" This was over a decade ago , and I still laugh when I evidence the story . "
As someone who lives in a big city, seeing wild behavior in public has basically become an expected occurrence whenever I venture outside my front door.
So, when Reddit useru/Such_Alternative1975asked thequestion, “What’s the most unhinged thing you’ve ever seen someone do in public like it was completely normal?” inr/AskReddit, I knew it would be full of incredibly…colorful stories:
1.“A very professional-looking woman (think skirt suit and matching shoes) was walking in front of us in Spain. Suddenly, she slapped the absolute shit out of her own face. No stopping, no change in facial expression either. She smacked herself so hard I had a secondhand sting.”
2.“I was walking down the street in Barcelona, and a guy takes his phone out and full-on licks the screen to clean it. Whole tongue out, using the entire surface, with force, for at least the three steps he walked by me!”
— uracil / No_Mulberry731
3.“I was in the band playing for a basketball game when, between sets, this dude takes out toenail clippers, removes his shoes, and begins clipping his toenails right there.”
4.“I saw a lady change her kid’s diaper on the folding food tray of an airplane.”
— u / Micro - shenis
5.“Had a lady light a cigarette in the bank the other day. This was after insisting that the gold $100 bill she tried to give me was real. Then, she told my manager to fuck off and that she wasn’t the manager. She clearly wasn’t well, but it was all wild.”
6.“Around four years ago, I was on a walk in my small village when an argument burst out between two of the people there. Several others in the area stared as heat rose between this couple, and suddenly, they burst into song. The two began a relatively long musical number that, as far as I can tell, is not a song that actually exists. There was even a choir ensemble that sang backup. The two of them danced and sang for about six minutes before everyone returned to normal behavior.”
— atomic number 92 / sandloe
7.“10+ years ago on a night out in NYC, I was sitting on a set of steps with a friend, near one of those late-night pizza spots. A young woman (20s) walked past us while eating a slice of pizza. She stumbled, dropped the slice, and it landed face down on the sidewalk…”
8.“I worked at public libraries for many years, and one of the most random things I saw was when I turned a corner and saw a woman hunched over, cutting her hair onto the floor. Just trimming her hair and letting it fall all over the library floor, checking the ends to make sure they were good, and trimming some more.”
" All customer service training give way out the window as I bellowed , ' What are you doing ? ! ? NO ! JUST … NO ! ' She had the grace to look ashamed and try and scoop up all her little hair pieces . "
— uracil / librarylivin42
9.“I once gave a ride to a guy who had run out of gas. The gas station was two minutes down the road, and all he had was an empty Mountain Dew bottle for the gas. The bottle filled up so fast that gasoline sprayed out the top and all over his face. He immediately went to the window-washing tub next to the pump and started washing his eyes out.”
10.“I was sitting in the deli/bakery seating of a grocery store having a coffee and donut when a man sat next to us with a grocery bag, took out a giant steak still in the packaging that he’d clearly just bought, and pulled out a small bottle of seasoning salt from his coat pocket. He proceeded to eat the whole raw steak with his hands, making sure to salt every bite. It was absolutely foul.”
— uranium / rgk1012
11.“I watched a woman walk completely naked down the street from a bus window. A moment later, a cop car comes careening around the corner, and the bus driver points and tells them the direction she went in. Apparently, she wasn’t a first-time offender.”
12.“I was out with the guys one night; we were walking down the street around 11 p.m. at night, headed to the next bar. A woman was wearing a nice cocktail dress, hair neatly done, etc., but also clearly on some very exciting cocktail of substances. She was making out with a light pole. Full-on tongue action, holding her hands behind its head and French kissing the ever-loving hell out of this thing. I did a full double take, slowly blinked, and walked away.”
— u / Noogatuck
13.“I saw a chick go into a sandwich shop while drunk with her friends, and instead of waiting to use the bathroom, just squatted over the mop bucket in the dining room and pissed like it was no big deal in front of a full crowd of strangers.”
14.“Last week at work, a man at the self-checkout walked up to the line, closed one of his nostrils, and blew his nose like you often see football players do on the field. That shit flew everywhere onto the ground right in front of me, and he just walked away like nothing happened.”
— u / Nydiliria
15.“Back in early pandemic times, I was stuck in a long line at the grocery store, and this couple in front of me was ignoring their child. Everyone was masked up; a bunch of people had gloves. This kid was stuffing cheesy puffs into the keyhole on the grocery cart and then sucking the cheese puff paste out of it. This went on for at least 30 minutes, cheese puff after cheese puff. No one stopped him.”
And finally, here’s one that would absolutely send me into a spiral:
16.“I was flying into Vegas on a particularly turbulent flight that ended with an emergency swerve away from the runway, which was occupied. We circled the whole valley and came back in for a second take at the landing. I suppose it was just too much motion for some passengers.”
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