And what if it was fiction? Can you not extract the etiquette (or lack thereof) of the tale as a learning experience?
Really? Fictional stories/tales of outlandish behavior are okay as long as they teach a lesson?
I don't mind fictional tales as long as they are marked as such. "Let's say that X crazy thing happened. What would you have done?" I'll happily play in that thread. I just don't like when hypothetical stories are told as truth - there's a different element of buy-in. Maybe that's why posters sometimes pretend their stories are real, for fear that no one will respond if it's been made clear that the post didn't really happen, or that we're not capable of answering the etiquette question if we know the situation is hypothetical. Which is ridiculous, of course.
What I don't appreciate is folk using this board as their creative writing outlet. I can understand the temptation - I write, and I'd love to bounce ideas off an audience to see if my plots ring true - but I'd never, ever do that. It's contrary to the spirit and mission of this board, and it's manipulative besides. I respect y'all too much to do that. Others' mileage evidently varies.
(And I have no patience at all with trolls who use eHell as their own emotional playground. That's just heinous.)