Woman REFUSES to Give Balloon Hat to Sad Little Girl

Picture this: You’re a 23-year-old woman working at a place where a lovely lady comes in every Saturday to make balloon hats and face paint. You absolutely love these balloon hats and can’t wait for Saturdays to roll around. One day, you’re wearing a particularly fabulous fish balloon hat when a little girl and her dad come up to you. The girl wants a hat just like yours, but the Balloon Hat Lady has already left for the day. What do you do? Well, this is the predicament our protagonist found herself in, and let’s just say, things got a little awkward…

The Balloon Hat Dilemma

Saturday Excitement

The Fish Hat Encounter

The Balloon Hat Request

The Awkward Proposition

The Alternative Offer

The Search for the Spare Hat

The Hat Handover

Awkward Situation

The Boyfriend’s Verdict

Feeling Silly

To Give or Not to Give the Fish Hat

Our protagonist tried to avoid being the bad guy by offering the little girl a spare balloon hat, but her coworkers were reluctant to part with theirs, as they had plans to wear them to a staff party that night. Eventually, one coworker gave up his hat, but the dad made a snarky comment about our protagonist not wanting to give up her precious fish hat. When she got home, her boyfriend also called her out for being a bit of a jerk, as she could’ve just gotten another hat the following week. So, was our fish hat-loving friend in the wrong for not giving up her balloon hat to the little girl? Let’s dive into the top responses from the internet to see what they think of this fishy situation…

NTA and calling out passive-aggressive parents.

Setting boundaries with entitled parents.

Woman stands her ground against manipulative father for balloon hat.

Redditors discuss whether OP is the a**hole and debate the dad’s role

Coworker forced to give up balloon hat. YTA for that.

NTA for not giving hat, but asking colleague was A H move.

Not the a**hole for not giving away balloon hat

Balloon hat debacle: NTA, entitled parent and bratty child.

Asserting ownership: NTA defends not giving balloon hat

Sharing is caring, but boundaries are important too

Balloon lady and co-worker both in a**hole situation

It’s okay to say no to kids sometimes

Father puts stranger and child in uncomfortable situation for parenting failure

NTA dad needs to teach child boundaries

ESH situation, but don’t be a hat-passing coward

Woman stands up for her right to not give away hat

Redditor critiques behavior in balloon hat incident with nuance.

Hygiene policies valid reason for not sharing balloon hat

Defending property rights and calling out entitled dad and BF.

Teaching kids about respecting personal belongings. NTA

NTA for not giving balloon hat to unsanitary dad’s child

Protecting your property and teaching a lesson to entitled parents

Setting boundaries is important in teaching kids about consent

BF scolds woman wearing fish balloon hat, commenters find it hilarious

Pressure to give balloon hat ends in everyone sucking here ‍♀️

Not the a**hole: A comment on entitled parents.

Setting boundaries with customers can be tough ‍♀️

A coworker was pressured to give a balloon hat

NTA for not giving balloon hat, dad’s teaching entitlement

Compassionate parent defends woman who didn’t give balloon hat

Missed out on balloon lady, commenter expresses regret

Standing up to entitled dad and sweet friend saves day

Standing up for personal boundaries with kids

Being a responsible kid at heart is awesome

“NTA” commenter suggests teaching kids to handle disappointment

Dump him ‍♀️, but don’t lie about spare balloon hat .

Proud balloon hat owner gets support against entitled parents

Hilarious response to refusing balloon hat

Creative solution saves the day for balloon lady and girl

Defending personal property against entitled parents

Don’t feel guilty for keeping the balloon hat for yourself

NTA but entitled dad raises a potential spoiled brat

Ownership matters more than entitlement. Dad missed the lesson.

Dad’s entitlement leads to disappointment for daughter

Epic fish hat defended, entitlement culture criticized. NTA.

Redditer defends woman’s choice to keep balloon hat from child.

Sharing is not always caring, NTA stands her ground.

NTA. Witty response to entitled parent and revenge prank suggestion.

Personal experience of not wanting to share food at BBQ

Employee refuses to give up balloon hat, dad manipulative AH.

Respecting boundaries: NTA holds onto balloon hat.

Father’s entitlement teaches kid entitlement. Great hat though.

Using a little white lie to keep movie pins? NTA.

Standing up for your belongings

Entitled parent demands balloon hat, but commenter shuts them down.

Teaching kids the importance of ‘no’

Woman defends not giving balloon hat to little girl.

Defending her property: Woman refuses to give balloon hat

Teaching kids about boundaries: NTA comment section ✌

Teaching kids to ask strangers for things is wrong

NTA for not giving the hat but found another. Dad’s TA.

Boundaries respected: commenter defends woman’s decision not to share toy

Woman denies balloon hat to girl, demands candy in return

Teaching kids entitlement? Not the a**hole!

Sassy response to a stranger’s balloon hat request

Teaching kids entitlement? NTA refuses balloon hat to girl