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To ask for your best examples of brass-neckedness to entertain us all on this dull day?

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Salmotrutta · 12/08/2014 11:15

I've got one from decades ago.

My older brother was about 18 and going out with a girl of about 16.

It was pretty short lived as she seemed to be a bit spoiled etc. and they were only teens after all.

My brother was the one who ended it but girl seemed to think Mum was behind it.

Mum wasn't but she had asked to girl to help bring in washing during the rain when she stayed over at our house one weekend as mum was in the middle of something when rain started.

This was apparently a criminal act to ask someone for a bit of help so girlfriend moaned to brother (who I think had got rather exasperated by her anyway by this point) and he ended it.

Apparently this did not go down well.

Next thing, her little sister phoned my Mum and castigated her for being the cause of all this! Little sister would have been about 14 and mum would have been about 45!

That didn't go down well either.

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poguemahon · 15/08/2014 20:42

Bird of prey centre - the guy doing the talk says he needs one very special volunteer to help him with something.

My DC always want to be picked for these things, and never are. This time, DD1 actually gets picked, and is delighted.

As the demo guy is setting DD1 up with a glove and stuff a grandmother shouts "excuse me, my GD wants to come up and help, can I send her up?"

So the guy obviously says yes and this woman's GD ends up doing more of the display stuff than DD1.

Not a big thing but just pissed me off - the number of times I've explained to my DC that you can't always be picked but maybe next time it'll be your turn.

To have a grown adult just barge on in..grr..

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Salmotrutta · 15/08/2014 20:50

I am open-mouthed at the story of the lodger who helped herself to the bedroom furniture, food etc! That's just theft - pure and simple and I'd have been heading to the police station!!

And the music teacher who pocketed most of the wedding fees - also theft!!

Angry on the victims behalf at both those stories.

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thenightsky · 15/08/2014 21:03

When I was about 8 or 9 I found a wallet with £60 quid in it on the path on my way back to school after lunch. I handed it in to the headmistress (tiny village school of 30 pupils in one schoolroom). Bloke who lost it called in to see if anyone had found it and I witnessed my headmistress hand it over and the ACCEPT A REWARD OF £10 FOR FINDING IT!!! Shock

thenightsky · 15/08/2014 21:04

And this was 1960s, so £10 was a lot!

coppertop · 15/08/2014 21:27

Our block of houses has a parking area with a space for each house. Dh came home to find the neighbour had parked in our space. Theirs was empty so dh parked in theirs instead.

Ten minutes later the neighbour knocks on the door to tell him he has to move the car as he's in their space:

DH: I had to park it there because you're in my space.

N: That's because we've got a delivery coming. We've left our space empty for the delivery van. You'll have to park out on the road.

Needless to say, dh refused. In the end, the neighbour had to rush out when the van arrived and drive around the block while the van made its delivery.

Still can't quite believe the cheek of it!

Deverethemuzzler · 15/08/2014 21:32

Fecking NDN who waits until we go away for a few days and parks his car in OH's disabled bay EVERY FUCKING TIME.

Its still in there now. Cock.

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Salmotrutta · 15/08/2014 22:49

I actually wanting to go out and threaten every hideous excuse for humanity that I've read about on here.

I can't get my head round some of these.

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Salmotrutta · 15/08/2014 22:50

I'm actually wanting etc. etc.

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MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 15/08/2014 23:03

I love this thread. I go away for a bit, I come back and there's a few more delightful examples of battiness to laugh at. Or sympathise with.

CheerfulYank · 15/08/2014 23:22

Pogue that makes my blood boil! Nothing more irritating than the "oh but my DC/GC are soooo speshul" brigade.

TheDailyWail · 16/08/2014 00:37

A couple for you - years ago we worked for a bank and they sent every single employee vouchers for £200. One manager and deputy decided that they would keep the cleaner's £200 as they thought she didn't deserve it. They were sacked.

The people who bought our house asked us if they could clean the carpets the day before their moving day - we had to get our furniture into storage on Saturday night. They brought 2 further people to help them clean. The carpets were still wet on the Monday and the carpets ended up filthy.

We moved into my parents' house which was a five minute walk. About a fortnight later the husband rang us and asked me if I could look after their daughter for a day as the wife was feeling unwell. I did it. My mum was Hmm. I then had to deliver her back to her house. Gawd it's emotionally hard to visit your own house with someone else's furniture in it.

They phoned a few more times to ask us how things worked. We didn't give them the number of our new house.

And and and!

I left a shelf stacker thing in a corner cupboard as she asked me to give it to her. The next thing I knew she had written a review for it and it was published under her name in the Lakeland catalogue! Shock

MrsWinnibago · 16/08/2014 00:43

DailyWail I don't get the problem with the review.

TheDailyWail · 16/08/2014 00:56

MrsWinnibago it was an insult to injury really. With the little extras of a free day's babysitting and a phone calls to sort out the toilet flush and.. I've never had a review published in the Lakeland catalogue. Grin

MrsWinnibago · 16/08/2014 00:57

Oh lol! And it was YOUR shelf stacker thing! I see. Grin

Reepits · 16/08/2014 01:50

Used to live in a sea side area. Used to get lots of friends visiting, we only had a small flat, so had so fold out bed in the living room. One couple announce at 8.30 that they are going to bed now, folded out the bed in front our eyes, got in and asked us to leave the room.

We moved to a not so great area, we never see them.

Lweji · 16/08/2014 06:20

Oh, a friend's abusive husband was almost sacked because when he had a supervising role he noticed that some workers' holidays coincided when they shouldn't and changed their holidays without discussing it with them and... forged the signatures in the process. He was lucky he was simply demoted.

wotoodoo · 16/08/2014 07:50

I had 2 toddlers and a baby and I had just driven 4 hours to visit my parents

I was exhausted but happy to be with them and as my parents were quite strict and house proud, I was mindful of keeping everything clean and tidy.

As dps were not tolerant people in general ( very judgemental) and did not like dc to make any noise, I would have to run outside to the car if one of my dcs showed any sign of wanting to cry so they could cry there Shock

So far so good. Had just managed to settle all three quietly to bed and was getting myself ready for bed when my df, really angrily thundered COME WITH ME. THIS IS JUST NO GOOD. YOU CANNOT STAY TREATING OUR HOUSE LIKE THAT. YOU NEED TO PACK UP AND GO

I followed him into the bathroom thinking OMG what have they done.

To find that that one of my dc had left the lid of the toothpaste lid off.

I kid you not.

HPparent · 16/08/2014 08:11

My Dsis is spoiled and entitled. Once when her daughter, my niece was very young they came to stay (they live in the Far East). Dsis insisted that DN drink out if a open cup though most of the time it was knocked over. One time having been out at work I cooked a meal I was really looking forward to. DN knocked juice all over my plate before I even had a bite. As I sat and looked at my ruined dinner, Dsis angrily said, 'get DN another drink would you' not a word about my food. In the end DH gave me half of his.

One time we were having a discussion about schools. Dsis said it didn't matter where my kids went as they were 'just ordinary' whereas her precious child needed a special type of school to cater to her various gifts!

DSis also thought she had the perfect right to rummage through my stuff and take whatever she wanted. All the expensive shampoo or cosmetics would be emptied by the end of her stay. I noticed a couple of my tops in her bag as she packed and my sunglasses in her handbag! She said she thought I wouldn't mind as I didn't use them much anyway.

HazleNutt · 16/08/2014 08:45

wotoodoo wtf? Your parents are not house proud and not very tolerant, they're nuts! Were they the same when you were growing up?

Thumbwitch · 16/08/2014 08:52

wotodoo - that's not houseproud, that's fuckwittery of the highest order. What an utterly shitty thing to do. Are you actually leaving? Because if I left under those circs there isn't any level of cajolery that would get me back there again, EVER.

crypticbow08 · 16/08/2014 09:20

A couple of weeks ago, my ds is in bed, im in shower. When I get out of shower, I hear television noise from downstairs. My first thought is ds has snuck back downstairs, so check his bedroom, he's fast asleep. Confused now, I go downstairs to find my neighbour had hopped over the fence, come in and was sat with her feet up, watching some crappy reality show. I ask what the hell she is doing, and she tells me 'well I saw this amd it looked good but I can't watch it at mine cause its on sky, you dont mind do you?' Err yes actually I do mind, now bugger off home!

She goes to leave, picks up a glass to take with her. She'd also helped herself to my wine!!!!!

wotoodoo · 16/08/2014 09:37

Thumbwitch and Hazel, I was a young mum so had only known my parents 'way' ifywim so thought they were normal Shock

I have spent my life trying to please them. Not sure if you saw my post about them re: christmas?

Anyway, now know better! Thanks to MN and great advice I received under different names etc I am no longer a crapped on doormat. People say how could you get treated so badly? The truth is if you grow up where it is 'normal'Shock you don't know any different.

Thumbwitch · 16/08/2014 11:14

But - did you leave, wotoodoo? Tell me you didn't...

Yes, I read your post re. Christmas, hadn't realised that was you until you said - they're terribly rude and entitled people, aren't they. Shock

Glad MN has helped you see your way with regard to them! :)

wotoodoo · 16/08/2014 11:40

Even then I could not see how leaving the lid of the toothpaste off could have caused such angst, but yes, I agreed to go. I heard my dm agreeing with my father's decision as apparently dc had also 'left the toilet lid up when you know in this house toilet seats are always left down'.

I went to pack up all our things but then seeing as it was going to cause a bit of noise trying to wake 3 young dcs they said I could stay after all.

We left early in the morning.

This was 12 years ago. I only saw the 'light' 2 years ago and then I had counselling, sent them a letter each (counselor said just write it all down to get it out of my system but not send it. I actually thought I would send it as had nothing to lose).

Df has tried to make amends as best he could but dm has never spoken about the letter and acts as if nothing happened.

For the first time in many years went back to stay but only because dps were on a cruise and let us holiday in their house Grin

Hope I haven't detracted too for from the thread Blush

Thumbwitch · 16/08/2014 11:46

OMG. Well I'm glad you didn't have to wake your 3 small children that night and I don't at all blame you for leaving in the morning and not going back until they weren't there.

No no, you haven't detracted from the thread at all - it's stunning that 2 adults ever thought undone toothpaste lids warranted waking 3 small DC and throwing you all out into the night - unfuckingbelievable! So glad you've seen the light!

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