People Describe The Insane Adult Temper Tantrums They've Witnessed
Adulthood is hard as heck. No one can deny that. And yet, we all get up every day, put on our big-kid pants, and deal with the world without having a meltdown every five minutes. For most people, it's easy to bottle up frustrations.
For others, it's hard to keep their mouths shut when they're upset... even when it's for stupid, invalid, and trivial reasons.
Could you imagine throwing a fit because your little cousin doesn't love unicorns as much as you do? What about calling a cashier "evil" for trying to collect money for children's cancer?
Or driving your car through your grandma's rosebushes because you missed the family Easter egg hunt?
While these scenarios may sound too immature for anyone over the age of five, they're hardly fictional, and plenty of people have watched these childish meltdowns unfold in person.
These rattled-up witnesses took to the internet to share the wildest temper tantrums they've ever seen an adult throw!
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#1 Well, That Wasn't Very Subtle
One time, a lady asked if she could skip me in line and I said, “Sorry, but I’m on my lunch break and I need to get back.
” She turned to the person behind her and said, “Look at this kid; he won’t let me cut him in line because he thinks he’s more important than I am.”
Right, I’m sure you have places to be, lady.
#2 I Hope The Cost Of A Plumber Was Worth It...
A roommate once cursed me out because I asked him to contribute to the house’s “petty cash” fund, which would be used to purchase dish soap and toilet paper. You know, two bucks a month for the things we all use.
Long story short: This roommate opted out of contributing to the fund. He was therefore asked to make his own arrangements.
A few months later, our pipes clogged, and we had to call a plumber (We were in a service corps and thankfully didn’t foot the bill).
It turned out that the roommate was so angry about being excluded from our sharing system that he chose to tear pages out of a book to use instead of toilet paper.
#3 No, You're Not A Victim, You're Just Irresponsible
One time, a woman sent her two eight-year-old kids into the pop-up Halloween store I worked at with her debit card so they could buy whatever they wanted. The son, of course, immediately had no idea where the debit card is.
He called his mom, and the mom came flying into the store literally screaming at the top of her lungs that I must have stolen it because I was both the floor supervisor and cashier at the time.
I told her there were cameras pointed at each register and I hadn't moved from my station for over half an hour.
She didn't believe me and called the cops on me. Because the situation was now an accusation of employee theft, none of the employees were allowed to leave the building. It took the police 20 minutes to show up, way past closing. We were all miserable and we just wanted to go home. All I could do was apologize profusely. We couldn't even stand outside because she was there, standing directly in front of the doors, staring through the glass at us with unbridled fury.
A single cop finally showed up and she already looked fed up. She took all our statements, looked over the CCTV, told the woman to deactivate her card and go to the bank in the morning.
The woman finally left, threatening me the entire time, and the cop hung out with us for a couple of minutes, just making fun of the whole situation. Real chill lady.
#4 You Know, Abusing 911 Won't Help Your Case
I answer 911 calls.
One day, we had a fatal car crash happen and had to reroute traffic from the main road down a side road, then back up to the main road.
A woman who lives on the side road called 911 asking why there was "commercial traffic" passing through her "residentially-zoned home.
" I explained there was a serious car accident on the main route, and that as soon as that was resolved, the detour would be removed.
She continued to complain, very angrily, that the trucks going by her house were kicking up dust and pebbles onto her driveway. She demanded we send someone to clean it for her. I said no, we don't do that. She then demanded to speak to a supervisor.
I got all her information, then I told her he'd be along to speak to her in person after he was finished informing the family of the person who died in the car accident that their family member was dead. Then I hung up the phone.
When the sergeant got there, she refused to come to the door.
