not sure my cat likes that brand of food.
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