December 30, 2025 at 6:35 am

An Electrician Took A Break In A Public Park After Work, But He Got Annoyed At A Random Guy Who Thought He “Worked” There

by Matthew Gilligan

man relaxing in a park

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Here we go again, folks…

It’s another story of mistaken identity from Reddit!

This time it took place in a public park and the guy who wrote it just wanted to left alone.

Read on and learn about what happened!

Who “works” at a public park?

“I’m an electrician. What does matter is that the company I work for provides neon orange shirts with the company logo for us to wear.

One day last summer I had to dig a trench. It sucked, but honestly it could be worse. It was dry, and I’d rather be hot and dry than pretty much any kind of water or mud in my trench. After dusting off and changing out of my boots I head home.

My route home takes me past the downtown riverfront area which contains several recreational spaces and a section of greenway that goes through the city.

It was time to relax after a hard day at work.

I decided that since the temperature was dropping I’d go for a short walk on the greenway and cool off in the breeze that was coming in.

Fast forward about 30 minutes and I’m honestly worn out. My ADHD had forgotten that I spent 8 hours digging through hard clay by hand and a short walk has me ready to fall over so I plop down in the grass a few feet off the greenway to just enjoy the view and relax for a bit.

What the hell?

I’m there for about 5 minutes just watching the water and listening to music in my earbuds before I hear screaming behind me.

I just ignore it because honestly people are crazy, and it’s not uncommon downtown, but it goes on just long enough for me to turn my head.

Big mistake as I lock eyes with some dude waving frantically at me and screaming red-faced at the top of his lungs to take out my earbuds.

I ask him what his problem is and he responds “I need you to take out your earbuds and answer my ******* question.”

And then asked something about the kids playground.

Huh?

I responded “how the **** should I know? I don’t have kids.”

To which he responded, and I’ll never forget it, “Don’t talk to me like that. You work here, don’t you?”

I saw red. I was honestly completely stunned. After 10 years as a retail manager which broke me, I thought I was done with the “you work here, right” bull ****.

All I could think to say is “Who ‘works’ at a park?”

Complete with air quotes.”

Check out what folks had to say on Reddit.

This person shared their thoughts.

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Another individual spoke up.

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This Reddit user weighed in.

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Another person shared their thoughts.

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And this individual had a lot to say.

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Some folks are just plain old CLUELESS.

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