Saturday, February 27, 2021

Most Ridiculous Reasons Adults Threw Temper Tantrums


Just because you grow older and occasionally more wizened by the endless series of curveballs that life decides to throw your way doesn't mean that you're not susceptible to giving in to a full on childish temper tantrum. Sometimes, you simply wake up on the wrong side of the bed, and you hit your breaking point out of nowhere. Or, perhaps you end up being on the receiving end of a particularly irrational breakdown. Maybe you're out and about, minding your business at a grocery store, waiting in line patiently, only to end up seeing an adult completely lose themselves over an item that they thought was discounted, but come to realize is actually selling at full price. Or, better (worse?) yet, you're out driving around and realize that you're sharing the road with another driver who seems bent on making everyone else's life miserable by recklessly navigating the road with nothing but rage in their eyes.

You really never know when you're going to cross paths with someone who has ceased to maintain their grasp on peace. The moment that you witness that temper tantrum present itself though, that's when it gets very real, very quickly. It ultimately can fall on you to proactively, mindfully work to diffuse the situation as soon as possible. The thing about catching someone in the middle of a temper tantrum is that they're most often likely to lash back out at anyone and everyone that's just trying to help them settle down. Sometimes the best course of action can be to simply remove yourself from the environment altogether.

With that being said, these folks were certainly tested when they found themselves sharing space with someone who basically lost their mind for a hot second. We're not sure if the general reaction when you see one of these kinds of temper tantrums is panic, compassion, or more anger. In these tumultuous times that we all find ourselves muddling through, it seems like more than ever people are hitting their breaking limits. The world's always been a mess of chaos and life has certainly always loved to be difficult. But when you find yourself living through an era marked by historical adversity, it's particularly tough to keep that head above water and not lose sight of the fact that the hard times will give way at one point or another to just a little bit of that long sought after peace.

At the end of the day, we only hope that these adults were able to learn from their momentary temper tantrums, put the pieces back together, and crack on to do things a bit better and more calmly in the future. That's all you can really do. Just learn from the times that you weren't able to share the best version of yourself with the rest of the world. And I mean, hey, you might even be able to look back at the most ridiculous temper tantrums from a vantage point in the future that has you laughing over just how ridiculous things ended up getting.

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Font - ogier_79 · 2d Worked for a cellular company and a woman was in with her parents and they were making her get off their plan. She was non-stop complaining how unfair it was. Parents were matter of factly being like this is happening. Tried to tell them she'd just pay for her portion, parents calmly replied she'd said that before and hadn't. Complained that they could afford it. Parents calmly ignored her. Whined about how much more it cost for her to have her own plan than stay on theirs.

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Rectangle - CatPawSoup · 2d A grown woman berate an innocent Walgreens employee because they were out of Hilshire Farms baskets and she NEEDED them. The holidays are not fun for retail workers. Reply 299 ...

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Rectangle - Chalupachamp• 2d 3 2 Awards Once had a thirty year old woman throw a screaming tantrum with tears and threaten to sue my company because we had been out of FarmVille gift cards for weeks and her crops or animals would die or something. Reply 1.1k ...

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Font - feliciates · 2d 3 1 Award My friend's boss, a VP, freaked out over the colors on the slides for his presentation. Now you have to know, he picked the colors and the graphics department told him the combo wasn't a good choice but he insisted so they made them up his way. Then when he saw them projected (this was in the olden days when presentation were projected onto screens) he freaked out. I know all about this since I had a front row seat to the festivities because he called my friend w

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Font - Neat_Consequence8289 · 2d I worked in retail for a while, so this was a common occurrence. The best example was one day a man came into our store (a popular eyeglass store) and I helped him try on some glasses, walked him through lens types. Seemed perfectly nice. Then we get to the paying portion and he demanded I give him a discount. Everything in the store had a fixed price point and it was very corporate and we couldn't give discounts. Not me, not the managers, no one. Dude then threw

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Rectangle - horselovermidwest · 2d My mom threw a burger back into the drive-thru window at McDonald's because it had pickles on it. She told them no pickles. She was screaming at them and they threatened to call the cops. I sank so low in my seat. Reply 129 ...

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Font - jbafofi4 · 2d S 1 Award This exchange I had a few years ago with a customer who was upset that we wouldnt...stop the sun and moon aligning for her... Her: Why are you doing a solar eclipse program at noon? Me: Because the eclipse is happening at around 12pm... Her: Why cant u just wait to have the program once kids get out of school so they can be here to see it? Me: ..Well i can't control when an eclipse occurs...it's a cosmic event... If we wait until kids are out of school, the eclipse

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Font - Monkey-Tamer · 2d Wife had a client whose mom came to every family court hearing. At one hearing opposing counsel hooted, hollered, and waived his hands a lot for about ten minutes. My wife stood up, quoted the relevant statute and sat down. The judge ruled in her favor. Client's mom goes off because the other guy was the better attorney according to her. After my wife won the hearing by following the law. Mom isn't allowed to set foot in my wife's firm for that stupidity. If you want to

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Organism - bpanio · 2d My friends mother has problems with every woman he has ever brought home. His current girlfriend is an absolute delight, especially considering his ex. But she finds reasons to be upset with her. The stupidest thing she has been upset with was because his girlfriend moved a towel apparently. Reply 375 ...

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Font - tim_to_tourach • 2d When my wife and I were still dating we had a roommate who freaked out over basically everything. She started crying over a game of Monopoly, started crying over a game of Pandemic, yelled at me because I asked if she used my vegetable broth, and smashed a ceramic bowl across my face because I asked her to keep her cat in her room for a little bit (like my wife and I were doing with our cat) after our cats got in a fight. Reply 414 ...

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Rectangle - fumor · 2d In high school, my younger sisters knew someone who became so distraught when Justin Timberlake broke up with Britney Spears that she had to stay home from school. Reply 567 ...

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Rectangle - taytay1249 · 2d Went to the store with my friend and her mother and she made a scene because her mom wouldn't get her a more expensive laptop than the one she chose. Like a toddler level scene in front of everyone. I almost left, she was 17... Reply 281 ...

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Rectangle - cutiegirl88 · 2d I made a 3 point turn and part of my wheel touched her driveway "this is private property, get out of my driveway" Reply 1 471 ...

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Rectangle - FeralBanshee · 2d I served them on the wrong side of the register. She stormed back and yelled at me. She said she was hard of hearing and I said I didn't know that. "WELL YOU DIDN'T ASK!" Why would I ask? "What're you, deaf?" lol Reply 139 ...

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Font - 86sleepypenguins · 2d This middle-aged woman wanted to buy a TV from the store I used to work at. For some reason, there was an extremely cheap price tag on the box. I don't remember the exact price but it was less than $20, while the TV actually cost a couple hundred. She insisted the price tag had always been there and therefore we had to sell it to her for that amount (even though all the other tvs of that type had the correct price on them.) When the employee said no, she demanded to

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Font - Boomtownboys • 2d A lady in my college math course was so angry i got the right answer and she didnt went beserk and stabbed me in the arm with a pencil. Also another lady tried to bring in expired ink and demanded we give her $11 per cartridge. I said we can do $2, as this is national store policy. She got mad, and threw the bag of expired ink at me when i turned around to grab a box for the ink Reply 1 50 ...

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Font - taytay1249 · 2d My roommate invited a friend to our house and we got the nintendo 64 out and played some mario party. I got to stole a star and because she had the most stars, it stole her friend's star. I swear to god, she got so mad she left our house. Got up, took her coat and boots and left my house. And she actually never spoke to me again! She said it wasn't because I stole her star but because I said she was acting like a child when she got up and left Imao she was almost 30 Reply

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Smile - FullaLead · 2d Their poorly maintained attic stairs broke and caused me to fall and scratch their floor. Led to a multiple hour argument about who needs to fix them and how. Reply 32 ...

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Font - ZacRMS1 · 2d I used to work at Starbucks during college. A woman came into the cafe, ordered a drink extra hot took one sip and then spit out all over the cafe because it burned her tongue. She demanded to speak the store owner and threatened to press charges. Screaming her head off and making a giant scene the entire time. This woman was at least in her 50s. People are crazy. Reply 32 ...

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Smile - fermenttodothat • 2d My dad started yelling at the self checkout because it kept telling him to put things back in the bagging area. Reply 89 ...

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