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33 Truly Bizarre, Nightmarish House Guests Who Will Never, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever Be Invited Back
We covered a Reddit thread by u/Jentenny99 where they asked people to reveal the weirdest thing a guest has ever done in their home. That post seemed to resonate with BuzzFeed Community members because they began sharing their own nightmare guest stories. Here's what they revealed: 1."My brother-in-law and his wife had a huge, totally untrained German Shepherd. We had a 2-year-old who was terrified of dogs and had asked that they not bring it when they came to visit. They agreed but showed up with the dog anyway. We had a storage building, and said they could put the dog in the storage building. It was Thanksgiving in Indiana — chilly but not freezing — and we thought the storage building was a good solution. They brought the dog into the house during the night. It got into the trash, dragged it all over the house, and ate some used disposable diapers, which it then vomited back up all over the house. We awoke to a mess and a screaming child. They and my husband's parent thought we were being unreasonable for being unhappy that they ignored our request." —Anonymous 2."Once, two former, very religious friends dropped by my place unexpectedly. We were chatting in the kitchen when the wife wandered into the adjacent dining area and began reading a letter I had left open on the table. This letter was from a high school friend who had recently gotten married (she's a lesbian) and had sent some wedding pictures. The wife saw the pictures and began screaming, which made her husband rush over. They immediately began mocking my high school friend. I got angry and told them they had no right to read my mail or judge my friend. They quieted down and apologized, but then the husband asked, 'So, which one is the man?' and they both began to laugh uncontrollably. At that point, I was so furious that all I could do was point to the door." —Anonymous 3."My mother-in-law lived with us after she had lost her job and sold her house immediately at a loss. She repotted all my plants and stuffed them into pots to 'save space.' She cut up our good laundry towels because she needed rags for her art (even though we had a bag full of rags in the garage). She gave me $100 every two months to cover her expenses (her portion of electricity, rent, food, etc.). She used my measuring cups to mix her glue for her art. Finally, she complained to her son about how I didn't keep the house very clean, even though I was working full time plus overtime and taking night classes while she and her son worked part-time and did nothing else." —Anonymous 4."My brother and his wife came down on July 3 to spend two nights for a family 4th of July party. I fixed a nice dinner and homemade dessert that night, and they stayed in our very nice guest room. I fixed a good breakfast in the morning, and we were preparing for the family event. My brother was trying to use my quirky little electric can opener and couldn't get it to work, and was complaining about it not working. He is extremely narcissistic and insisted he was using it right, but that it was broken. When I told him it worked fine and that I would show him how it worked, he exploded into a rage, spouting extremely obnoxious curse words, screaming at me and my fiancé, with whom I lived, and said he was leaving." "He instructed his wife to leave and then took his cooler, which we had filled with beer and other drinks for the party, and dumped it all out on our floor, ice and water everywhere, all the time screaming curses like a madman. He was like a demon possessed. They left, and I haven't spoken to him since." —Anonymous 5."A friend was visiting us, and we watched a movie in the living room. The friend disappeared, and when we finally looked for him, we found him removing food from our fridge and putting it into his bag. When asked why he would do such a thing, his response was, 'I was there when you bought it.'" —Anonymous 6."We hosted a wedding at our lakehouse home. While waiting for the ceremony to start, the groomsmen drank all of my husband's beer from our bar fridge and sat ON our kitchen counters. They tossed beer caps into our sink, so I had to fish them out of the drain so they wouldn't break the disposal. There's a trash can IN the kitchen; it's not hidden. There are plenty of chairs at the table to sit in. These were GROWN men." —Anonymous 7."A high school friend of my husband's had asked if she and her family (boyfriend and 5-year-old daughter) could stay at our house for a couple of days while they were in town. I didn't know them, but I was okay with it. They showed up with a car full of stuff; it looked as if they had been living out of their car. Of course, a couple of days quickly turned into a week, with no end in sight. I quietly gritted my teeth when I saw them sitting in my guest bed, eating nachos while their daughter ran wild and making big messes for me to clean up. Then, one day, they had a big argument, and the boyfriend took off with their daughter, leaving behind the girlfriend/mother without her wallet (deliberately). She had no money, ID, or car, and apparently nobody was willing to take her off our hands." "For the following week, she lived at our house, depleted our booze supply, and generally drove me nuts. Then, after a week, the boyfriend showed up out of the blue, and they kissed and made up. I walked downstairs to see him carrying multiple suitcases back upstairs into my home, while she was starting a bath for the kid. It was clear that they were planning on moving in for a long while. I freaked out, ran to my husband, and suggested that we give them money for a hotel or whatever it would take to get them out of my house. We confronted them, and thankfully, they agreed to leave without a conflict. Surprisingly, they didn't even take the money. I felt bad for the kid, but I knew they had a large extended family who could/should be helping out, and I already had two young kids of my own (who were quite traumatized by the whole series of events)." —Anonymous 8."My brother-in-law was visiting friends in Florida. He always wore a thong but took it to a new level when he decided to grab a morning coffee in the kitchen, Winnie the Pooh-style (no pants, T-shirt). Our friend's wife entered the kitchen and was shocked to see him standing there, calmly drinking coffee. Also, he sunbathed nude in the backyard and sunned himself on the floaty in the pool. Their neighbors complained. I hope they burned all the furniture in the backyard." —Anonymous 9."An old friend, whom I had not seen in years, visited me for about a week. About two-thirds of the way through her visit, the pipe in our only bathroom burst, and the plumbers told us to use buckets of water to flush the toilet. When I told my guest, my guest said, 'Oh, that's okay. I just peed in your mug and dumped it down the sink.' I asked her not to do that again and to use the bucket instead and fill it with water to flush. She then said to me, 'But urine is sterile. I've drunk my own urine before. Monks do it all the time.' Needless to say, I was speechless." —Anonymous 10."A fairly new friend I'd been hanging out with frequently was letting a friend of his from out of town have his one-room downtown apartment for a handful of days. My roommate had recently moved out, so I invited my friend to stay at my place in the burbs. I gave him my room and slept on the couch. I knew he had a drinking problem, and some red flags were building up, but he was polite during his stay, and we got along well. He apologized for running out of time to wash the bedding when he left. I said no problem, but when I went to wash the sheets, I found he had been humping my pillows, a lot by the looks of them! I washed everything twice, threw out my crusty pillows, and ended the friendship. Dude, I put my face on those things. How would washing my pillowcases make that okay?" —Anonymous 11."A friend's son, wife, and 16-month-old child came to escape the heat. He told us his wife would be working and needed a quiet space every day. We gave her an extra bedroom. We gave her an extra bedroom. That lasted a few hours. She used every room, ignored the child all day, took tables, lamps, and even drawers from a desk in one of the rooms, and piled everything on top of each other in the closet. She did not put the room back together. Every morning, they would go out and come back with coffee, and she would eat something hidden in a little bag. They never asked us if we wanted anything or offered to take us out for a meal or contribute a single thing. To top it all off, she hid my dog's favorite toy in a Halloween decorations box in a closet. I discovered it last Halloween! It was so easy saying no to their request to come back for a few days this month, now with a 3-year-old and a 5-month-old. They are extremely wealthy but clueless." —Anonymous 12."Around 20 years ago, my (now ex) husband's brother was moving from California to New York and asked if he could stay with us for three days between when he gave up his apartment until he was scheduled to leave. No problem. He didn't mention he'd be bringing his cat. I was highly allergic to cat dander. Tears would stream down my face from the time I got home at night until I left for work again in the morning. I bought some Benadryl and decided to tough it out because it was only for three days. Six months later, he was still there. He made a mess, was disrespectful of our need for sleep, and never cleaned or contributed in any way, even though we both worked full time while trying to get our own business off the ground." "When we told him he had to go, he said he realized taking the cat on the cross-country road trip to New York wasn't practical. He said if we didn't take her in, he'd have her put down, have her cremated, and take her ashes with him in a coffee can. Obviously, I wasn't going to let that happen, so…we got a new cat. Strangely enough, my allergy to cats abated over time, and I now have two of my own. At least there was a silver lining." —debrastarrm 13."One of my son's friends' girlfriend came over to my house for a few drinks. When I left to use the bathroom, I came back to the kitchen to find her with her pants down and peeing in the sink! WTH?!" —Anonymous 14."I gave a young friend a wedding shower. I'm a pretty good cook/hostess, so I went all out on the food and drinks. I set up a buffet with many choices and a drink station (no alcohol). My friend's future aunt was in front of me at the buffet. She ate a chocolate-covered strawberry and put the stem on the buffet. I didn't say anything until she tasted a dip and then put the spoon back in the dip. I was furious. I told her to pick up the stem and put it on her plate, and if she wanted to know how something tasted, she should put some on her plate and use her own spoon to taste it from there. Of course, I removed the dip." "A short time later, I heard cupboards opening and closing while everyone was eating. I entered the kitchen to find the aunt opening and closing my cupboards. I asked her what she was doing, and she said she was looking for a coffee cup. I told her there were coffee cups at the drink station. Later, I heard cabinets opening and closing again. I went down the hallway to find her snooping in my cabinets. I told her to sit down with the guests, and I would ask her to leave if I found her snooping again." —Anonymous 15."In my early 20s, after college, a few friends and I had an apartment in Boston. One of our other close friends lived at home after college but would come and stay with us during the weekend and stay over after hitting the bars/nightclubs with us. He was usually a good guest. However, after a while, he got too comfy at our place. One weekend, he got sick from drinking too much, puked on our wood floors, and cleaned it by wiping it up with old newspaper. No soap or cleansers! Another weekend, he held a party at our place for some of his other friends without asking for our blessing or inviting us! He just had guests come over for a party he threw at our house!" —Anonymous 16."Some family came for Thanksgiving for the first time. They brought their dog (without we have cats) and lots of drugs. The entire five days were a drunken drug fest with their dog lying all over our furniture and in our bed and chasing our pets. They were drunk and stoned the entire time while fighting and giving each other the silent treatment. Happy Thanksgiving. Never again!" —Anonymous 17."My partner's daughter came from out of town and stayed with us. She is over 40 and rudely bossed her father around every day. She stayed in our guest bedroom, which had been my deceased daughter's bedroom. I kept many of her things in the dresser and closet. One morning, she came downstairs and informed me she was bored the previous evening and went through all my daughter's belongings. She had the nerve to ask for a Gucci handbag that she had taken down from the top shelf in the closet. I was speechless and asked for an apology. Didn't happen." —Anonymous 18."Friends of my ex-husband stayed with us between moving houses. I came home earlier than expected and found the wife leaving with a cooler of meat from my freezer. Her sister was 'facing hard times' and needed it. They could have actually stayed with her because she had room, but our place was 'nicer.'" —Anonymous 19."My ex-roommate invited a friend to sleep on our couch for a few weeks…without asking me first. I went along with it despite the rough start. The guest decided to help herself to our food and constantly left the front door unlocked, so I counted the days until she was gone. One Saturday morning, I was rudely awakened by the sound of a vacuum running before 6:00 a.m. However, my vacuum was still broken from the last bad roommate! I walked into the common area to see the house guest blowing up my air mattress with a strange guy. They popped my air mattress before 6:00 a.m. on a Saturday!" —Anonymous 20."A relative of my foster mother's would come over whenever she liked and tie up the phone for hours. Even if no one were home, she'd let herself in (doors were never locked) and go straight to the phone! If we were home, no one was allowed to do anything other than sit still and be quiet until she finished. Bathroom trips were the only escape allowed. It was considered impolite to leave while she was on the phone!" —Anonymous 21."My best friend from high school and her husband asked if they could stay with us on their way from Florida to northern Michigan. It was no problem until I came home from work to find she had gone through all my drawers and jewelry and set aside pieces she wanted me to give her! Her husband warned her I wouldn't like it, but she assured him we shared everything. I was mortified at the invasion of my privacy and snatched my things up. She kept bugging me to give her a certain pin. I was really mad. That was the last time I left her alone in my home." —Anonymous 22."We met a seemingly nice couple while traveling in Turks and Caicos. We dined and visited a few places on the island since we had a rental car. The other couple was staying a day longer and wondered if we wanted to leave the car with them. Uh, no. We needed it to get to the airport. The next thing we knew, they said they would be traveling through our town and suggested they visit us. We accommodated them, and even though they knew we had a 14-year-old son at home, the wife traveled back and forth from their guest room to the bath next to my son's room in a bra and underwear. Not appropriate!" —Anonymous 23."My husband's cousin and his wife stayed with us for nearly a week. They had bottles of cheap wine in their suitcases and drank continually. We bought and prepared all the meals and would open a bottle of wine, but we were lucky to get one glass before they finished it off. Everywhere we went, they would stand back from the cashier, even when visiting a museum that they requested to visit, and would wait for us to open our wallets. They insisted on dropping into Trader Joe's before they left to buy as many bottles of cheap wine as they could fit into their suitcase. We did speak to them about their drinking, but they shrugged it off. I don't know which was more annoying, their unwillingness to offer to pay for anything or their unwillingness to open a bottle of wine and share with us. We stayed with them previously and paid for everything, by the way." —wylyjoan 24."We lived in the country and had a beautiful view. One of my husband's work colleagues asked if she could have her 'very tiny' wedding at our house because it was her dream setting. She promised it was just a couple of immediate family members. Turns out there were over 100 people. We came home to patio furniture in the pool, not one sheet remaining of our toilet paper or paper towels, ruined bath towels, a backed-up septic system, mud all over the kitchen countertops, and a garage filled with trash. I wouldn't treat a cheap motel that badly!" —Anonymous 25."When I was a kid, whenever we went on holiday, my grandma would pop in to feed the cat, water plants, etc. We'd return every time to find she had rearranged the living room furniture! The first few times, my mum was furious. After that, it became a running joke. She would move stuff around, but only little things, to see if we'd notice. It's still a bit annoying, but much less so than having to re-rearrange the living room when you've got a bunch of holiday laundry to deal with!" —icklebecka2 26."Against my better judgment (and the advice of my own mother), I let my sister, her husband, and her young son stay with us when they lost their apartment. They had lost multiple apartments because they would stay without paying rent until the landlord figured out a way to kick them out. But she was family, and I couldn't turn her away. While there, they would hide their own food in their room, but eat all our food. At the time, we were installing wood flooring in the living room, so the rule was that there would be no eating or drinking in the living room. I would get up in the morning (because I had to go to work early, so they were still up when I went to bed), and there would be the wrappers from Icy Pops in the living room, so obviously, that rule was ignored." "I confronted my sister about it, and she said her husband thought that our rules were too strict! Also, our bathroom sink wasn't operational, so my brother-in-law helped himself to one of my Tupperware dishes. He filled it with water from the tub and set it in the sink to use for shaving because he couldn't manage to shave without a mirror. After about a month, we had had enough of it, and I told my husband he could kick them out (he had wanted to for a while but acquiesced to my wishes because they were family). They must've sensed that something was happening because they hid in their room with the lights off to avoid speaking to us. Finally, one day, I took our kids and left to take them to a park, knowing they would leave their room after they thought we were all gone. My husband said that we had barely gotten out of the driveway when they emerged from their room, and he told him that we needed them to leave. My brother-in-law accused him of putting his son on the streets, and my husband said, 'Your son can stay, but you and your wife have to leave.' He watched as they moved their stuff out because we didn't trust them at all, but our brother-in-law had his own idea of revenge. After they were gone, my husband discovered that my BIL had gone into the bathroom just before they left for the final time and urinated all over the whole bathroom: the sink, the tub, the walls, the floor, the ceiling. It was everywhere. That's what you get for being a good person." —Anonymous 27."My husband's aunt and teenage cousin asked to stay with us for two nights (Sunday to Tuesday). I wanted to make them feel welcome, so I made a big dinner both nights, complete with homemade apple pie and crumb cake (my specialty). I also made breakfast and lunch for them, and rescheduled my 2-year-old daughter's gym classes so I could spend time with them. Things were okay, but my husband and I were slightly disappointed because they were sloppy, ate all our food, etc., and never offered to contribute anything. The cousin actually drank an entire gallon of milk and ate all of the homemade chocolate chip cookies I had made. When I asked the aunt to watch my daughter while I ran out to buy more milk, she said no!" "Shortly after my daughter and I returned from the store, the aunt informed me that they planned to stay again that night. I said that was fine, but that my daughter and I had an early morning gym class, so I asked what time they planned to leave in the morning. This angered the aunt, and she accused me of putting them out on the street! I let my husband deal with it, and his uncle (aunt's brother) came to pick them up later that evening. The aunt hadn't wanted to stay with her brother because our house was nicer. My husband never allowed them to stay again." —Anonymous 28."My mom used to have a bestie from school days. At some point, her friend and her adult friend's son stayed with us because he had to apply for a military school in our city. Long story short, they stayed the entire summer, they wrecked our phone bill, they had the AC on 24/7 ( of course, never did they pay for anything ), and when they finally left, her husband suggested that my mom and I stay in one of their summer houses (they were extremely wealthy) during our hollidays. We accepted it, but her son decided to let his pit bull attack my dog during our stay. I rescued my dog at the last minute, and I told him that he was mean by nature and a douchbag. We stopped talking with them until my mom died. Her friend came to the ceremony, where she decided to tell me that my dead dad wasn't my real dad and that my dead mom should have told me years ago. By the way, my face is identical to my father's." —grouchyvolcano667 29."I don't know if this counts as a house guest because it was someone I met at a bar, took home, and haven't seen since that night. I don't even remember his name or if I ever knew it. Lucky for him, because he somehow ordered hundreds of dollars worth of porn on my cable TV account at some point?! I guess he did it while I was using the bathroom because nothing else about that night was good enough to hold my attention long enough for him to do that unnoticed. Lucky for ME, Comcast gave me the benefit of the doubt and refunded the charges because I had never ordered anything like that before." —scarletteacup 30."When my husband and I moved into our new house, my brother-in-law asked if his family (his girlfriend, their kid, and their dog) could rent out the basement until they had saved up to get an apartment. We said okay. At first, it was okay. Then, their dog got pregnant because they hadn't spayed her. She gave birth, and they didn't lift a finger to help with seven pups. My husband and I paid for all the food and vet bills. We raised, cleaned, socialized, and found homes for them. That's only the start. We asked them to use the shed outside to smoke weed and not smoke in the house. They didn't care. They not only smoked inside, but the girlfriend smoked 24/7 until she made herself physically ill from so much weed and vomited all over our floor. They both refused to clean the puke and let it sit for days until my husband cleaned it. This happened multiple times." "Then, they bought four or more fish tanks and filled them with fish. The tanks leaked all over the carpet in their room, which created mold. The fish died of neglect. Our basement reeked of weed, vomit, mold, and rotting food. We tried to work with them for their kids' sake for a while, but things got worse. They fought and screamed at each other every night. They lied and stole from us. We finally had to kick them out. They abandoned their dog with us. In the two years since then, they've been couch surfing at different houses until they get kicked out of those, too. They've had two more children. Child Services has been involved and has done nothing. We got a cool dog out of it, at least. Oh yeah, and they never did pay the rent." —weindrasi 31."My wife's sister, who lives 11 hours away, likes to travel. She has money and occasionally talks about how much she has in the bank. Travel is a fun pastime, but instead of hotels, she regularly finds distant relatives, friends, etc., to stay with. Last summer, she rented her house for a week, so she had no place to stay, and then asked if she could stay with us for a few days. We said no problem. After the first three days, she asked if she could stay longer and if her son could come too and sleep on the couch for a few days. Once again, we said okay. She then added that her son's new girlfriend would also be staying. The short stay turned into a week. Despite having money for dinners, drinks, etc., they never contributed to any food. My wife accepted this behavior since her sister has always been like this." "Finally, the week ended, and they left. About a month later, a similar request came, and the sister asked to stay for three days. At the end of the third day, my wife, her sister, and I were having our morning coffee when I politely mentioned that the past three-day visit was much better than a week. She exploded, began crying, then left. She has not asked to stay at our house since." —Anonymous 32."My live-in boyfriend at the time invited his friend and his friend's family of four (plus two dogs) to stay at my two-bedroom apartment for a weekend. Mind you, he did not pay rent or share any household expenses. I politely reminded him of my apartment complex's no-dog rule and expected him to tell his friends to stay elsewhere. I came home from work to find them, their dogs, and their luggage in my living room. I reluctantly set up the air bed and kicked my kid out of her bedroom so they could stay in it." "The dogs dragged their butts all over my carpet, spreading poo stains everywhere. The friend's fiancée mentioned relentlessly that she had a graduate degree. Half the people in our house did, so it wasn't a big deal. If her degree was worth anything, it could've paid for a hotel. Their kids paid my daughter no mind, even though she tried to be friendly with them. If I noticed my kid, a guest at someone's house, was being a snob to the owners or kids of the house, they would've been reprimanded real quick. Weeks later, they dared ask if my kid would be in their wedding. I'd never met them before that weekend and never spoke to them again. Needless to say, I'm not with the old boy anymore and am grateful not to have his friends in my sphere." —Anonymous "We met a middle-aged, single, Australian man while on a trip to Britain. Two years later, he called to say he was coming for a visit to Canada. We told him clearly that I, now working full time, was also dealing with both my mother and father in the hospital, who were dying. We had no idea that he intended to crash with us for free for three weeks, and he expected his meals on time, his laundry done, and free transportation everywhere, to whatever he wanted to see. He was also continually rude and abusive to my husband, who was only attempting to get him to pitch in for costs and allow me precious time with my parents. Our future travels have not included sharing addresses or phone numbers with others we meet." —lovelyscissors207 Have you ever had a horrible house guest? What did they do? Tell us in the comments or share anonymously using this form. Solve the daily Crossword
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Tell Us: What Do You Think Is Undeniably Zillennial?
If you're reading this, odds are you — like me — are a Zillennial. You know, that weird, cusp age group that's too young to fully understand the Millennial experience, but also too old to be fully Gen Z? Like, you were technically born in the '90s, but maybe don't fully relate to all those "'90s kid" you also remember a time before smartphones and computers ruled the world, unlike most of Gen Z. Generally speaking, if you were born between 1993 and 1998, welcome! You're a Zillennial. As you've also probably seen, the Internet is pretty obsessed with talking about generational trends or patterns and pitting them against each other — for instance, the whole "Gen Z stare" thing or the thorough roasting of Millennial design trends like "Millennial gray". This got me thinking — what trends, pop culture moments, or other generational things do you consider to be Zillennial-core? For instance, in my opinion, the golden era of YouTube vlog culture is sooo Zillennial (even if most of the creators aren't). Whenever I reference YouTubers I grew up watching, my Millennial friends only know who I'm talking about, like, half the time, and my younger Gen Z friends say YouTube was less their vibe and they were more into apps like or Instagram. whole dystopian YA book to movie era? Sooo Zillennial. Being the same age as the protagonists in those books and movies as they came out just hit different, you know? I'm not saying no one else watched them, but I feel like this was to us what Harry Potter was to Millennials. Now it's your turn! What trends (social, fashion, design, etc.), pop culture moments (TV, movies, tropes, music, celebs), or other things do you think are 100% Zillennial? For instance, is there a tattoo trend that is to Zillennials like the mustache finger tattoo was to Millennials? Or a food trend like the Millennial rainbow food era? Tell us in the comments or via the anonymous form below, and your response might just be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post!
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Women Who Proposed To Their Boyfriends, Tell Us What It Was Like
Traditionally, in heterosexual relationships, the man is expected to pop the question. However, to quote Schoolhouse Rock!, "Who says women can't propose?" For example, Rita Ora proposed to Taika Waititi in a fancy hotel room filled with heart-shaped balloons. And after falling in love with her best friend David Lawson during the 2002 lockdown, Sarah Snook popped the question on Halloween. However, sometimes, these proposal plans fall through. For example, Jenna Bush Hager spontaneously proposed to Henry Hager only three months into their relationship, but he turned her down! Five years later, he asked her to marry him. If you're a woman who proposed to her boyfriend, tell us about your experience! How did you decide you were ready to propose? How did your boyfriend react? What's the status of your relationship now? Tell us in the comments (or in the anonymous comments box below) for the chance to be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post!
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41 Shockingly Entitled Patients Who Made Me Go "Kim, There's People Who Are Dying"
Recently, we asked doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals of the BuzzFeed Community* to tell us their most entitled patient stories, and I can't believe how nightmarish some of these are. Here are some of the worst stories. *We also used responses from these Reddit threads. 1."I am an ER nurse. ... Most ERs are overcrowded. There's simply no space to care for the staggering amount of people who walk through our doors. As a result, patients are often in hallway spaces. One evening, a patient's husband berated me because, 'I'm a millionaire. Why isn't my wife in a room?' I said 'Look around you. Every space we have is being used.' To be clear, she was in no way, shape, or form in an emergent state. With arms crossed and a look of disgust on his face, he replied, 'Well, can you send some of them out so my wife can have a room?'" "Sure, Kevin. We'll just stop CPR on someone right now and get that room ready." —Anonymous, Washington State 2."During my surgery rotation in medical school, I was (peripherally) involved in a trauma code in the emergency room. The trauma victim was intubated, had two chest tubes, and there was blood everywhere. By the time it progressed to pericardiocentesis (a needle onto the sac of the heart to remove any blood outside the heart but in the pericardium that can be the cause of cardiac arrest in trauma) a lady grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the trauma bay, yelling at me that her daughter in the room next door was cold and needed a blanket." —u/crazyhair72 3."When I was a fresh EMT, one of my first calls was for a lady with 'abdominal pain.' The pain was pretty nondescript and seemed to move around. ... As we are loading her up, she says that she needs to go to a hospital in a major city, about an hour away from us. This route would have included passing three suitable hospitals. This got my partner and I exchanging some glances. So, my paramedic partner says, 'No, we can take you to the nearest appropriate facility.' This upsets the patient, who begins screaming about customer service and the like." "Well, we happened to work for a shitty private company that shall remain nameless, one that prides itself on meeting each 'customer's' needs. We knew that if we denied this lady, we would get written up, and the manager would say something like, 'We need to serve our customers, and besides, we can charge double the rate after you pass the first hospital.' ... So we negotiated the patient down to a hospital in a suburb of said big city, about 40 minutes away. When we arrived, she refused to stand and transfer, so we got a nurse and pulled her over to the hospital bed from our gurney. Now here's the punch line. As soon as the nurse lowered the hospital bed down, the patient kicked her feet over the edge, stood up, and began to walk out of the room. The nurse asked her where she was going, and the patient responded, "I'm leaving, I have to get to the big city for my appointment." My partner, with perhaps his very last breath of goodwill, said, 'Why didn't you tell us you had a medical appointment to go to?' The patient replied loudly, 'HAIR appointment, and now I'm going to have to hitchhike because YOU wouldn't drive an extra 15 minutes!' Nurses, partner, and I all stood there gob-smacked. The nurses looked at her record — she'd checked out AMA from different facilities in their medical group, after being brought in by ambulance more than 10 times. She was on a public health plan and clearly had no intent to pay a cent for any of it." —u/ClutchClutch 4."I work in pediatrics, and we encourage parents to continue parenting (feeding, consoling) while we focus on the medical things. We had this one mom who was a demanding jerk, but the icing on the cake was that she would write us notes in the middle of the night, saying she had taken her contacts out and couldn't see well enough to change her daughter's diapers. What does she do at home — let the baby sit in piss and poop all night?" —Anonymous Related: 5."I was kneeling on the floor performing aggressive CPR on a patient who had collapsed and a lady who was with a patient who was waiting for treatment of a minor injury pulled my hair to force my attention to her and then held up an empty coffee cup and said, 'I really need another cup.' Another staff member led her to the coffee station where she filled her cup — AND proceeded to pour the scalding hot coffee down my back. 'Maybe that'll teach you to listen to people,' she said." "I needed treatment for serious second-degree burns to my back and some 'sensitive' areas of my body (coffee dripped down my back and underwear). She was arrested for assault, but the cruel entitlement of this woman, while I was desperately trying to keep someone else from dying, just blew my mind and broke me inside. Recovering from the burns was less painful." —Anonymous 6."I'm an EMT. ... I had a patient once who shriekingly demanded a back massage to 'calm her nerves' (she did not get one). Also of note was the fact that there was nothing detectibly physically wrong with her." —u/megalodon319 7."We just had the biggest snowstorm in 40 years. We had a patient call for an ambulance because she didn't want to be home alone (fair, I'll empathize. She had anxiety). She then complained because we didn't shovel her driveway, and she had to walk through three feet of snow to get to our truck." —u/BrokeBackMedic 8."I had some teenage brat say she wanted to speak to my manager. I laughed out loud at her and said that this was a hospital, not a McDonald's." —u/angelust 9."A patient was coughing/throwing up a large amount of blood. I was dealing with EMS to send her to the ER (this was in a rehab). I got to my next patient at 9:10 p.m.; his pain meds were due at 9 p.m. He was livid, I explained why I was slightly (like 10 minutes) late, and he said, 'I don't give a shit about anyone else. Let her fucking die for all I care, just make sure my meds are on time, little girl.' Little girl? I was 50 at the time." —u/Apple-Core22 10."Going back many years, but my favourite: Me: (inspecting a child's rash) 'It's impetigo.' Mother: 'What's that?' Me: 'School sores, it's a ...' The mother literally said, 'It can't be that, we are rich!'" Me: '......' Mother: 'Can we see someone more senior?' Me: (gets ED consultant to review) Consultant: 'Hello! Oh, what do we have here? Oh, look, impetigo!' Mother: (stares in disbelief, asks to see a paediatric dermatologist as they can't possibly have a 'poor' disease) The ED consultant was a super relaxed guy and said, 'yep' and called our most Pediatric skin specialist. He is a big deal in the pediatric dermatology world and our weird rash expert. He came to review the patient. We watched him enter the cubicle; a couple of minutes later, he exited, asked for a script pad, scribbled his order, and went back. He handed the mother the script, and she profusely thanked him for his time and expertise. She glared at us as she left. Dr. Weird Rash Expert turned to us and said 'Impetigo.' I just told her it was an unusual variant that children of wealthy people get when in the tropics.'" —u/cardboard_box_robot 11."I used to do food service in two connected hospitals and idk wtf was wrong with the patients and their families. ... Guests of the patients thought that they could eat for free and that we were their personal chefs and grocery store. 'But I'm the dad/grandma. I have insurance.' Insurance is for the patient, not the people visiting the patient. 'Can I have a box of Rice Krispies treats for the road?' Not from us; there are two grocery stores up the street, though. 'Can you make the pizza in this very specific way and special order me a specific flavor and brand of sparkling water?' Where do you think you are??? 'Can you cut up my son's food and blot the chicken tenders?' We give you utensils and napkins for a reason. What do you do at home?" —justchillman 12."I was shaving a patient's abdomen to prep them for a C-section (back when we used to do that), and the patient wanted me to touch up her bikini line, too." —u/goforbroke432 Related: 13."I was working as an ED Tech. We had a rich family come in with their teenage son, who had a migraine. He had a garbage bag covering his eyes due to light sensitivity. The light in the room was turned off for his comfort. I explained it was unsafe for him to have plastic over his face and had several towels I could trade for the garbage bag to help keep the light out. Both he and his father agreed, and I explained I'd make it quick. I already had the towels by his head. As soon as I moved the plastic bag from his eyes, this kid literally snapped his fingers at me and told me to 'hurry it up.'" "The towel was already halfway on his face, and he called me an incompetent twit.I stood there for a second with my mouth on the floor and then told him. 'I understand you're in pain, but that is NOT how we treat people. If you snap your fingers at me or anyone else again, I'm not coming back to help you.' And I didn't set foot in that room again." —Anonymous, 46, Hartford, CT 14."I am a physical therapist who specializes in the assessment and treatment of spinal/pelvic girdle disorders and misalignments. ... I had this one patient that I worked with for many, many years. She said that I was 'the only one who knew how to fix her.' She was a terrible patient who never followed up with subsequent scheduled appointments, her home exercise program, or proper self-care. She came to see me only when she was in immediate crisis because she had done something to hurt herself. ... I had just had a total hip replacement and was not working. She actually contacted me, AT MY HOME, and asked if she could come over so that I could treat her!" "Not only is this not ethical, but I also had physical limitations from my surgery, and there was no way I could do that kind of work. I told her that if I could actually treat her, I would be AT the office, doing my normal job. 'But I will pay you,' was her response.I was finally able to fire her as my patient, but unfortunately, she still comes to the office because she glommed herself onto one of my work colleagues." —Anonymous, 58, Seattle 15."Got dispatched for ETOH (excessive alcohol consumption) in the bar scene in my area. As my partner and I pull up, we see this guy start limping over. We unload the stretcher, and he goes, 'Hey, I think I twisted my ankle, I need an ambulance.' Well, our patient that we were originally called for has passed out on the ground in their own vomit. We tell him that we can call for a second rescue for him if he needs it, because we have to attend to our ETOH patient. Or he can just take an Uber to the nearest hospital, which is five minutes away. He goes, 'Well, I have really good insurance, so the ambulance ride will cost about the same as an Uber, which one will be faster?' Then this guy proceeds to stand around huffing and puffing about how it's 'ridiculous' that he can't just hop in with us because 'You guys are going to the same hospital anyways.' Dude, this isn't a ride share Uber, and we ain't carpooling." —u/iweewoo 16."I'm not a doctor, but I work at the front desk of a doctor's office. A woman came in to her appointment on the sixth floor, but when her appointment was over, the elevator was down. She demanded we call the fire department so that they could carry her down the stairs. —u/just-another-Bekah 17."I saw a 30-year-old guy who came in with complaints of chest pain. After seeing and examining him, his story sounded like GERD, but a cardiac workup was started. I got called away from the module to deal with a teenager who was shot and ended up dying. When I got back, the guy's mom was there and was irate that I hadn't been in to talk to her in the 15 minutes since she arrived. I tried to explain that his workup had already been started, there were other patients in the department who also needed my attention, and many of whom were far more sick. She lost it and said she didn't care about anyone else, and her son was the only one who mattered. She wouldn't calm down and was eventually escorted out by security. " —u/hobbesghost 18."Not a doctor, but I had a rather memorable experience. When I was about 21, I began experiencing gallbladder issues. One night, the attack got so bad that I crawled to my roommate's room and asked her to take me to the hospital. As soon as we got there, the nurse immediately took me in for assessment. I was in so much pain that I couldn't talk, so my roommate gave the nurse all my information. The nurse went to get me something for the pain, and my roommate went to call my parents for me, so I was sitting alone in intake for a couple of minutes. This lady comes in, literally picks me up by the arm, and leads me back to the waiting area. I didn't even realize this lady wasn't a nurse. All of a sudden, I hear yelling, and I learned later that was transpired was that this lady was actually a patient who was mad that I went to intake before her, led me back to the waiting room, and tried to take my spot in the intake room. She was escorted out by security. " —u/sillybanana2012 19."ER nurse here. We had a minor local celebrity show up in the middle of the night for back pain. He had another man with him, so I asked how they were related. The visitor stated that he was the patient's chauffeur and personal assistant. The visitor then proceeded to inform me of the patient's identity, as if I should be grateful to be taking care of this celebrity. Woo. Go him, I guess. Having not grown up in the area where I live now, this meant I had literally no idea who he was. Honestly, didn't care and still don't." "The visitor also told me that money was no object and that the patient required only the best care, and if that meant a helicopter to a specialist or whatever, they could make it happen. The ER I work in is a large academic medical center with more specialists than it knows what to do with. We get people flown in to see them, not usually the other way around. I spent the rest of the night running back and forth while he screamed bloody murder over his back pain, and his personal assistant followed me around expecting me to cater to his employer's every whim. 1/10, do not recommend." —u/SparkytheEMT 20."An alert and oriented patient was screaming to everyone in the hallway that he needed his melatonin. We were coding the guy across the hall." —u/agirl1313 Related: 21."Last time I was in the ER, a local news 'anchor' came in. I actually did recognize him. He walked by where we were sitting, and I saw him go up to the check-in area and immediately demand to go straight to triage. I heard what you'd expect: 'Don't you know who I am?' The nurse replied, 'I do not, and I don't really care.' He said something like: "I don't want to be waiting with all these sick better not make me wait.' To which she told him to have a seat and wait. It was really funny to listen to. It's the second local news personality I've encountered in my life, and both were super loud dicks." —u/billbapapa 22."I had a 100 percent capable patient demand I move their pillow from one side of their bed/body to the other while they sat in bed with nothing in their hands." "I had a patient report me for speaking to another nurse in passing while walking down the hall (the patient was being pushed by me in a wheelchair; apparently, I was not concerned enough about her because I spoke to someone else). I had a patient purposely knock a glass flower vase down and shatter it on the ground because she was mad at/arguing with her spouse, and then demand I clean it immediately." —u/Tellmeanamenottaken 23."Nurse here. My colleague was discharging a patient and, in the process, asked if he needed his parking validated. He sneered at her and responded, 'I'm on the board of this hospital. I don't need your validation to do anything.' Turns out he was a local philanthropist and multimillionaire, and I guess we were supposed to know that." —u/pizzawithartichokes 24."I work in patient registration at the ER. A guy came in on an ambulance, and we had absolutely no rooms available. The patient was brought in for 'vomiting' and was moaning and groaning, albeit quietly. After the paramedics had waited with him in the hall for 10-15 minutes, the charge nurse had them set the patient out in the waiting room, since he was ambulatory and not critical or anything. The paramedic told me that the guy had literally been at the hospital down the road that morning, and apparently didn't like whatever they told him, so he called the ambulance to take him to a different hospital. He hadn't vomited since that morning, and he was perfectly fine otherwise." "After they set him in the waiting room, the dude decided this was the worst pain of his life, and he was dying. He went from moaning and groaning to full-on yelling in about five minutes flat. I work at the check-in window, and I had a full view of his theatrics, where he slumped over some chairs, hollering and whatnot, and then got up and paced and did the same thing again. When the triage nurse (who had been taking vitals on another waiting patient) went down the hall to start an IV, the guy came up to the window and said that he was having trouble breathing. Then he proceeded to give me a laundry list of symptoms, including 'I feel like I'm about to pass out' and 'I'm sorry I'm being so unprofessional and loud, but I am in so much pain it's unbearable,' etc. My thing was, if you can sit there and tell me all of that effortlessly, you're not having trouble breathing. I was also not having it that day since not even an hour earlier, a girl faked a seizure in the lobby, so I just nodded and said, 'Okay, thank you for letting me know.' When the triage nurse finally called him back, this guy suddenly couldn't walk or stand on his own. When they wheeled him back to the triage area, the nurse started to do an EKG since he said he was having chest pain (another symptom that wasn't present when he originally checked in). After he hollered and rolled around all through the vitals and everything, they took him back to a room that just opened up, and he was still carrying on up until the doctor came in to see him. After that, I didn't hear a peep. His friends showed up and visited him, and all was well. Then, when the doctor was ready to discharge him, all of a sudden, his yelling started up again. I don't know what this guy's problem was, but apparently, he desperately wanted to be admitted to the hospital. Oh, and his main complaint was listed, 'ate some bad pizza rolls, vomited twice this morning.'" —u/katandhercats 25."I had a patient attempt to take the hospital bed blanket [when she left]. When I told her it had to stay, she said, 'That's fine, but I am going to take this pillow.' And when I told her I couldn't let her take that either, she told me I was selfish." —u/Tellmeanamenottaken 26."We were recently in the middle of a snowstorm. Roads had turned to total crap. We got to this house. The woman who called said all the right things — chest pain, blah blah blah. ... BLS (Basic Life Support) wrapped her up, carried her down the stairs, pulled out the stretcher, and placed her in the ambulance. She was yelling at her husband to take her purse before we left. We got her in the back of the ambulance. BLS asked, 'Lights or no lights?' I said, 'No ride to the hospital.' The patient started freaking out. 'I want to go lights and sirens! That is why I called you. My husband could have taken me if you were not going to do that.'" "I took a breath and said, 'Ma'am, you are pretty stable. Be grateful. We only go lights and sirens for people who are critical." She said I handed her the form to sign for the 2500 dollar ride to the ER." —[deleted] 27."I've worked in the ER for 25 years, and I have seen some wildly entitled stuff. The thing that stands out: Several staff members were in a room divided by a curtain with a patient who was in cardiac arrest. While a nurse was doing chest compressions and a doctor was intubating this person—the people on the other side of the curtain could be heard complaining that their call light has been on for 5 minutes and they were irritated. I yanked open the curtain and SHOWED them what was taking so long." —fluffylegend788 28."A family member pushed their way into a bay as we were coding a patient to ask the nurse (who was doing compressions) when their family member was going to get the water they asked for." —u/jack2of4spades 29."I had a lady tell me I would give her a bath because I am a nurse and it is my job (she lived at home alone and could do for herself). I explained to her my role in helping her be independent, but stated we would assist as needed. I sent my big male CNA to assist 'as needed,' which it wasn't." —[deleted] 30."A patient was demanding a sixth pillow to get comfortable. I went to get it, but was sidetracked when my other patient coded. Eventually, I took the pillow to patient one and got yelled at for 'taking too long.' I explained I had been busy doing CPR across the hall. The patient paused: 'You mean where you have to press on the chest and breathe for the person cause their heart stopped?' Yeah. That. 'Well, whatever. You still made me wait way too long.' 🙄🖕" —u/-OrdinaryNectarine- Related: 31."We had a patient who called for hip pain. It was around 5 o'clock, and I work in a pretty big city, so it was rush hour. We got there, and she was in her apartment, sitting on an electric scooter. She said her hip was bad and she needed to get it replaced, and that the pain was unbearable. She said she had an appointment about six months ago for the surgery, but she missed it. I explained to her that an ER is not going to do emergency hip surgery for a chronic problem. She said she didn't care. She wanted to go to the hospital to get the appointment set up." "We were out of trucks at this point, and she put a little cherry on top — she wanted to go to a hospital in a nearby city that, because it was rush hour, would take about 45 minutes to get to. I suggested a closer hospital because they weren't going to do anything for her anyway, and she went on this tirade about how she had the right to call an ambulance ... and the right to go to whatever hospital she wants. My partner, who was frustrated also, said, 'Ma'am, you're right, but you need to understand you're taking a 911 ambulance out of service for an hour so you can go make an appointment. Well, she called my partner a racist and demanded we take her anyway. So we said yes, ma'am. She complained the whole way to the hospital and asked for our badge numbers and supervisor's phone number. Which I happily gave her." —u/PancakeDrawer03 32."When I worked inpatient, it was pediatric neurology. One of my coworkers once was taking care of a teenager with a headache. ... The mom complained about everything. At one point, she asked her nurse when the Neurology team would be rounding. The nurse responded, 'They're rounding now.' Mom scoffs, 'Well, I would have thought they would start with the sickest patient on the floor.' They did: my patient, a young adult with Marfan syndrome who'd had a stroke and was on a heparin drip." —u/LadyGreyIcedTea 33."One time, I was cleaning up a patient after a bowel movement, and I guess she felt the need to fart, so she asked me to hold open her ass cheeks so that she could fart (this would be farting right at me; I feel like this is important to mention). I politely declined and told her the fart could wait for another time." —[deleted] 34."Not me, but my aunt a few years ago. She works as an infectious disease doctor. Her department is quite a way from the main entrance, but they do have an urgent clinic at night. ... This woman went to the infectology department with her daughter and they had to wait for my aunt for about half an hour, because my aunt was called to another department for consulting. When she finally got to this woman, she was immediately snippy with her, showing her clear disrespect. Turned out, they knew what the daughter had, they just wanted some meds...'to ease the pain.' What did she have? Worms in her ass that itched her." "Supposedly, the daughter's ass itched so badly, she couldn't sleep. When my aunt asked, why they couldn't come during the regular hours, because this was not case for urgent clinic, or ER, or whatever you want to call those night shifts, and because she would have to take sample for laboratory, which only worked during the day, they got all pissy and said, they couldn't come because the daughter had to work. Work, you ask? Yes, work. The daughter and the patient of this story was a 30+ year old woman, with children of her own, who had to take her mother with her to the doctor, because of worms that itched in her ass during the night. They got pissed and left. But the story doesn't end there. The mother is some kind of journalist, or self-proclaimed journalist, who only writes blogs. Aaaaaand she went ahead and wrote looooong rant about how 'poorly' they were treated and how they had to go to the pharmacy and the pharmacist gave them some coal pills (I think, dont remember it anymore) and how our medical staff is bad." —u/JumpingPoro 35."I was working in a resort town medical facility. It's basically just an urgent care facility; the closest hospital is at least two-hour drive. It was a busy ski season day with lots of broken bones that needed surgery, which means the most critical injuries get sent to the closest hospital for transfer first. This is because they are transported by ambulance, and the town can't send all their ambulances out on transfers and have none in town for emergencies. So this means many people have to wait a long time for a transfer. (Major critical traumas would be air lifted, but stable patients would have to wait.) This lady had a broken bone (probably her ankle, a ski boot fracture) and was waiting to be transferred because she needed surgery, and was getting impatient. She was told she would be next to be transferred until another patient came in with multiple fractured vertebrae in their spine." "Well, this lady was not happy. She had a fit, saying all the usual things: 'I was here first,' 'I've been waiting all day,' and 'I need to get out of here.' She couldn't walk to the bathroom, so the nurses brought her a bedpan so she could pee. Instead of waiting for someone to come collect it, she just dumped it on the floor. ... [She] acted like a 3-year-old and thought, 'I'm going to dump my pee all over the floor, so they want to get rid of me.'" —Anonymous 36."I'm not a doctor, but I was waiting to see my grandpa in the hospital. This parent started grilling the doctors about how their 'baby should go first' and how they were 'obviously in pain' (the kid was looking at the fish tank). The doctor said, 'We have people who are in real emergencies. Your kid just got a dried bean stuck up their nose. You can wait.' The parent said, 'WeLL My bAbY ShoUlD gO FiRst! He Has tO Go to BeD!' The doctor said, 'Well, if your kid has to go to bed, then they can go home and you can come back in the morning.' The parent was dumbfounded." —u/yeetus159 37."Years ago, in the ICU, we had been coding a patient multiple times, and it was very hectic on the unit. We had a needy family on the unit who was very upset and said something along the lines of, 'I don't care if someone is dying…we've been waiting for (insert food/drink selection) for over an hour.' I'm sure my face said it all." —u/Nursejlm 38."Not a parent, a grandparent — a 10-12-year-old child desperately needed a ton of dental work done (cavities filled mostly, if I remember correctly), and grandma was insistent that it be BEFORE their cruise. The dental office I worked for had a number of dentists, and we had a rule that if a particular patient was seeing a particular doctor, they had to have the procedure scheduled with that doctor. The next available appointment wasn't until well after their cruise. Grandma huffed and said, 'Well, can't you just call someone and move their appointment?'" "I blue-screened at the audacity for at least a minute. When I was able to react again, I responded with, 'I want you to take a moment and think about how you would feel if someone asked you to do that.' She spluttered for a minute and ended up taking the later available appointment, but I still use that as proof that people seriously just need to be verbally reminded that other people do exist in the world occasionally and that you and yours are not the center of the universe." —Anonymous 39."Not a doctor, but a nurse and a mom. This took place in an affluent community in The OC, California. When my son was about five months old, he was in the hospital for a kidney infection. A sick baby girl was admitted into the next crib; she was maybe three months old. The father was present when the baby was admitted, but then he immediately took off. He said something to the effect that he was paying tons of money for his baby to be taken care of in the hospital, so he was going to go home and get a good night's sleep with his wife (who hadn't even bothered to show up)." "Meanwhile, my husband and I were camped out at our baby's bedside through the night. Keep in mind, this was not a NICU or PICU; it was just a regular pediatric unit. This was not a locked unit, and anyone could come in and out through the night (meaning anyone could go in and pick up their baby and leave). Well, as you can imagine, that poor baby cried all night. The nurse did her best, but with multiple patients to care for, she eventually had to call the parents and demand that one of them come back in to hold their baby. They were not happy. I was blown away that they would just leave their baby like that. " —u/please_stopthat 40."I had a family member decline the offer of an autopsy unless I agreed to remove the multiple surgical implants ( artificial hip, stents, etc.). I declined the opportunity and informed them their embalmer could do that." —creativewalrus2361 finally..."A patient's daughter felt it was appropriate to scream on the telephone to staff members. She would then show up at the hospital to see her mother and sneak into the patient's room, avoiding all staff. We had to have a manager go into the room with the staff when the daughter was asking about discharge needs because she screamed at the home care nurse about oxygen delivery to the home. She felt she knew more than the nurse, despite the nurse having 20 years of experience. The daughter wrote a fishing column for our local newspaper with no medical experience." —radcoach344 Also in Internet Finds: Also in Internet Finds: Also in Internet Finds:
