'They asked me to get off the chair': Pregnant woman eats ice cream on massage chair in a mall, refuses to leave when customers request massages

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Feb 15, 2023 2:00 PM EST

You have to hand it to this woman for refusing to leave until she finished her ice cream. She might be a jerk, but she is also an icon.

 

This thread, which was posted to Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit, received a lot more savagery in the comments section than I would have anticipated considering that this woman is eight months pregnant. That being said, the fact that she was taking away potential business from the owners of the massage chair is certainly rude and entitled. Still, I can't help but this that this is objectively a hilarious sight to behold. This woman plopped down and refused to leave until she finished her snack. Sure, it's rude and entitled, but it's also kind of…goals? Keep scrolling below to see the less-than-kind comments following the lady's retelling of the full story. When you're finished, here's another story about an engaged couple's unfortunate trip to Best Buy.

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    Motor vehicle - 54,90 € "AITA for not getting up from a massage chair when someone wanted to use it?" IX
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    Font - AITA for not getting up from a massage chair when someone wanted to use it? I am currently 8 months pregnant, and because of that, I often get quite tired when I stand or walk for long periods of time. Yesterday afternoon, I was craving ice cream, so I drove to a nearby shopping center to visit my favorite ice cream shop. Unfortunately, the place was quite crowded, and all of the tables surrounding the shop, as well as some nearby sofas were taken. Because of that, after getting my ice cr
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    Font - Once I started eating the snack, I got approached by a couple that was in their late teens, or perhaps early twenties. They asked me to get off the chair, since I wasn't getting a massage, and they wanted to receive such a service together, which I refused to do. In return, I offered to leave once I finished eating, or if they found me a different place to sit, since I could not stand for more than a few minutes at a time, and had a relatively large dessert that I wanted to finish.
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    Font - Upon hearing that, the girl was not happy. She told me to stop acting as if I was ill, that just because I was pregnant, the world did not revolve around me, and because I was not paying for a massage, I had no right to sit on the chair. She then asked her partner to get a security guard, and a few moments later, he came with such an employee.
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    Font - The guard took my side, and asked the couple to either take turns using the second massage chair, or wait for me to finish eating, which upset the girl quite a bit. She accused me of being selfish and preventing the owner of the chairs from earning money, and left with her partner.
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    Font - Upon telling this story to my younger sister, she told me that I should have went to the ice cream stand when the shopping center was less crowded, if I wasn't able to eat while standing, however, my older sister believes that I had every right to sit on the massage chair if all the other spots were taken, and the couple was being unreasonable. Because of that, I'm not sure if I am the hole in this situation.
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    Font - Edit: This really blew up, and now that I think about this situation, I can see that I am, indeed, in the wrong. Next time a similar situation happens, I will order the ice cream in an edible bowl, and eat it in my car, instead of taking up sitting spots that are owned by other businesses.
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    Font - DO NOT EVER POLOCISE FOR MADNES MA PorcupineTattoo - 22 hr. ago So, let me put this situation in another context. The massage chairs are a business. Someone installed those with the goal of making money from people paying to use the massage function. Would you take your ice cream from one store and go sit at the tables of another restaurant and refuse to vacate when someone else wants to use that table to eat at that restaurant? That's what you did here. YTA. 33.8k Share
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    Font - hoginlly 20 hr. ago Exactly. I wouldn't go in and plonk myself in a hairdressers chair because I was exhausted either. YTA OP 8.8k Share
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    Rectangle - Dandy Fox 19 hr. ago As a hairdresser who has worked in a mall I can 100% tell you that people are entitled enough to do this. 4.0k Share
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    Font - photosbeersandteach. 22 hr. ago YTA. The purpose of the massage chairs is for people to get massages, not to provide extra seating to patrons for another business. It was fine to use the chairs while they were not being used, but as soon as someone wanted to use the chairs for their intended purpose you should have gotten up. 17.6k Share
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    Font - Live_Western_1389. 20 hr. ago But...but...she's pregnant! She can be as much of an AH as she wants & the world MUST bow down to her! 5.8k Share
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    Font - seena_unlocked · 21 hr. ago YTA. She told me to stop acting as if I was ill, that just because I was pregnant, the world did not revolve around me, and because I was not paying for a massage, I had no right to sit on the chair. She was right. 11.4k Share
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    Font - Puerhitea 22 hr. ago YTA. Those chairs are for earning money. You don't park in a diy car wash to get out of the sunlight. Go eat in your car or take it home. 5.7k Share
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    Font - ChaosNHamHam - 22 hr. ago YTA - you being pregnant has nothing to do with this. You were sitting in a chair meant to provide a service, you weren't using the service and refused to move when someone wanted to pay for the service. You don't get special treatment because you're growing a human. ↑ 3.7k Share
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    Font - starbright234 22 hr. ago YTA Those massage chairs aren't for eating. You could have eaten in your car or just drove home. 42.9k Share
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    Font - 01 StAlvis 22 hr. ago Gentle ESH all of the tables surrounding the shop, as well as some nearby sofas were taken. because I was not paying for a massage, I had no right to sit on the chair I am absolutely sympathetic to your situation. But unless I'm misunderstanding this, the massage chairs were neither seating provided by the ice cream shop, nor general-purpose seating provided by the mall.
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    Font - I think of it like this: say you want to shop at some business and its parking lot is full. That doesn't mean you're entitled to park in the lot of another private business next door, just because it's there, and currently unused, and convenient for you. It's simply not available for that use in the first place, and not up to you to decide otherwise. 1.4k Share ...
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