To think this is really selfish and entitled

[LondonElle]

My local Cub Scout group set up an free Easter egg hunt in a local beauty spot for all children to join in whilst on their walk. It was completely free and there were plenty of eggs for the children to enjoy providing they only had a couple each. My children loved it and had two small eggs each.
As were were leaving the trail a family came with carrier bags and said to their children help yourself to as many as you like... I didn't think much of it thinking their children would have a few but would still leave plenty for other children.
At the end of the trail was a tree swing so after my children had a short go each on that we walked back through the woods where the Easter eggs were as this was the only way out.
Every last egg had gone..... the family we noticed were the only ones to go through after we left and they had completely emptied it for other children who could have enjoyed it.
I am so annoyed why do people do this? There would have been more than enough for their children to have 5/6 eggs each and still plenty for other children but no they took the lot!

So greedy

Cheeky, entitled bastards

It might have been a good idea for the organiser to put up a sign saying something like 'Please only take two eggs per child' but it shouldn't really have to be said! It's a shame their selfishness has ruined it for other families.

Im not surprised anymore. There are so many greedy and entitled people now. A lovely local lady, who does loads for the community, organised a free of charge egg hunt and the 2 events she organised she was mobbed both times by crowds of people and others helped themselves to bag fulls. I felt for her because these eggs had been donated.

YANBU. The organiser should have put up a sign, as PP said, but the problem is that cheeky, selfish people will ignore that, unless there's someone there to enforce it.

This type of behaviour is so frustrating! A few rotten people ruin so many things and put others off from bothering to do something nice for the community.

How rude.
Sadly, events like this always attract cheeky f**kers.
They should be ashamed.

What a shame, people are so greedy

Free stuff makes people lose their minds for some reason and they just don't care.

Greedy, stupid fuckers to be honest, no nice attributes to be passing on to kids. perhaps it needs to be organised differently next time, and perhaps monitored to ensure arseholes like these go home empty handed??

@Sparklingbrook

Free stuff makes people lose their minds for some reason and they just don't care.

And to use your own metaphor @Sparklingbrook, yes-free is usually abused to hell and back.

Hopefully next year they use plastic eggs , which when brought to a desk or whatever then each kid will get x amounts of eggs as a prize. It's the only way to stop greedy people taking advantage.

Greedy I agree.

Not the kind of behaviour cub scouts is there to promote.

Things like this rile me but I don’t blame the kids, I blame the parents, I wouldn’t allow either of mine to stuff their pockets, like Billy Bunter.They would take one end of.I’ve met adults like this in the workplace, grabbing things just because they are free, without giving a damn about anyone else and they were well paid people.

I dont blame the kids at all.. shame about the parents!

@Goleor

Hopefully next year they use plastic eggs , which when brought to a desk or whatever then each kid will get x amounts of eggs as a prize. It's the only way to stop greedy people taking advantage.

Yes, this is what our school used to do.

I would have asked them what on earth they thought they were doing taken the bag of eggs back and given them back one per child. And called them cheeky entitled fat bastards. If no-one embarrasses people like this they will get away with it and carry on.

Greedy and thick. Poor kids don't stand a chance with that awful combination.

I would have asked them what on earth they thought they were doing taken the bag of eggs back and given them back one per child. And called them cheeky entitled fat bastards. If no-one embarrasses people like this they will get away with it and carry on.

^I would have done the same.

@Goleor

Hopefully next year they use plastic eggs , which when brought to a desk or whatever then each kid will get x amounts of eggs as a prize. It's the only way to stop greedy people taking advantage.

That would be far better, and for those with allergies. It's so hard to navigate Easter with allergy DC

I bet they are the type of people who obsessively follow those tightarse websites. The sort who take all the plastic gloves from the dispenser at the petrol station or nick loo rolls from work. Or who deliberately plant hair in food at restaurants and try to scam a free dinner and drinks. What an example to set to kids.

@Goleor

Hopefully next year they use plastic eggs , which when brought to a desk or whatever then each kid will get x amounts of eggs as a prize. It's the only way to stop greedy people taking advantage.

That is such a good idea!

I absolutely detest the type of person the OP describes.
Our local shop made up Halloween bags last November and parents were literally pushing their offspring forward to grab more and more. People are fking awful.

I HATE people like this!! So many places stop holding events like this because of idiots like these. I couldn’t do this knowing other people would miss out.

They should have had people finding tokens or something instead and then taken them to receive one egg each.

@iamthewombat What do you mean those tightarse websites 😂?

There are tightarse websites? That sounds right up my street

Fucking tramps