20 of the Most Out of Touch Humans People Have Witnessed First Hand

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2 years ago

kamamit • 1v I knew a girl who cheated on her boyfriend. When he found out, he broke up with her. She said "you can't break up with me, it has to be mutual."

gamageeknerd • Ty I was at a bar and some guy was giving an impromptu lecture of why millennials are so broke and blamed it all on us being lazy students who don't want to work and go to school. When asked what he did he was a property owner and owned a few apartment buildings. Then someone chimes up with he fact he doesn't own any properties he manages them for his uncle who pays him to do nothing all day.

SapphicGarnet • 1y My 'friend' stole my card information and bought loads of expensive stuff. I asked her if it was her before reporting it, knowing that a) she was going through a tough time and I wanted to give her a chance to make it right and b) that I could be in trouble for conspiracy to fraud if I reported it and they believed I'd got stuff delivered to my friend to claim fraud for the money back. She said no, I thought someone else had done it so I reported it. When she got arrested she said she didn't think 'they'd take the fraud thing so far' She thought you could just call up banks to get the money back and they wouldn't investigate.

darksaber522 • Ty I'm fairly convinced that my current shift supervisor thinks anyone who works an overtime shift is doing it out of loyalty to the company, and not because of the 1.5x pay rate.

[deleted] • 1y I have an aunt who's never really worked a day in her life because her husband created his own business early on in life. They live in a McMansion and I was over once and we got to talking about fitness, and she told me "Oh yeah we send Pamela to this special training gym, its only 200$ a week, you should try it!" The fact that to her it was "only 200$" really kills me. I made 9.95 an hour at the time. She's nice enough but not in touch with reality at all.

stormy-darklordofall • 1y Had a friend who insisted she was in a relationship with a C-list celebrity whom she met once during a comic convention. All the celebrity's Instagram and twitter posts were for her and everything had a meaning behind it. When the celebrity got married, she said that it was just for the media so she and celebrity could live a quiet life. When he didn't do anything for her birthday, she had a breakdown. She went to therapy not long after.

[deleted] • 1y 6含晶7 Awards This is my time to shine So I grew up with a lot or restictions that at the moment, had no idea the options existed. For example I was only allowed two options of shoes but the catch was that i need to make the right choice. Or that I can make friends on my own, not needing to be told this is your new friend now so go play with them. Sadly my dad kept me in a small box and he was the only one allowed to control what would go into that box or come out. So when i was 10 cps was involved and was taken into foster care. Thats when my world exploded. I didnt know truly how bad it was until they took me to a shoe store and told me to pick out ones i liked. I swear for the life of me i had no clue what to do. I stood there for what felt was hours until they noticed and asked what my favorite color was. I said green because that was what my father told me i liked. But i guess i was too overwhelmed that i just remember saying yes to everything and ended up with ugly brown and pink sneakers. What children learn to do at their normal age is what I am just figuring it out in my 20s. So reality was a hard thing to live because the whole time i was in my dream world.

Corporate-Asset-6375 • 1y My cousin was spoiled and sheltered her entire childhood through college. Then her parents stupidly cut the leash without any preparation and released her into society. She quickly got in trouble for bouncing checks all over town. My mom picked her up and asked why the hell she was writing bad checks everywhere. Turns out my cousin was under the impression that as long as you had checks in your checkbook, you had money in your account. She didn't understand that you deposit in a number and then can spend or withdraw up to that amount. Please teach your kids basic finance. Note: this was like 1996 before it turns into a "who writes a check anymore" discussion.

rayvin4000 • 1y My old boss at the time was a girl of 26 who got 4 million dollars from her mom a year to play with. Her mom is very wealthy in china. Her daughter is here trying to be a CEO of a company for funzies. I accidentally got a job at that "company". One days she told us we were all going on a group outting for bonding. She took us to an outlet mall four hours away. Told the rest of us 7 people that she was going to go shop and she'd see us later. That was code for don't follow me, fuckers. Every 2 hours she'd let us know she was going to go unload her bags to the giant van they rented and would group text us telling us we can meet her there to unload as well. We all get paid under 50k. We have nothing to unload. By lunch she had proceeded to fill up the van with shit. She then asks me where all my new stuff is and I said Im budgeting right now. She goes "take out a credit card and go shop! That's the American way!" Seriously. Ok. By 9 pm her bags were taking up people's seats and they had to sit with her stuff. She spent 30k. The rest of us spent about 70$. We were tired and bored and cold. To this day I still believe she thinks she did something nice for us, and doesn't understand how polarizing and not at all team bonding that was.

Thejustinset • 1y 5 4 3 Awards This was from a Regional manager of Starbucks, after they removed merit based raises that could go up to a 5% increase, changed to a flat 2% increase. When she asked if people liked the new raise plan, I said actually no, they feel unmotivated with no reason to perform any better than just normal. Regional manager "your staff need to realise working isn't about money"

One bully of a boss asking the three people who suffered most from his behaviour if they would want to move to a new employer with him as a team. Hmm.... how about "no way in hell"? 4 8.6k dipfc123 • 1y This happened at my work too! Apparently had no idea that the people he overworked would not jump at the chance to quit their current job at an established comoany to work with him at a startup that he had not even created yet.

Streamer that I watched a couple of times before his behavior drove me to stop. It was a shame because when he was actually gaming, Hiked the content, but his attitude drove you up the wall (and by attitude, I mean raging - back when I watched him, the rest of the events in this post hadn't happened yet). But the out of touch with reality part - he talked about his girlfriend on stream a few times. Nothing wrong with that, except his "girlfriend" was a female streamer who lived in Europe - he was from the states - and he'd never actually met her in his life. She got wind of this through shared viewers and debunked the story on her stream, saying she'd never even interacted with him. This caused him to go nuts and start stalking the girl wherever he could, causing her to eventually stop streaming, delete all her social media and so on. After his Twitch account was banned for this, he eventually managed to convince Twitch to un-ban him and then did the same thing to a different girl. Now he's been permanently banned from Twitch as a result of this - again - and keeps raging about it on Twitter. Just to clarify - I don't follow this guy, but someone posts about him on the game subreddits every now and then, which is why I know the story. Some people are just bananas.

Scepta101 • 1y I knew someone who unironically tried to convine that not only is Pokemon demonic, but they exist in real life and there are reported cases of then attacking and harming people 4 7.8k [deleted] • 1y Sounds like the area I grew up in. Pokemon cards were a rarity because all the parents that found any would burn them, we had like a black market for them at school. traded half my collection for a Pikachu from the 90s written in Japanese, now a foreign card was a once in a lifetime find, let alone one from the 90s so I guarded that thing with my life, still have it even though its a little beat up.

meehaja • 1y My sister in law. Kicked out by her boyfriend, comes to stay with us for a few days. We suggest looking for a flat/ cheap house to rent near us. She won't live in the scummy part of town near us, she'd like a three bed house with garden in the best part of town. She has no savings and isn't sure if she has a job (was a part time cashier in a super market, stopped going to work when covid came (note, not furloughed, super market still open, she's just not going in). When I suggested maybe she couldn't afford £500k on a family home on her salary, she suggested she'd "just get a council house". Disregarding the huge waiting list and the fact that most council properties are I the ghetto parts of town! This is just the crust of a deep layer of unhinged fantasy world that she lives in.

ohhlookshiny • 1y My sister. Grew up with everything handed to her, and literally cried when her 1st car wasn't the color she wanted. Married rich. Can't fathom why I can't take off work whenever it suits me, and says stuff like "I wouldn't ask my boss for a week off, I would tell him I am taking the week off".

fd1Jeff • 1y A woman I knew a few years ago. She had a job. She was convinced she was supposed to be a movie star. She never did any acting, though. She also told me about the married man that she had slept with, "he loves me, but he can't leave his wife.. She actually did stop having sex with him, but they still hung out.

[deleted] • 1y My boss's wife 28, she grew up in a wealthy family and married to a man who was 3rd generation owning the company he was in, they were a regional power, etc. She was talking to a staff that in general - made 36K a year, mumbling about a staffer who was on his Honeymoon. "Tennessee?! HA! Tennessee?!" She looked around the room for everyone to join in. "My GOD! How did she agree to that? We did Hawaii and that was least I told him was acceptable.

Gilli_Glock • 1y I went to a private international school in London as a teenager, most kids there had parents working good jobs but in-between them were some filthy rich kids with parents in the oil industry or something similar. In 8th grade we were talking about our easter break and my friend from Belgium was talking about how his family had decided last minute to go there over the break, but had decided to drive there because there were no flights available. Then this Russian billionaire classmate of mine asked him "why don't you take a private jet?". She was so clueless when we started laughing.

leilunatic • 1y My cousin's wife got very sick while we were at a wedding in Mexico BecAuse she drank NO WATER. Only alcohol. She said, "There were ice chips in my drinks, so I thought it was enough." Anyways, she complained because at the hospital some of the staff didn't speak English. YOU'RE IN A SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY!!!!!

--BMO-- • 1y SE 1 Award I worked on shifts with a guy for years who thought every single person was out to get him. I've never met anyone who had such a warped sense of reality. He would joke on with someone then go away for the weekend and stew on one particular thing, then come in on Monday absolutely raging over taking something the complete wrong way. I've seen him attack 2 people and heard about a third. Thing is he's so dopey, everyone thinks he's harmless and "that's just the way he is". A guy I trained as an apprentice has just started on shifts with him, doesn't take anyone being a dick well at all. I think they'll do well together haha.

hampsonsean1 • 1y My Father. He is an habitual liar. I somehow think he believes his own lies. Over the past couple of years I've noticed he doesnt actually have anything new to say. Sort of regurgitates sentences in slightly different ways. Its caused his business to fail. He lied to everyone that was employed there saying he had to liquidate the company. Going so far as to tell people he met with lawyers and the process has been started. I did some digging and found out there were no lawyers or liquidation. He just tried to duck the system. I have no contact with him but my brother says he is still trying to use the same tactics. I just feel he believes everything. Sort of like living in his own head. Very sad that he damaged lives in the process.

thesewornoutboots • 1v (S 1 Award My SIL legit believes she's a strong, independent businesswoman who owns three major businesses. She does three MLM gigs. Edit: thanks for the silver! The irritating thing is that I actually do have a brick and mortar business that I've been running for five years now- and she's always giving me "business " advice and pushing me to join her for these amazing opportunities. It's so stereotypically obnoxious... "OMG HUN I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE GRIIIIND!!!" Yeah, I bet you doooooo. All said while wearing brightly horrendous outfits, caked on makeup, and smelling like decaying frankincense.

With_Trees • 1y & 1 Award Parents of a 35 years old woman, who was hospitalized after suffering severe anoxic brain damage 20 years ago. She had been in the same ward since, barely conscious. They refused to get her transferred to a more suitable facility for 20 years, saying that there's no reason to do so: those facilities are for "lost causes, and their daughter is going to make a full recovery, finish school, get married and be totally fine. Working in hospitals got me quite a collection of these stories, but this one I thought was one of the saddest ones.

Crazielilpoptart • 1y Work with a girl who is a flat earther and on top of that denied the existence of space. When the topic came up and I disagreed she asked if I had ever been there... obviously I haven't. I told her I have also never been to Japan and that does not mean it doesn't exist. She complained to management about my intolerance of her beliets.

bricorianlive • 1v 3 Awards I was a stable hand of a very upper tier barn in a wealthy part of the country. The staff have to sign non-disclosure agreements to protect clients. On one particularly scorching July day, I overheard a client venting to another about how she was "incredibly stressed" and "going to have a mental breakdown" because her first choice catering company was all booked up for the weekend of her last minute yacht party. I'm paycheck to paycheck and had probably a total of 3 days off since christmas. I would love for a yacht party to be my basis for a mental breakdown. Needless to say, the staff had a healthy chuckle on that one.

autumnlark • 1y 18 2 Awards My brother told me "I'm avoiding Asian people if I see them on the street or anything. You know, for safety because of the coronavirus." He's Asian. OUR ENTIRE FAMILY IS ASIAN.

gizzing • 1y My mother and father were given $20,000 by my grandparents in 1965. My parents were able to buy a house with the money. Fast forward 50 years, my mother gave me and my sisters $10,000 each. She was unable to understand that we could not buy houses for half the price 50 years later and accused us of not being good with money because she was able to do it. At the time she was sitting on a shit ton of money in the bank and was 100% aware that to buy a house in her neighborhood would cost around $1,000,000 so, 100 times the amount of money she gave us and 50 times as much money as her parents gave her 50 years earlier. God, if only I could be so good with money as she WSS. Not saying the $10k wasn't nice. Just saying she expected us to become her neighbors with no understanding of inflation, while thinking half the amount she was given 50 years earlier should be enough while knowing full well the value of her house.

picnorez • 1y An ex became really religious and I'd still talk to her sometimes. Somehow the topic of flat earth theories came up and she said she thinks it's actually possible that it could be true. I tried to explain that we have more than enough imagery and data indicating that the earth is round, and she said it could all be planted there by Satan. You just can't come up with a response to that.

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