"It makes me get very shoe-throwy."
One thing you can always count on in life: there’s always going to be an asshole around — especially in public.
It's time to bring back some shame. Here are 15 rude things people do all the time that could definitely use a little more calling out.
Let's begin:
1. "Tailgaters. I will absolutely brake-check you if I'm going the speed limit or over, and you insist on riding my bumper. Also, I can't even count the times a tailgater roared past me (many times when it was not legal to pass), only to pull up next to them at the next traffic light."
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2. "When did it become OK to play music loudly on a speaker while on a hike? I don't want to listen to your stupid music while I'm outside enjoying nature."
3. "Phone calls on speaker while in public."
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4. "I hate the new trend of bringing your dog into a grocery store. People say it's their support dog but don't have any vest or other proof. The dogs are not trained or behaved in a food store. It's unsanitary and gross. Illegal if the police or stores would enforce it."
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5. "I'm experiencing more and more parents who let their kids have the sound on tablets, etc, in restaurants. It's so selfish. It shouldn't be that hard to speak to your child to entertain them or take them to McDonalds instead. I'm surprised owners/managers allow it."
6. "One thing I cannot stand is when people purposely leave their table a complete mess at a restaurant. Especially when they have kids, and they are just like, 'Oh well! 🤷🏻♀️.' Yes, I get that there are staff who get paid to clean it up (albeit significantly underpaid), but it isn't our job as restaurantgoers to make someone else's job more difficult. Also, what are you teaching your kids by leaving something a mess? It's just so inconsiderate."
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7. "Fireworks. Omg, it drives me insane. I have a neighbor who thinks he's responsible for a display for every occasion. He doesn't care about time, either. He's done it at 3 a.m. before. I know people shouldn't have to cater to my PTSD around the sound, but it does make it hard to plan when you never know what the occasion is that will make him start shooting them off. We also have a large 55+ community nearby with lots of vets living there. I've seen one poor soul who can't even tolerate a chair scraping on the pavement. They plan for obvious holidays, but it's hard when the guy shoots fireworks for National Pizza Day."
8. "Phones in the cinema have gotten so bad lately. Like, come on, we've all paid over £17 to be here. Put your bloody phone away. It makes me get very shoe-throwy."
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9. "Asshole drivers who CONSTANTLY whine about cyclists on the road, but then those same asshole drivers CONSTANTLY park in bicycle lanes, block crosswalks, block ramps for wheelchairs, block sidewalks, etc."
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10. Conversely, "Cyclists who do not signal turns, stop at stop signs or red lights, do not wear reflective clothing at night, and are perfectly happy to ride in the road when a paved bike path is two yards away. I hate them with the fire of a thousand suns. They ride like they are the only ones on the road and then whine if there is an accident."
11. "Carts not being returned is one of my biggest pet peeves. When I was a teenager, I was a bagger at a grocery store and would have to bring in carts periodically. It was always frustrating when you'd have to track them down in parking spots, in the grass, or flipped over in random spots. The extra 20 seconds it takes to walk it to the return spot makes the worker's life so much easier. Plus, it keeps from leaving parking spots blocked by your cart."
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12. "People who don't MOVE AWAY FROM the subway train DOORS... Three could enter side-by-side, but you and your backpack are standing in front of an OPEN door, and we have to 'salmon' it into the car."
13. "People who live in apartments and decide to start playing an instrument in the middle of the night. It's currently 11 p.m. here, and my neighbor is playing the piano. Silence starts at 10 p.m., and we are not even allowed to shower after that, and yet this one asshat is playing the piano. I need sleep ;_;."
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14. "People who don't clean up after themselves in your home, or at least offer to! I have a friend who comes over frequently, and he has never cleared a dish, put a dirty glass in the sink, thrown a scrap of trash away, or even put the toilet seat down. I can understand, maybe in your own home, but at someone else's expecting them to be your cleaning crew, it's just rude."
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15. And finally, "People with purposefully super loud vehicles gunning it in residential neighborhoods (especially early in the morning or late at night). I can't count how many times I've been woken up because some ass-hat in a giant truck or a '90s Honda was revving their engine at the four-way stop near my house. Makes me want to find out where they live and bang on a pot outside their bedroom window at 4 a.m. 😣."
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Honestly, maybe I live a life with a little bit too much consideration (like, my anxiety is always on 100, ready to go to battle, when I'm just, like, at the grocery store), but I truly don't understand someone who'd walk away from their dog's piss inside a store??? Or leave a nasty toilet unflushed in the bathroom??? Or, even worse, do their business in a dressing room (like FR — how does everyone I know who's worked retail have one of these stories, myself included?!)... I'll never understand.
