Entitled mother throws tantrum after school assembly over which students were chosen to be volunteers in presentation: 'You didn’t pick either of [my] 2 daughters'

If there is one thing entitled parents know how to do, it's to make things more difficult for their kids. Nine times out of ten when this happens, the only good that will come out of these temper tantrums is the embarrassment on behalf of those parents when everyone around them sees their true colors.

What's remarkable in this particular tale is that the entitled mom in question was acting out of selfishness for her kids but in the name of righteousness. She wanted to make it seem like the author of this story was the one who was acting unfairly and unjustly, but any rational person could see right through her argument. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the online community!

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  • The author went around schools presenting a comedy science show with his coworker about the importance of water preservation. After one particular school assembly where parents were also invited to the presentation, one entitled mother came up to the author and immediately began berating him for having an imbalanced number of volunteers across boys and girls when it was very clear for the purposes of the exercise that there needed to be an odd number.

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    I used to work for a company where we went into schools in our area to perform a free 1 hour wacky science show teaching kids the importance of saving water.
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    Our local area relies on aquifers (underground porous rock that stores rainfall) for the majority of our water, so it's important to teach kids both about how the water cycle works where we live
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    and about not wasting water. This incident occurred 5 years ago (just came up on my FB memories) and it very much fits this sub.
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    Myself and my colleague were at a school in a very affluent area performing an our water show, teaching the kids in our own inimitable irreverent way. The
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    school had invited parents in to the assembly, so we had about 30 or so parents seated at the back of the hall along with the 200 or so kids.
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    After the show (which went down an absolute treat) my colleague had gone to collect the car (couldn't park near the school)
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    whilst I had remained behind to tidy up and move all our kit to the front entrance to the school where he would be pulling up. Suddenly, a parent came up to speak to me.
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    Karen: "Hello. Do you mind if I have a quick word?" Me: "Of course not!" Karen: "Well, let me start off by telling you how fantastic that show was."
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    Me (waiting for the but): "Thank you very much." Karen: "But..." My internal monologue: "There it is!"
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    Karen: "I was wondering if you noticed that you picked more boys than girls as your volunteers, rather than an equal number of each?"
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    Me: "You're asking me if I realised that I didn't pick an equal number of boys and girls as my volunteers?" Karen: "Yes."
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    Me: "Yes, I was aware of this. Mainly because we need an odd number of volunteers in the show. It's very difficult to keep the numbers of each equal when the total number is odd." Karen looks at me whilst trying to think.
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    Me: "Did you notice that whilst we picked 4 boys and 2 girls for the aquifer experiment, we picked a girl as the solo volunteer for the tooth brushing experiment. And the tooth brushing volunteer does a lot more than the aquifer
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    volunteers do. So, yesterday when we did this exact same show in a different school we had 4 girls and 2 boys for the aquifer experiment, and then a boy for the tooth brush. We always try and keep things as fair as possible."
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    Karen: "I'm just saying because my daughters were here today and I want them to enjoy science." Me: "Well, hopefully they did."
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    Karen: "I also noticed that on your banner (indicates pop up banner off to one side) that you have 2 boys and one hardly equal." I that. That's
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  • The funniest part of the story was the ultimate revelation that this woman simply wished her two daughters could have been chosen as volunteers. Any self-righteous portion of her argument was actually a facade. Keep reading for the rest of their tense exchange!

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    Me: "True. But with the size of the banner 3 children was the right number. 2 would have left too much empty space whilst 4 would have been too crowded. Karen: "Then why didn't they pick 2 girls?"
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    Me: "Because we made several mock ups of the banner and showed them to different children, and the most popular design was that one." Karen: "Well I don't think..."
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    Me (interrupting): "You may be pleased to see that the fun pack that each child gets to take home has one boy and one cover." the (Picks up pack and shows her)
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    Karen: "That's nice." Karen walks off. Teacher comes over to me. Teacher: "What was all that about?"
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    Me: "Apparently I need to find a way to pick an equal number of boys and girls, despite the total number adding up to an odd total."
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    Teacher: "Because you didn't pick either of her 2 daughters as any of your handful of volunteers out of 200 children in the school?" Me: "It would seem that way." Teacher: "What did you say to her?"
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    Me: "Basically that 7 isn't divisible by 2, but across multiple schools we make sure to keep things equal." Teacher: "And what did she say?" Me: "That's nice."
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    Isteppedinpo Just cut one of the kids in half. Easy peasy
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    Harold Weigh She has 2 dughters and no son that doesn't seem fair she should have had a son and a daughter by her "logic".
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    Xylophone_Aficionado. So I'm guessing she gets upset every time neither of her daughters gets picked for something, based on what the teacher said to you
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