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r/AmITheAsshole
AITA for making my team go on a dangerous job even though they didn’t want to?
u/SilverRapier
I (17M) run a small ghost-hunting agency in London. We handle hauntings, exorcise dangerous spirits, and try to keep people from dying. We’re independent, so every case we take matters.
Recently, we got an offer to investigate a particularly nasty haunted house. A lot of people had died there, and the haunting was only getting worse. My colleagues (16M, 15F, and 18F) were completely against taking it. They said it was too dangerous, that we didn’t have enough backup, and that we should let someone else handle it. But we needed this job. The money was good, and if we pulled it off, it would prove we could take on bigger cases.
So I took the job. They weren’t happy, but I figured once we got there, they’d see we could handle it. That was not the case. The house was way worse than expected. One of us almost got killed, and I ended up with some injuries that required stitches. Now my team is furious. One of them isn’t speaking to me, one threw a teapot at my head, and one keeps making pointed comments about “reckless leadership.”
I still think it was a necessary risk. They say I forced them into a life-threatening situation.
AITA?
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u/BrickThrower89: You conveniently left out the part where you promised us it wouldn’t be that bad. YTA.
u/NightWatch52: He also left out the part where he bled all over the floor.
u/ConfusedAmerican21: What do you mean “bled all over the floor”??
u/GhostSpeaker23: Oh, you know. Casual unconsciousness.
u/SilverRapier (OP): I mean, technically, that did happen, but it wasn’t as dramatic as you’re making it sound.
u/EmilSweden: You nearly died and are calling it not dramatic?? What is going on in Britain??
u/PolishedSteel: I’m just saying, if you had actually planned properly instead of jumping in headfirst, we might not have had to deal with half of what happened.
u/SilverRapier: Noted.
u/PolishedSteel: You’re not actually going to change anything, are you?
u/SilverRapier: Absolutely not.
u/JasonNYC: Okay, but back up—what do you mean by ghost-hunting agency?
u/MattFromSydney: Is this just like pest control but with weirder names?
u/MapleSyrupCanada: Guys, do we need to send help?
r/AmITheAsshole
AITA for constantly monitoring a group of teenagers and occasionally making their lives difficult?
u/BureaucratOfficial
As a high-ranking DEPRAC officer, it is my job to maintain order and enforce regulations concerning ghost-hunting operations. This includes overseeing independent agencies that tend to act recklessly and cause unnecessary chaos.
There is one particular agency that has been on my radar for a while. They take on cases they shouldn’t, get into situations they can’t handle, and generally make my job very difficult. When I issue warnings, they ignore them. When I assign restrictions, they find ways around them. I have had to reprimand them multiple times, and yet they continue to act like rules don’t apply to them.
Now, certain people (including said reckless teenagers) claim I am being unfair, that I am "singling them out" and “making things personal.” I maintain that I am just doing my job and ensuring public safety.
AITA?
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u/SilverRapier: Yes, Barnes. Yes, you are.
u/BrickThrower89: You specifically go out of your way to make our lives harder while letting bigger agencies get away with worse.
u/NightWatch52: If we weren’t good at our jobs, we’d be dead by now. Just saying.
u/KlausBerlin: I’m sorry—your government has ghost cops???
u/PolishedSteel: I agree that there should be more oversight, but I also think you have an unhealthy amount of focus on one small agency.
u/GhostSpeaker23: We made you tea once, and you still shut us down. That’s cold.
u/BureaucratOfficial (OP): You tried to bribe me with store-brand biscuits.
u/SilverRapier: Because we’re broke, Barnes.
u/VittorioRome: I love how the ghost-hunting isn’t even being questioned. Just full-on British nonsense.
r/AmITheAsshole
AITA for reorganizing the entire house without telling anyone?
u/PolishedSteel
I live in a house with three teenagers who are, to put it kindly, not the most organized people in the world. Their idea of “cleaning” is shoving things into random drawers and hoping for the best.
I got sick of it. So while they were out on a case, I took matters into my own hands. I deep-cleaned, reorganized everything, and threw out so much junk.
When they got back, instead of thanking me, they freaked out. Apparently, I “messed with their system” and now they “can’t find anything.” One of them keeps sulking and saying I “ruined the natural order.”
AITA?
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u/SilverRapier: YTA. I haven’t been able to find my rapier in two days.
u/BrickThrower89: You threw out my lucky socks. They weren’t even dirty.
u/NightWatch52: Yes, they were.
u/GhostSpeaker23: They smelled haunted.
u/ConfusedAmerican21: Smelled haunted???
u/PolishedSteel: This is why I did it.
u/JasonNYC: Okay, but are we just not going to address the fact that “rapier” was mentioned so casually??
u/NightWatch52: Listen, at this point, just let it happen.
r/AmITheAsshole
AITA for calling my so-called "companions" useless and refusing to help them?
u/SmokeAndSpite
I (???M) am currently bound to a particular group of young ghost hunters due to circumstances beyond my control. While I possess knowledge that could prove invaluable to their survival, I find myself utterly disinclined to share it for several reasons:
- They are fools.
- They are maddeningly stubborn.
- They never listen to me, despite the fact that I am the most experienced and intelligent entity among them.
- They insist on treating me like some sort of… pet, rather than the formidable and once-feared spirit that I am.
Recently, they encountered a rather nasty specter—one I recognized immediately. I could have warned them about its nature, its weaknesses, how not to get horribly maimed. Instead, I watched as they blundered into danger like a pack of overenthusiastic terriers. One of them nearly got his head taken off (which, frankly, would have been amusing). Only then did they think to consult me.
Now they’re all angry that I “let” them walk into a trap and are demanding I be more forthcoming in the future. But why should I? They never treat me with the respect I deserve, and I refuse to be a glorified encyclopedia for a bunch of whelps who can’t be bothered to listen.
So, AITA?
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u/BrickThrower89: HOW DID YOU EVEN POST THIS??
u/NightWatch52: WHO GAVE THE SKULL INTERNET ACCESS???
u/GhostSpeaker23: I am deeply, deeply disturbed.
u/SilverRapier: Okay, but who set him up with a Reddit account??
u/SmokeAndSpite (OP): Wouldn’t you like to know, lover boy.
u/PolishedSteel: No, seriously. Who gave the murderous talking skull a phone???
u/ConfusedAmerican21: “Murderous talking skull”???
u/KlausBerlin: I have so many questions.
u/VittorioRome: What in God’s name is happening in Britain.
u/MattFromSydney: I feel like I accidentally joined a cult.
u/MapleSyrupCanada: Okay, but why does he type like a Victorian-era villain?
u/JasonNYC: “Blundered into danger like a pack of overenthusiastic terriers” is the most insane sentence I have ever read.
u/SmokeAndSpite (OP): It’s called having a way with words, you insufferable dolts.
u/NightWatch52: Oh my god he’s arguing back.
u/SilverRapier: Can I delete a ghost’s Reddit account?
u/SmokeAndSpite (OP): Just try it, boy.