I don't understand family turmoil..... help

[yeahme]

My family never argued or screamed. If someone was mad they stated their point and it was kind of an unwritten rule for people to think before speaking. Of course when I was a teenager there was lots of yelling at me cause I needed it. But being an only child, my household was really "Beaver Cleaver" ish. My parents are still married (40 years in October), they have differences of opinion but no yelling.

While I was on drugs of course I avoided my family and had my own turmoil going on. But that was 5 years ago and I'm back to having a calm, low stress, no drama life (as much as can be).


So here's the turmoil issue. I work part time for a jewish family who all own parts of the business. 2 of the son's own business' on the beach and they don't talk, one even ran over the other one. One brother lives way up in north Fla and the sister is pretty close to normal. The parents are old, crazy and scream all the time at each other. The son's scream and yell and argue with the parents as well as each other in front of everyone, customers, doesn't matter who is around.

I come home from working there, feeling......... mentally exhausted. No one yells at me cause they know I'd leave and never come back! But to watch a disfunctional family like that, is overloading to me!

How on Earth can people talk to their parents like that? Telling them they are worthless old people, then the parents telling the kids how worthless they are, etc.........

I'm a social worker and have worked with individuals hearing of families like this but have never been there to see it. I'm thinking , there are families like this?!