Real Stories of Adults Who Threw Tantrums That Had Everyone Around Them Stunned

It’s not unusual to see a child absolutely lose its marbles during an outing with their family. Maybe their food wasn’t to their liking or they lost their favorite toy.

But when an adult goes absolutely bonkers in public, it’s clear that something much, much bigger must be wrong. And you can’t even blame their parents when they start their epic meltdown!

She Lost Her Marbles

I’m a hostess at a fancy Italian restaurant. We’re a new restaurant, and we were experiencing our first winter season. We were extremely busy during this time due to people craving a nice warm Italian meal when it’s cold out.

There was a wait for a table, because every single table was being used at the time. When a table opened up, I sat a party of four—two couples.

As I was showing them the way, one lady murmured to her friend, “Oh, jeez, I hope we don’t sit at that table.” Well, that so happened to be the table I was seating them at, the only table available in the restaurant.

Once we got to the table, the same lady repeatedly stomped her feet, like a three-year-old, screaming, “No, no, no!

I don’t want this table!”

After I explained to her that it was the only table available in the restaurant, she lost her marbles. Her husband tried calming her down as she started to cry.

I told her that the only other option was to sit outside in the freezing cold in the middle of December. Or give up this inside table for someone else and wait for another table.

She then yelled at me for being a “terrible hostess.” Well, sorry that it’s a busy Saturday night and that we’re a brand-new restaurant, and that people want to be here. I gave her options, just saying.

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I Won’t Deal With Her Nonsense

My mother-in-law threw a pie through my window on Thanksgiving because I would not let her in my house. She had attempted to ruin our wedding not one month prior to this and I was not dealing with her nonsense.

We told her to leave and she threw a pie through my window, shattered it, and my dog cut her paw on the glass.

She wasn’t invited to our house because she’s Satan incarnate and for some reason she was shocked that we wouldn’t let her in because she’s “family.”

We needed a $4200 window replacement since ours is an old 60s home with giant custom windows. And she wonders why we are not in contact.

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Can You Go Any Faster?

When I had been working retail for a short time, this girl comes in. While I’m getting her membership info, I was slow since I was new.

The girl starts complaining saying this like “Couldn’t you go faster?” and “I swear I never have to wait like this.”

I start apologizing and tell her that I am new. I finally find her in the system guess, and who’s last name she has? My boyfriend’s.

I ask if she’s related and she says, “Yes, what’s it to you.”

I say, “Well, that’s my boyfriend. It’s very nice to meet you. I’ll have to tell him I met you. He’ll be so excited.” I reached out to shake her hand.

She left in a panic because she realized she had messed up. That’s the closest thing I’ve seen to an adult temper tantrum I have seen till now.

Story credit: Reddit /hermitthewizard

No Green Peppers

In 2010 I worked my first job at my local fast-food pizza chain. A man placed an order for a pizza online. I am not sure what he ordered but I know one thing—he didn’t want green peppers.

The way he let me know this was by carrying a whole large pizza in his bare hands and throwing it across the counter as he proceeded to scream,

“I didn’t want any green peppers” and stormed out. We all just stood there with our mouths open not knowing what to think.

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