Imagine getting a free ride and then telling your driver to get a more comfortable car because theirs is too old. While most of us would be grateful for the gesture, some people can see this act of generosity as an opportunity to demand more, and more, and more. Enter Choosing Beggars, a subreddit dedicated to showcasing ungrateful attitudes and shameless entitlement.
Avid Bored Panda readers might remember that we've covered the community a few times already, but with 2.6 million members, it's so active that one can easily get lost in its content. So we decided to put together a collection of its funniest and most infuriating posts of all time.
Continue scrolling to check them out and don't miss the chat we had with therapist and relationship expert Dr. Steven Stosny — you'll find it in between the images.
#1 Customer Wants A Tattoo Artist To Issue Them An "Inconvenience Fee" For Setting Them Up With An Artist Who Was An Ex-Con
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#2 A Brilliant Way To Deal With "Influencers"
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To gain a better understanding of these interactions, we got in touch with Dr. Steven Stosny, the founder of Compassion Power in suburban Washington, DC, and the author of several books on improving relationships.
"There are two major types of entitlement," he told Bored Panda.
"In the first, the entitled feel superior. If not acknowledged as having superior rights and privileges, they may feel inferior. Superiority and inferiority are opposite sides of the same coin."
"The second type is compensatory. Those who suffer from it see themselves as victims of unfair treatment and therefore entitled to special privileges as compensation. 'It's so hard being me. I shouldn't have to wait in line too.'"
#3 63 Sandwiches In 1 1/2 Hours!?! How Dare They!
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#4 Broke Boy
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#5 Huffpo Being A Hypocritical Choosing Beggar
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As you can see from the pictures, we can run into entitled people at school, work, and other areas of everyday life. Researchers Emily Zitek and Alexander Jordan studied their behavior and published the findings in Social Psychological and Personality Science.
All in all, Zitek and Jordan conducted six experiments. They first tested how 1,259 individuals would behave during a basic word search task where it was essential to follow instructions. The researchers found that those with a high sense of entitlement were less likely to comply with the given directions.
From there, they tested different scenarios to see if punishment, framing the task as optional, or reducing the perceived personal cost would lead them to comply. None of these tactics worked.
Entitled people do not follow instructions because they would rather take a loss themselves than agree to something they perceive to be unfair to them, the researchers concluded.
#6 This Groomer Is Definitely Prepared For All The Choosing Beggars
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#7 My Mechanic Telling It How It Is. Support Artists And Labor Folk!
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#8 I’m Just Going To Leave This Here
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#9 My Dad's A Photographer, This Is His Most Recent Client
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So what do we do whenever we run into these people?
Stosny, author of Living and Loving After Betrayal and How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It, said that one of the best strategies is to "ignore their sense of entitlement and act according to your own sense of fairness."
However, if you do find yourselves in a conflict with them, try not to take their coping mechanisms personally.
#10 Choosing Beggar
Two years ago I saw that guy with the gas can begging for money. Tried to give him four dollars, but he said he doesn’t take anything less than five. After that I saw him there everyday for months. Turns out he’s a fraud with a new Jeep and a nice house. Been following him with this sign since.
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#11 Selling A Used iMac For 1200$, Woman Asks “How Low” I Would Sell It For, Or If I’d Take 800 And Some Jewelry She Makes. Oh And I Also Ruined Christmas
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#12 Its Always The Christmas Excuses
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#13 This Guy Gets It
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"Confronting them or arguing with them creates pointless power struggles, which are likely to increase their sense of entitlement," Stosny added.
"Ignoring it is the best policy."
#14 Lady Wants Barely-Used Computer For $25
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#15 This Guy Has Had It With Cbs
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#16 Thought On Exposure
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#17 Cbs Push A Man Too Far
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#18 Why Can't People Understand Firm?
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#19 Do You Draw Arts For Free
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#20 Cashapp Beggars
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#21 Choosing Beggars Don’t Like Free Beer At Local BBQ Joint
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#22 Can You Draw Me For Free?
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#23 Seems Like Indonesia Is Not Choosing Any Of Them Begpackers
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#24 I Won't Invite You To My Baby Shower, But You Better Get Me A Gift
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#25 UNO Reverse
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#26 Floss Company Asked For Free Designs. The Artists Responded
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#27 This Was On One Of My Mom Pages, I Couldn't Believe It Was Local And That These Kind Of People Actually Exist, It Makes Me Sick To Think About
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#28 Asking The Author Of The Book Where They Can Pirate It (I'm Not The Author, And The Book Is Not Coming From A Big-Time Publisher)
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#29 Can I Have A Birthday Discount?
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#30 The Cheek Of Some People
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#31 Thanks For Knocking Down The Price, Now How About You Knock Down The Price?
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#32 Why Don’t They Just Let Their Kids Not Have Braces And Break Their Teeth For Denture Through Insurance
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#33 How Are My Kids Supposed To Live Without Juice?!
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#34 Now That Was Simply Uncalled For
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#35 Found On My Tattoo Artists Instagram, F**k Thats Satisfying
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#36 Can't Go Any Lower Than That
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#37 It's Ok, I'm A Single Mom
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#38 “Freebie” Is The New F-Word
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#39 What A Deal!
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#40 Then You Dont Get A Tip
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#41 Good To Know
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#42 Woman Doesn’t Want To Pay Amazon For A Thing Amazon Made
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#43 How Ironic
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#44 Not My Messages But Thought It Was Funny
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#45 “Exposure Doesn’t Pay The Bills, My Guy”
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#46 Not One Penny More!
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#47 Got A Little Distracted By Someone Doing The Repeater
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#48 Divorcing Husband Of 14 Years For Being Broke
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#49 Does This Work?
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#50 I Draw Pieces Inspired By Historical Art Styles And Sometimes Do Tattoo Designs For People. Today I Had My First Choosing Beggar Experience
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#51 The Disrespect To Makeup Artists
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#52 How Many Likes For Free Shoes?
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#53 Not Happy I Paid For It
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#54 I Can't Belive These People... They Don't Understand Nail Techs, Escorts, Artists, Ect. Actually Make A Living Off Of This
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#55 Who Gets An Uber On Wedding Day Let Alone Pooling?
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#56 Girl On Tinder Wants Korean BBQ
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#57 Free Christmas Isn’t Tall Or Full Enough
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#58 Freaking Joe Man
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#59 Till This Day It Still Annoys Me That He Is That Much Of An Asshole
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#60 A Riding Mower In Exchange For An Almost $20,000 Car
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#61 Guess, She Is Having A Crap Birthday
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#62 Work Hard Enough And You’ll Get Paid In Garlic
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#63 "I Don’t Know You. I Need Money Not A Sandwich.”
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#64 Generous Man Practically Giving Away £80, Just Renovate His Garden
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#65 The Saga Of Cat Lady Trying To Guilt And Attack Me Into Letting Her Decide The Room Rental Price
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