Dad Gives His Stepson an Equal Share of His Inheritance, Faces the Wrath of His Biological Children

You know that feeling when your father drafts his will in such a messed up way that it becomes clear he should really be investing in therapy instead?

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit by u/Particular-Song-5748, who described a recent fight with his biological children (now in their 30s) after telling them that he plans to give his stepson the same percentage of his inheritance. To clarify: his stepson (12 years old) has only been in the father's life for 4 years now, and although he denies this, it's quite clear that his preferential treatment towards his stepson is an attempt to right the wrongs of the past when his biological kids were young.

 

You'd think a better way to right those wrongs would involve focusing his attention on the biological kids themselves, but I guess a 62-year-old man's mind works in mysterious ways. It should also be noted that the biological kids played a role in expanding their dad's business and helping him become successful later in life. What a completely idiotic move to then give them less inheritance, especially when they played such a large part in his later success in the first place!

 

For more family drama, take a look at this post about a teenager who learned he was the product of infidelity, and keep scrolling below for the full story and the best comments from other Redditors.

'My boss said upgrade him if there is room, so I made sure there wasn't' : Flight attendant maliciously complies with boss, upgrading 5 random passengers to business class, revoking rude passenger's free upgrade

Flight attendants see the good, the bad, and the ugly. To be fair, anyone working in the service industry gets access to the entitled side of the world. This employee was working as a flight attendant at a regional airline and had enough of her usual, disgruntling encounters with a rude, entitled traveler who happened to have ties to her boss, VP Karen. One day he arrived, pompous as ever, demanding to be upgraded to business class. He didn't have a coupon, which was necessary in order to receive said upgrade, so she turned him down.

Sure enough, not two minutes later, she received a call from VP Karen, who told her, 'If there is room, upgrade him'. Begrudgingly, OP did as she was told, until she was struck with a genius idea… technically, VP had said 'if there is room'… meaning, OP had some spaces to fill, and she needed to fill them fast. By the time she was done, she made sure that this bad-mannered passenger would not be upgraded, because, after all, there was no room.

For more stories like this, here is an entitled employee who thought she deserved an 'inheritance' from her former employer.

'I [had] had enough': Jealous cousin confronts nepo-privilage relative over her promotion

Sometimes the fact that you have "privilege"—an edge over the competition—is undeniable, and you need to acknowledge it as such. If (or when) you do that, you might find that you get back a little respect. 

This has become a hot topic of modern discourse, with the term "nepo baby" spiking in searches at the end of last year in reference to the children of wealthy, connected, or influential parents being disproportionately represented in the film and music industry. In recent months, the conversation has spilled out to other discussions of privilege, favoritism, and nepotism that are present in the workplace and everyday life. 

It emerged again in this thread, posted on Reddit's r/AmIthea**hole subreddit by Redditor u/throwaway6794241, who shared their post to the popular sub to see if they were in the wrong for their comment to their step-cousin. 

They had been receiving praise from their family for a recent promotion (at their boyfriend's father's company) when their step-cousin (who also worked for the same company) came at them with jealous comments about their "nepo privilege." This wasn't taken well, and the poster's response caused further bad feelings. 

Readers have voted that "everyone sucks" in this situation. What's your take?

Keep reading to see some screenshots of the original thread, or check the attribution links for the original post. For more AITA, check out this guy who pressed charges against a good samaritan who was trying to help. 

'They were trying to scam us into paying': Entitled dude mows neighbor's lawn without permission then charges them for it

Dude, no one asked you to mow my lawn! 

 

That's probably what this Redditor was thinking. She posted her story via this thread on Reddit's r/EntitledPeople subreddit. Essentially, her new neighbor consistently makes noise at 4 in the morning and then one day, she discovered that her lawn was fully mowed. Then, later that day, the Redditor discovered a literal BILL under their door. As if they had asked for this service to be provided when in reality, they didn't ask for anything. 

 

Based on the reactions from folks in the comments section, it's quite clear that this is a common occurrence among entitled neighbors. The simple solution in these kinds of scenarios is almost always transparent communication, but I guess you can't expect that from fully grown adults, can you? Keep scrolling below to hear the full story and the best comments. For more stories like this, here's one about a college roommate's revenge.

'My boss snubbed me after I saved the company $45,000' : Boss refuses to promote burnt out employee despite increased profit margins, leads to malicious compliance, boss gets made redundant

Managers often have the tendency of getting employees to jump through hoops in hopes of getting promoted, then don't end up delivering. This employee did so much extra work that she actually saved the company $45,000, but alas, she was told she was still not 'deserving' of a promotion. In other words, even if you do a good job, it's not good enough. Fed up, OP decided enough was enough, because if the company was saving $45,000 but still couldn't 'afford to give OP a raise', then why bother putting in any extra effort?

From then on, she stuck to what was in her job description. Her boss was less than pleased (what did she expect?), not to mention that profits went way down. There were many attempts on this boss's part to try to screw OP over, but they were all unsuccessful. Eventually, the manager got yelled at by the CEO, which did the trick — OP got promoted, whereas her boss got made redundant.

For more, check out this entitled employee who thought she was going to receive an inheritance from her boss.

'It's wasteful': Dillydallying customer demands one—and only one—bag from retail associate, gets their wish

We've said it once, and we'll say it a thousand times: When making a demand from an underpaid retail worker who would probably rather be somewhere—no, anywhere else than standing here listening to you, you'd better choose your words wisely. You might end up with exactly what you wished for—just… not quite how you pictured it. (The monkey's paw curls.)

That's what happened in this classic case of malicious compliance, which was shared to the popular Reddit sub of the same name by Redditor u/Laid-e_LOVE. The poster explains that they work as a cashier at a discount store, earning minimum wage. Their post gives the impression that they deal with no shortage of typical retail baloney during their time on the clock, including dealing with condescending customers who turn up their noses at the workers even though they would never last one day on the job. 

Keep reading to see some screen grabs of the inspiring original thread or view the original thread via the attribution links below. For more like this, check out this customer who wanted a pet store worker to count out an entire bag of crickets for her and ended up with fewer crickets.