To ask what’s the funniest hissy fit you’ve seen from an adult?

[JustLyra]

I’m currently watching my estranged cousin make an utter twat of himself on social media (he has no privacy settings) throwing a massive hissy fit that our mutual cousin has “utterly and utterly” offended him by inviting me to the day part of her wedding, but no other cousins.

He has flown off at the deep end cursing her, but conveniently not mentioning that her fiancée (who he has never met) has been one of my DH’s closest friends for 30 plus years.

He only knows because he bumped into the stag party at the weekend and realised my DH is part of the wedding party,

I just want to get popcorn while I watch other relatives (frequent flying monkeys in tbt past) pandering to him and my elder brother and their pity party.

[Cousin who is getting married doesn’t give a fuck about his whinging. Ironically it’s made us chat for the first time in a long time so totally backfired on him]

I had a part time job in M+S when I was 16, just as a Christmas temp. It was my first job (I was in 6th form). Two days before Christmas, they put me on the tills in the food court bit. All ok, but I saw two middle aged people having a massive fight over who should take the last <stupidly-expensive-massive-joint-of-meat>. Never thought I'd see people brawling over something as stupid as that!

My FIL threw a massive hissy fit in a very well known restaurant chain when he was late to the meal and the other 8 people had sat themselves down but hadnt left him the seat at the head of the table. My husband nearly punched him, but instead we just left.

In my job I always get lots of temper tantrums from customers who feel they are owed something. Anyway, the best was the man who complained that he needed to be moved from the home he rented from us, to a totally different town. We told him our Housing Association had no properties of any kind in that town and offered him one in the next town but no he needed THIS town and we needed to make it happen. I think at last count he has been abusive to 5 staff members in 12 months and is still annoyed that we havent been able to transfer him from one of our properties into a town we have no properties in. Not really sure what he thinks we can do?

Also, my Mum. One christmas day we had her, my sister and my nan over for xmas dinner. Nan had early stage dementia so wasnt exactly pulling her punches either but also didnt really understand what she was saying. Evidentally she said something that Mum took umbridge to (Mum HATED nan, right up until she inherited her money) and my Mum started screaming, crying and stamping her feet. She then declared she was going to leave, but made no moves to leave, so I told her to get out. My husband then told her to go walk it off and calm down. She did and came back with her tail between her legs but no apology. Nan meanwhile was blissfully unaware of what had happened.

I have massive tantrums all the time, but only at myself, Fate and circumstance.

For example, I was once trying to meditate, but instead spent 15 minutes throwing things around the room and yelling about 'where's my fucking crystal?' because I couldn't find the one I wanted.

Very recently, I was in the middle of cutting my hedge when my hedge trimmers gave up the ghost. Totally done, however much I begged. So I went completely Basil Fawlty at 'you bastard useless fucking pieces of shit hedge cutters. Not worth the money even if you were only a PENNY' and on and on and on. Whilst hitting the hedge with them to emphasise each ranty word. Then I threw them on the floor and hit them over and over with a rake.

And I'm afraid that is not a one-off - but only when I am alone. It's like I know it's unacceptable, but if no-one is around.....

I would never tantrum at a person - raising my voice even is very unusual. But inanimate objects? Fair game.

Bluekerfuffle · Today 17:24
A farmer jumping up and down and waving his arms about, shouting in rage at his sheep and sheepdog, who I presume weren’t doing quite what he wanted. It was actually quite funny to watch, but felt sorry for the poor animals.

To be fair, they were likely doing the exact opposite of what he wanted.

Not excusing her behaviour but she might have been waiting for pay day. I've been paid on Christmas Eve and was so broke that I had to do all of my shopping in one go. Not fun.

Absolute nutter we bought our house from. She had never sold a house before and was outraged that we had a survey done. We went on a pre arranged visit and she s reamed and yelled about “the man you sent to poke around my house” and act slammed the front door in our faces. Yeah like we were going to drop £600k on a 150 year old house without a survey!

My narcissistic ex once literally threw him self on the floor and had a proper toddler style tantrum on the floor. I have no idea what caused him to do it (I probably didn't back down to his bullying)

This was in front of our actual toddler at the time. He was kicking his legs, screaming in frustration and writhing around on the floor (ex, not toddler)

Is it just me who feels a bit sorry for OP's cousin! I would have stifled down my hurt but because hasn't thought it through or know that op's husband is a long time friend of mutual cousin, now he thinks he's the only cousin not wanted.

My SIL. Every time we had to see the bitch. Until it affected my kids and we went NC.
She’s not missed.

I feel a bit sorry for him, but then I can empathise. When I was heavily pregnant I was seriously craving icy cold sour drinks, would freeze cartons of fresh orange juice and sit chipping it off and eating it frozen. Me and DH planned a trip to the cinema and my mouth was watering for days at the idea of a lemon slushee, the only place that did them was this cinema. When I got there they hadn't turned the machine on and it was just too much. I broke down into full on hormonal, sobs because I couldn't have my drink. Poor guy at the counter looked completely bewildered and DH was just stood telling me it would be OK.

Not a jury in the world that would convict.

Bastard crochet. I've been there, as has my mum, an outstanding knitter and lacemaker taught by my grandmother who pattern tested for Liberty!

And that fight attendant?
Albert Einstein

And they all clapped.

Definitely not waiting for payday...every time she came in she'd buy other things or always have bags full from other shops.

@ChristmasFluff - I hear you, sister!

I have ruined many an inanimate object through adult temper tantrums - vacuum cleaners, cupboard doors, bath panel etc. etc. etc.

Also, like you, I have rarely ever raised my voice towards another person - twice in my life, I think.

Nothing like a squirrel trap for amputating tiny fingers! 😄

Mark Drakeford

Same here!

I regard it as "speaking in tongues" and therefore a gift of the Holy Spirit! 😂

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Customer in a pub I worked at complained that her shepherds pie was made from lamb mince, kept making dramatic gagging noises and demanding mints to take the taste away.

2 very well spoken women in Homebase fighting over the last roll of Laura Ashley wallpaper .One of them grabbed it out of the others hand screaming she needed it. They then proceeded to yell at each other, and tug at the roll, until the first woman got it back and bonked the other over the head with it. It was at this point security intervened.

Rolling up at the last minute always reminds me of Asda, 10 minutes before closing on Christmas Eve when I was scoping out reductions, in the fruit and vegetable section a woman screaming at the staff because there were no f***g fresh sprouts, Didn't they know it was Christmas??? Her 'audience' came close to bursting into song.

On another very wet occasion I was being harangued by a yummy mummy because I was parked in a parent and child spot, I obviously ignored her and continued to unload the trolley, she became almost hysterical because I was being 'rude' ignoring her. I got into the car and she actually kicked the tyres a couple of times, tears of anger on her face. When my daughter came out of the store with her small child she look so angry and petulant, I apparently should have explained!

University libraries get a lot of grief.

Students weren't allowed to graduate unless they have returned all their books and/or payed any outstanding fines.

"But I've left them at home (200miles away)/had them stolen/lent them to a friend/ got no money etc"

I think it may be different now as many books/publications are only available electronically, so it mightn't happen now, but my uni library friend had a lot of sob stories.

Works meal out to a wetherspoons - we always went for cheap and cheerful as we all had to pay for ourselves and wanted to make sure it felt accessible to everyone, as wages varied greatly.

One woman was having a hissy fit with the order as she wanted to make changes made to her food and was outraged that they couldnt make the meal she wanted and they 'weren't listening to her'.
Manager had to take her aside and explain that when the meal costs a fiver, it comes in packets and no the 'chef' can't change how it is prepared for her or offer her custom options!

Of course they did

Same here - I can knit anything but have NEVER been able to manage crochet.