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To think some people are just miserable for the sake of it?

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justsmileabitffs · 03/09/2026 17:34

I’m on holiday in Milan. I have spent the day sightseeing and my hotel is right by the Duomo so I grabbed dinner there.

I was sat next to a table of five British women who did nothing but complain. The view wasn’t good enough, the drinks were too small, the drinks were too big (!), too sweet, too much ice. The food wasn’t “cute Italian food” (well, no shit Sherlock! You’re not going to get a little Italian nonna cooking you food at a tourist trap restaurant!), the KFC around the corner didn’t have what one woman wanted, just endless complaints.

AIBU to think some people just look for things to complain about?! You’re in Italy, in a gorgeous city, eating relatively cheap food! That should be enough to make them happy, no?

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TorroFerney · 06/09/2026 18:56

Beepalarm · 05/09/2026 06:38

Woah!!

I am relentlessly optimistic and positive about pretty much anything and everything in life…. And if anything - I just think “you poor sod” if I hear someone whinging about something utterly trivial.

You sound like you want to hunt them down and murder them. @Thepeopleversuswork !!

she does - she sounds marvellous!

wiredandtired · 07/09/2026 06:51

I think some people are just permanently in this kind of mindset, and unfortunately it doesn't get left at home when they go on holiday. I can only feel sorry for them really, it's a miserable way to exist.

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