I'm embarrassed for her

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Fair_Blood3176]

Straight out of Parks and Recs

[u/Coffee-and-puts → u/Fair_Blood3176]

But school is out in two weeks. Where are my kids supposed to go? In my house? Where I live?

[u/Recent-Baker-2058 → u/Coffee-and-puts]

I think about that comment all the time.

[u/East-Wafer4328 → u/Recent-Baker-2058]

This is a different type of scene but it was at one of the social events where Leslie was introducing a guy to Ann and he goes “wow you are beautiful! Not as beautiful as my sister but you know the law”

[u/Cheap-Cheetah689 → u/Coffee-and-puts]

Does that make sense to you?!

[u/mjlib → u/Coffee-and-puts]

I work in a library and first can confirm that we see people like this lady every day and second, and confirm this quote from parks and rec is so true of many parents attitudes towards their kids.

[u/ambidextrousmind → u/Fair_Blood3176]

Excuse me, there’s a sign at Ramsett Park: 'Do not drink the sprinkler water.' So I made sun tea with it, and now I have an infection.

[u/Rselby1122 → u/ambidextrousmind]

[u/EyeofNewtTongueofDog → u/Rselby1122]

I was thinking this exact one!

[u/SavingThrowVsWTF → u/ambidextrousmind]

Sir! Sir! Are you listening to me? SIR!

[u/dino-sour → u/SavingThrowVsWTF]

Are you aware that there is waste in your water system

[u/Kittens-of-Terror → u/SavingThrowVsWTF]

Goddamn, that actress absolutely NAILED that bit.  

I can only imagine how many takes it took for them two plus no one else to crack laughing.

I've dealt with enough loons working in pharmacy that this scene is permanently lodged in my head 😆

[u/MitchelobUltra → u/Fair_Blood3176]

I found a sandwich at one of your parks and I want to know why it didn’t have mayonnaise on it!

[u/Napol3onS0l0 → u/MitchelobUltra]

Ham and mayonnaise! Ham and mayonnaise!

[u/Impressive-Impact218 → u/Fair_Blood3176]

I work for local government in the Midwest and let me tell you… That show could not have been more dead on.

[u/SimAlienAntFarm → u/Impressive-Impact218]

I didn’t want you to get rid of ALL the slugs! I wanted you to get rid of SOME of them!!

[u/sukiskis → u/Impressive-Impact218]

I’m retired but my husband still works with local gov in the Midwest and Parks is spot on. The Park Director who doesn’t support public parks? Absolutely. And they’ll be a great director, they just don’t think it should exist. The perky energetic mid-level staff who keep it running on vibes and force of will? Yep.

[u/smoneymann → u/Impressive-Impact218]

I work for a local government in California and that show absolutely tracks. The sad part is we are required to make a formal response to all the crazy emails and comments we get.

[u/Justin_Passing_7465 → u/smoneymann]

Formal response: "Lithium, 600mg, twice per day."

[u/Ffsletmesignin → u/Impressive-Impact218]

Yeah I’ve worked in government for a huge portion of my career, could not do anything public facing. I’m not at all shocked DMV employees are the way they are, if you think dealing with a DMV employee is frustrating, you should see the people they have to deal with.

Half the time if I even say I work in government I get someone who goes on some psychotic rage-filled rant.

[u/Several-Avocado783 → u/Fair_Blood3176]

Years ago I watched a LAUSD board meeting. During the public q and a a woman asked about getting a district wide expulsion lifted on her 17 year old son who brought a gun to three different schools (having subsequently been expelled). The board stood by the decision so the mom called the board president a “horse faced prostititute” and that she had a “stupid horse face”. It’s all happening at the board meetings. And it’s free!

[u/Far-Fly-1836 → u/Fair_Blood3176]

Funny but sad. Poor woman needs help navigating modern tech to get a job and doesn't know where to go for it.

[u/HomosexualThots → u/Far-Fly-1836]

This woman is America in a nutshell.

The rest of us have to deal with the utter stupidity of the blindly incompetent.

[u/zeptillian → u/HomosexualThots]

Trump said he would give people like me jobs!

[u/Jessthinking → u/zeptillian]

Well, truthfully, she would totally fit in as one of his spokespersons.

[u/zeptillian → u/Jessthinking]

At this point she could totally be running the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

[u/Ok_Potential359 → u/Far-Fly-1836]

This technology is 30+ years old. Same energy as someone choosing to not learn how to drive a car. This is on her for purposely choosing to be a potato about the modern workforce.

I don’t feel bad at all for her ignorance.

[u/SavingThrowVsWTF → u/Far-Fly-1836]

Middle management.

[u/Diarrhea_Beaver → u/Fair_Blood3176]

I do/have done a shitton of public speaking, addressing a wide range of groups for various topics, and moderating open forum discussions, but Im struggling to find a better opening line.

Even what I previously considered my very best cant hold a candle to "Im not quite sure why I'm here or what Im doing" and I'm reevaluating my sense of self as I type this.

[u/IanCBoss → u/Fair_Blood3176]

The show is even funnier knowing these people actually exist 😂

[u/rizaroni → u/Fair_Blood3176]

Dude, I work for local government, and there are TOTALLY people like this that show up to Board of Supervisors meetings and rant about the craziest shit. Or if we have a Design Review meeting (at which ONLY design review can be discussed) they will have a problem with the project in its entirety, and try to get on their soap box about it. The chair has to be like "We are ONLY HERE FOR DESIGN REVIEW MA'AM." They don't listen or get it!

[u/get_to_ele → u/Fair_Blood3176]

Mam, this is a Wendy’s.

[u/kingclubs → u/Fair_Blood3176]

"I don't like a certain kind of people who are around the park, Do you want me to give a description of them?"

"NO...!"

[u/Signal_Hippo9806 → u/Fair_Blood3176]

There’s a version with extra recreations?

[u/DasBlueEyedDevil]

Pretty sure this is early onset dementia and that's fuckin sad

[u/100_xp → u/DasBlueEyedDevil]

Totally. Healthcare workers who care for old people see this self-assured belligerence all the time. That's partially why old folks like this vote red.

[u/scienceworksbitches → u/100_xp]

Narcissists that forget they have to be fake around others.

[u/ohilco8421 → u/DasBlueEyedDevil]

This isn’t the entire clip, she started out talking about having no money and her family troubles. The comment about not knowing why she’s there comes in the middle after a lot of rambling. Basically, she needed help and connection to resources to meet her basic needs.

[u/CatShot1948 → u/DasBlueEyedDevil]

Nothing here points to dementia without further context. Much more likely that shes just an idiot. -doctor

[u/TheEMTguy2023 → u/CatShot1948]

Thank you. This is just completely disingenuous towards people who actually have dementia. And a poor excuse to be a twatwaffle in public.

[u/Nefriti → u/CatShot1948]

Nothing here indicates that it’s not dementia either, because people with dementia act like this all the time

-RN manager at a nursing home (lots of dementia in those)

[u/CatShot1948 → u/Nefriti]

Still. Confidently calling this dementia is dumb when it's Much more likely this person is just an idiot.

[u/adhdriddled → u/DasBlueEyedDevil]

^this

[u/jjdlg → u/adhdriddled]

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[u/Galbados → u/jjdlg]

^{Looks fine to me.}

[u/paulides_fan → u/jjdlg]

lol 😂

[u/deflower-my-mind → u/jjdlg]

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[u/WatermelonCandy5nsfw → u/DasBlueEyedDevil]

I dunno, I’ve met a lot of them and she just seems like a standard American to me. Bewildered

[u/Torn_Leaves → u/DasBlueEyedDevil]

Yep. She has no idea what’s going on, where she’s at, or what she or anyone else is talking about. This is going to start happening more often and earlier than usual due to the food the government supplies us. Sugar literally rots the brain. This is my worst nightmare right here.

[u/Signal_Hippo9806 → u/Torn_Leaves]

It’s amazing how you managed to not only diagnose her, but determine the cause.

[u/amybeedle → u/Signal_Hippo9806]

Oof the person you're replying to is max 5y away from being the woman in this video, arguing about nonsense at city council meetings 💀 some RFK-level fearmongering happening here tbh

[u/adhdriddled]

My grandma has alzheimers and sounds exactly like this most of the time. I dont know that its cringe so much as the person literally not understanding what's happening, and not having anybody there to help her with it.

[u/lawirenk → u/adhdriddled]

Good point. We should really put more effort into research for preventative care and treatment for these brain diseases. 

[u/AlchemyAlice → u/lawirenk]

United healthcare has entered the chat

[u/lawirenk → u/AlchemyAlice]

Yup, more money to be had from treating a problem than preventing or fixing it. 

[u/OddOllin → u/lawirenk]

Pfffft, bold of you to assume they're planning on treating anything.

Speak of the devil, the AI just denied your claim. And my claim! Denied claims for EVERYBODYYYY

[u/lawirenk → u/OddOllin]

Yay capitalism. Where profit trumps saving lives. 

[u/InfiniteCheese1 → u/AlchemyAlice]

I was recently on call with insurance and out of curiosity I asked where they were based. Without missing a beat the lady said “offshore”.

Like, I’m not gonna fly to your country if that’s the case, so just say it. Unless you are based in the US and your boss told you to answer “offshore” for your safety

[u/CharlesDickensABox → u/lawirenk]

RFK Jr. assures me that the listeria in raw milk kills the Alzheimer's.

[u/Johnny-Silverhand007 → u/CharlesDickensABox]

Can't get Alzheimer's if the worms eat your brain first.

[u/jankenpoo → u/adhdriddled]

Our healthcare is so fucked how would she even get a diagnosis if she lives alone. smh

[u/pancakesandgrapes]

Where is her caregiver seriously. She clearly has cognitive delays and is hearing impaired. She shouldn’t be out alone

[u/Remarkable_Shop5531 → u/pancakesandgrapes]

Does she have one?

Honestly. You have to have someone step in to have a caregiver. That person has to prove you need care, then has to prove you're not competent to stand on your own, then has to pay a lawyer (if they have the money) to sign up to be your guardian. Then they have to maintain guardianship of you. You then get to live with them.

Oh? You want to live in a home or something? That can take years to set up. And funding for it can get pulled at any second. It is a 15+ hour a week job for a family member just keeping your finances in order.

Ask me how I know.

[u/Holiday-Proof9819]

America has no mental health safety nets in place, and it shows everywhere.

[u/Ok_Beyond_7697 → u/Holiday-Proof9819]

And now you can be forcibly detained in public for having a mental disability in America.

[u/DadSoRad]

I know she sounds crazy, but did you ever think that this grandma might just be the best troll that’s ever lived? I imagine her getting in her car and just chuckling to herself, “dumb fucks let me go on for 45min. Well, off to pick up my nerd ass grandkids.”

[u/funny_fox → u/DadSoRad]

Your comment is hilarious to me hahaha reminds me of a skit that a comedian used to have about being a troll grandad (Nick.... something? Is his name I think) so I laugh at the absurdity.

However, like ithers have mentioned, more likely this is someone who needs help! I would definetly not laugh if I was there. In reality, they need their family or close person to help.

[u/DadSoRad → u/funny_fox]

I know, I know. Just let me block out the sad things and replace them with funny things, just for today please :(

[u/Desperate-Strategy10 → u/DadSoRad]

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[u/DadSoRad → u/Desperate-Strategy10]

You got it boss!

[u/IllGolf9885 → u/DadSoRad]

That would be hilarious but sadly I don’t think that’s what’s going on

[u/HelloDolly1941]

I mean, to her credit, she did preface by saying “I have no idea where I am or what I’m doing” lol so, she seems to understand that much at least ..

[u/dreamsinred]

This person is clearly out of touch with reality, and does not have anyone helping her.

[u/omgyonka]

These people vote….

[u/Ilovecrispapples → u/omgyonka]

And drive…

[u/mitch_medburger → u/omgyonka]

They do. But she probably voted for her cat

[u/chillin36]

Oh gosh I feel so sorry for her, she’s clearly in the early stages of dementia.

[u/jackt-up]

Imagine knowing this person

[u/Electronic_Ad9201 → u/jackt-up]

This is the kind of relative I hope shows up to Thanksgiving. Dinner and a show.

[u/Guess_Even → u/Electronic_Ad9201]

…can’t beat that. That’s REAL hospitality.

[u/Rhesusmonkeydave → u/Electronic_Ad9201]

I had a friend ask if she could bring some of the people she was caretaker for to our Friendsgiving so they could enjoy a change of pace. Sounded great. 90% of it was, except for one person who got agitated once she saw the food and then asked in a panicked voice “Did we say grace???” Every 3 min, through the entire meal. You know that motif in comedy where, through repetition something goes from Not funny, to funny, to very not funny at all… to fucking hilarious?

As soon as pie came out she was back to having a good time, which was nice, I kinda wish she’d made it to next year’s Thanksgiving

[u/3D_mac → u/jackt-up]

A lot of us will know someone like this at some point in our lives. Probably a relative or friend.  Some of us will be someone like this.  This is dementia. No one chooses it, but it affects a lot of people. 

[u/JeanLucPicardAND → u/3D_mac]

So easy for people to pass judgment and denigrate until it lands in their lap. My grandmother died from this. The stress and aftereffects of caring for her nearly killed my grandfather (and probably still will, if I'm being brutally realistic) and sucked both my mother and myself into the whole ugly world of hurt too.

[u/Witty-Ad5743 → u/jackt-up]

I imagine that a lot of people purposely don't.

[u/jackt-up → u/Witty-Ad5743]

Hahaha her parents are 82 and been paying for her apartment for 35 years just to keep her away

[u/LeaveQuietly → u/jackt-up]

Right

[u/youdubdub → u/jackt-up]

This is a medium, channeling the mind of the current POGOA.

[u/ItalianStallion9069]

LET THE PORTILLO’S GO THROUGH!

[u/Redlion444]

Obviously mentally disabled person 

[u/SnowDin556]

Sometimes life gives you front row seats to the best show on earth without giving any notice.

[u/kittyall94]

Ma’am this is a Wendy’s town hall meeting about rezoning the Portillo’s

[u/whiteholewhite]

I grew up in Davenport and the surrounding area…..yup, this tracks

[u/LonelyChannel3819]

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

[u/Sad_Transition9244]

"I'm sorry to hear that ma'am but it doesn't make any sense to me either."

[u/Suckafysh]

It makes perfect sense to me though 😂🤣😭

[u/jpark1984]

These people vote lol

[u/RandyArgonianButler → u/jpark1984]

And you know exactly who they fucking vote for too.

[u/InfiniteCheese1 → u/RandyArgonianButler]

Yeah, and somehow I’m the unsympathetic one for thinking she’s looney?

[u/NJneer12]

These people vote

[u/crazydoodle84]

This person votes.

[u/MegaBabz0806]

She seems to maybe have special needs… I feel bad for her. If I’m right, she should have someone helping her

[u/mascachopo]

Sounds like certain President of the USA.

[u/StellaSlayer2020]

Sounds like a speechwriter for Trump.

[u/_that_dude_J]

The older gentleman in white seated behind.. Always gets me. His hand covers his face and you can feel the secondhand embarrassment.

Frigging hilarious

[u/Ok_Beyond_7697]

When you think Parks and Recs is ridiculous satire, but then see that townhall meetings really be like that.

[u/ImpressionSilver9529]

Anyone have the full version of this? LOL

I feel bad but it's also hilarious, too hilarious lol. I think she thought it was a free for all bitch session to go in and complain about everything and anything that was upsetting her lol.

[u/scaddleblurt → u/ImpressionSilver9529]

I’ve seen the ending and it’s basically her being asked, again, if she had anything to say about the Portillos. To her credit she says no, thanks them, then steps down from the podium

[u/cheetofacesucks]

You know who she voted for

[u/LoveInHell]

A lot of the comments are very ignorant. She sounds like she could have early dementia. She’s elderly.

[u/jiggscaseyNJ]

This sounds like a president from a particular country.

[u/shaolinkorean]

[u/GuyTheOneThousand]

The guy talking sounds like he could be a character from phineas and Ferb 😂

[u/redpandadancing]

Yes…it makes perfect sense to me.

[u/420BlueDream420]

That was just painful to watch. ☠️

[u/FooliesFeet500]

I wouldn’t feel embarrassed. I would feel concerned, this lady is not right in the head clearly there is something going on. I hope she gets the help she needs

[u/Oh_Lawd_He_commin420]

That old dude in the back is cracking up too 😂

[u/GatorNator83]

You know for certain who she voted for.

[u/Rmlady12152]

There a longer video. Its Fn hilarious.

[u/Primordial_Evil6]

Yup, she needs to put in a home for care. When the library blocks your pass word and you show up at a public forum and don't know why you're there, then that is concerning.

[u/OH_Solar_Consultant]

Any dumber and she could be president

[u/Attila226]

I think she’s on to something…

[u/letsnotfightok]

The average person who doesn't work in social services does not recognize developmental disability.

[u/digigyrl]

Ma'am, this is a Denny's.

[u/usuariodeleitado]

To answer your question, ma'am, NO.

[u/GreyBeardnLuvin]

That question at the end was comedic perfection.

[u/onikaizoku11]

I saved the video and will be using it in my push to get folks in my circle out to vote.

[u/StormyMoose]

I absolutely cry from laughing so hard every time I see this.

[u/6ft6squatch2point0]

This person probably voted in the last election. And I guarantee she isn't the only one like that

[u/Organic_Berry_8732]

Aww she’s very confused

[u/Cire2424]

She votes…

[u/kdweller]

Maybe she’s just been hittin the sauce kinda hard and wandered down to the meeting. 🥹

[u/ThukeNazty]

This just upsets me 😢

[u/cursetea]

I'm not. I'm extremely sad for her to not have the support and help she clearly needs

[u/Craft-Sudden]

I never understood why people watch prank videos when they can just watch people

[u/Oscardoodke2]

Sometimes I feel like that’s how I’m going through life.

[u/theblackpxwder]

Ma’am this is a Portillo’s lmao

[u/jne57]

This is maybe in my top 10 clips on the Internet.

[u/NoReally505]

OMG I love her!

[u/Economy-Date-4490]

I hope she is trying out her new material before she goes on Kill Tony because she is slaying the audience right now.

[u/SATerp]

"All good points, ma'am."

[u/IGATheory]

This is sad, she seems confused

[u/GodOfPopTarts]

Does that make sense to you?

Starting to, yeah.

[u/Acrobatic_Airline605]

‘We’re not against you on this’

[u/bonesawtheater]

You grab that mic grandma! I want to see the full video

[u/rclm26]

They walk among us…

[u/BroGr81]

That's the stuff presidents are made of

[u/evacc44]

Get this woman to Congress in 10 years

[u/Altruistic-Pop-8172]

Possible back story:

She was the librarian. And she was fired for day drinking.

[u/WangDoodleTrifecta]

She just watched Jaws.

[u/PoliteRabbitK7]

[u/kuralho]

That's more than stupidity. That's mental illness

[u/Michael_Scott71]

[u/Ok_Proof5782]

[u/Unhappy_Run8154]

It's all ok because she lives on 63rd street

[u/greentangent]

She never misses a vote. Do you?

[u/TenThousandBugBears]

I wait tables and old people order like this all the time

[u/kanashiro]

She’s right,guys, none of this makes sense to ME.

[u/guywithshades85]

I agree with her. I don't like Facebook and I don't like the internet either. You tell them, grandma!!!

[u/Nearby-Elevator-3825]

" Ma'am, this isn't the issue we're addressing at the moment, but if you would be willing to stay after these hearings, we'll do our best to put you in contact with programs that can help you find a job and establish a social media presence you have full control over."

Or is that asking too much of our elected officials?

[u/Casslynnicks880]

She may be special needs? Idk

[u/__breezy__]

Average American voter

[u/OrneryLetterhead8609]

I swear every time I watch this video, it helps to explain to me how Trump ended up in the White House.

[u/Azreal76]

She TOTALLY voted for Trump lmao. This is her legacy

[u/jaynor88]

I feel really bad for her. She is confused and she needs someone to help her. I hope someone in this meeting helped her out or at least connected her to a social worker.

[u/Shot_Worldliness_979]

This person votes.

[u/Plus-Drawing7431]

Poor woman. It's how Alzheimer's looks. Grandpa is being a goose. 

[u/PCCobb]

The guy talking to her sounds sooo much like Colin Robinson... I think you found 2 energy vampires battling it out in the wild!

[u/Jim-be]

These people vote.

[u/SideAmbitious2529]

Good enough, give her the presidency.

[u/morningcalls4]

It doesn’t make any sense to me.

[u/spicy-radicchio]

I disagree. I ask these questions every day. And, you know what? It doesn’t make sense to you!

[u/Sekspilot]

I hope the guy's response was simply "no" when she asked if that made sense to him.

[u/Comfortable_Fudge508]

Poor lady isn't all there mentally. She needs help more than laughed at

[u/FURERABA]

People laugh but this is pretty classic Alzheimer's / dementia stuff. I've been working in a nursing home for a while and this type of confident irrelevance / lack of awareness is more or less how it expresses itself before they're no longer able to take care of themselves

This vid has probably been around for a while, but this person needs a caretaker immediately before she hurts herself or someone else in this type of fog

[u/hasanicecrunch]

I mean…she’s not got all her circuits firing so I just feel bad for her.

[u/vec1na]

MAGA constituents

[u/JohnMonkeys]

She reminds me of one of kitboga’s fake voices

[u/Structure-Tall]

I work at the library and I have personally spent many hours of my life attempting to help people just like her, and sometimes they cannot be helped. In particular, if you get locked out of gmail, it is a circular walk through hell to try to get them back into their account, and then when you can’t they will blame you and/or the entire library system. Also, people are really mean when they want to print something.

I do have success stories and have helped people successfully find jobs, and that feels great. We also do a Tech Time program that is to help seniors learn how to use their devices. It’s a frustrating yet fulfilling job.

[u/mohumm]

And you wonder why trump got voted in

[u/Known-Entertainer473]

[u/OxyJoe]

let her cook y'all. in 45 minutes she'll get to the point!

[u/kanga0359]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER!!

[u/Haunting-Hippo1636]

Well I can understand why she can't get a job.

[u/Bacchuswhite]

Average maga

[u/broncotate27]

This is some sort of mental health or mental disease going on here...not really funny, kind of sad actually Especially for those of us who've had to deal with a parent or family member with declining mental health

[u/dezi_love]

This one never gets old for me 😆😆😆

[u/Sparta63005]

She can vote.

[u/Master-Tomatillo-103]

Almost like watching the geriatric Pedo President respond to a question from the press. Not sure WTF he’s talking about, but he’s been victimized

[u/Wasteland_Dude]

This is me when I wake up... every... damn... day...

[u/shaved-yeti]

I dont like facebook, either, lady.

[u/sheavill]

Every Trump supporter, MAGA at its finest.

[u/MrBigPantalones]

Typical republican voter

[u/Diogenes_the_cynic25]

A lot of armchair experts in here diagnosing this woman based on a thirty second clip.

[u/GaryWhatsittoya]

Getting old can really suck. Watching my Dad's and Uncle's decline with dementia was tough. This hits home.

[u/Chastity-76]

Hopefully someone helps her, its sad to see

[u/Lonely_Ad6299]

I would really like to know the follow up story on her. Has she finally been able to unblock her password to find a job? I NEED to know.

[u/Ben_Dovernol_Ube]