What was the most petty thing an adult did to you, when you were younger?

Grounded me for leaving a hanger on the dryer

Then extended it for reading while grounded

Then further for sleeping when told I can’t read. Shit still pisses me off years later..

In cub scouts, we were doing the pinewood derby. I worked really hard on my car, (my dad helped, of course). I had already won the first 3 rounds, and before the final round, one of the dads of the of the other kids picked up my car to hand it to me. It “slipped” out of his hand, and broke the wheels when it hit the floor. I’m convinced it was not an accident, and he was sabotaging my car so his kid would win.

This was over 30 years ago, and I’m still salty about it.

When I was in like 5th grade I didn’t put a book cover on my math book. It required cutting up a paper bag something similar (we couldn’t really afford the fancy ones) and I just never did it. So my math teacher took away my math book, so I couldn’t do homework or follow along in class. Like WTF, who does that to a kid. When my mom found out she went down to the school and RAISED HELL about interfering with my right to an education or something. The school district was terrified of her until I graduated.

My swimming teacher removed my inflatable armbands while swimming in a deep part of the pool because I was not paying enough attention out of excitement.

30+ year old man made it a point to walk up to me and call me by a racial slur when I was about 5-8 years old in front of the crosswalk lady. Nobody said shit in response.