Anyone who’s spent time around kids knows exactly what a tantrum looks (and sounds) like. It’s loud, messy, and all part of being little. And the reasons don’t always make sense to the rest of us. Case in point: My friend’s two-year-old once had a complete meltdown because she moved a craft knife out of his reach. I mean, the audacity!
As we grow up, we learn to keep our composure (mostly) when things don’t go our way. So when a full-grown adult completely loses it over something seemingly insignificant, the results can range from hilarious to genuinely unsettling. The people in this thread have seen it happen firsthand, and they shared all the details about the ridiculously petty things that set these adults off.
#81
Today at our local science center, they have a space where kids can throw bouncy balls into a sort of pit so they can learn about acceleration etc. Well obviously little kids just love tossing their balls and racing them and bouncing them etc. Anyway there was a dude who you could see was getting exasperated and then started going off about how he couldn't play, there were too many kids in this area, he can't get a bouncy ball etc. At one point he also said "stupid toddlers". Real loud too. My mom friend took her kid away at that point cause it was getting a bit scary. Then whoever was with that person got him to walk away and they went over to the elevator and left... Id never seen an adult get so worked up over bouncy balls lmao.
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#82
Couldn’t check into a hotel 12 hours early.
Full-blown must-be-mental-illness level meltdown right in the middle of the lobby.
Full-blown must-be-mental-illness level meltdown right in the middle of the lobby.
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#83
My coworker told a lady at the deli that we were out of fried chicken and the customer got really heated, threw her container of (premade deli) bbq chicken at her, and told her she was going to burn in hell.
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#84
When I arrived for a sleep study, a woman was running across the lobby near the location. She was clearly in meltdown mode and ran across the streets, which forced a few cars to brake to a stop. The lady had to be at least my age, I'm in my 40s, BTW.
A few people, including a security guard, members of her what assume is her family, and a doctor. An alert went out at the facility. A few others who came to for their sleep studies including a small child were asking the same questions I was asking myself. Never knew what it was all about.
A few people, including a security guard, members of her what assume is her family, and a doctor. An alert went out at the facility. A few others who came to for their sleep studies including a small child were asking the same questions I was asking myself. Never knew what it was all about.
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#85
I was at a family style dinner at botanical gardens. There was plenty of food to go around but one woman started freaking out that her and her family should have all the sides because they were vegetarian (this was over $100 per person dinner). When someone told her there was plenty to go around and they would ask the caterer to bring more over, the woman yelled that she just wouldn’t eat, grabbed her plate, and went outside (where no one was).
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#86
I had an awful landlord, who when we moved in wasn't supposed to be living with us, but of course who changed his mind about that.
He left a saucer in the driveway, and it was covered in dirt. Not just cover, caked to the point where it took a lot of elbow grease to clean. My bf at the time put the effort in to do so.
Then - for reasons I still utterly fail to understand- the landlord got pissed by this and barged into my bedroom to scream at us about this. For five or 10 minutes straight. He had previous decided soaking dishes in the sink wasn't allowed, even though the saucer would never be cleaned without being soaked to remove the caked in dirt.
He was on ambien (which I gather played a factor in his behavior), and he cooked ground beef and left the greasy leftovers in the pan overnight. For the record, I don't eat beef. This did not stop him from screaming at me about his pan that he left on the stove.
He left a saucer in the driveway, and it was covered in dirt. Not just cover, caked to the point where it took a lot of elbow grease to clean. My bf at the time put the effort in to do so.
Then - for reasons I still utterly fail to understand- the landlord got pissed by this and barged into my bedroom to scream at us about this. For five or 10 minutes straight. He had previous decided soaking dishes in the sink wasn't allowed, even though the saucer would never be cleaned without being soaked to remove the caked in dirt.
He was on ambien (which I gather played a factor in his behavior), and he cooked ground beef and left the greasy leftovers in the pan overnight. For the record, I don't eat beef. This did not stop him from screaming at me about his pan that he left on the stove.
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#88
McDonald’s being out of Diet Coke. We were inside a Walmart McDonalds… Another patron told him to shut up and go buy a Diet Coke from Walmart.
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#89
Dad had a massive tantrum because he misplaced some Tupperware containers and blamed us. Usually when he did this sort of thing we would leave the house, so he took everyone’s car keys. I had a spare set so I escaped. I slept in my car for three days.
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#90
The other day a patient was mad there wasn’t cranberry juice on the unit. My coworker was the one talking to the person. The patient proceeded to throw a cup of water at the coworker; however, it ended up going all over me and the paperwork I was working on.
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