Redditor indian_boy786 asked everyone about jobs that cause more stress than they're worth by asking:
"What is your 'I don't get paid enough for this sh*t moment?"
I've left places after fights.
I'm not having this face marred by violence at minimum wage rates.
Merry Christmas
Mariah Carey GIF by TwitterGiphy"Being told that I ruined a woman's Christmas because the supermarket I worked at was out of brandy infused marmalade."
chillypyo
"Yeah I'm still in retail and I'm ruining peoples Christmas's daily at this point."
LlamaLlama2432
80+ hours...
"I worked for a small college. The president's secretary thought that most things were above her pay grade and at one of the busiest times of the year for my office decided that I should put in 80+ hours to clean her data and get something she needed done."
"After getting it finished she decided that she wanted the whole thing changed. I broke down. I went to the doctor in the midst of a full blown panic attack and was given a note for two weeks off work, which meant they had to use what I did or do it themselves. I came back to work and resigned."
iiiBansheeiii
Poo Time
"When I was 18 and working at a retail store, a baby in his mother's arms took a sh** so massive that his diaper couldn't contain it. A bunch ended up on the floor, and the mother ran away. I was not paid enough for that literal s**t."
heybudno
"Babies actually do this quite often. You can be sure that the mess she had to clean up was also pretty far reaching. And she likely had dealt with many a poo explosion in the past and probably had many more. I hope for your sake the baby was young and breastfeeding."
MummaGoose
Trouble
"Assistant manager at a movie theatre, fight breaks out between two teenage guests that we had to restrain, fill out police report etc."
"Police seized one of our garbage can lids as evidence (teen A hit teen B in the mouth with it - blood was all over it)."
"Got in trouble for losing a can lid whilst on duty."
Eternal__Optimist
Some jobs are just too much.
Thanks Sprint
Nervous Ted Striker GIF by filmeditorGiphy"When a thick stream of sweat drained out of this girls cell phone case. I had to explain to her that her phone had water damage and that she shouldn't work out with her phone in her bra, all the while trying to be professional and not gag while cleaning the mess. (I sold phones at Sprint)."
jordanmlee
Trash Bags
"Manager at a grocery store I worked in my teens refused to pay the waste management bill for several months. When they finally came and emptied the dumpster, there were still mounds of trash laying about around the area."
"He had me go out and clean all of it up alone. I didn't have any protective gear or supplies whatsoever, and was out in 100+ degree weather."
"I was only given a bunch of trash bags to put it into, and when I went in to ask for help, I was just given a shovel."
"I worked one more day after that, and after just being given more work to do without so much as a 'good job' or 'thanks,' I never went back."
herpty_derpty
‘Billy Run!’
"I used to work at Old Country Buffet, and there were kids who would eat until they threw up- like alllll the time-
"This one case that is seared into my mind was when I was once fixing up the salad bar and I heard ‘Billy Run!’ screamed from an ignorant parent and then I see this 12ish year old boy running to the bathroom, only he didn’t make it."
"An unholy amount of undigested red Jello-O came exploded out of him like a f**king volcano all over the Caesar Salad, the floor next to the cash register, and on about 5 or 6 diners waiting in line to get in. It looked like he had literally vomited his guts out in an arc about 10 feet in diameter. I had to sweep up the chunks with a broom until a dishwasher with a mop could take care of the rest."
Darth_Xenic
Grabby's
"Barista. Grabby customer grabs drink on the counter, tastes it, says, 'This isn't mine. I ordered a vanilla latté. This is also iced.' I proceed to tell her it's clearly not her drink she picked up then. Am currently making Grabby's drink, then have to double back to make the previous drink for the customer it was originally intended for. Again."
"8 hours a day, 5 days a week."
"Customer service should definitely be paid more."
juneauboe
Hell No...
Over It Rose GIF by HULUGiphy"While working as a student custodian on campus I had to clean vomit out of a urinal. There is no easy, not gross way of cleaning that. Not worth the minimum wage."
insert_joke_here_pls
That is a lot of... "I'm over it!"
Do you have any experiences to share? Let us know in the comments below.
I will admit I have done this a few times. And I still regret most of those instances.
Do it Now
gas gasoline GIFGiphy"Every time I tell myself, 'I'll just get gas before I drive to work tomorrow' and then find myself running 15 minutes late. You'd think I would learn at some point."
strippersandpepsi
And your score?
"Credit cards. Oh man I wanna fight 18 year old me.."
LoweeLL
"Thankfully I was always scared of credit, so I managed to never open a card and create debt I couldn’t pay back. However now i finally did open one, and it’s taking forever for my credit to build up. Wish I would have opened one sooner! I really don’t understand how people open up a credit card and spend it on things without paying it back. It was just always kind of obvious in my mind even as a child that whatever I spent on it I still had to pay back."
NewToReddit4331
Bad Save
"Was about to hit a tree while snowboarding. Either break my board on it to lessen the blow or break my body on it. Chose to protect my board. Regretted ever since. A lot of damage was done. My thigh slammed into the tree and took the full brunt of it. I didn’t break any bones but couldn’t walk for two weeks. However, that was the best part."
"I went to the hospital for a check and they said it was all good but what they didn’t notice was that my right side of my back had shifted. So when I tried to run or play sports, the ligaments and meniscus is both knees got destroyed and now I can’t run anymore."
JapanEngineer
We All Know
"I had developed feelings for a coworker (small company, about 20 people), we kinda flirted at work and some people were starting to suspect something but we managed to keep it professional. One night we had a few drinks, could not decide to part ways, one thing led to another... the morning after when we woke up together, neither of us could muster the strength to go to work."
"She called in sick, and a few minutes later I sent an email to use a day off, as things were quite slow at work anyway. But we knew all too well that the both of us not showing up, with coworkers aware of our plans to get drinks together the night before, well, we weren't going to fool anyone. And the following weeks/months were pretty awkward indeed (we never made it official, for the time it lasted)."
MellifluousPenguin
All Night to All Day Long
Tired Donald Duck GIF by Mickey MouseGiphy"I stayed up with my friends playing video games online until the sun started rising. I'm in my mid-thirties and that level of sleep deprivation the next day was worse than a hangover."
hankypank3
Seriously. Always embrace sleep. Always. You'll thank me later.
Sometimes it works...
Olivia Wilde Reaction GIFGiphy"Offering my long time best friend a neck massage, turned into some foreplay, then a conversation about not ruining our friendship with sex, followed by a "F**k it" and a night in bed. 3 children later, still going strong."
FailCaek91
"throw it man!"
"I was a teenager in a friend's car, we were smoking weed. Then he was getting pulled over. Driver said 'throw it man!' I was like 'he'll see that anyway, and this car smells a lot like weed anyway, also it's good, lemme just finish this real quick.' So the cop arrived at the car and I was this kid sitting there smoking. The look on his face was kind of hilarious. I wasn't raised to be wasteful for goodness sake."
throwawaysmetoo
Unloaded
"I used to unload freight from delivery trucks for a living. Most the crap was half haphazardly thrown in without regard to anything. It gets a bit frustrating. One time I had got to the back of the truck and there was one pallet left. The pallet itself was crushed with these concrete barriers that were stacked on it. They never should have loaded it that way and they knew it."
"It would be impossible to unload by hand, but I couldn't get the fork lift all the way under the crushed pallet. I decided ultimately to just say f**k it. I leveled the forks at pallet level, backed up about 30 feet, and then rammed it full speed. The forks went clean through the pallet... and the back of the truck. I got those concrete barriers off though."
__________lIllIl
Lets Try
"Me and my now wife's third date. Our cars got locked in this garage at a garden we were visiting. I ended up staying at her parent's house as they were the closest people to the location we were at. We slept in the same room, after like 15 minutes of excruciating tension she said "'soooo..... you just wanna do it?'"
"I replied, 'I don't have any condoms.'"
"She said, 'I'm on the pill.'"
"Worked out cause we are now married 7 years later and no kids."
throwaway_nfinity
This is Me
Blake Shelton Nbc GIF by The VoiceGiphy"For a serial procrastinator like me... this is my whole life. Sometimes, I have to postpone those dealings with consequences too. It's an art as well as science."
thesvsb
Middle Finger
"I used to work at an animation studio until a few months ago. It was an 8-5 with unpaid OT, far from home and shitty pay. It was a terrible experience, only reason I stuck around so long is because I was in a tricky situation and wanted my credits on their project."
"In January this year I got freaking tired of working long hours in an office job because I'd been employed since October and I hadn't been paid since then because 'the salaries had been delayed due to budgeting issues.' Ahhh this was a really bad time for me."
"Family was over, and for once I had no money to treat them to something nice, all because I chose to work at that filthy studio. I said screw it, took a week long vacation without informing anyone and after coming back handed in my resignation in the form of a middle finger for all the miserable past experiences."
zed_hunt0218
World in my hand...
"Quit my job when I was 24 and went traveling around the world for a year. Parents wanted me to buy a house with my savings but I spent it all on seeing the world instead."
cypherdroid
"40 here. House. Married. Kids. The works. I spent my 20's building up savings buying my house etc... You made the right call."
Jerimiah_da_Bullfrog
Confused AF...
"I changed my secondary school choice last minute from a school 15 miles away to the one a 2 minute walk from my parents house. I figured I would deal with the consequences. Time came around to see if I was accepted into the school... I was accepted into the original one, 15 miles away... Confused AF."
"My mother grins and says she changed it back to the original one before sending it off. I wasn't even mad, I regretted my decision about a week after I changed it. The original school was a much better school and I'm now still the only person in my family to do all of the education stuff."
randomer206
Toilet Trips
toilet GIFGiphy"Found a new coffee shop in town which was so good I immediately went back for a second and a third large (so 6 shots in like 10 minutes). Regretted it both throughout the day and during the multiple toilet visits!"
Kingy7777
I Gotta Go...
"Quit a new job that had me an anxious wreck every morning, to the point I couldn't even have breakfast. So glad I did it, but I'm never that impulsive. (I'm ok now, happily employed in a position somewhere else)."
AZymph
"I was in the exact same situation. Used to vomit every morning before work. Barely slept and lost a load of weight. One day I walked out and never went back. I didn't have a job to fall back on, best decision I made. Unfortunately, I still struggle with the trauma from that job more than 5 years on."
A-Bit-Of-Everything
He wanted coke...
"Last Friday I went to a carnival and won a goldfish. I was going to fill up a bowl for him when I got home, but the water pipes were down for repairs, so I just used Coca Cola instead. The next day the water was back so I put my goldfish in a new bowl and he was not happy."
"He wanted coke. He glared at me. He rammed the glass. He hasn't let me sleep in days. He desires the coke. He DEMANDS the coke. As I sit here typing this on my lunch break my hands are shaking because I know he'll be waiting for me when I get home. I don't know what to do."
YeetExchanger
Boring
"Pretty much all of adolescents. Currently dealing with it. High cholesterol, constant tenitis, bad joints, nutritional deficiencies... It wasn't until November that I finally accepted that 'Just because you technically can doesn't mean you should.' 37 years old and finally an adult. It's boring."
FlavorBlastedTears
Ever After
"1998 - on my first date with a woman I'd met in an online chat room. We did the boring, cliched dinner and a movie thing. Things got hot and heavy in the theater. After the movie we drove back to her apartment and she invited me in. I had plans the next morning, but said what the hell. I didn't leave until 5:00 the next morning, and ended up blowing off my plans. She and I have been together ever since."
GrumpyCatStevens
More Night Please
in bed love GIFGiphy"Hanging out with my girlfriend in the middle of the night knowing that I have to go to work the next morning."
CharlesEchowave
Bye Grandma...
"Right now I am sitting in an airport on my way to see my dying grandmother. I have to drop my huge project that is just going into execution. In week 1 I put in 70 hours and expected similar for the current week. I emailed my boss but am going to be on a plane before he arrives at work. I'm prepared for any backlash, I'm not prepared to not hug my grandma again."
Smyley12345
Well, I'm glad it worked out for a few, but not most. Right here is a lesson.
Consequences first!!
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Curious to hear examples of this, Redditor -Z-3-R-0- asked:
"What bullsh*t are you just tired of?"
The way we interact gets dissected here.
Respect
"Grown adults who don’t want or flat out refuse to act like decent humans. Being a**holes to each other over petty things and then being proud of it for moral superiority and/or internet points."
– bubblegumbreeze
Social Media
"I am tired of people constantly being on their phones, especially when you're trying to talk to them. Tiktok will wait. If you could just do me a solid and return my conversation, I would appreciate it. Your Instagram isn't going to suddenly have something new on it just because you keep refreshing it."
– somethingnotbasic
People don't have patience for others who don't take responsibility.
Tired Excuse
"I'm tired of how f'king obsessed everyone is with categorizing everything and viewing the world through this simplified lens where everything fits an archetype and it's always both okay and accurate to generalize. It's so pathetic and I'm sick of people making excuses for their delusions by saying sh*t like 'this is just how humans are.'"
– gigaLion
It's A Bad Sign
"people blaming their bad traits on their zodiac signs because they don’t want accountability."
"'sorry it’s because i’m a capricorn!' no, emily, you’re just a b*tch."
– thatonedik3
Redditors discussed the different perceptions and personality types.
Entitled
"Entitled customers who think just because 'they've shopped here for YEARS' that means they're entitled to discounts/free stuff and repeatedly treat us like crap."
"I always say we have to bring back (what I refer to as) the 'no bullsh*t policy' because that's the only way you're going to get these entitled people to STOP. You can't give them what they want."
– Dragon_Queen1997
Underestimating
"People mistaking my kindness for weakness. I'm a friendly and intelligent blonde, but I will go Jersey on your a** in less than 60 seconds. I feel like prey 😔"
– wolfielover22
Age Is Just A Number
"People that are older than you thinking they are right just because they are older."
– _MrNobody___
Our day to day dealings involve a variety of headaches.
Healthcare
"Paying health insurance and then still paying for medical care because insurance is a scam."
– wagneran
So Unclean
"Pollution. Trash everywhere in cities."
– EdgeMiserable4381
Affordable Living
"This housing market."
– koa-the-pomsky
"My credit is f'ked because I couldn’t pay all my bills on time at this cabin I lived at in a trailer park. No doors for the one bedroom, no bathroom door, a gaping hole in the floor that squirrels would come up through, and rent was $425 a month."
– WhAtDoEsThIsMeMeMaTe
Forced Slumber
"My body refusing to sleep unless I drug myself."
– CaptainNapal545
There is an art to having a conversation, but it shouldn't be that difficult not to be rude.
I can't stand it when people don't have enough social graces to recognize they've been leading the conversation the whole time, not letting an opportunity for anyone else to weigh in on a discussion.
There's nothing worse than having a conversation move on to another topic when you've been waiting to share your thoughts, ten talking points ago.
Thanks a lot for giving me conversational blue balls.
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Having fear. Men are trained to be fearless. But we have fear. A lot, and it sucks.
Be Kind
Not Going Anywhere Tell Me GIF by grown-ishGiphy"If you ask us to share our emotions and thoughts, don't ridicule us after we shared them with you."
Neil_Merathyr
'creepy'
"Being a loving father is not 'creepy.' I have an 11 year old boy, an 8 y/o boy and a 4 y/o daughter. I've gotten really weird looks giving my kids kisses on the cheek in public. My oldest son got the worst of it because he was my first kiddo. I constantly gave him hugs and kisses as a baby because my dad couldn't even be bothered to tell me he loved me."
"So I vowed to be a loving sweet father, unlike mine. There are days we go to the store and I'll snuggle into my daughter's neck and tell her how much I love her. I still call her "princess" to this day. Every now and then I get weird looks. It hurts because it was so common for my dad to walk 5 yards ahead of me in a store and not care, but I care. So I love my kids. And to some people this is some how weird."
Lelio-Santero579
I'm Listening
"Mental health, domestic abuse, showing emotions, body image... I could go on. What I do to help my partners is be completely open about my problems and allow them to do the same. I let them talk. I listen. And when the conversations come to an end, we work on it. Want counseling? We can do it together. Want to lose weight? Let's go on a diet. However they want to deal with their problems is alright by me so long as it isn't self-destructive. I think we should be supportive."
PibbyChullz
Be A Man
"When you ask us to express our feelings, you need to let express our actual feelings and not just the feelings you want us to express. This also needs to be entirely free of judgement or punishment. As men, we're constantly told we need to express our feelings more. But all too often, if we express anything other than strength we are judged, quite harshly, as being weak, selfish, unattractive, and less of a man."
r0botdevil
Raising Kids
michael keaton GIF by MauditGiphy"Main ones for me are the inability to properly be a parent in public with out being judged and things like use PARENTING rooms to change a nappy or whatever which are unisex without being looked at as some creep (my friend once actually had the mall security called in him by a lady claiming there was a man in the women's toilets) or me being by myself with my own kids automatically makes me some sort of criminal especially if the kid throws a tantrum at a mall and it’s crying, screaming etc."
"And I could be trying to put them back in their pram with them screaming and random women would be giving me dagger eyes. Where if my wife has a shouting screaming kid other women just give her a kind understanding smile and walk along… if women can cut down on that sorta judgemental stuff it would be great… I know this isn’t the case every time you go out in public but just having it happen a few times always leaves it in the back of your mind."
katofan1
Interesting truths being thrown out here. Society really does judge first, even after all of out "progress."
Talk to Me Too...
fathers day dad GIF by Disney PixarGiphy"Being a father is weird. I get worried looks from women walking through Walmart with my arm around my daughter. Or if my wife and I are together and someone asks anything about our kids, like where they go to school or their age or birthday, it's always directed at my wife as if I don't know anything about my own kids."
mrselfdestruct066
Lessons Ignored
"I didn't learn my lesson the first time. I've tried opening up repeatedly to try to discuss my mental health issues and just general life problems with family and friends, even a couple doctors. No one wants to hear about that, so now I just bottle it all up like a "real man" and pretend like I can ignore the pain and loneliness. I think I would have been better off to have not tried to begin with."
delocx
Raised by a therapist
"I'm a dude and was raised by a therapist. So, I have absolutely no problem talking about my feelings, inner truth, being vulnerable and so on. Nonetheless, as an adult I've found that the world is not at all ready for men who talk about their feelings. All of the people who depend on me overreact every time I project anything but strength."
"It puts me in an ironic position where I almost need a double life: one full of people whom I love and support but with whom I don't share my feelings; another full of people whom I don't love and support but with whom I can share my feelings. Or, I can choose the third route: swallow it all and live a life of quiet desperation."
"And statistics show men are far more likely to be socially isolated, turn to substance abuse, prostitution, and suicide? No kidding. If society wants men to live fuller lives, we need to not only encourage men to be more open with their feelings, we need to also remind society that they play a role in making that possible for men."
wutx2
Be Open
"I had been dating a girl for a few months when I opened up to her about the trauma of a childhood friend of mine dying in a horrific accident while we were in school. I ended up crying, because she was literally the first person in a decade I had opened up to about that. "
"She responded with so much love, support, and positivity that I was just blown away. 13 years later, we’ve been married for 6 years and just had our first kid, and I knew from that night that she was the kind of person I could build a life with."
WaluigiIsTheRealHero
"soft"
Sad Lonely GIF by PokémonGiphy"My dad yelled at me for crying at my grandpa's funeral because my grandpa wouldn't approve. Any sign of weakness in sports or anything he gets upset with me for looking 'soft,' but he tells me he loves me everyday and gives hugs and stuff so it's confusing."
Waffle-Azul
"nobody listens"
"Mental health for men is a big one. Society is slowly starting to get better with this, but it's a very slow burn. We're constantly under the weight of demands and expectations, and then get made fun of when we say something about it. A really good example, look at Will Smith."
"The man sat down and listened to his wife talk about an affair, cried on live tv, and he became a meme because of it. There was a trend on TikTok asking men why they don't speak up, and every single response was along the lines of 'nobody listens.'"
November_Dawn_11
Yeah, don’t do that...
"Judging them for Being Honest. Nothing is worse than when you open up to your S/O about a struggle you’re having and then later they throw that in your face as a weakness. Yeah, don’t do that."
ThinkForYourselph
"You should never be made to feel guilty/weak to be honest and open with your significant other. If they throw your personal struggles in your face as a weakness, throw them out of your life, because you deserve better, king."
thepariah4231
Be Open
"Being vocal about mental health and feelings. I’ve found myself sweeping it under the rug a lot and sucking it up. I’m tired and exhausted but I have to keep going."
MemelordPetey
"I try to be happy but I have so much rage built up in me that it sometimes get exhausting to simply be."
"I was never allowed an outlet for my sadness or anger so I've been bottling everything up for 26 years and now I don't know what anger feels like. I no longer feel anger cuz I skip over into rage. It's like arming a landmine over and over again and then wondering why it explodes when people jump on it as if landmines have never done that before."
Zack_WithaK
Size Issues
Kyle Mooney Snl GIF by Saturday Night LiveGiphy"Emphasis on penis size and height. I think it affects a lot of young men in a negative way, makes them feel inadequate."
1980pzx
Male Honor
"I’m currently pregnant and haven't been keeping food down for three weeks, I’m starving and the level of nausea has surpassed the unbearable. My body and mind are at an extreme low. My husband has gotten anything I can fathom to try and help."
"He Fetches me anything, has taken over all house duties and is worried out of his mind. He also started a new job last week. I will get all the sympathy in the world and he will not. just because my struggle is greater does not make someone else’s struggle any less difficult."
"Even he refuses to acknowledge any hardship. He’s programmed with the type of male honor that makes his feelings invisible. I think the best thing anyone can do is take a moment to think from another perspective and open a Discussion like this."
W4lkingDis4ster
#MenToo
"Men can get postpartum depression. But they aren't screened for it; only mothers are (in our experience in the US). My husband suffered from it after we had our first child. They screened me, the mom, for it in the hospital, at my follow-up OBGYN appointments, and at our baby's pediatrician appointments. My husband was there for all of those except the OBGYN. Nobody ever even asked how he was feeling."
DenversTrain
"sensitive."
"As a kid, I was shamed by my mother and sister for being 'sensitive.' Aka, anytime they upset me or I was upset, it was unmanly to show my emotions. As a boyfriend, I was sometimes expected to handle both of our emotional stresses. Perhaps this one isn't as gendered, but it happens to people in relationships."
"As a husband, I have actual expectations and responsibilities to consistently provide for my household, emotionally and financially. This is also not a gendered thing, but it definitely is common. I think for most men out there, we've been taught to hide our emotions, and get put in emotionally tough situations. There's a lot of solutions, but understanding is always the foundation towards an answer."
streetsurfer789
"thank you for the meal"
"I came to a realization the other day. It really isn't anyone's fault but I realized that no one has ever in my family thanked my dad for earning the living for our family. I live in a more traditional house and my mom is a stay at home mom and we were always taught too tell her 'thank you for the meal' and thanks for everything you do and all that stuff. Thats great and all but we never once said, thanks for the job you do dad which is very intensive and stressful."
"He never once has complained about his job for all my life. I realized this about 2 months ago and I decided to thank him for all that he does. He didn't exactly know how to answer the compliment cause it was new too him but I could tell it made a difference. Not so much a 'this hurts men and women need to fix it!!!' post but still important to bear in mind nonetheless."
Vast_Statement_7761
innuendo...
"Just because I'm a man doesn't mean I'm dangerous, or angry all the time. I took my son to the ER for a broken leg years ago, and got the third degree from EVERY person that came in and examined or worked with him. The innuendo about his injury being due to me was palpable, yet they never came out and straight accused me of it. It caused additional stress that wasn't needed, and embarrassed me to no end."
TheMrDetty
I'll Wait
John Goodman Reaction GIF by ABC NetworkGiphy"Name a family-related sitcom in the last 25 years that doesn't show the Dad/male lead as clueless, well-meaning, but mostly incompetent, with a wise-cracking wife/mom/female lead who is always exasperated by the ineptitude of the guy she loves. Go ahead. I'll wait."
slice_of_pi
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