Have you ever had a 'why did I put up with that' moment?

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Several years ago I was working abroad as an EFL teacher abroad.
I was back home at that point and had a Skype interview for a potential job out there. The interview was with a lady who owned a small teaching company.
I thought the interview had gone well, for whatever reason the role would involve occasional babysitting of her two young children as well as tutoring them in English, which was fine. The two children appeared on the Skype call.
I received an email from her that afternoon to tell me I had been successful. According to her, I hadn't shown enough interest in her 2 young children. Fair enough, maybe I hadn't.
Then she went on some rant on the email about how I was clearly 'only interested in money', how I must be the sort of person who isn't actually passionate about English teaching or children, and would clearly take on any job just to get money.
If I were only interested in money, I certainly wouldn't be doing TEFL for a start, it's hardly lucrative!
I was only 24, I think I didn't reply to the email but what a nutcase looking back. If it had been IRL I should have told her where to shove it.
Has anyone else had a moment of réalisation some time afterwards?

Yes, I spent many years wrangling my boss, protecting her from people who were chasing her from money as well as a lot of other issues while she treated me like trash - no idea why I put up with it for so long

Yes... I was 17/18 and working in a clothes shop in my gap year before uni (saving up as I was the first person from my family to go and money was tight). A woman came in with 2 kids who basically ran riot while she looked on indulgently / carried on browsing. It was fairly quiet so tbh it didn't particularly bother me. However I was worried that they'd hurt themselves as some of the clothes rails weren't very stable (late 80s so safety standards probably a bit different!). I'm the eldest of 6, so was well used to dealing with / speaking to younger children. Mum far end of shop so as the kids careered round a corner near to the till I just said something along the lines of not to run about as they'll end up hurting themselves. Not in a rude / patronising way, very lighthearted.

Fast forward to the woman coming to pay for items, kids now firmly in tow. Frosty with me, but polite. As they walked away she said to them (definitely intending me to hear) "I don't ever want to hear you needing to be told off by someone like THAT again". Really really nasty tone with the very clear implication that I was 'less than' them. It was horrible and still rankles now that I didn't have a decent professional but equally cutting remark to make. I would now but I'm 49!

And loads from unsuitable relationships in my 20s. So many twatty blokes who I gave far too much headspace to. Though don't think I'd appreciate DH so much otherwise 😁