Why do some people throw fits?

[Justanopinion]

Went to pick up DD(4) from Pre K yesterday. I go through the normal drive through pick up line.

There is one car in the very front, the lady is obviously throwing a fit. She was there to pick up someone else's child and they would not release the child to her so she is throwing a fit.

The school did everything proper, they checked her ID, checked the student's pick up card, this lady was not listed, nor did she have the red pick up slip. I heard the teacher tell her, "I'm sorry, I can not release the child if you are not listed"

Had this been her own child released to someone not listed she would have thrown a fit also. Just go with the flow, if you aren't listed then you can't pick up the child, period.

I find it reassuring that they wouldn't release the child. I find it reassuring that they didn't take short cuts and that they were willing to hold up traffic to take proper steps. I would only expect them to do all that.

I just can't believe this woman threw the fit that she did. Take it up with parent of the child, not the school. Thank you.

 

[ericamanda01]

My theory is that they believe it will get them their way. I have seen grown men act like 5 year olds just to get their way. Far too many people believe that if they make a big enough scene or yell loud others will give in. Good for the school for not giving into this "adult".

 

[John Smith1]

Because they got what they wanted when they were children and never learned to NOT do it.

Even an animal knows that if a behavior begets a reward that he should keep doing the behavior.

 

[Planogirl]

I think that sometimes it's due to stress. There's lots of people out there that seemed way too stressed out lately and at the workplace we often get to hear all about it.

 

[MushyMushy]

People do it because the squeaky wheel gets the grease and they've learned this throughout their lives. I've seen far too many people give in to loudmouths like that, and then wonder why people continue to pitch fits.

 

[NotUrsula]

Why do some people throw fits?

Because, as my hs gym teacher used to say, "They ain't got no home trainin'."

They got away with it as children, so they never gave it up.

 

[stashbin]

People probably throw fits for the same reason some people on these discussions get so nasty...they want it their way all the time. Anyone who can't follow rules has a problem with fit throwing. Anyone who reads an opinion that they don't agree with, they get nasty.....

 

[okeydokey]

My FIL throws fits. The rest of the family tiptoes around him so that he won't get upset. He acts like a 5 year old because they let him.

 

[DVC Sadie]

Because they can.

A lot of people throw fits because they believe they are special or have never learned to follow simple directions. Some have never grown up and have stayed in the 2 year old stage of behavior all of their lives.

 

[Tikitoi]

People probably throw fits for the same reason some people on these discussions get so nasty...they want it their way all the time. Anyone who can't follow rules has a problem with fit throwing. Anyone who reads an opinion that they don't agree with, they get nasty.....

Seen it happen.

 

[ols386]

And sometimes....I think we all have a meltdown once in awhile, and lose it, and throw a fit. Sometimes if we are having a really bad day, or maybe we've been have many bad days in a row, all it takes is one little thing to trigger that fit.

 

[charabby]

I used to be prone to that type of behavior before I started taking anti-anxiety meds. In my case, what people were really seeing was a panic attack, but I'm sure it looked like a tantrum. In that same situation, I would have been so panicked that I couldn't pick up the child as asked. Now, with my medication and other changes to help my anxiety level, I would not behave that way. So there's another perspective.

 

[tasha99]

Sounds like an ineffectual bully to me. It probably works for her sometimes, but I bet it would have worked better to get on her cell phone and see if she could get the parent to fax a permission to the school.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

People do it because the squeaky wheel gets the grease and they've learned this throughout their lives. I've seen far too many people give in to loudmouths like that, and then wonder why people continue to pitch fits.

I saw this all the time when I worked at Disney. People would come up to me with Fast Passes before the time, one fast pass for he whole family, invalid fast passes, etc. and try to strong arm me into allowing them into the line. My favorite is people who get the Standard Wheelchair Entrance GAC and then throw a fit when I tell them that the Standard Wheelchair Entrance is the standby entrance.

Unfortunately, they have found that if they throw a big enough tantrum somebody might just let them skip the line, especially if it is a new person. I picked up a shift one time after I moved to entertainment and was working return outside Philhar. This situation came up and I point blank refused to allow the man in the entrance. The kicker- the wait was the wait for one show. He could have easily walked into the lobby via stand by and I told him that. He chose to stand out there in the rain for twenty minutes and stare me down. Finally he had me call my coordinator who told him the exact same thing.

The entire time the standby greeter was watching this. She was a new CP and asked me why I didn't just let him in the entrance. I told her it was because if does it to me, he will try to do it in every other line. Renting a wheelchair does not automatically allow him to skip the line, and obviously guest services felt the same way. I told her the reason he did that to us is probably because he pulled the same stunts at other rides and was let in. All it takes is one person to stand up to them and they will stop.

 

[2BigKIdz]

When we went to visit my SIL in October in a different state, our niece asked if we would pick her up from school and take her out to lunch. Her mom said it was fine and we wouldn't have any trouble checking her out. Sure enough, my husband went to the office alone, said he was her uncle and was there to take her to lunch and they let him check her out without a note or speaking to one of her parents. That made me very uncomfortable because he could have been anyone coming to pick her up, they had no way to verify he was who he claimed to be other than the word of my niece.