‘Sorry, you told me to leave you alone’: Kid makes a quick $147 in cash by teaching entitled adult a lesson in instant karma after trying to do the right thing and getting met with unkindness

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Dec 11, 2023 7:00 PM EST

We should really listen to our youth, because sometimes adults learn helpful life lessons from children. For example, an entitled adult who thinks it's okay to treat kids with zero kindness because they're older and "more mature" has a very harsh lesson to learn. You can't be a grown person and act like it's okay to treat everyone around you like you're better than them. Come on, we live in a society, man. Grow up. 

This story comes from a '90s kid. This millennial was doing what young kids did back then and was hanging out at the mall. Him and his friend went to the popular place in the mall to get lemonade and they waited in the long line. While they were there waiting patiently, a man who looked like he had just come from the gym, cut them in line. The kids tried to say something, but he was big and intimidating, so they just ignored it. A few minutes later, the guy dropped something from his pocket. Turns out it was $147 in cash. These kids were raised to be courtesy and kind, so they tried to return it. You can probably guess how this entitled man responded and the lesson he learned… See for yourself below! Then maybe check out this tale of a coworker with just as much class as that entitled gym rat. 

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    Posted by u/skwerlmasta75 5 hours ago Sorry, you told me to leave you alone M OC
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    When I was around 15 or 16, a friend and I went to the local mall on the weekend to hang out and hit the arcade. After a bit we decided to get a drink at the food court.
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    While we were standing in line an older man, late 30's or early 40's, looking like he just got out of the gym decided to cut in the line in front of us. The line was fairly long at this point, around
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    10 deep(they had the best lemonade in the mall). I tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Sir, we're in line here." He shot us a look and turned back around, pretty much ignoring the fact that we were there.
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    When he got nearer to the register he reached into his pocket to take out his wallet. As he did so a wad of cash fell onto the floor unnoticed by him. As rude as he was, I was raised to be
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    courteous and respectful. I picked up the cash and said, "Excuse me, sir." At which point he replied, without even turning to look at me, "Shut up and leave me the fl alone." I turned back
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    to look at the older gentleman behind us who just smiled and shrugged. So I placed the cash in my pocket. When it was time for him to pay, he opened his wallet to discover that there was no cash
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    in it. He quickly turned and scanned the floor. When he didn't find the money he asked us if we'd seen him drop it. My friend said,
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    "Can't help you. We were told to shut up and leave you the alone." He was a bit spicy, he ranted, but in the end he walked away without his money. Turned out
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    there was 147 bucks in there, a nice haul for a broke kid in the early nineties.
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    Another time when I was just a little older I had gone to wally world. I purchased something fairly inexpensive and paid the cashier. She
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    handed me back around 87 bucks in change. I said "Ma'am, I think you gave me the wrong change." She looked at it and told me that she had it right. I responded, "But ma'am..." She cut
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    me off, spitting mad, and went into a rant about how she was very good at math. I let her finish and simply said "Ok, sorry to bother you ma'am". I
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    then took my leave. I wonder how she felt about her math skills when she counted her drawer after her shift. What I was trying to tell her was that I had paid with a twenty, not a Benjamin.
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    SadSack4573 · 4 hr. ago Wow, you did try to correct them, but then, you were "rewarded"
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    skwerlmasta75 OP. 4 hr. ago We were raised to be courteous and respectful - not doormats for the rude.
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    ChiTownBob 4 hr. ago. edited 4 hr. ago ● Time to start making a course called "How to make money using Malicious Compliance"
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    TheBalaskus 3 hr. ago ● Nice one. Wife and I always called something like that instant karma. Love it.
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