Choosy Beggars

<p>The internet is useful for many things, including as a platform for selling stuff you no longer want or need. But a downside to selling stuff online is that it can bring out some of the worst human beings imaginable. There&#39;s a particular group of people, dubbed &quot;Choosy Beggars&quot; by Reddit, who insist on demanding stuff for free or low-cost and then get angry when their unreasonable demands are refused. It&#39;s a very special kind of entitlement coupled with a deep sense of delusion that is often very funny in retrospect.</p><p>A woman who was selling a playhouse on Facebook for $30 recently encountered someone who perfectly embodies the category of a Choosy Beggar, so <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChoosingBeggars/comments/chcifq/i_sent_her_to_an_empty_lot/" target="_blank">she shared screenshots</a> of the conversation on Reddit. It&#39;s a doozy.</p><h2>The woman first reached out asking if she could buy a playhouse, listed for $30, at the ridiculously low price of $5.</h2><p>Already, this woman&#39;s delusional entitlement is showing. Everyone knows bargaining doesn&#39;t work like that.</p><h2>She was informed the playhouse had already been sold but she ignored this fact and responded with another ridiculously low bid.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" height="881" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-Q3bRFO.png" width="527" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The woman then resorted to pleading, explaining that she &quot;needs&quot; the playhouse for her kids because they&#39;ve fallen on hard times. The woman selling the playhouse explained, again, that it had been sold already. And the freeloader, again, ignored this fact.</p><h2>Being kinder than most, and maybe feeling sorry for the freeloader, the woman selling the playhouse offered up a tent that her kids could play in instead.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" height="879" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-m8bVpI.png" width="594" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>The woman offered the tent free of charge. But the woman showed zero gratitude and again insisted that she wanted the playhouse, too, but now she wanted it for FREE.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" height="874" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-jcfvKi.png" width="517" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Next, the freeloader asked if the woman was selling anything else. She responded yes, she was also selling a toddler table for $30. Predictably, the freeloader tried to freeload again.</p><h2>The woman said she would like the $30 toddler table&mdash;you guessed it&mdash;for free.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" height="880" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-wozp0y.png" width="577" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>When the woman clearly explained why she couldn&#39;t give away her toddler table for free, the freeloader called her &quot;selfish.&quot; At this point, the woman had finally had enough and politely tried to put an end the conversation, telling her &quot;have a nice day.&quot;</p><h2>When the freeloader realized the woman had stopped responding to her messages, she completely lost it, and called her the n-word.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" height="871" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-z4nmTK.png" width="568" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Many people would&#39;ve completely gone off on this racist psycho before blocking and reporting her. But this woman preferred to take the revenge route, and more power to her!</p><p>The woman responded to the freeloader&#39;s racial slur by apologizing and offering &quot;everything&quot; for free. Freeloader then apologized and tried to blame her racist harassment on her &quot;friend.&quot; LMFAO. This woman&#39;s delusion knows no bounds.</p><h2>The woman gave the freeloader an address and offered to meet her there. But when the freeloader showed up, there was no house, &quot;just land.&quot; The woman had sent her to an empty lot.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" height="842" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/image-g2RTR4.png" width="565" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Brava to the woman for how she handled this abusive freeloader. Unclear how long it took the complete nutcase to realize she&#39;d been duped. For all we know, she&#39;s still there, digging around in the dirt and muttering to no one in particular &quot;Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! For FREE. For FREE. For FREEEEEEEEEE.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman selling kids' toys encounters racist freeloader so she sends her to an empty lot.

The internet is useful for many things, including as a platform for selling stuff you no longer want or need. But a downside to selling stuff online is that it can bring out some of the worst human beings imaginable. There&#39;s a particular group of people, dubbed &quot;Choosy Beggars&quot; by Reddit, who insist on demanding stuff for free or low-cost and then get angry when their unreasonable demands are refused. It&#39;s a very special kind of entitlement coupled with a deep sense of delusion that is often very funny in retrospect.A woman who was selling a playhouse on Facebook for $30 recently encountered someone who perfectly embodies the category of a Choosy Beggar, so she shared screenshots of the conversation on Reddit. It&#39;s a doozy.The woman first reached out asking if she could buy a playhouse, listed for $30, at the ridiculously low price of $5.Already, this woman&#39;s delusional entitlement is showing. Everyone knows bargaining doesn&#39;t work like that.She was informed the playhouse had already been sold but she ignored this fact and responded with another ridiculously low bid.  The woman then resorted to pleading, explaining that she &quot;needs&quot; the playhouse for her kids because they&#39;ve fallen on hard times. The woman selling the playhouse explained, again, that it had been sold already. And the freeloader, again, ignored this fact.Being kinder than most, and maybe feeling sorry for the freeloader, the woman selling the playhouse offered up a tent that her kids could play in instead.  The woman offered the tent free of charge. But the woman showed zero gratitude and again insisted that she wanted the playhouse, too, but now she wanted it for FREE.  Next, the freeloader asked if the woman was selling anything else. She responded yes, she was also selling a toddler table for $30. Predictably, the freeloader tried to freeload again.The woman said she would like the $30 toddler table&mdash;you guessed it&mdash;for free.  When the woman clearly explained why she couldn&#39;t give away her toddler table for free, the freeloader called her &quot;selfish.&quot; At this point, the woman had finally had enough and politely tried to put an end the conversation, telling her &quot;have a nice day.&quot;When the freeloader realized the woman had stopped responding to her messages, she completely lost it, and called her the n-word.  Many people would&#39;ve completely gone off on this racist psycho before blocking and reporting her. But this woman preferred to take the revenge route, and more power to her!The woman responded to the freeloader&#39;s racial slur by apologizing and offering &quot;everything&quot; for free. Freeloader then apologized and tried to blame her racist harassment on her &quot;friend.&quot; LMFAO. This woman&#39;s delusion knows no bounds.The woman gave the freeloader an address and offered to meet her there. But when the freeloader showed up, there was no house, &quot;just land.&quot; The woman had sent her to an empty lot.  Brava to the woman for how she handled this abusive freeloader. Unclear how long it took the complete nutcase to realize she&#39;d been duped. For all we know, she&#39;s still there, digging around in the dirt and muttering to no one in particular &quot;Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! For FREE. For FREE. For FREEEEEEEEEE.&quot;

The internet is useful for many things, including as a platform for selling stuff you no longer want or need. But a downside to selling stuff online is that it can bring out some of the worst human beings imaginable. There&#39;s a...