Did an adult ever do something really petty/mean to you as a child (semi-lighthearted)

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Did an adult ever behave in a really petty or mean way to you when you were a child?

There was actually quite a few occasions but this one really sticks out in my mind.

when I was at school. Every year there was a dance that was performed to the parents around the time the school was breaking up for the summer holidays. Myself and another boy from my class were chosen to perform along with some other children chosen from other year groups. We each had an understudy in case we couldn't perform. Anyway, the parent of my understudy came up to me when the performance was due to begin and demanded that his daughter dance instead. I was basically told by him that his daughter was doing it and that was it. I was so taken back by it that I just said OK. I was 10.

Looking back I just think it was such odd behaviour, especially as a mum with a child in primary school.

Anyone else?

God some of these are awful, why are some people so fucking nasty!
So the one that sticks in my mind is when I was about 7/8 and on a playdate at a friend's house. Another girl was there too, who I hadn't met before. Both the other girls were blonde and I have very dark hair. Anyway other girls mum came to pick her up and was chatting to my friends mum. She said 'ah look at our girls with their lovely blond hair, so much prettier than dark hair' knowing full well I could hear it. It made me feel awful (still remember it today).

My dad took me and my slightly younger cousin to our auntie's house (not the parent of my cousin). It was Christmas. Maybe Xmas eve or Boxing Day. We were about 8/9. She took my cousin upstairs and gave her a big wrapped box as a present. I remember my cousin coming down the stairs holding the present and waiting and waiting for me to get one. I didn't.

Yes, teacher in the last year of primary school. Nice to the parents, horrible to the kids once the classroom door shut. Shouldn't have been a teacher and I never knew why she was like it.

The other one was a mum of a girl at my school, her daughter and I got tights mixed up when getting changed for pe when we were about 9. I realised at the end of the school day and went running up to the girl and her mum to say we'd got each others tights on and the mum looked at me and said " well we don't want them now your fat arse has been in them!" They then walked off, I was mortified. Told my mum several years later and it turns out that during that school year she had made lots of nasty comments within earshot of my mum and it was because i'd invited her daughters best friend to ours for a playdate and the old jealously had kicked in....for the mum!!??!!

@Vampiricouncil

I remember being made to feel shit a lot by adults as a child. I was scruffy, had no nice clothes, DV and very unhappy home life.
Adults being deliberately spiteful and cruel because of my clothing, scruffy hair.
Surely they could see what a miserable little wretch I was but they made me feel worse

So true, but even more I remember over the years the handful of adults who went against the gutless herd and showed me some kindness.

A GP who was new to the area did try to improve my situation. Looking back I can see he was a very brave and highly principled young man who challenged my violent male parent.

It worked for a while, but then the GP emigrated and normal service resumed with a vengeance.

I'd not long come out of hospital and my horrid nan and even worse grandad came to visit my parents. Nan had bought a dressing gown for my sister (her favourite) a pink fluffy thing. Sister hated it, I loved it. Nan overheard sister saying she would give it to me so my nan took it away and stitched my sisters initial on it. Sister still gave it to me

Teacher told the class that the capital of Australia was Sydney. Six year old me put up my hand and told her it was Canberra. She said I was wrong, so after school I went round to her house (she lived just round the corner from me) knocked on her door and showed her what it said in my atlas.
At the end of term my report said 'Queen Anne is a pleasant little girl, but she resents correction.'

Some of these (well most) are upsetting. Bloody adults!

I have told this before but I guess I can repeat it again....

Bitch of a teacher hated me for some reason (I was a very quiet shy child).

For some reason because of her I was sent to speech therapy. Nothing wrong with my speech except like the rest of the school I pronounced TH 'f' eg Birfday.

My mum did question this as I was a good reader (read dad's book on sci fi and horror at home) as found the school books boring and dumb. I was often asked to help people in the english class with reading .They then decided to pick on the fact that I was bad at Maths. What Maths has to do with speech therapy I don't know.

If I was struggling with a maths question, the teacher would make me stand up in front of the class and do the question on the blackboard. Stupid idiot, how would it help a shy girl to answer a maths question they did not know the answer to, to write it on the blackboard????!!!

I still get annoyed if anyone tries to correct what I say. What a fucking waste of time! Even the speech therapist agreed there was not much wrong - only the 'f' pronounciation. (How the fuck do you spell that??!!). The teacher had the cheek to say I pulled the wool over everyone's eyes! Sadly, Mum was not one of those Lionesses that come to the aid of her child. She just mentioned that I was a good reader at home.

only the 'f' pronounciation. (How the fuck do you spell that??!!)

Pronunciation

I remember being made to feel shit a lot by adults as a child. I was scruffy, had no nice clothes, DV and very unhappy home life
Adults being deliberately spiteful and cruel because of my clothing, scruffy hair.
Surely they could see what a miserable little wretch I was but they made me feel worse

So sad. I became quite overweight as a child after my mum died...I was comfort eating. My dad hired a nanny to look after us who would laugh with her friends about my weight. I also remember we went on a school camping trip and I overheard one of the teachers making nasty comments about my weight. Even as a kid, I'd wonder why they weren't nicer to me seeing as my mum had died.

There's some awful people around.

@BeingATwatItsABingThing

Perhaps I should change it to "I was good at English. Was able to spell once too!" Personally it looks wrong how it is spelt but hey ho!!!

[quote Deathraystare]**@BeingATwatItsABingThing

Perhaps I should change it to "I was good at English. Was able to spell once too!" Personally it looks wrong how it is spelt but hey ho!!![/quote]
Pronunciation is a weird word! Most people pronounce pronunciation wrong so seeing it written down looks wrong. That sentence gave me great joy to write!