39 Over-The-Top Adult Temper Tantrums That Are As Humiliating As They Are Utterly Infuriating

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“I was working at the welcome desk one day, and this woman stormed in with her two kids, sheepishly following. I did the usual, ‘Hi, welcome to the store. Can I help you…’ thing, but wasn’t fully paying attention until I heard her response. She was screaming and growling at me, looked me dead in my eyes, put her finger in my face, and said, ‘YOU! I’m here to destroy you! I’m going to ruin your life.’ I didn’t know what to do, as she was much larger than me. She was very mad, and she wanted me fired at best. While threatening me, she was making such a scene that other employees came to see what was happening. Once they saw her, they got the manager, who had to physically block her from attacking me. Multiple grown men were helping restrain her from attacking me as she screamed at the manager about how horrible I am.”

“Once she told her story, my manager said, ‘Yeah, that didn’t happen. What you described is not how this person behaves, and we all know her really well.’ He basically told her to GTFO. She was big mad and had to be physically escorted out of the store, still screaming and growling threats, with her kids still following her, looking miserable.

What made her so mad? Two weeks before, I had asked to see her receipt as she was leaving through a weird side door, as I did with every other customer, because it was my job. It was wild! She returned over a week or two later, still angry, all because I said, ‘Excuse me, ma’am, can I take a quick peek at your receipt, please? Thanks so much!’ Apparently, I was accusing her of something. Her poor children!”

—Anonymous