Public Meltdowns

[Empty It]

Was just in a local Co-Op, some woman went to buy bread and started going on about how the best before was the 27th and the bread was out of date (she was clearly at it and wanted a discount).

She then proceeded to have an absolute meltdown as the young lad behind the counter informed her that it's not out of date but she's more than welcome to go get one with a different date, a good 5 minutes (at the only open till) of this entitled weirdo in her 50s shouting at a teenager because of bread.

It ended with her getting a different bread then storming out whilst informing the young lad that she's reporting him to the head office.

What public meltdowns have the P&B masses witnessed or been a part of?

[philpy]

35 minutes ago, Empty It said:

Was just in a local Co-Op, some woman went to buy bread and started going on about how the best before was the 27th and the bread was out of date (she was clearly at it and wanted a discount).

She then proceeded to have an absolute meltdown as the young lad behind the counter informed her that it's not out of date but she's more than welcome to go get one with a different date, a good 5 minutes (at the only open till) of this entitled weirdo in her 50s shouting at a teenager because of bread.

It ended with her getting a different bread then storming out whilst informing the young lad that she's reporting him to the head office.

What public meltdowns have the P&B masses witnessed or been a part of?

I've just been at the co-op at the bottom of prestonpans, that could have been me. On a serious note, I saw a Polish lad going mental at the staff at tesco in musselburgh after they were going to chuck him out for swapping the labels on the reductions. I only knew he was polish due to the swear words

[pozbaird]

Did a cruise with Princess Cruises after Covid had passed. Was in the queue for the main dining room, and in front of us in the queue were four folk, two couples. As the four of them reached the restaurant check-in desk, suddenly, from absolutely nowhere, one of the guys, in what sounded like a Bristol / West Country accent shouted right in the other guy’s face ‘You wanna’ be doin’ this? You wanna’ be doin’ this now? With me? Right here?’…. Then before his mate said a word, he just decked him with a right hook. Laid him flat out on the floor. The decked guy gets straight up from the floor and the two of them are trading blows as everyone around, including us steps away at a rate of knots. Women screaming, staff and a few younger guys in the restauant trying to separate them…The two of them were in tuxedos doing impressions of Tyson Fury. Cue security guys wading into the restaurant, a few moments of complete madness before security dragged the two of them away. The two women who were with them, I assume their wives or partners, never batted an eyelid. After their men had been hauled away and the situation ended, they simply said to the lassie at the check-in desk ‘table for two please’.

I swear on my life. Never seen anything like it. Not even in Paisley.

Edited December 27, 2023 by pozbaird

[philpy]

Where's stuart dickson when you need him??

[Richey Edwards]

Someone brought cannabis into my old work and was stupid enough to smoke it inside the actual building. It got confiscated and sent away to be destroyed. The person who had brought it in went apeshit and phoned the police and threatened to get everyone charged with theft.

You can imagine how that conversation with the police went.

[bennett]

1 hour ago, Empty It said:

Was just in a local Co-Op, some woman went to buy bread and started going on about how the best before was the 27th and the bread was out of date (she was clearly at it and wanted a discount).

She then proceeded to have an absolute meltdown as the young lad behind the counter informed her that it's not out of date but she's more than welcome to go get one with a different date, a good 5 minutes (at the only open till) of this entitled weirdo in her 50s shouting at a teenager because of bread.

It ended with her getting a different bread then storming out whilst informing the young lad that she's reporting him to the head office.

What public meltdowns have the P&B masses witnessed or been a part of?

I'd be expecting a yellow sticker on that too tbf, though I'd probably wouldn't be shouting about it.

 

[ICTChris]

This is a specific genre of video on YouTube, Twitter etc but I’ve never really seen an adult do it for real. I’ve seen kids have meltdowns but that’s a bit different.

[Empty It]

1 minute ago, bennett said:

I'd be expecting a yellow sticker on that too tbf, though I'd probably wouldn't be shouting about it.

 

Agreed although I'd probably just pick one up with a better date rather than throw a tantrum.

[Fullerene]

1 hour ago, Empty It said:

Was just in a local Co-Op, some woman went to buy bread and started going on about how the best before was the 27th and the bread was out of date (she was clearly at it and wanted a discount).

She then proceeded to have an absolute meltdown as the young lad behind the counter informed her that it's not out of date but she's more than welcome to go get one with a different date, a good 5 minutes (at the only open till) of this entitled weirdo in her 50s shouting at a teenager because of bread.

It ended with her getting a different bread then storming out whilst informing the young lad that she's reporting him to the head office.

What public meltdowns have the P&B masses witnessed or been a part of?

Strictly speaking "Best before 27th December" generally means "Best before the end of 27th December".

So the bread in question was still in date but obviously the shop will probably apply a yellow sticker towards the end of the day but they don't have to.

 

[ICTChris]

This guy pops into my mind occasionally. Don’t think we ever found out the backstory.

 

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

48 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:

Someone brought cannabis into my old work and was stupid enough to smoke it inside the actual building. It got confiscated and sent away to be destroyed. The person who had brought it in went apeshit and phoned the police and threatened to get everyone charged with theft.

You can imagine how that conversation with the police went.

I can confirm this is actually a thing. Its incredibly common. 

[CarrbridgeSaintee]

11 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

This guy pops into my mind occasionally. Don’t think we ever found out the backstory.

 

[Left Back]

55 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:

Someone brought cannabis into my old work and was stupid enough to smoke it inside the actual building. It got confiscated and sent away to be destroyed. The person who had brought it in went apeshit and phoned the police and threatened to get everyone charged with theft.

You can imagine how that conversation with the police went.

[superwell87]

This has probably been shared on here before, but it is a belter. TBF she does have a point about the price of cigarettes from chippes etc (as an ex smoker, i know to well and bare in mind this happened at least 11 years ago). A complete OTT reaction all the same.

 

[superwell87]

1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said:

Someone brought cannabis into my old work and was stupid enough to smoke it inside the actual building. It got confiscated and sent away to be destroyed. The person who had brought it in went apeshit and phoned the police and threatened to get everyone charged with theft.

You can imagine how that conversation with the police went.

Aye... "destroyed".

[RawB93]

2 hours ago, philpy said:

I've just been at the co-op at the bottom of prestonpans, that could have been me. On a serious note, I saw a Polish lad going mental at the staff at tesco in musselburgh after they were going to chuck him out for swapping the labels on the reductions. I only knew he was polish due to the swear words

KURWA!

1 hour ago, ICTChris said:

This is a specific genre of video on YouTube, Twitter etc but I’ve never really seen an adult do it for real. I’ve seen kids have meltdowns but that’s a bit different.

It takes a while to master pushing the right buttons.

[Barry Ferguson's Hat]

I like the videos of folk going mental in car parks and ramming their cars into other vehicles as passers-by try to stop them.

There was a good one recently of a woman almost killing people as she tried to drive away whilst an old fella was  repeatedly slamming a shopping trolley into the drivers-side door.

It's just nice to see that level of bedlam in an increasingly sanitised age.

[19QOS19]

Been close to a meltdown in public once myself tbh. At Palmerston Vs ICT. There were 4 young lads sat behind me (the eldest was 15) and were there for a bit of banter with the Caley fans - there was a wee bit of light-hearted back and forth, then this knuckledragger starts chiming in from the Caley end; he didn't appear to be with the guys who were having a laugh with the young lads and was about 15 years older than them. He starts shouting sexually explicit stuff at these young lads. And then kept on going with it even though no one from either end was finding it remotely amusing. For whatever reason I ended up telling him to shut the f**k up and lay off the sexual stuff. He was taken aback but tried to laugh it off. I think I threw in a nonce accusation at one point but was pretty gone to remember everything I said. The stewards got involved with both of us and I told them why I was so enraged. They moved him away from the edge of the supporters while the creep was giving me a thumbs up. 

Pretty bizarre incident tbh and I'm sure there was a Caley fan in the thread (who was at the game) who confirmed the guy wasn't with them (he was one of the lads having banter with the young guys) and is indeed a bit of a strange character. 

Apart from that I've been pretty calm in public.

[RuMoore]

1 hour ago, ICTChris said:

This is a specific genre of video on YouTube, Twitter etc but I’ve never really seen an adult do it for real. I’ve seen kids have meltdowns but that’s a bit different.

I am a connoisseur of this genre. 

A personal favourite is the Peckham terminator. I would absolutely love to witness something like this live in the flesh. 

 

 

[Derry Alli]

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