In Illinois, one uncomfortable encounter inside a Chicago gas station has blown up online after a group of rude college-aged guys decided to make a stranger the butt of their jokes. The TikTok, which has already racked up millions of views, shows how quickly a casual stop can spiral when entitlement, immaturity, and cruelty collide.
The clip jumps right into the chaos, with the woman already arguing with the group of young men inside the store. According to the caption, the guys had been making sexually explicit remarks and generally causing problems for anyone unlucky enough to be nearby.
From the start, the vibe is loud, hostile, and unnecessary, the kind of energy that makes everyone else in the room uncomfortable. And since this is Illinois, where Chicago pride runs deep, one of the guys randomly shouts, “Go Bears,” before launching into a strange rant about how much he loves the city.
Chicago College Kids Become Public Enemy No. 1 On TikTok
That moment might have been harmless if it stopped there, but it didn’t. Instead, things took a sharp turn when the group began mocking the woman’s appearance. Voices from the background can be heard yelling comments about her weight, including telling her to “Get skinny, it’s not that hard,” followed by another remark urging her to “Just lose 20 pounds.” The insults weren’t clever, funny, or even original — just mean-spirited and painfully unnecessary.
At one point, the loudest of the group pulls out his own phone and starts recording the woman, as if trying to flip the script. But that move only seemed to confirm what viewers were already thinking: these guys were more interested in attention than accountability. According to the woman filming, the situation escalated after a 7-Eleven clerk asked the group to leave the store. She also alleged that the men were being racist toward the employee, which only added another ugly layer to the encounter.
Other customers reportedly grew frustrated as well, encouraging the group to leave so everyone else could go about their business. Still, it took being denied service for the college kids to finally head out. The TikTok cuts off shortly after they exit, ending the confrontation but not the conversation online.
Illinois Gas Station Drama
Comment sections across platforms quickly filled with criticism, with many users calling out the normalization of this kind of behavior among young men. While no one was physically harmed, moments like this hit harder than people realize. Public weight-shaming, especially from strangers, isn’t just rude, it’s humiliating and unnecessary, and it reflects a larger cultural issue around empathy and accountability.
“We should let their mommies know. TikTok do your thing,” one person commented. “Insecure men who weren’t raised right and don’t know how to behave,” said another. “Trump’s America,” a third comment read. “All the boy moms: this is what you are so proud of???” a fourth social media user wrote.
Incidents like this aren’t limited to one city or one state, but seeing it unfold so blatantly in Illinois left many viewers disappointed. Hopefully, the viral backlash serves as a wake-up call. Growing up doesn’t stop at college graduation, and neither does basic human decency.
Nina Franklin 
Kenna Raye 
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