# Really??! \[Your WTF moments with other people's behavior\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170 "2011-05-25T16:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/101 "2011-05-27T13:14:20Z")
A few weeks ago, I was taken to lunch at a restaurant that serves very large portions. I ordered the white truffle mac and cheese, which was absolutely delicious, but there was no way I could finish it all. I had the leftovers boxed up, and on the way out, I saw a homeless man and woman, so I walked over and said “Hey, do you guys want some mac and cheese?” The woman smiled and said “Sure!”. The man immediately said “Do you have a dollar?”. I smiled, said “No, but I have mac and cheese!” and then trotted off. Here’s a man whose life is entirely dependent on the generosity of others, to the point that when he is given something substantial, his instinct is not to express gratefulness, but to see if he can get more. I don’t blame him, I blame the hundreds of people who walk by every day without giving even a little bit. It was a bit a WTF moment, though in a sad way rather than an angry one. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/102 "2011-05-27T13:17:30Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > In a similar vein, people who have absolutely nothing in their hands and seem to be walking along just fine and hit the automatic door opener button to get into the building. Are your arms broken? Is the door too heavy for you? Really? Actually, I’m this person. But I’ll tell you why: the automatic doors have more pressure built in to the opening mechanism when you try to open it manually. So it’s not like opening a regular door, it pulls and jerks back unpredictably when you attempt to open it. I’m not a weakling by any stretch, it’s just annoying for it to be jerking out of my hands while I’m trying to get inside the building. I just got sick of fighting the door and started hitting the button instead. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/103 "2011-05-27T13:23:30Z")
While I was wearing the cast on my arm, I had to ask people to tie my shoes and zip up my coat. I will never understand the two people that turned down my requests. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/104 "2011-05-27T13:34:17Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > Me, with TWO ITEMS in my hands, making my way toward the only register open. Lady coming from opposite direction with a cart full of shit. She practically started jogging to beat me there. I had the opposite experience last month that put a shine on the rest of my day. I was fourth at the check-out lane of my local supermarket holding a small red velvet cake from the bakery. Everyone else had more items, but I didn’t have a problem with it since it wasn’t an express lane. I was chatting with the guy behind me and mentioned that I was buying the cake for my wife’s birthday, which was today, and that she had a weakness for red velvet cake. The guy in front of me heard and insisted that I get in line in front of him “since it’s your wife’s birthday.” After going around and around for a bit, I finally relented and stepped in front of him. Then the guy after him did the same thing, and the woman in front of _him_, all saying, “Hey, get home to your wife.” By the time I checked out, the whole line of strangers was wishing my wife a happy birthday. So, WTF was up with them, anyway? 🙂 I’m not sure it’s relevant, but no one in the line appeared less than seventy. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/105 "2011-05-27T13:49:26Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > FWIW, I feel safe “ripping people to shreds” no matter where I am or what the medium. I don’t hide behind pseudonyms or use the internet as a security blanket. That is because you are big, bad, **Bear\_Nenno**! Merciless beater of those who suck at Capoeira!! ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/106 "2011-05-27T14:14:49Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > I had the opposite experience last month that put a shine on the rest of my day. I was fourth at the check-out lane of my local supermarket holding a small red velvet cake from the bakery. Everyone else had more items, but I didn’t have a problem with it since it wasn’t an express lane. I was chatting with the guy behind me and mentioned that I was buying the cake for my wife’s birthday, which was today, and that she had a weakness for red velvet cake. > > The guy in front of me heard and insisted that I get in line in front of him “since it’s your wife’s birthday.” After going around and around for a bit, I finally relented and stepped in front of him. Then the guy after him did the same thing, and the woman in front of _him_, all saying, “Hey, get home to your wife.” > > By the time I checked out, the whole line of strangers was wishing my wife a happy birthday. So, WTF was up with them, anyway? 🙂 I’m not sure it’s relevant, but no one in the line appeared less than seventy. It IS always good when you get a subtle affirmation of the pervasiveness of human decency, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/107 "2011-05-27T14:20:47Z")
> [@Ruby Sees](#): > > At one particular intersection near my house (and none of the others, weirdly), when I am the first car in line at the red light, I have gotten cars come up behind me, pull into the left lane, the oncoming traffic lane, and go around me to take a right on red. What if a car came? What if the light turned green and I went? You can’t GO AROUND a car left-ways to take a right. No. No. No. No. > > I think the biggest part that made me crazy was that I mentioned it to a passenger while we were at the same intersection and she was like “Oh, they must have been in a hurry.” Argh. Can’t you just for once take my side on anything? A simple “People are such bad drivers around here” would have been appropriately supportive. Are you in Boston, by any chance? Boston has the worst drivers I have ever seen in the US. MADNESS. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/108 "2011-05-27T14:42:28Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > While I was wearing the cast on my arm, I had to ask people to tie my shoes and zip up my coat. I will never understand the two people that turned down my requests. I guess my reaction to this depends on whether you were asking close friends and family members, or strangers on the street. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/109 "2011-05-27T14:45:33Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > And that’s MY WTF – people who get all judgmental about things other people do that have zero impact upon their lives. Welcome to the Dope. Enjoy your stay. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/110 "2011-05-27T14:53:36Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > Actually, I’m this person. But I’ll tell you why: the automatic doors have more pressure built in to the opening mechanism when you try to open it manually. So it’s not like opening a regular door, it pulls and jerks back unpredictably when you attempt to open it. I’m not a weakling by any stretch, it’s just annoying for it to be jerking out of my hands while I’m trying to get inside the building. I just got sick of fighting the door and started hitting the button instead. And that button WANTS to be pushed. That’s why it’s there. That’s what the door was built for. I understand that opening it manually can cause wear and tear on the motor. Use the button. Feel the button. BE the button! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/111 "2011-05-27T14:59:00Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > And that’s MY WTF – people who get all judgmental about things other people do that have zero impact upon their lives. I knew this was coming. Who the fuck is judgmental? Do I say anything to them? Have I ever even said it in real life? Since you don’t know me, no, I haven’t. _You_ are being rather judgemental about something that has no impact on your life - me commenting on this, in a thread on the Dope, that asks for your “really” moments. Honestly. I shall continue not using the button, unless I have stuff in my hands. Others can continue to use the button, as they will. I will continue to raise an eyebrow internally and everyone can live their happy little lives. Besides, I had already decided I was going to assume this reason for everyone doing it: > [@Dr Love](#): > > There’s not much time left until the robot uprising, so I need to make them do my bidding as often as I can until then. Which I think is, frankly, brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/112 "2011-05-27T15:01:46Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > While I was wearing the cast on my arm, I had to ask people to tie my shoes and zip up my coat. I will never understand the two people that turned down my requests. IIRC, this was the ruse that Ted Bundy would use to lure women to his car so he could kill them. He would ask them to help carry something while wearing a fake cast. The funniest WTF moment came when some friends of mine went out to lunch one day in West Philly. We are walking back to the lab and a tall, attractive, young black girl asks one of my male friends to fish her Transpass out of the back pocket of her very tight jeans for her because she just got her nails done. He pulled it out for her and we all went our separate ways. We were all a bit dumbfounded. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/113 "2011-05-27T15:09:30Z")
> [@Cryptic\_C62](#): > > Lol, yeah, this is true. I am a bit of a skill-obsessed asshole. It just boggles my mind that a human could be willing to be terrible at something for so long. Wouldn’t you just cry yourself to sleep every night if you were that incompetent? What if he’s handicapped? I have many disabilities, but it doesn’t stop me from taking fencing lessons. I’m sure that your grandma could out-fence me. But you know what, who cares? i’m having fun and getting exercise. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/114 "2011-05-27T15:29:02Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > While I was wearing the cast on my arm, I had to ask people to tie my shoes and zip up my coat. I will never understand the two people that turned down my requests. Which reminds me, “walking” around a supermarket on crutches is a real eye opener. The amount of people that genuinely just do not give a shit and will just walk through you. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/115 "2011-05-27T15:30:54Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Yesterday afternoon in my office I walked past three people having a meeting – complete with laptops – _in the stairway_. Really??! You couldn’t find _any_ better place to congregate in a whole 4-story building full of desks and conference rooms and break rooms than _in the stairway_? If your office is anything like mine it’s because every single meeting room is booked. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/116 "2011-05-27T16:07:41Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Yesterday afternoon in my office I walked past three people having a meeting – complete with laptops – _in the stairway_. Really??! You couldn’t find _any_ better place to congregate in a whole 4-story building full of desks and conference rooms and break rooms than _in the stairway_? I once worked in an office where the stairwells smelled of marijuana on Friday afternoons. Maybe your colleagues were planning a little post-meeting recreation. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/117 "2011-05-27T16:56:11Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I’ve noticed that some of the most aggressive close-space competition is outside the local gym. Really? You need to be in the very closest possible space before you walk in to _use the treadmill_? On many occasions I’ve heard them cursing or mumbling about the folks using the grocery store next door filling up ‘their’ close spaces. > > Right, The people who will be carrying heavy bags of stuff should park further away for the convenience of those who want to get some exercise. . . > > :smack: my gym has a 5 story parking garage and a very small lot right in front of the gym…yeah the garage always has instantly available parking while the lot almost always has people circling looking for a space. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/118 "2011-05-27T17:11:21Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > I once worked in an office where the stairwells smelled of marijuana on Friday afternoons. “That’s not what we meant by green initiatives, and you know it! We’re talking about going paperless, that sort of thing!” “This is my best glass, man.” ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/119 "2011-05-27T17:23:25Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > " We’re talking about going paperless, that sort of thing!" You mean like bongs? Right on, man. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170/120 "2011-05-27T18:54:06Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Here’s my two: > Women who always, always use the handicapped stall at work. I mean, we just had a big discussion, and I don’t disapprove or anything, but really? Not a woman, or user of women’s restrooms, but I’ll plead guilty to snagging a bigger stall in the men’s room when I can. For some reason, I’ve grown averse to the tiny stalls most public restrooms have, especially if the lighting is bad in that restroom; it’s not claustrophobia, I’m just not comfortable in them. So I’ll use the handicapped stall when possible. > [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Another one of my favorites are the clueless morons that pull up to the ATM machine and begin to commit several acts of high finance. Please folks, at least have your deposit slips filled and you money counted before you actually pull up to the ATM. Please. Seriously! WTF are these people doing?! In the time they sit there at the ATM, they could balance their checkbook, refi their home mortgage, plan for their retirement, and do a little market research and analysis on the next hot stock they’re going to drop a hundred dollars on. > [@chizzuk](#): > > I get really confused by people who just stand on moving walkways in airports. If you WALK on the moving WALKWAY, it saves you time. If you stand there, yes, you don’t have to exert yourself, but it will also take you 10 minutes to travel 100 feet and you will be passed by little old ladies in wheelchairs and people crawling on hands and knees pushing their luggage with their nose. That is how slow those things move. An even bigger WTF moment are the groups of assholes (IME, either middle-class business-types in polo shirts and khakis, or grungy, long-haired Bohemians with their cased musical intruments festooned with their “I toured Europe” collection of country-specific bumper stickers on them) who stand there and take up the whole moving walkway, and refuse to budge for the people coming up on the left, or only begrudgingly move aside with a “Well, if I really _must_” put-upon air about them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-your-wtf-moments-with-other-peoples-behavior/583170.md?page=7)