To the lady at Fat Straws with her son

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LisaFox46@reddit

Teaching respect and responsibility goes a long way, setting a better example for kids is important.

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JefaMujer@reddit

So agree…it’s unfortunate that the soon-to-be-occupant of the White House is anything but. Bad behavior is going to be unleashed everywhere.

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vitaminz1990@reddit

lol let’s make everything about Trump

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Aggravating_Move_449@reddit

Does everything have to be related to the election? I mean it wasn't obviously

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When one considers the fact that influencers of children, high profile persons - Presidents, Mayors, Congress People, athletes, musicians, actors/actresses, etc. - are always in positions of influence on children and young adults. The US President has most often been one of those persons. Most parents consider that having good character for their children is important. With Trump placing strong focus on being seen and heard consistently and doing so in terms that parents would highly disapprove and would disallow in their children, I believe that the comment is warranted. The comment is not about the election but about an individual of unsavory character behaving in unsavory ways and negatively influencing society in the country.

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Tasty_Lingonberry6@reddit

Didn't Hunter Biden smoke crack?

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311voltures@reddit

And I don’t elect him for any public position. Nor did was he on any ballot.

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FunkhouseFairytale@reddit

I mean he wasn’t the president soooo….

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The_Infectious_Lerp@reddit

That cat's been out of the bag since 2016.

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CluckstinaEgguilera@reddit

sure but only drama llamas with a lot of personal issues notice and post this shit lol

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Shirkaday@reddit

Valid, but also feels like I went back in time and I'm reading the Rants & Raves section of Craigslist.

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nevertellya@reddit

Casual Connections anyone? (Lounge music in the background)

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Mesquiter@reddit

Wow....I miss craigslist

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Low_Entertainment_67@reddit

Or, Missed Connections and OP is actually looking for a hookup.

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rumplexx@reddit

I like reading Missed Connections every once in a while. One time a few years back, I saw one where someone was talking about a lady I worked with.

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New-Honey-4544@reddit

Nice plot twist.

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kittenclowder@reddit

Love happens in the most unlikely places, like next to a trash can.

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your-pet-goldfish@reddit

I’m extremely disappointed I didn’t know about this section sooner

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walstib73@reddit

Jumping down that rabbit hole right now!

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Shirkaday@reddit

Oh damn! I didn't know it was still a thing!

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your-pet-goldfish@reddit

It isn’t I’m just looking at past ones that were posted

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Shirkaday@reddit

Oh, what's this then? https://dallas.craigslist.org/search/rnr

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MoeKneeKah@reddit

Looks like a totally dead board. Was that your post from two weeks ago?

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Shirkaday@reddit

I have never once posted in that.

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Blah-B7ah_Bloop@reddit

I forsee a new Dallas area sub on the horizon

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BumblebeeCharming949@reddit

So, what's your point? Both call out bad behavior.

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Academic_Af@reddit

Didn’t know Craigslist still existed 😱

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CatteNappe@reddit

Current urges to call folks out can be satisfied on Nextdoor.

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CatteNappe@reddit

What's the rest of the story? Because people don't do something like that for no reason. Was the trash can full to overflowing? Was the slot too high for the kid to reach and she didn't want to bother doing it for him? Was he whining that he didn't want to use the trash can and she said then just leave it on the floor?

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xbdp@reddit (OP)

The kid threw something in the trash, mom made him dig it out and told him to toss it on the floor. I then pick it up. I did not see it as my job to parent the kid nor tell the woman anything. This post was just a rant in a public forum, I don’t understand why people are so upset about it.

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InternalPark2438@reddit

we're upset because it's fucking stupid lmao... call the mom out irl if you actually give a shit.

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CatteNappe@reddit

Dig a thing out of the trash for the purpose of throwing it on the floor instead? Good thing you didn't say anything to her, that sort of decision sounds like she's mentally unhinged.

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xbdp@reddit (OP)

Everyone in these comments telling me I should’ve confronted her but I know better, people in this city can be dangerous

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CatteNappe@reddit

People in any city can be dangerous. And there are so many brave and morally superior super "men/women" commenting online about what they would do in any given situation that it's quite amazing I don't see somebody or other being "schooled" every day and every place I go if those folks actually did what they say "should have" been done.

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Liftedlarvitar@reddit

So you wait to get home to say something on reddit lol

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collectingsouls@reddit

So what did she said when you confronted her?

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Gold-Pianist-4140@reddit

Fat Straws😍🧋

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mxthicky@reddit

This belongs on NextDoor. That’s where people go to complain

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Dick_Lazer@reddit

Yeah nobody ever complains on r/Dallas

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ironmonkey09@reddit

Thank you! That's exactly what I was about to say. These are the kind of odd-ball grievances I see on NextDoor or my neighborhood FB group. Seriously, for all we know, OP made this shit up.

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SerpoDirect@reddit

You arent wrong but did you do anything about instead of complaining on Reddit?

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6teen5@reddit

What are they supposed to do? Much wiser in this case to mind one’s own business and vent later than to act like a karen and intrude with a can of worms for no reason.

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keseymour@reddit

I've silently picked up trash and put it in the bin in front of people. With a stare that hopefully clearly communicated I'd like to see them banished to the deepest layer of hell.

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Hope-u-guess-my-name@reddit

Some people aren’t confrontational

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Binge_Gaming@reddit

Confrontation these days is a slippery slope. I mind my own business because you never know who is unhinged or has a gun.

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Heinz0033@reddit

If they're an employee they're probably not allowed to say anything.

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Vampweekendgirl@reddit

My brain read this as ‘To the fat lady at Straws with her son’ and I was like daaamn, shots fired

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JelloProud6180@reddit

nice rant but does not describe mom teaching her son to bad behavior where were you and who was she

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wunderkraft@reddit

Are you mute?

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doodybot@reddit

How is what I said any different from what this person said? Completely different voting reactions for the same thing. Bottom line is if someone’s BS pisses you off this much, you could politely say something to them. If they react poorly, walk away.

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SaintXofAllTime@reddit

Open letters are so fucken stupid.

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connivingbitch@reddit

She’s probably not going to read this. Work out these frustrations with a therapist, not Reddit. “Shitty parent has a bratty kid” isn’t newsworthy.

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DiracFourier@reddit

She’s not here bro

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NowWeGetSerious@reddit

Normalize this! Calling out idiots

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ApplicationWeak333@reddit

Nobody was called put, hes just complaining into his echo chamber. He shouldve called her out to her face

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NowWeGetSerious@reddit

Fair, he should have

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FruityPebblesBinger@reddit

And get a camera put in their face and accused of being a Karen.

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CluckstinaEgguilera@reddit

or normalize not letting people you'll never interact with again have this much influence over your day 😅

This isn't a "them" problem. They just inserted themselves.

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xbdp@reddit (OP)

You’re the one replying to every comment on here. It seems you’re the one influenced by it.

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CluckstinaEgguilera@reddit

there's three comments here total lonely boy?

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NewTurkeyDinner@reddit

If you don't want to be direct this just make a scene. Loudly proclaim that you are going to clean up the trash just thrown on the floor. Go throw it away and for extra proclaim how easy it was to put in the trash. If they even have a shred of decency they will be humiliated.

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parikptlcfa@reddit

Ya this. Or be like “hey I think you forgot something”

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csonnich@reddit

I love the videos where they throw it back in the asshole's car window as they're driving away.

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westsidedreamin@reddit

I hope she sees this bro

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doodybot@reddit

Seriously, what would’ve been the worst thing that would’ve happened if you approached her when you saw this happening versus shouting into the void that is Reddit?

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csonnich@reddit

Are you seriously asking this question in Texas?

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joewHEElAr@reddit

What’s the worst thing that could happen when calling a person trash in todays society? Hugs obviously?

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Semibluewater@reddit

Don’t post it on reddit bro, just tell her in person

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Beginning-Whereas-72@reddit

“It looks like there’s still room in that trash can.” Done.

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ironmonkey09@reddit

Like the old person on NextDoor: “To the person at the stop light at the intersection at blah and blah, you cut me off.”

Bro, you're yelling into the void; come on now.

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Pabi_tx@reddit

Why not call out the trashy kid right there?

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GeekyTexan@reddit

Hopefully, the kid is just as trashy at home as she is teaching him to be in public.

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kittenclowder@reddit

Where are these idiots when I’m in public because I will cause a stink and make a scene

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KennyDROmega@reddit

My first shitty post college job was working as a manager at a clothing retailer.

One day a woman came in with her kid, said he really needed to use the bathroom, and asked if she could take him into the employee one.

I let her know that unfortunately I couldn't let her do that due to liability and loss prevention concerns, but there was a public bathroom just a couple minutes away in the food court. She rolled her eyes at me and turned away from the counter with a sigh and a disgusted expression.

I took a quick loop of the store, then walked into the back area to visit the office, and as I walked in her kid walked by me exiting that same area. As I turned to follow them, I saw her standing by a rack of clothes with this shit eating, "ha ha I beat you" look on her face.

Congratulations lady, you put your son in danger by sending him into a space where employees are often moving metal racks with pointy edges, and taught him that if someone denies you permission for something it's fine to ignore that if you're upset.

Some people are just Karens.

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parikptlcfa@reddit

Can’t tell you how crazy it gets when you got a kid that’s about to pee. They don’t tell you they need to go until they’re in dire emergency of nearly peeing their pants. I get it’s not allowed but parents just feel this sense of needing to make sure their kids aren’t peeing themselves because of corporate rules.

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HugePurpleNipples@reddit

I used to work at restaurants, I couldn't say anything when dealing with asshole customers. Now, as a grown ass adult, I call people on shit like that when I see it. Stand up for people who can't risk getting fired.

If you see someone doing something you KNOW is wrong, we all have an obligation to say something.

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ChunkyChangon@reddit

Get a life bapa. What good does this do? Lol

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Total_Possession_950@reddit

Seriously someone should have thrown sodas on that piece of trash and her son too. Trash deserves trashy retribution.

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willisbar@reddit

Then employees would have to clean that up, too

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notamyokay@reddit

I did this the other day about a different issue and these people ate me up.

Sometimes people are insane and calling them out directly would endanger you. And you want to vent. I hope she is on reddit and sees this.

Ignore the rude comments. They can't help themselves.

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willisbar@reddit

They can’t help themselves.

Their parents were like this poor kid’s mom.

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katibear@reddit

I get pissed when I see parents do this because I teach my kids respect for others and for our earth. So I agree- fuck her.

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SpaceCowboySpike420@reddit

If you’re going to espouse virtue, you should say it to her face instead of posting anonymously on a forum she likely doesn’t frequent for internet points

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SpaceCowboySpike420@reddit

That being said, of course that’s disgusting behavior..

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Leosporin@reddit

Looks like I’m stopping by Fat Straws to slip them a $5. They’re on my way home and it’s Friday - why the heck not. A RAK to start the weekend. 🎉

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bananabob23@reddit

I don’t think she’s reading this

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CluckstinaEgguilera@reddit

✨ normalize journals 2025 ✨

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CroissantMooned@reddit

No no I love the tea

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Unlucky-Tadpole-8698@reddit

…the boba tea 🧋

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CluckstinaEgguilera@reddit

there's no tea lol

it's nothing burger 🍔

they heard a lady say something to their kid (assuming they were out alone because who pays attention to this shit when they're busy having a good time), said nothing in the moment, obsessed about it, and made a post.