- See, this is helping me realize what pettiness is.
- Yes, queen. I relate.
It's like, these people are kinda rude.
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- (FBE) Today, we're gonna be reading some of
the pettiest text messages we could find.
- Oh, I've read plenty of those. I've also sent
my fair deal of those.
- I can be petty too, but I feel like some people
are just petty all the time. I'm like, "Oh my God.
Just stop." But they're really funny to read
when you're not in the situation.
- It's a huge pet peeve of mine if you're petty.
It's a petty pet peeve.
- Sometimes, I feel like it's okay to be petty
if a situation is like, "Whatever, that's the way
I'm gonna deal with it."
- I love petty text messages, especially in group texts.
So, let's go.
- My friends call me the petty king in my group,
so this is right up my alley.
- "Do you fancy going to the cinema tonight?"
"I'm busy, x. But why don't you
ask Becky if she wants to go?" "Who's Becky?"
"You should know. You've been liking all
her Instagram pictures." Oh my [bleep] God.
I hate these people.
- Every time I think of Becky, I just think of Beyonce.
- I'm siding with her already, 'cause I'm just like,
I mean, if you're doing something wrong,
then you're doing something wrong.
- If there's history-- this is a girl he dated before,
that's one thing, but if it's just his girl
who's a friend, this girl needs to get over it.
She's being way too dramatic.
- That was handled so professional, in a sense of it was very classy,
petty read, and I'm very proud of her for that.
- Why don't you just be like, "Hey, can we talk about something?"
But instead you gotta be petty. Sometimes petty works, though,
I'm not gonna lie.
- "Also my phone must be acting up because the messages
I sent earlier were funny and no one laughed, lol."
Oh yeah, I feel that, when you text something
and you're expecting a response and you just don't get
the response you want and you're like,
"I worked hard on that message to be funny."
- That's how I feel in a group when nobody likes my gifs
that I pass around. Thanks a lot, you guys.
- There's always that one person in the group chat
that's just like, "I'm really [bleep] funny.
Why aren't you paying attention to me?"
It's like, shut up. You're not as funny as you think.
- I do that stuff all the time. If my friend doesn't text me back,
I'll be like, "Oh, I really enjoyed being in your life.
It's been good knowing you." I do funny stuff like that,
but I don't see that as petty.
- "Oh, I guess my phone must not be sending
the messages, because I thought it was hilarious
and nobody else laughed, so clearly something's wrong."
That's me.
- I feel like this is not something you wanna be relating to.
Like, "Oh, let's show you a bunch of petty people."
And I'm like, "Yes, queen." I relate.
It's like, these people are kinda rude.
- "Mark as read." "Read 11:00 PM."
"Read 11:05 PM." "Read 11:05 PM."
"I can do this all night." "Me too."
See, that's not petty, either. That's just a funny friendship.
I do that too.
- I do that all the time and it's not on purpose,
it's just-- I forget.
- We don't need marked receipts. I never understood the concept
of that. I need to know the exact moment
you read that. No you don't.
I'll get to you when I get to you.
If it's a pressing matter, just call me.
- As soon as you have that on your phone
and somebody sees that, they're just like,
"Oh, well why didn't you respond back?"
And then you get into that whole conflict.
- Okay, I don't have time for your bull [bleep],
so if you're gonna be messing around,
I'll mess right back at you, no problem.
- Petty begets petty. You can't try to out-petty somebody
that's just as petty as you, 'cause it's a never ending cycle
and clearly this is gonna go on for a while.
- "Are you having fun?" "Having fun with what?"
"Having fun with whatever is hindering you
from texting me back." Oh!
- Maybe she just needs a little bit more attention, I guess.
- What is more important than me? Nothing.
Even though they have their own lives, I'm like,
still, I'm priority number one, so I don't understand
what's going on.
- Not everyone is glued to their phone.
I know, being a millennial, people expect me to reply back
right away. I'm horrible at texting people back.
Luckily, most of my friends know that, though,
so it's just like, not everyone's glued
to their phone.
- I'm glad I'm not texting her, 'cause I'd be really offended
if I were on the receiving end of that.
- But he should read his messages. He had like 22 unread messages,
- (FBE) Apparently. - so he deserved it.
- "Why do you have your read receipts on?
Just wondering." "Lol, because I was mad
at someone and I wanted them to know I was reading their [bleep]."
I'm sure that does get to people, but me, I'm just like,
"All right, they're busy." I actually believe them.
I guess I'm just naive.
- This is exactly why I don't put read receipts on.
You just start a whole bunch of stuff.
- If someone else has their read receipts on
and then they don't reply, I'm like, "Rude."
That's actually rude. I feel offended
if that happens to me.
- If you read something, then someone else knows
that you read it, if you don't respond,
it's just like a "[Bleep] you." to them.
- That's just to let them know like, "Oh yeah, I see that you're
doing something and you're trying to get my attention.
I'm just not gonna entertain it."
- It's a good way of getting revenge 'cause it's so frustrating
when someone doesn't text back and you see they've read it
and it's something important, so yeah, that's super petty,
but my kind of petty.
- "Hello Irene." "Hi dad."
"I still have the same number." See, that's just funny.
That's gonna be me as a dad. I don't think that's petty.
That's dad humor right there. I like that.
- That's kind of petty, but I mean, hey,
at least the dad's funny. Not all dads are funny.
That's legitimately dad humor.
- I'll call my parents every once in a while
and they'll be like, "Oh, that's cool.
Your phone still works." I'm like, "Dad, shut up!"
- Aw, he just wants to get in contact
from his daughter.
- Poor thing. She probably moved away
from school and never talks to him anymore.
- He's like, "I still have the same number."
meaning that she hasn't called or texted him in a while,
and it's like, aw, Irene, you messed up.
It just shows, if you don't stay in contact,
they definitely do take advantage of that.
That's like-- ah, man.
- Bae. "Are you still mad at me?"
"No." "I love you baby,
you mean the world to me." "K."
'K' is the worst thing you can get
and then you put the period, too.
- Ah, 'K' is just like-- right in the heart.
- 'K' is probably the worst response ever,
because it's so simple, yet it's so insulting
at the same time.
- This guy is obviously genuinely trying to be nice to this girl
and she is not having it, but at the same time,
I have no idea what this guy did,
so I don't know if I can side with either of them.
- If they leave a period, one word, or throw you the 'K',
you're in [bleep] trouble, dude. You need to get someone
flowers, stat.
- You better start jumping through hoops and stuff
to get back to where you need to be,
to be in their good graces, 'cause a "No." followed with a 'K,'
that's game over for you.
- "I made a Venmo if you're trying to send me that $2.68."
Damn, Trevor is strapped for cash. He needs that $2.68.
He needs to go get his McDonald's iced coffee.
- That's super petty. If this is a friend
and you know you're out, and you buy a drink for them
or something, just call it even.
- I think this one's supposed to be funny.
Trevor seems like a funny guy.
- Okay, that's super petty. It's 2.68, dude.
Get over yourself.
- That's really passive aggressive to a whole other level right there.
- The fact that you're upset about $2.68 to where
you make a Venmo so that someone can Venmo you
that 2.68 that they owe you, is the pettiest thing
I've ever heard. I need to get on this level.
This is just entirely too good.
- "Hey, I just wanted to tell you that I accidentally clicked on
your snap story, but I didn't mean to watch it
because I'm still mad at you, so like, ignore my name."
[Bleep] [bleep]. I hate social media sometimes.
This brings out the absolute worst in people.
- You're not that mad at them if you're texting them, honestly.
- The temptation to look at someone's [bleep],
especially when you're mad at them, or something is going on,
it's the worst, 'cause your just like, "Hmmm."
I'm pissed at you, but I still wanna know
what's going on.
- You don't want them to think that you're still interested
in their life. You're like, "I'm not interested
in your life right now, so I'm not watching
your Snapchat. It was an accident.
I don't care about your life right now until I'm not
mad at you anymore."
- I think that's so funny. When you're on the receiving end,
it sucks, but when you're the one doing it,
or when you're reading somebody else's,
it's kinda funny. It's like, what?
- Petty would be like, "Hey, I watched your Snap story.
Hope you have fun with those girls."
That type of thing or something like that,
but this is just like, you're going out of your way--
oh, it might be petty, 'cause they're going
out of their way to-- see, this is helping me realize
what pettiness is.
- "You almost home babe?" "[Bleep], forgot to tell you
I'd be late home tonight." "Ok, your dinner's in the fridge.'
And then an empty fridge. Oh yeah, that's nice.
- Why would you even send a picture of an empty fridge?
That's so messed up.
- It depends on the relationship. I don't know if that's petty.
It might be, if they're a super serious couple,
but if they're joking around all the time,
that's a great-- yeah, that's good.
- I hope this is a joke. Half of these, I feel like,
at least in my mind, would be a joke,
but if they're serious, you gotta get out
of this relationship.
- Literally, I'd probably be more pissed about like,
we were supposed to do something like watch a movie
or something. I wouldn't care about
the dinner part. I'd be like, "Hm, okay.
So no quality time? Rude."
- I applaud her, 'cause that's impressive.
That's some next level pettiness.
- Really, it's more entertainment for other people.
It's probably not so entertaining for the people who are
in the situation.
- There's so much more that can be said over the phone
or in person rather than sending this petty,
passive aggressive text. You're making the situation worse
and I'm gonna be petty back and not talk to you.
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- Bye, everybody. Don't be as petty as I am.
- Hi guys, Alyssa here, a producer from the React Channel.
Thanks so much for getting petty with us today.
If you wanna leave something petty, go ahead.
I read those comments. I dare you.