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Onemunki says: We live in a world of genuine tragedy, starvation and terror. So, after hearing stories of cruise line passengers complaining at the air conditioning breaking down, what stories of sheer single-minded self-pity get your goat?

(, Thu 1 Mar 2012, 12:00)
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Ungrateful Children
Who kick off because their parents haven't bought them the right kind of expensive gift. "Oh my god I wanted a GREEN car, not BLUE! YOU'VE RUINED EVERYTHING! I HATE YOU!"
Never mind that mum and dad went without a holiday to pay for the car, or that there are children out there in such poverty that the only time they'd ever get to sit in a car was if they were being arrested. No, Whiney McBitchface Jr doesn't like the colour, and that's all that matters.

This is a good example of the sort of shit that really winds me up. "Waaah! I didn't get an iphone! Christmas is ruined!" Grow up.
(, Thu 1 Mar 2012, 20:20, 6 replies)
Go without a holiday?
What really grinds my biscuit is the assumption that you will have a holiday, every year. Fuckers.
(, Thu 1 Mar 2012, 20:54, closed)
Same.

(, Thu 1 Mar 2012, 21:05, closed)
Okay, that was an example more than anything else, but yeah.
The point I was trying to make was that the parents have gone without in order to afford the kid's gift, only to be screamed at because it isn't quite right.
(, Thu 1 Mar 2012, 21:42, closed)
No. Don't blame the kids.
Blame the parents for letting the children get away with that attitude. A clip round the ear or two would sort stuff like this.
(, Thu 1 Mar 2012, 21:04, closed)
You are quite right,
parents should be more willing to put their foot down and say no, although sometimes I suspect it's too tempting to just take the easy way out and just give them what they want so they'll stop wailing at you.

On the other hand, I do feel that by the time you reach your late teens, you ought to have grown up enough to be grateful for what you're given, rather than being a materialistic, screeching little shit all the time.
(, Thu 1 Mar 2012, 21:49, closed)
I have to put up with shitty kids kicking off all the time in the shop I work in
They expect their parent to get them something just cos they're in a shop. And they start shouting and stuff if what they've picked "isn't as good" as what their sibling is getting
(, Fri 2 Mar 2012, 1:32, closed)

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