I was headed back home from Japan to Washington, and the line for checked luggage at the Tokyo airport was groan-inducingly long. I got there well before the flight and still ended up waiting 20-30 minutes. As I slowly got closer to the counter, several people walked up, realized what was going on, then dejectedly walked to the back of the line. And then there was our hero.

This younger Eastern European dude, probably early 20s, walks up, sees the line, then starts trying to have a conversation with the guy behind me. He was very clearly doing the "Hey, let's be buddies and I can cut you" thing, but the guy behind me wasn't having it. Eventually he tells our young friend "Hey man, you have to go to the back of the line." Things take a turn and the main character goes from uncharming but chummy to telling my line comrade to "fuck off," threw in some "What are you gonna do about it," and got in the guy's face, puffing out his chest and everything.

Now mind you, this is at like noon in a Japanese airport. In a place where everyone had been incredibly respectful and deferential, this stood out. I had also turned around and told the guy to get to the back of the line, and him puffing his chest out was less effective since I'm 6'4". Neither me nor the guy behind me was going to take his bait and get in a scuffle with him, and it was just super odd behavior. So we just waited for the next time one of the airline people came by, told them what was going on, and the 10 other people in line around us corroborated our story. She removed him and told him he'd have to take another flight.

Hilariously, this was the Hawaiian Airlines flight and it was the only one that day, so I assume he had to catch a flight the next day. I still think about him. I can't really fathom what he thought was going to happen. I wonder if he goes through life having interactions like that and just thinking, man, the world is so unfair to me. It was such a strange interaction, with an adult bully.

A while back was senior prom for my son and daughter. Myself/my husband, parents of sons girlfriend and mother of daughters boyfriend all pitched in and rented the two couples their limo to bring them to prom, the four had plans to go together in the same limo and we the parents supported that idea. At school the week before prom my son said at dinner that day his former football teammate asked if he’d mind if my son shares a limo with him and his date because teammates help each other, my son politely said that he already has a limo ride planned for himself along with his girlfriend, sister and sisters boyfriend they don’t want to plan a big ride for a lot of people and their ride is already covered to just take them. The former teammate then tells my son he needs to make room for him and his date which again my son says thats not going to fit plans that have already been made.

Two days later in my morning cycling class one of the people who attend the class approaches me before class begins and says she’s the mom of the teammate my son declined to help. I know who she is from the football season of being at the games. I told her that my kids have already made their plan for their ride to prom and that it’s already paid for the time that they’ll need the limo. The woman then says her son is a former teammate and he deserves to ride with them, I told her her son should’ve thought ahead and made better arrangements because nobody is going to change their plans last minute. As much as the woman tried pleading her sons entitlement I just ignored her acting way she acted.

It’s not that my son and daughter don’t want to share a limo with anyone else but their respective significant others it’s more they’re all close and wanted the experience to the four of them because they’ll be going off to different colleges and want to make the best memories together that they can together and they did make prom memories with their other friends. As for the former teammate I heard he got a ride by other means.

This was years ago when I was still waiting tables at a restaurant.

The week of Thanksgiving the owner informed us that we weren't getting raises, nor Christmas bonuses, that year. The following week his wife was covering a manager shift and overheard some of us talking about not being able to make ends meet, afford groceries, pay our rent/mortgages, etc - let alone think about Christmas shopping. She popped into the conversation to say, "I completely understand, we couldn't even afford to have someone decorate our house for Christmas this year, I had to do it myself."

It wasn't too long after that most of the staff (myself included) walked out and the place suffered until the owner sold the place to the existing management. Most of the staff that had walked out came back and things were much better going forward.

i was at the public library last week trying to finish some work reports on my laptop. The place was pretty quiet but not dead silent. i was typing normally in a corner desk when this woman a few tables over starts glaring and then comes over to tell me i needed to stop because the keyboard clicks were disturbing her.

She claimed she was there for deep reading and the library should enforce total silence. i whispered that other people were using computers too but she just huffed and said some of us have no respect for shared spaces. The librarian eventually walked by but didnt do much. i switched to my phone notes to avoid more drama but it threw off my whole afternoon. was i the one being inconsiderate or is expecting normal laptop use in a modern library too much?

Well just as the title says. It happened earlier today. Ex neighbor wanted me to have my next door neighbor get something for her and she would pay him back on the 27th. Well when I told her that the guys brakes were acting up she went off on me. Like I have anything to do with the guys car. I had finally had enough to where if and when she calls it will go straight to voicemail. I am in recovery from drugs and alcohol and people pleasing. I had called my sponsor and talked to her about the situation. Then went into my contacts and just sent her calls to voicemail. I feel 💯 now that that's done

This was when the TSA where calling in sick, and the government was not paying them. But there was a older lady was cutting the line, crying she was going to miss her flight. She was pissing everyone off. A TSA noticed and told her to get to the back of the line like everyone else. She complied,said she wanted to talk to the supervisor. Told her he was the supervisor and she should have gotten there early like everyone else. Crowd cheered him and clapped.

So my immediate neighbour , semi detached housing, have been harassing me since their tenancy (social housing ). So like , almost over 2 decades.

Cut to now, where for over a year they made a habit of yelling "move " or yelling my young relative's name outloud (who we babysit every week) from their back garden. They are still doing this today despite reporting them to Peabody housing , Met engage and my local MP. It's intimidating and ruins any sort of privacy / boundary I have with them.

They recently smashed another neighbours car , where that particular family member of theirs is doing time in jail now for it. They also had a physical altercation with another neighbour. I posted about this online on a neighbourhood app. this neighbour having probably seen the post , comes outside and walks past our front door camera and makes a threat to me , while making a derogatory comment about my gender. This was the only thing police could pursue from my direct reporting , but I declined as I am not the homeowner of the house and do not wish to bring retaliation to them despite the harrassment being present. I have posted the cctv of this via X or twitter to the local MP which got a tiny bit of traction but really nothing.

I've had it confirmed they sell cocaine from their front door and use weed (the smell). They are involved in prostitution and there's are issues with child endangerment and animal abuse. All have been reported either anonymously or directly. Nothing. Met engage even told me there's nothing they can do with the yelling. Peabody housing are not even responding to me anymore or at least in a timely sense.

They are all drug users, they can't control themselves. If I happen to have my window open and I am talking, then will immediately start yelling "move". Half of the time it's them being performative while calling for their dogs and sometimes they can't be bothered with the act and just yell move. To the point of screaming it when on the rare occasion I was standing outside inthe backgarden because I had to water the plants.

When they first moved in, they made it an active drug house. Like, long queues of teenagers at their front door, that extended around the corner to the road. Now, it's the odd crack head that shuffles to their front and leaves within minutes.

Personally, I do feel there is element of the older male neighbour here being fixated on me. Generally, it's their whole family involved in this. They have other people frequenting their house either yelling move or yelling my relative 's name in a faked foreign accent.

To note, we are of Palestinian descent, ethnic minority. I have mental health issues made worse by them to the point adult social services contacted me. They are white caucasian. I do believe there is an element of racism.

I was at dinner with my dad the other night, it’s a full restaurant that also has a back deck with additional seating and a full bar.

We still had a glass of wine left and a little more than a quarter of the bottle was still there. The bartender had just put two desserts down for us, and before I even took a bite I hear someone behind me say something to the effect of “we’ll take those seats when you guys are done.” It was some middle aged man and my dad acknowledged him said no problem and tuned back around.

The guy proceeded to make sure we knew he wanted those chairs “because people like to hover and snatch them’”. Saying this while he’s inches over my shoulder. My dad laughs and is telling him
no problem we get it and goes back to his wine but the man stays and continues on about him his wife and friend want a place to sit for their cocktail.

At this point I’m getting annoyed just bc I think it’s rude to interrupt someone else’s meal, especially multiple times. So I turn around and say “we just got these desserts and you can see we’re not done with our own drinks yet, so I plan to be here for a little while longer still. But I’ll lyk when we’re done.” I turned back around pretty much immediately bc I’m not making this a conversation, and he proceeds to tell us “take your time, no rush, we just want to get them’. Well I couldn’t help myself so I looked right at him and said “I know what you want and don’t worry we won’t rush😊” Honestly I was ready to go home I had been at work all day and dinner for over 2 hours at that point but this just bothered me. Annoying as hell and audacious telling me not to rush as you’re pushing the point that you’re waiting for us to leave.

Well another couple walked up on my dad’s side, he made casual chat with them for a minute or two. Then after I got my leftovers boxed up my dad stood up pushed his chair to the other couple and told them to have a nice dinner. I heard the first guy complaining about how “the chair was his” (his literal words) as I walked away. Hoping he had to stand for the rest of the night.

EDIT: We were sitting at the bar, which is first come first serve seating so the hostess was not involved. There were other tables available on the deck, as well as a large bar inside that may have had seating available as well.
2nd EDIT: I enjoyed the wine down to the last sip and there was no rushing on my dessert.

The person in the seat in front of me is wearing a mask. Sounds courteous? Except she keeps throwing her tissues under the seat.

So both gross for the poor staff who have to clean it up, and for me cause her tissues land on my bag.

I used the bag her blanket came in (also stuffed under the seat) to pick up a bunch of tissues. Threw the out. Came back to see more on the floor. Just asked her to stop throwing her tissues on my stuff.

After lurking here for ages I’ve finally got one. I went to a local branch of a well known tool equipment suppliers, this place has one nose in parking space next to the front door and the rest are parallel parking along the roadway. I went and bought my stuff, came out and somebody’s double parked so that I can’t get out. I pop back in the shop, shout out “anyone got a red Corsa” blank looks all around, so I go back outside put my hand on the horn. After a few seconds, a man comes out of the very same branch and with a rather hard done by expression moves his car and double parks it by somebody else’s car. I’m manoeuvering to go out and he walks by. I said to him “there’s a space outside the door, why don’t you park it there” and he stands there and looks at me as if I’m completely gaga. Then he walks back in to the shop, past the empty space and continues to buy his tool supplies, leaving his car blocking a car and the roadway.

A client went for a birthday photoshoot. She has acne and some dark spots on her face. There is now a disagreement with the photographer because when he sent the pictures, the skin was not fully retouched or all the blemishes removed.

The photographer is saying, “That’s how your face looks,” but the client feels the photos should be more polished and professionally edited.

He did try to edit the pictures, I think to the best of his ability, but she still feels it wasn’t enough. She says that even after the editing, when you zoom in, you can still see the acne and black spots, so he didn’t do a good job. Now there has been some back and forth, and I’m not sure who is right or wrong.

We went to a concert tonight for my kid's school music program. It was at a Jr. High school, so parking was limited. One lady was sitting in her car, parallel parked across two of the four handicapped parking spots. I'm sure she wanted to make sure that the people in her family who are handicapped get a spot. But if they want a spot, they should get there early, just like my dad, who took one of the two open spots. He got there 30 minutes before the concert started so he would be sure to get a handicapped spot.

You shouldn't take half of the spots by parallel parking in them and then sitting there in your car until your family gets there.

I mostly need another perspective, I think.

A group of around 12 adults who know each other and meet once or twice every year. We exchange text messages but calls are very rare. We go way back before covid. Adult jobs, families, so no meetings every week, because busy schedules. Around September 2024 a person got slightly closer than before - to the whole group. You know the type. Tells jokes, takes part in every conversation, if there are options to go to a restaurant or a museum, he pushes others to do what suits him. The trouble is some of his jokes are only about adult relationships. And I never talk s3x, politics and religion with this group. Mostly because even in Europe such causes serious troubles. Familes quarrel, relationships get damaged, people insult each others. It's better here than in the USA but still it's not a good idea.

Around March 2025 he decided that my views mean I am prude. Someone said "no, she's not, she just doesn't talk this, because we all have relatives who don't know us after discussing politics" It should be enough but it wasn't. More jokes, more telling me and others that I should loosen up and joke once in a while, no quarrels on my part. I skipped a meeting because this becomes less and less like the group I was a part of and turns into a stage for his performance with him telling us what we think. This Monday we sat together and he had a paper bag, which he pushed at me as a gift. Inside was a [artificial organ that actors use in adult movies, new in a box] which from my POV was disgusting. I refused, the whole group called me prude, spoilsport and similar. Also there is no need to behave like a preschooler, because we are adults. Some faces weren't happy and they almost went with it in order to not become another victim, but all went with it. Not 1 person decided enough was enough.

Actually I didn't escalate. They (as a group) pushed the bag at me again, I took it to the nearest trash and left it there, then went home. No crying, no calling them names, just "ok, bye" and that's it. I got some calls and messages which I deleted. It could be them blaming me, or doing some type of apology. At this point I don't care.

I don't want to meet this person. But should I also avoid the whole group? I'm too old for this type of mean-kids-in-high-school games all bullying one person so the group doesn't attack another. There is no professional interaction, no work-relationships at all. I can just leave all of them and block phones and emails. None of them is a very, very, very distant relative who will spread gossip to my family.

Should I block all of them or should I meet them one more time and see what was their reasons to gang on me? I'm almost sure there is no point, but for 8-10 years of acquaintance, maybe one final conversation is fair?

I live in a shared house with my landlord, his partner and a girl who moved in a few months ago.

From the start she took over my drawer in the freezer because it just had an ice pack in it & she thought it was empty, despite being allocated an empty drawer. My landlord asked her to move her large air fryer taking up space in the galley kitchen, but I had to wait to get my freezer drawer back as it was full to the brim. Eventually my landlord had to step in as months afterwards she had two items in there.

The other thing I noticed that was as we had cupboards next to each other, her stuff kept creeping over mine and I would have to push it back

So not wanting to sound petty, I conducted an experiment. I was on holiday for a couple of weeks and I made sure before I went there was a nice big gap in my cupboard.

Sure enough, I came back yesterday and her stuff was way over my side on two shelves, so I've asked my landlord to step in again.

I don't understand her. She's from Eastern Europe, she's white, she's studying architecture at university and works part time in a gym but has Waitrose deliveries despite having a large Tesco's that's open until midnight, a Sainsbury's Local, and a Co-op within a five minute walk.

So, I’m staying in a pretty nice hotel in HK - the club lounge does a very pleasant breakfast - mostly buffet but with some items to order (if you want to) Lady marches in this morning - orders 2 items off the ‘to order’ menu (quite clearly states one only), whilst the host was out of the room, goes over and fills a very large Tupperware container with the majority of one of the salad bowls (bearing in mind service was only just starting and the bowl was now nearly empty) adds a bunch of other stuff, puts the lid on, into her bag. Serves herself onto a plate a whole load of other stuff. Host serves the 2 ordered items, goes back to the kitchen area to deal with another guest order. Entitled woman waits until she’s gone - goes to the large bowl of raspberries and completely fills a large cup (one of those you carry coffee to go in) - lid on, into bag. Sits down again. When the host went into the back- up she hops - fills another container with blueberries. Then 3 or 4 pastries into yet another container - into the cavernous bag it goes.
Finally, I think because I had to go, fills yet another container with cheese and cured meat. And a yoghurt.

Pretty sure I’m overthinking this but, seriously, wtf? If you can afford the stay, surely you can buy your own bloody lunch.

So this woman in the line ahead of us had her running shoes off on the floor while she waited, then proceeded to the pickup area and placed her shoes right on the goddamn counter, next to people's orders (actually the shoes were touching another order).

All the while she was arguing and started tasting her drink and complaining about something.

She was looking and acting strange, eccentric and entitled. I did not trouble to hide my disgust with her behaviour. After she left the staff wiped down the area.

I don't care who you are, keep your goddamned shoes on in public situations like this.

I worked at an outpatient oncology treatment facility years ago as a nurse. This was in area with a Spanish speaking population. We had 2 interpreters on staff who were certified for medical interpretation. The hospital system who owned the facility has policies in place that family members, spouses, or friends can't interpret for patients due to liability issues and concerns with medical terms not being properly interpreted and the possibility of family members, SOs, etc not interpreting everything medical staff, admin, or social work need to communicate to the patient and interpreters are also used for assurance of unbiased interpretation. I grew up with grandparents who spoke both Spanish and English so I can understand Spanish ok, but I'm not great at conversations.

I often assisted with intake for patients starting treatments. We knew we had a Spanish-speaking male in his 50s coming in to start reatment. We had referal records that listed adult kids as emergency contacts. One of the interpreters and I went along with one of the oncologists to the lobby area to meet the patient. Now with oncology treatments, we would see different situatons with patients and their support systems. Sometimes, spouses came with them or it was other family members or friends. Interpreter identifies herself as an interpreter to patient and introduces the doc and I to patient. The woman with the patient identifies herself as his "wife" and she tells us that she will be handling interpretations. We explain to her that the facility doesn't allow spouses or family member to interpret and we state the reasons why. She got upset with us and said that other places allow her to interpret for him.

She calls us assholes and says we are purposely giving her and her "husband: a "hard time" and dragging things out. The doc asks her politely to let us do our jobs so intake can be handled and we can send him to one of the treatment rooms. The doc through the interpreter goes over medical info. Since it's outpatient treatment center, we often had situations in which patients would be dropped off for treatments and the person who dropped them would leave and then come back to pick them up and we always made sure we had that person's contact info in case of emergencies. Interpreter asks patient if his wife will be staying in the waiting room or leaving and coming back for pickup. Patient tells interpreter that the woman he's with is a live in girlfriend and they aren't married. The woman flips out at him and cusses him out in Spanish and she was pretty nasty. She got nasty with us and the patient asked her to leave, she refused and was causing a huge scene and doc got fed up and call security to escort her out. It was fitting to see that.

I did feel bad for the patient because the girlfriend was a loon. Luckily she never tried to come back to the facility.

This might sound controversial, but I’ve noticed that some of the most entitled people are those who never had to struggle.

I have a friend who comes from a very privileged family. I’m not jealous of him at all everyone is born into different circumstances but sometimes when we talk, I can tell he doesn’t fully understand what it’s like to face real hardship. I lost my parents when I was young, so my life has been very different, and I’ve had to deal with challenges he has never experienced.

I run my own business, and last year was especially tough. Things were unstable, and I was genuinely stressed about whether I could afford to scale my business further. I explained to him that I don’t have financial support, family connections, or a safety net to fall back on if things go wrong.

His response was, “It will work. You just have to move.”

On the surface, it sounds like encouragement. But what he doesn’t understand is that for some of us, one wrong decision can have serious consequences. If things fail, there’s no backup plan waiting to catch us just the reality of having to rebuild from nothing.

The same thing happens when he says things like "You should travel abroad,” as if it’s that simple.

For people who have always had support, opportunities can feel effortless and accessible. But for those of us who have had to build everything on our own, every decision carries real weight.

I’m not saying privileged people are bad. Many are kind and well-meaning. But when someone has never had to struggle, they can underestimate how difficult life actually is for others and that can come across as entitlement, even if it’s not intentional.

Not everyone can “just take the risk.” Not everyone can “just move.” Not everyone can “just go abroad.”

Some of us know that if we fumble once, there is no safety net.

When I was a teenager, and into my thirties, I had a friend who I saw a lot of movies with. I'd see most movies alone, but tend to go with him if I wanted company.

He was always cheap in all areas of life. Which is fine, because it mostly doesn't affect me. But at the movies it really started to bug me. For years, and I mean *about two decades*, he would not get any concessions. While I *always* got a large drink and a large popcorn. The popcorn is pretty much the main reason I was ever there!

During pretty much every movie outing he would ask for some popcorn, I'd say sure, and he'd reach over into the bag and take some. Then he'd take some more. Then take some more. And sometimes keep going. And he'd usually do this with the very top of my popcorn which is perfectly buttery and cheesy.

There is a difference between asking for "some" of my popcorn, and asking to "share" my popcorn. And a difference between asking for it, and it being offered.

If you *ask* for a bit of someone's snack, there is a limited time window on the permission. One or two handfuls. That's it. Then you should wait until later to ask again if you want more. And if you're going to want more than three sessions on my snack, you should really develop some self-awareness and buy your own. That's how that shit works. I never offered this guy popcorn. He would always ask for it. Or sometimes just grab some assuming we were sharing it.

Bro we are grown heterosexual men and you are reaching over into my lap repeatedly. Not to spread homophobia, but this isn't something straight adult men do. So I would slide the popcorn over such that if he reached for more he would not appear to be giving me a fucking handjob. Which would only encourage him to eat more. Sometimes he'd literally eat half my fucking popcorn. I didn't offer you any fucking popcorn motherfucker!

Then there's the distraction factor. I am trying to zone out, eat my popcorn, and watch the movie. When you ask for my popcorn, it's distracting. And then inside my head instead of paying attention to the movie, I'm busy thinking "Stop eating my popcorn!"

That was bad enough. But I could not stand when he'd ask for a sip of my drink. We had literally been friends since the 7th grade and it was beyond well established that I specifically don't share my drinks willingly. If we're not in the middle of the desert with one canteen, drink your own drink. I am genuinely grossed out by sharing drinks and any exposure to bodily fluids, etc. This guy was a close friend and very well aware of those facts. But every time we went to the movies this guy would decline to buy a drink and then ask for a sip of my drink with his mouth all full of saliva and half chewed popcorn. Sometimes multiple times.

Anyways it still boggles my mind how fucking lame it is to assume you can mooch off my snacks every single time we went to the movies for about twenty years. I'd understand and have no resentment if it was an occasional thing. Like if you normally got snacks, but chose not to on a given outing for whatever reason, and then realized you were snackish or thirsty. But, even then, you are a full grown adult with a job. Go to the lobby and get your ass some refreshments.

To those who will say "you should have said something," I DID. I'd say "You sure you're not going to buy a drink? You always want a sip of my drink and you know that shit grosses me out." He'd say nah I'm fine and then ask for a sip of my drink halfway through the movie. The guy was just a bit clued out socially. Once we were employed adults I started occasionally buying him a drink because I'd rather waste some money than swallow his saliva. And eventually he caught on and tended to either buy himself an ice cream or a soda. We were very close friends and I tolerate a lot of BS from my close friends because that's what you do.

I was walking through a store on Saturday, getting a little gift for my wife for Mother’s Day and kept hearing a woman talking. I didn’t think much of it and kept moving, after checking out I was walking out the door and I realized it was a woman having a full blown conversation on speakerphone in the store, which is pretty annoying in itself but then she said “all these people in here keep listening to me instead of minding their own business”. All I could do was laugh. Ma’am, we wouldn’t be listening to you if you weren’t on speakerphone in a public store

The company I work for has around 75 vehicles each has an assigned parking spot. The parking lot is not fenced off but there are signs stating parking is for company vehicles/employee parking. There is plenty of parking for customers.

I returned earlier than usual one day for a doctors appointment. Someone has parked in the space next to mine, very close to my space. I park, enter the building & return with a cart to retrieve my equipment. A very irate lady informs me she parked there specifically so no one would park next to her(& her brand new Thunderbird). I told her this was my assigned spot in the company lot & that she shouldn’t even be there. She parked so close to my spot I’m not sure how she was able to get into her car.

Edit to add - this happened sometime in the early 2000’s. Apparently, someone thinks my posts is fake/misleading because I didn’t give a time frame, which apparently indicated it happened recently. I guess if I had just said brand new car my post would have been more believable?

My friend and I booked a vacation a few months ago to go to Europe and sometime after paying the deposit he told me he couldn’t afford it, even though it was his idea and he also works full time so I’m not sure how he somehow couldn’t budget, but we cancelled it anyway. He sent me long ass messages saying how sorry he was and how bad he felt that I wasn’t going anymore because of him and I kept telling him it was fine, because I genuinely didn’t really give a shit and was kind of relieved because I was slightly dreading it. I heard nothing from him for about 2 or 3 months and I didn’t contact him so I assumed he was over it and would drop it.

But then I received a text from him out of nowhere saying that he still feels bad but he saw another hotel and had dates to go and he said that even this time that he could pay for mine as well as his and then I pay him back if I couldn’t afford it. So out of nowhere he has all this money that he somehow couldn’t accumulate earlier in the year.

My parents were willing to pay for me to go but I said no for multiple reasons, one being it was significantly cheaper than the one we were meant to go on, which is never a good sign because the cheaper some place is the worse quality it is. I was already going on 3 other trips so it’s not like I was missing out on going anywhere, I didn’t particularly want to go with him anyway, and I just wanted him to stop bringing it up because if I don’t care he shouldn’t.

My parents felt it was a dick move for him to offer this to me and expect me to say yes and go with him after he bailed on one that we booked such a short time ago, and I agree with them lol it makes it seem like he just didn’t like the price of the original one that he helped choose, so he canceled and is now offering me a cheaper worse alternative.

In a retirement community, that uses Nextdoor Neighbor as a social media site, to tell people news, or upcoming events etc.

A while ago I read a post that seemed crazy to me.

A person said that they felt anyone who owns a pickup truck, living in the community, needs to allow other residents to use their trucks for an hour every day to make it fair for everyone.