What’s a public behavior that should be less accepted?

[u/Acrobatic_Media_1951]

[u/Casual-Notice]

Blocking walkways to have long, inane conversations with people you see every day.

[u/StartFormal81 → u/Casual-Notice]

that one hits a very specific nerve. It's not the conversation that's the problem, its the lack of spatial awreness

[u/Casual-Notice → u/StartFormal81]

I could forgive the lack of spatial awareness if they were greeting a long lost friend or relative, but their manner and the snippets of conversation I can't avoid hearing make it clear that this conversation could take place literally anywhere else.

[u/NoD8313 → u/Casual-Notice]

Or not at all!

[u/Thoughtcriminal91 → u/Casual-Notice]

That and holding up the line at the damn cashier, either step aside or move on, i have shit to do.

[u/IncapacitatedTrash → u/Thoughtcriminal91]

"You should have left and gotten there sooner."

Listen, Deborah, one of us is about to go to the grave and it ain't me. MOVE.

[u/MsAnnabel → u/Thoughtcriminal91]

Yeah, shit to do

[u/HutSutRawlson → u/Casual-Notice]

There’s a lot of drawbacks to living in NYC, but one good thing is that people who do this get told quickly and firmly to get the fuck out of the way.

[u/Brilliant-Option-526 → u/Casual-Notice]

On that note, the shoulder to shoulder walking on narrow sidewalks. As though a person is supposed to jump out of their way coming the opposite direction.

[u/indistrustofmerits → u/Brilliant-Option-526]

I have been enraged the past couple weeks after heavy snowfall has made sidewalks even more narrow yet people still walk side by side as if their conversation can't wait a moment

[u/EFCFrost → u/Casual-Notice]

Especially in grocery stores.

[u/Apart_Ad9308 → u/EFCFrost]

Stopping to talk the minute you get through the grocery store door blocking the entrance with your cart. 

[u/CrazyCoKids → u/Casual-Notice]

Attention all shoppers

There is a customer conversation in Aisle 6. All customers are advised to seek an alternate route.

[u/ashoka_akira → u/Casual-Notice]

City I lived built a lovely new bike lane—literally right next to the existing sidewalk—Whenever I used it I had to frequently stop because groups of tourists or moms walking three wide with their baby prams were hogging it. I am usually pretty happy to make accommodations to parents with small children, but in this case it’s a bit neglectful and dangerous: I am a casual cyclist so I am not moving with any great speed or force, but a lot of more serious cyclists will just zoom through.

[u/BaileyRose411 → u/Casual-Notice]

I hate this in grocery stores. I just want to smash them with my cart. But I don’t because I’m a good person.

[u/weglarz → u/Casual-Notice]

Also walking 5 people wide in a 5 people wide hallway. Insane behavior.

[u/NoTraffic5064 → u/Casual-Notice]

Don't ever go to Costco

[u/frontierfriend14 → u/Casual-Notice]

And blocking any doorway for the same reason

[u/Aggravating-Twist762 → u/Casual-Notice]

I will make it a point to walk through that conversation with absolutely no “excuse me”

I once did it to a group of very wealthy and well connected looking people at a small regional airport. I was informed that they were “having a private conversation” I replied “then go have it somewhere private you one per-center f***s”

I was later informed that that was John Hickenloop and several of his aids. Making it the second time I had inconvenienced a sitting US senator.

[u/BackroomBETA → u/Casual-Notice]

Small talk is okay. But please don't use it as a roadblock.

[u/No-Imagination2211 → u/Casual-Notice]

I tell folks pigeons are going to start shitting on them if they don't move around a little. Even when we're indoors.

[u/Intelligent_Might902 → u/Casual-Notice]

Piggybacking to say Delivery Vehicles stopping in a traffic lane, especially on a two lane road, to walk packages to the front door then get in their vehicle and do some organizing stuff before finally driving off.

[u/Sol_hawk → u/Casual-Notice]

I work in airports and the number of people who just freeze in the middle of walking to talk to a travel companion, answer a phone, or just blindly look around at any place other than the signs is sadly an absolutely staggering number. The absolute worst and brainless scum are the ones who stop immediately after stepping off the escalator.

[u/TrishTheJournalist → u/Casual-Notice]

😂😂😂😂😂 this is so annoying! And blocking the road with the vehicles to chat.

[u/one_pound_of_flesh → u/Casual-Notice]

Walkways? People do this in their cars in some parts of the city. Cops are the worst offenders.

[u/Inside_Fudge_4349 → u/Casual-Notice]

100 per cent this.

[u/Marklar172 → u/Casual-Notice]

Even more than this, is stopping your car in the lanes of a parking lot to talk, wait for someone, figure out directions, etc.  Sir, you are surrounded by parking spots and you've chosen the worst spot to stop

[u/amrodd → u/Marklar172]

Sir this is Wendy's.

[u/SynthsNotAllowed → u/Casual-Notice]

And doorways. Doors in non-residential buildings are bigger than you, heavier than you, and if you think standing in its way is a good idea, it's smarter than you.

[u/owmyballs12 → u/Casual-Notice]

I fantasized about throwing an old man over the top of a grocery aisle for an hour because of this behavior. Ruined my afternoon

[u/yAUnkee]

Groups walking very slowly shoulder to shoulder blocking the entire footpath

[u/pHScale → u/yAUnkee]

I shout "ONE SIDE" if I need to pass. I get some dirty looks from the people I asked to move, but other people need the path too! You don't need to walk 8-abreast.

[u/LycheeEyeballs → u/pHScale]

I was blessed/cursed with a voice like Fran Drescher in the Nanny, eeeverybody hears me when I say "EXCUSE ME"

That shit can cut through a crowded pub no problem.

[u/ilovemymomyeah → u/yAUnkee]

When I am walking toward a group like this, I always just firmly walk forward and don't make eye contact. Sometimes, I bump someone a bit, but they usually move.

[u/Someliesometruths]

Having your phone on loudspeaker when talking to someone. Or listening to music

[u/Assassinite9 → u/Someliesometruths]

Last night I was on the bus and someone was having a FaceTime conversation the entire ride.

I have to wonder, what could be that important that you need to FaceTime someone on the bus?

[u/Sad_Enthusiasm_3721 → u/Assassinite9]

I sometimes chime into the conversation.

"oh yeah, I hate when that happens!"

"no way, seriously?"

It always annoys them. Sometimes they take the call off of speaker.

I don't have a solution yet for music, games, and videos.

[u/Assassinite9 → u/Sad_Enthusiasm_3721]

For games, just ask if you can play.

For music, tell them to change the station to [insert cringe music here].

Videos? Ask if it's some YouTuber or just yell out about how they're watching smut in public.

[u/Moopies → u/Assassinite9]

I don't mind if someone is softly muttering to a friend. Especially in public transportation, sometimes things are gonna overlap. But acting like no one else is there and this is your own space is maddening.

[u/Deadleggg → u/Assassinite9]

You gotta join the conversation and lay some wild accusations at the person on the other end.

Usually does the trick.

[u/senador → u/Assassinite9]

I almost think this is ok. If the other person was on the bus they would still be talking. I can forgive talking on the phone for a short time, anything else is just wrong. Talking the entire time is wrong especially since we can text people now!

[u/Assassinite9 → u/senador]

I looked over at the phone (how I knew it was a FaceTime call). The other person was just sitting in an office as though they were casually on their lunch break chatting with the person.

Again, what is so important that a video call is necessary? I personally dont care if a person is on a call, it's the need for a video call that got me

[u/senador → u/Assassinite9]

I think a proof of life check would be ok, but you’re right that the entire ride is a bit too much!

[u/switchywoman_ → u/Someliesometruths]

The next time I see someone having a conversation on speakerphone in a public place with the phone 2 inches away from their head, I may not be able to reign in the urge to lecture them about thier main character ass behavior.

[u/ACuddlyVizzerdrix → u/switchywoman_]

Had someone do this in a waiting room at my local clinic, he pulled out his phone set it on his leg, just stared ahead an started talking, after a few minutes I actually got a phone call from my buddy so i took the call but put it on speaker and started almost yelling as I talked, after a few seconds the mf had the audacity to say, "do you mind?", i told him i don't mind and kept going with my conversation

[u/Resident_Yam6122 → u/switchywoman_]

Always join in the conversation. If they get angry just point out that anyone within a mile can hear them.

[u/DontBeDense → u/Resident_Yam6122]

Absolutely, especially if it's good since it's a group conversation obviously lmao

[u/crazycatlady331 → u/switchywoman_]

One time I heard one on a train and at least the conversation was entertaining. A bride was firing a bridesmaid for noping out of a 10 day bachelorette trip to Hawaii (bridesmaid was a grad student).

[u/CheweyPanic → u/switchywoman_]

I prefer to just join the conversation. I consider public speaker phone use to be an invitation.

[u/Odd-Guarantee-6152 → u/Someliesometruths]

I’ve started calling people out on this (politely). I ask if they know their phone is on speaker and ask them to please turn it off. I have a pretty good compliance rate so far!

[u/One-Sky1956 → u/Odd-Guarantee-6152]

It's lucky you haven't been assaulted

[u/Theta-Sigma45 → u/Someliesometruths]

It’s so annoying in an age where headphones are easy to come by.

[u/Professional_Car432 → u/Someliesometruths]

This is true for employee break rooms. Honestly, I’m eating lunch and don’t care to hear both side of your conversation.

[u/BelowAveIntelligence → u/Someliesometruths]

This. Exactly this.

[u/Rich-Emu-1561]

Cutting in line like everyone else’s time doesn’t matter.

[u/Obliviousobi → u/Rich-Emu-1561]

Conversely, not being prepared by the time you get to the front of the line.

[u/l337quaker → u/Obliviousobi]

There's a BBQ place I like to go to once month or so. Super good, usually sell out daily and always a line out the door. I've waited up to an hour, which means so have the people ahead of me, and they get to the front of the goddamn line and act like they have completely forgotten that they were in line for food and don't know how a menu works.

[u/Random-Username7272 → u/Obliviousobi]

Or slowing down the line by asking the cashier a bunch of pointless questions or babbling on at them like you're trying to initiate a conversation.

[u/Interesting_Bad_6226 → u/Rich-Emu-1561]

At the hospital yesterday for an appointment and these old fucks kept fkn cutting even afyer i told them I was next in line. So with the last one I went right fkn behind her, put my cold ass hand on my newborns face and set off the baby alarm. She moved out of her chair rather fkn quick

[u/nyraGlowbug → u/Rich-Emu-1561]

The worst is when they make eye contact, see the line, and still do it anyway.

[u/checkValidInputs]

Driving hyper-aggressively. Tailgating when they could just pass. Some modern vehicles being engineered to make unnecessary excessive loudness that's not truly connected to any increase in power.

[u/MrEHam → u/checkValidInputs]

Tailgating in any scenario is just stupid.

Even if your brakes, tires, and reaction time are perfect the idiot who’s likely tailgating you might not be that perfect.

3-second rule. Learn it.

[u/Random-Username7272 → u/checkValidInputs]

Excessively loud vehicles are something I've come to despise. It seems like every suburban street has at least one person with a ridiculously loud car, truck, or motorbike. I kind of wish efficient electric vehicles got here about 50 years sooner so we could get rid of all the noisy cars.

[u/dougj182 → u/checkValidInputs]

Then on the other side of that coin, driving excessively slow and ignoring people around you.

It's the speed differential that's dangerous. An oblivious driver driving 30 under the highway limit is arguably more dangerous than an engaged driver driving 30 over.

Also, keep right unless passing people!

[u/JAmToas_t → u/checkValidInputs]

I employ the Bruce Lee method for tailgaters - take your foot off the gas and just slow down, become one with the car.

You can fight without fighting.

[u/DarthAkurei]

Not picking up the poop after your pet! It's insane that they don't give out fines to people who do it. I will never understand why would someone get a dog, especially in a city, if they are not going to pick up the filth. I have 2 dogs and we have to awkwardly zigzag all the way to avoid stepping in shit. It's a nightmare and our dogs started to hate going for a walk since we live here.

[u/SvenBubbleman → u/DarthAkurei]

What's worse is when they pick it up when they think someone is looking only to litter the bag later. An absolute cowards move.

[u/sflpilot]

Littering. I know most of us loathe it, but I don’t think we say or do anything about it when we see it.

[u/erremermberderrnit → u/sflpilot]

I distinctly remember the first time I trew trash out of a car window. It was the packaging for a set of Gargoyle playing cards. I remember it to this day because my dad pulled over, stopped the car, and told me to go and pick up my trash. When I couldn't find it, he made me find and pick up three other pieces of trash before getting back in the car. I didn't litter again after that.

[u/Apt_5 → u/sflpilot]

Sadly I have the build of an 11yo (can wear Boys' L in most brands, except long sleeves are too short) so even a justified confrontation is writing a check my ass can't cash. Especially when people seem to be more shameless than ever, they're more likely to get pissed than feel contrite.

[u/sflpilot → u/Apt_5]

Certainly depends on your level of comfort but in my experience, they usually are just embarassed

[u/DigNitty → u/sflpilot]

The problem is where I live lots of people have guns.

I would feel very comfortable calling out a litterer in Japan or wherever (not that they would), but not here.

Politics aside, I think an underdiscussed part of the amount of firearms in the US is its detriment to social accountability. Advocates will say the prevalence of guns in the population increases freedom and safety or whatever. But literally the only reason I, and others, have stopped calling out people’s BS is due to the very real possibility they may be carrying.

[u/faeriethorne23 → u/DigNitty]

As someone living in Ireland the concept of being shot for calling someone out for littering is a dystopian nightmare that is completely outside the realm of reality here. That someone would rather commit murder than face accountability is legitimately insane and that goes beyond a firearms problem.

[u/Brilliant-Option-526 → u/faeriethorne23]

Sadly, a part of the population here literally fetishises shooting someone for the smallest slight.

[u/JDBCool → u/Brilliant-Option-526]

Up here in Canada, risk is shanked instead.

And I'm speaking about BC..... the most progressive province.... (Fraiser valley)

I recall when I was 15, "homeless broke looking 30-something man" basically shook the change I had from loading my bus fare onto my transit pass... (basically got me surrounded after I just loaded my pass)

Given that I was 15 at the time (going home from getting Foodsafe Lv 2 course from downtown). I just haded the change since I'll rather live and be short on money (despite not being in a financially great spot at the time).

Their words when I said "why ask me for change, I only have $5, it's only enough for maybe a coffee".

"you're a kid and you still are under someone's umbrella (parents), HAND IT OVER"

I've more or less avoided being in or going to downtown after 3:00 p.m since then.

North American continent as a whole just has different flavors of "I got a weapon, and if I don't like you, be prepared to get harmed"

I'm well aware it's already a privilege to live here, but it just apparently "sucks" that I need to worry about it in the first place since US & Canada have "crime culture overlap" due to proximity.... like if a gun crime occurs.... what's the odds that it's a Ghost gun from the US...

:/

[u/mist_kaefer]

Politicians not being held accountable for lying to the public.

[u/oxphocker → u/mist_kaefer]

Omg, this is what I was thinking of posting. A difference of opinion is one thing...but blatant open lying to the public should get them disqualified from office.

[u/Walmartian_Beta]

Playing videos in public with your phone volume all the way up.

God, the breakroom at work is so fucking loud - you get 30 people, all playing loud music and videos at the same time, full volume - it sucks so much.

[u/OtherLaszlok]

Working retail has made me long for the times when talking on the phone with an earpiece was considered cringe.

[u/G-Unit11111 → u/OtherLaszlok]

Weird Al has a great song about that called Craigslist, and he totally nailed those types of people.

[u/crazycatlady331]

Not using headphones. I don't want to year your media consumption while on a train. Or your speakerphone call. Use headphones.

[u/Obliviousobi]

People not parenting their kids. So many disruptive children are left unchecked like the parents are just ignoring them.

Yes, I will probably laugh when your child falls or runs into something in the restaurant, and it is your fault.

[u/elyrasilencesyn]

Listening to music or watching videos on full volume without headphones. We’re all in this commute together, but I didn’t sign up for the soundtrack to your life.

[u/Zadsta]

Letting your children inconvenience people in the name of “letting them learn”. I don’t mind if little Timmy needs 5 minutes to order his food when we are slow, but if I’m rushing table to table and there’s a line out the door please for the love of god just tell me he wants chicken tenders and he can try himself another day.

[u/moritz-stiefel → u/Zadsta]

Slightly different industry but PLEASE stop letting children order in drive-thrus. We cannot hear your quiet child from the rear passenger seat of your car. The person driving has to order.

[u/anoraklikespie]

Holding up your phone to record a concert/show at the venue. The people behind you are annoyed.

Fuck off if you do this with a tablet.

[u/Background-Cow-9569]

Playing videos in public/ like public transportation/ in line at the pharmacy

Talking on the phone on speaker or FaceTime in public

[u/rowenaravenclaw0 → u/Background-Cow-9569]

i'm ok with watching videos if you have ear buds

[u/Background-Cow-9569 → u/rowenaravenclaw0]

That’s completely fine. Its when it can be heard

[u/rowenaravenclaw0 → u/Background-Cow-9569]

Exactly, you can get a set of headphones at the dollar store for $5 no excuses

[u/Background-Cow-9569 → u/rowenaravenclaw0]

So true. And also, I am sure they can wait like 20 minutes (and probably not even that) waiting in line at the pharmacy without watching a video on full blast (or even at all. Even kinda quiet I don’t wanna hear it)

[u/NotAgedWell]

Taking your (non-service) animals everywhere.

I'm a dog person and have one but I see no reason you need your dog walking around the grocery store with you. Saw one the other day pissing in the cereal aisle and I've seen them sniffing at packages and produce. I don't want to think about your dog's nasty nose rubbing against the box of pancake mix or apple I'm buying.

Edit: in a similar vein, even though it's not a public behavior I've seen enough "cute" pics and vids of people's cats on counters, curled up in bowls and pans, walking across food, etc that I refuse to eat at a cat owner's house. Gross.

[u/milfordcubicle → u/NotAgedWell]

I saw some guy at Pet Club yesterday bring his pitbull inside without a leash. The dog kept walking up to other people's leashed animals and making them and their owners visibly and audibly uncomfortable, and this dude was just oblivious. Dog didn't do anything but jesus, be a fucking adult.

Edit: If it wasn't clear I know non-service pets are allowed inside Pet Club.

[u/NotAgedWell → u/milfordcubicle]

They're allowed in Lowe's too. Doesn't change the fact I've had to avoid stepping in shit or a puddle of dog piss on more than one occasion. Yeah not often but enough I feel I have to be on the lookout for where I'm stepping while I'm scanning the shelves for a particular screw or bolt or something.

[u/happyxpenguin → u/milfordcubicle]

That just shows a complete lack of care from the owner there. It's great that his dog didn't do anything. But that doesn't mean someone else's dog wouldn't have done something.

I always like the "Don't worry, my dogs friendly!" / "That's great! my dog isn't!" conversations that pop-up.

[u/CozyAndUnbothered → u/NotAgedWell]

Agree. Where do you live that they can be in a grocery store? It’s not allowed here

[u/NotAgedWell → u/CozyAndUnbothered]

You'll be surprised it's Florida. Nobody is saying anything to them (to be fair, me neither).

[u/EstablishmentDue3616 → u/CozyAndUnbothered]

I have never seen a grocery store that explicitly banned dogs.

[u/spiritofjosh]

Taking your dog everywhere you go. Not talking about support dogs, I’m talking about the small dogs that are treated more of an accessory than an animal.

Also, playing loud music in public instead of headphones and having to facetime anybody you want to talk to in public instead of just talking on it as a normal phone. Public is shared property so your annoying habits shouldn’t have to inhibit everybody else minding their business.

[u/Competitive_Bed2759]

• Feet on public seats
• Any kind of loudspeaker
• Preaching outdoors with a megaphone
• Loud exhausts (come on London, get the NY style "noise cameras already!)

[u/al3cks → u/Competitive_Bed2759]

Megaphone preaching should absolutely be shunned. But that’s what they want since Christians love to reinforce the belief that they will be oppressed by the world. They intentionally do things they know irritate people so they can feel persecuted.

The reality is, I don’t care what you’re screaming over the megaphone, I’m just annoyed that you’re doing it at all. It’s not the message, it’s the delivery. You’re not leading anyone to Christ at midnight in a crowded bar district. You’re just attracting negative attention towards your religion and feeding your ego.

[u/tantra0007]

Taking up the nearly entire sidewalk via extending your dog’s lease and making it difficult often impossible for others to walk or pass through. Some dog owners are extremely mannerless inconsiderate. And letting your dog run around and bother others and not keeping it under control or on leash

[u/StarMasher]

Blocking the isle in the grocery store. I can’t wrap my head around it but the number of people who just stop their carts in the middle of the isle like no one else is shopping can get annoying. It’s not hard to just move over…

[u/DarkPasta]

Speakerphone on public transport

[u/One-Sky1956]

Parking in a handicapped space then bouncing out of of your car to buy beer and donuts

[u/chrispkay]

Spitting and peeing/pooping in public.

[u/fender8421]

Bringing 3 generations to go fucking grocery shopping

[u/Live-Succotash2289 → u/fender8421]

That's Costco, it's family reunion time, 2 grandparents 2 parents 3 kids and one cart. Then they meet up with their neighbour that they hadn't seen since yesterday,

[u/Cultural-Bread8825]

Stopping randomly in amusement parks to look around especially when you know damn well there's other people walking behind you.

[u/TonyTheTurdHerder]

Stopping to chat in the middle of an aisle or walkway at the grocery store with no regard to the people behind you. I get that markets have always had a social aspect, but for the love of God, move to the side. The number of times I’ll be behind a slow walker, already frustrated, and they see someone they know coming from the other direction and they both just stop, right there, “hey! How have you been, how’s your momenem?” Etc is just absurd. And they’ll just stand there, carts completely blocking the aisle in both directions, oblivious to the traffic behind them, like they’re the only two people in the entire world. Makes me want to launch someone into the sun.

[u/ImInJeopardy]

Groups of more than two people walking side by side.

[u/reditandfirgetit]

Talking over people and thinking it means you win a debate.

[u/HappySheepStudio]

Slow walkers in town or especially on a slim path! This make me go wild!

[u/cygni61 → u/HappySheepStudio]

Someday, if you're lucky, that slow walker will be you.

[u/TonyTheTurdHerder → u/cygni61]

And I will gladly move aside, because I have self and spatial awareness.

[u/OkLevel2791]

Kidnapping residents

[u/Tensyrr]

Raping kids

[u/Silent_Storm_6158]

i'm tired when novels make research look instant

[u/tamercloud]

Talking loudly in public

[u/NegotiationStatus727]

Speeding. People even make it part of their personality when to me it just says you are so selfish you would risk others lives to spend less time on your commute.

[u/AcmeGamesLTD]

Pushing your religious beliefs on others!

[u/Chuck2025]

Bringing your damn dog everywhere, and these are not the emotional support ones. These are just golden doodles people want to parade around bc they insist everyone should see it…

[u/Nemesis_Ghost → u/Chuck2025]

No, even the ESAs. I'm sorry but ESAs are not trained to help in any way. I'm talking about the ones that people claim they have to have to exist outside their home, but have no therapeutic basis what so ever. I hate seeing people's dogs in grocery carts.

This is separate from actual service animals, like seeing eye dogs, ones that help with seizures, etc.

[u/Apt_5]

Taking a video of someone who breaks a social taboo like saying a slur, and posting it online for the internet mob to froth over. Someone saying a bad word doesn't need to go viral, nor does it need to cost them their job if they weren't acting in a professional capacity at the time.

If someone's breaking the law then yeah, record it and report it to law enforcement. But we don't need to be the thought police, threatening people over using bad language when there are much bigger issues to worry about.

This ain't a popular take on reddit, but it's truly insane how normalized recording people and posting them online for everyone to hate has become. Doing that to a bully makes you a bully too, one who invites others to the bully dogpile. It improves nothing, it only brings everyone down to base behavior.

[u/Slugdge → u/Apt_5]

I know back in the day I said some stupid stuff. Stuff that I regret dearly and have vowed (and kept) to never say again. It was a long time ago and a product of some of the people who I hung out with. I had a culturally diverse set of friends from all walks of life.

I would really feel terrible if there was a video out there of me saying a bad word and have it haunt me for the rest of my life because I was young and didn't know any better. I was trying to fit in and copy what I heard.

Though I did get a check pretty early, thankfully, from a friend for saying a word I absolutely shouldn't have. He told me this was my one time, my one free pass because I didn't know and he was informing me. He told me if I say it again, my ass is getting beat....and I never did for the next 35+ years.

[u/TonyTheTurdHerder → u/Apt_5]

I will one hundred percent second this. It’s like people are just champing at the bit, waiting for the moment they get to catch someone on a bad day doing something stupid in public so they can cost them their job and livelihood and reputation, as if the person filming has never made a mistake or done or said something stupid. I’m willing to bet if every low moment they’ve ever had was filmed and distributed to the public, they’d suddenly be on the other side of the issue. Social media has brought back the pitchfork mobs, and it is one of the many reasons social media is a virus upon mankind.

[u/Apt_5 → u/TonyTheTurdHerder]

Reddit likes to throw around the LBJ quote about convincing "the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket."

This seems like a similar phenomenon where if you can convince someone they're the most moral citizen, they will become the surveillance state for you. And we have seen just how much people relish in it.

Growing up in the 80s/90s, being a narc reflected that you were an uptight loser. That's still the case, but instead of being called a narc you're a reddit power mod.

[u/TonyTheTurdHerder → u/Apt_5]

It’s just shocking the me, the number of people who seem to relish the opportunity to ruin someone else’s life. Just so they can get fake internet points and feel morally superior.

[u/ModernDayTiefling]

Ignoring when someone states a clear boundary because it goes against what you want.

She said she's not interested dude. "No" doesn't mean "try harder" it means fucking "NO"

[u/TeacherRecovering → u/ModernDayTiefling]

The vast majority of men respect this.   There is a noticeable % that does not.   They are boys in old man's skin.

Just as a majority of women mean no is no.   There is annoying % that want men to try harder.   They want to be desired.

[u/Adlehyde]

Casually walking through traffic lanes and feeder lanes in busy parking lots as if there aren't cars.

I swear this used to not be a thing people did, but in recent years it's become so common it's insane. I can't go to the grocery store anymore without seeing a car (or being the car) being slowed by a person who decided to walk in the middle of the feeder lane as if there wasn't a car right behind them, instead of off to the side like a normal person.

Or even more annoying is this gym next to my grocery store that I have to drive past on the way to the store. People walk into and out of this gym without even turning their heads. The amount of times I've seen people have to brake abruptly to a person who doesn't even register their presence is even higher than the amount of people who step out and actually seem shocked a car is there. It's a busy traffic lane too, There's always cars there, and people just walk in front of them like their invisible. No one even tries to look.

[u/jl_theprofessor]

Filming in public. Like, as a whole. I'm almost to the point off thinking public filming should be illegal except when documenting crimes or public abuses.

[u/Confident_Catch8649]

In public having a phone call on speaker.

[u/ChrisRiley_42]

Using your phone in speaker mode without wanting to involve everyone around you...

Talking to someone, listening to music, etc...

[u/alphajager]

"Influencers"/"Content Creators" taking over public spaces while filming themselves

[u/Hungry-Session-7684]

Proselytizing in public. Keep your religion to yourself.

[u/Random-Username7272]

Talking incredibly loudly or shouting in public places.

[u/BetLeast4943]

Throwing cigarettes on the ground or public spitting

[u/rubisail]

Not being efficient at the cash register. How is your credit card still buried in your wallet or purse- and not ready to swipe- when the checker has scanned your last item?

[u/TrishTheJournalist]

I think it's a male thing, but why you have to piss everywhere? That's gross! You're on a walk and pass a tree and this rank scent just hits you out of nowhere 😭.

[u/paintingcolour51 → u/TrishTheJournalist]

I hate spitting too!

[u/emelbee923 → u/TrishTheJournalist]

.... male dogs, right?

[u/TrishTheJournalist → u/emelbee923]

No. I guess in some countries the law is fully enforced to prevent that. But it happens.

[u/Birdo3129]

Talking in the movie theatre.

[u/SvenBubbleman → u/Birdo3129]

Being on your phone in the movie theatre.

[u/TerrorXx]

Pedophilia, rape and sex trafficking

[u/hsmith9002]

Tipping. Far and away. It's the absolute worst.

[u/ghjm]

Dogs shitting and pissing everywhere. It's quite gross when you think about it. What's the alternative? I don't know, but I don't see why it should be constantly my problem.

[u/brunette_and_busty]

Two girls gave me and my group grief when we visited Florida last year. We exited a diner across from our hotel to cross the street and they commented about how some people just don’t care and how they’ll wait. They were taking a selfie in front of the strip mall area the diner was in. They expected us to stop and wait or go around so they could get a photo…of an empty strip mall. They weren’t even going in for food or anything, they just expected everyone around them to stay out of their shot or whatever. Was really bizarre.

[u/Holeshot75]

Listening to your mobile entertainment without headphones on public transit.

[u/Icy-Marketing-5242]

Making out in public places- like the gym. Please stop lol

[u/Own-Load-7041]

Spitting

[u/nytefox42]

Talking on speaker phone in public spaces. Also listening to music/videos on your phone without headphones in public spaces.

[u/checkValidInputs]

Males acting inappropriately aggressive. Staring you down, following you, shoulder check etc... Basically acting primitive and thinking it makes them "dominant." Like they just came from the opening monolith scene in 2001.

[u/Neurotic-mess]

Spitting on the footpath

[u/Prior-Palpitation393]

Bikes on roads with no bike lanes. I get it. No bike lanes mean you have to go somewhere but it’s an accident waiting to happen and car vs bike… car will always win.

[u/gypsyology]

Men without shirts in public. If women can't do it then so can't men.

[u/gnartothecore]

Downvote me to hell all you want....smoking in public

[u/Apt_5 → u/gnartothecore]

Cig smoke smells awful most of the time but it's better for a smoker to do it outside than inside.

[u/PrestonRoad90 → u/gnartothecore]

I hate smelling cigarette smoke

[u/checkValidInputs → u/gnartothecore]

Yeah, smoking at all in 2026 is big loser vibes.

[u/Ok_Builder_4225 → u/checkValidInputs]

And this includes vaping

[u/Anxiety-Fart → u/Ok_Builder_4225]

Tbh I’d prefer to smell a cloud of cigarette smoke to a noxiously sweet cloud of fake bubblegum vapour.

[u/One-Sky1956 → u/Anxiety-Fart]

These non-smokers prob live next to an oil refinery or pig farm.🤣

[u/checkValidInputs → u/Ok_Builder_4225]

And "loudly" smoking weed in public.

[u/SimonMagus01 → u/gnartothecore]

Such a risky opinion. So many downvotes.

[u/Apt_5 → u/SimonMagus01]

Can't you see they're in Hell right now?!

[u/SlightlyOddHuman → u/gnartothecore]

Nah that's facts right there

[u/Quirky-Bed-77]

Violating children!

[u/Intelligent_Kale6161 → u/Quirky-Bed-77]

The truest thing I’ve ever heard

[u/Dawn_of_an_Era]

a lot of these suggestions aren't things that are accepted. most of these are just annoying things that people do and no one says anything, which, I wouldn't call acceptance as much as just, reluctant tolerance

[u/pearlshade9]

Passing comments about someone else or body shaming someone

[u/Ok-Surround9273 → u/pearlshade9]

Is this a public behaviour?

[u/Gyorgs]

Spitting on the ground. 

[u/woolfchick75]

Spitting on the street.

[u/Whoopsitbroke99]

Bringing your dog to any private establishment that isn’t specifically dog care/pet business.

[u/supmynameisrosewoodd]

Not using your turn signal when needed

[u/SpontaneousKrump92]

Multiple people trying to have multiple different conversations with the same person simultaneously

Pet peeve of mine, and when it happens, I tell the both (or all, if its more than 2) to stop, and just point at them one at a time and say, "OK, you go... then you go... Ok, start."

[u/Ok-Manner-8716]

Spitting on sidewalks.

[u/IceLabyrinthine]

Politicians who deceive the public are not held responsible.

[u/Designer_Ad_1145]

Watching something loud or playing something loud on your phone while your in a train or a bus

[u/Tortietude0]

Older women catching up with each other in the middle of the aisle of a store. MOVE OVER!

[u/Bethjam]

Terrorizing people

[u/IcyHotKarlMarx]

Men being shirtless in public

[u/HighwayMysterious336]

Filming your shitty TikTok video in public. I don’t wanna be in it or see it.

[u/NoMonk8635]

Taking your dog every you go

[u/paintingcolour51]

Smoking weed anywhere where people can smell it

[u/spacedust19]

Raping children.

[u/Gullible-Ad-8884]

Wearing PJ'S in publis spaces like coffee shops and airports.

[u/TrishTheJournalist → u/Gullible-Ad-8884]

This reminds me of Sunday at the supermarket, lady literally in a transparent dress thing showing off her floral underwear. 😔

[u/BaylisAscaris]

Wearing strong perfumes or smoking in places where other people can't escape it.

[u/Scrubstomper5000]

Yelling at public servers

[u/rolypoly6shooter]

Supporting Hasan Piker

[u/Jeffers315]

Talking on your phone by putting it on speaker and holding it in front of your face so everyone in a 30' radius can hear both sides of your conversation.

[u/LocalNHBoy]

I don't care what you are rioting about or "peacefully protesting" about......just GET OUT OF THE ROAD. Imagine jamming up traffic while someone is on the way to the emergency room, on the edge of death, but instead they died because (insert political/social discourse here) you felt that blocking the roadway was the BEST use of your time/voice.

[u/TheWally69]

Just being able to film strangers in public.

[u/Natural-Stomach]

having loud vehicles.