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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 29, 2004, 09:30:00 am
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So we get off the metro at out suburban metro stop, amongst a sea of people, and this woman starts verbally forcefully insisting to my wife that my wife needs to say "Excuse me" for bumping into the woman.
My wife protests that she didn't see the woman or feel herself bump into anyone amongst the crowded group of people (the woman had a slew of shopping bags hanging off of her, so if my wife bumped her, it was the bags she bumped, not the woman), the woman countered with, "You mean as short and as fat as I am, you couldn't see me, I don't believe that" (she was about 2 feet shorter than my wife)...or something to that effect."
My wife continued to stand her ground, and the woman started threatening loudly, "Don't go there, you don't even want to go there, you scroungy hooka. Don't go there, you scroungy hooka."
And then I intervened and spit on her. Well, not really. I just started yelling at the woman asking her why she wanted to start trouble.
Just thought I'd share my entertaining story of the day.
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yawn
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My favorite part:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
"... you scroungy hooka. Don't go there, you scroungy hooka."
I thought there might be mention of the recent robberies in that area at first..
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This stuff pisses me off. Manners are something missing in today's society.
Now if your wife bumped her and she didn't feel it, that is one thing. The other woman's behavior is inexcusable. However, the easiest way to get out of it would have been to say "I'm sorry...I didn't realize I bumped you...if I did...sorry about that" And the situation probably wouldn't have escalated beyond that.
I hate getting bumped into or stepped on at shows, metro, anything like that. It's bound to happen in crowds like that, but you can say excuse me or the like.
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Yeah, why not just apologise, what would it have cost?
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I thought this was about Nellie McKay. But then again, I guess she really wasn't from the ghetto after all.
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pretty exciting Rhett.
when's that next marathon?
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Why would you apologize to somebody if you don't feel that you are in the wrong? Especially if the person is being nasty about it?
My wife said:
"I didn't see you. nor did I feel myself bump into you. If I had seen you, of course I would have said 'Excuse me.'
And the woman countered with her smart ass, "As short and as fat as I am, you didn't see me?"
There was actually no way my wife could have bumped into the woman. If she did bump her, it had to have been her leg brushing into the gaggle of shopping bags that were at the woman's side. And unless you walk with your eyes facing the ground, you're not going to notice. And for the woman to think that amongst a crowd of people, that she's not going to have people brush against her gaggle of bags, is ridiculous.
Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
Yeah, why not just apologise, what would it have cost?
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How do we know it wasn't the other woman who bumped my wife?
After all, she seems to be the aggressive person in the story.
Originally posted by hitman:
This stuff pisses me off. Manners are something missing in today's society.
Now if your wife bumped her and she didn't feel it, that is one thing. The other woman's behavior is inexcusable. However, the easiest way to get out of it would have been to say "I'm sorry...I didn't realize I bumped you...if I did...sorry about that" And the situation probably wouldn't have escalated beyond that.
I hate getting bumped into or stepped on at shows, metro, anything like that. It's bound to happen in crowds like that, but you can say excuse me or the like.
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Worse. She's from England.
Originally posted by redsock:
I thought this was about Nellie McKay. But then again, I guess she really wasn't from the ghetto after all.
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I'll do one if you run it with me.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
pretty exciting Rhett.
when's that next marathon?
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Fuck this noise.
I'm going to hear Uma Thurman's dad talk about the sin of anger tonight, so hopefully I will learn how to handle these situations better.
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Real simple response she should have used is:
"You slammed into me, I was being polite and not mentioning it, as now you have brought the topic up, I expect an apology for that and for your verbal abuse, you short fat c*nt"
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Why would you apologize to somebody if you don't feel that you are in the wrong? Especially if the person is being nasty about it?
Err, to diffuse the situation and stop the other person getting nastier. I have no qualms about saying sorry.
The polite thing to do is say, I am sorry I did not see you there, you porky midget.
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i would have apologized for allegedly bumping into someone, just in hopes that they would shut up and leave me alone.
and if they didnt, a cross check to the throat is always a good go-to move.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
and if they didnt, a blade to the throat is always a good go-to move.
Perhaps you could drag it across your chin once in a while, too?
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Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
Yeah, why not just apologise, what would it have cost?
Yeah.
I thought this would be about JLo.
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With regards to the manners thang: I tripped walking down the stairs at the 930 last Sun night in my "skinny white hooka" shoes, and some poor woman coming up the stairs said "Hey, I'm so sorry" thinking SHE'D tripped me. No wonder we love 930. It's a small microclimate we're not seeing elsewhere in our lives...
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Except for the guy who crack the beer bottle over my forehead at the Cracker show.
Originally posted by Suki:
With regards to the manners thang: I tripped walking down the stairs at the 930 last Sun night in my "skinny white hooka" shoes, and some poor woman coming up the stairs said "Hey, I'm so sorry" thinking SHE'D tripped me. No wonder we love 930. It's a small microclimate we're not seeing elsewhere in our lives...
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Originally posted by Suki:
With regards to the manners thang: I tripped walking down the stairs at the 930 last Sun night in my "skinny white hooka" shoes, and some poor woman coming up the stairs said "Hey, I'm so sorry" thinking SHE'D tripped me. No wonder we love 930. It's a small microclimate we're not seeing elsewhere in our lives...
I love the 930, the staph, etc. However, it's not always the case with the patrons and their [lack of] manners.
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With regards to the manners thang: I tripped walking down the stairs at the 930 last Sun night in my "skinny white hooka" shoes, and some poor woman coming up the stairs said "Hey, I'm so sorry" thinking SHE'D tripped me. No wonder we love 930. It's a small microclimate we're not seeing elsewhere in our lives...
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Ever notice that Rhett and his wife seem to have a lot of problems with people?
I wonder if it will ever occur to them that the problem may not lie with the "other" people?
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We probably have no more problems with other people than anybody else. It's just that other people generally don't post it for discussions on chatboards.
They tell it to their friends, and get deserved sympathy from their friends.
Which is what I guess I should have done in the first place.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Ever notice that Rhett and his wife seem to have a lot of problems with people?
I wonder if it will ever occur to them that the problem may not lie with the "other" people?
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Except for the guy who crack the beer bottle over my forehead at the Cracker show.
I am sorry I did not see you there, you porky midget.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
We probably have no more problems with other people than anybody else.
Maybe we can take an informal poll.
We know that you have been accosted by a short fat woman on the escalator on the Metro. A Latin man attacked your wife on the street in Adams Morgan. A vicious mime attempted to molest your wife on the streets of Paris. Thankfully, you rescued her with your superior spitting skills. The mattress store man refused to give you your free pillow. You were randomly and unprovokedly hit over the head with a bottle at the Cracker show.
I know I'm missing a few others.
I would like to see a show of hands from all the people who have suffered a similar quantity of events such as these.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
They tell it to their friends, and get deserved sympathy from their friends.
Or, they get over it and move on with their lives.
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Yes, you are right. My wife got her deserved sympathy from me, and got over it.
I just thought it would make for an interesting board topic. Lord knows there's been a dearth of them lately.
Originally posted by Random Citizen:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
They tell it to their friends, and get deserved sympathy from their friends.
Or, they get over it and move on with their lives. [/b]
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Ever notice that Rhett and his wife seem to have a lot of problems with people?
I wonder if it will ever occur to them that the problem may not lie with the "other" people?
or they just complain about it more often.
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I would hardly call a Latin guy saying "Hi Mommy, Hi Baby" to my wife an "attack".
Nor does being refused a free pillow hardly qualify as a problem.
I would venture to say that you don't have any problems with people because people generally tend not to start trouble with tall, ugly badass motherfuckers like yourself.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
We probably have no more problems with other people than anybody else.
Maybe we can take an informal poll.
We know that you have been accosted by a short fat woman on the escalator on the Metro. A Latin man attacked your wife on the street in Adams Morgan. A vicious mime attempted to molest your wife on the streets of Paris. Thankfully, you rescued her with your superior spitting skills. The mattress store man refused to give you your free pillow. You were randomly and unprovokedly hit over the head with a bottle at the Cracker show.
I know I'm missing a few others.
I would like to see a show of hands from all the people who have suffered a similar quantity of events such as these. [/b]
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Maybe she was just a distraction so somebody else could rob you. Check to see if you have all of your belongings.
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You are probably right about that.
One of the great things about growing up on a farm in the country meant not having anyboy living within a quarter mile of where you lived.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Ever notice that Rhett and his wife seem to have a lot of problems with people?
I wonder if it will ever occur to them that the problem may not lie with the "other" people?
or they just complain about it more often. [/b]
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
You are probably right about that.
One of the great things about growing up on a farm in the country meant not having anyboy living within a quarter mile of where you lived.
and one of the great things about growing up in the city....you get to learn how to live amongst people of different cultures, lifestytles, ideas etc.
its hard to go from one to the other without thinking people are just nutso!
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I don't think this particular incident had anything to do with different cultures, lifestyles, ideas, etc.
It had to do with someone being intolerant of incidental contact in a crowded space.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
You are probably right about that.
One of the great things about growing up on a farm in the country meant not having anyboy living within a quarter mile of where you lived.
and one of the great things about growing up in the city....you get to learn how to live amongst people of different cultures, lifestytles, ideas etc.
its hard to go from one to the other without thinking people are just nutso! [/b]
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Well I have had two whacky experiences with unprovoked attacks at the 9:30. Once was there with friends enjoying The Crystal Method, and some woman behind me started punching me in the back. I had not bumped into anyone, had not drugs or alcohol in my system, and she started punching me. Fortunately she was weak and I just turned around and laughed at her.
The second time was The Orb with a friend. Was pretty crowded so dancing consisted of lifting my heels off the floor and not much more. So, now some girl is putting her feet under my raised heels. I move forward, go up about 15 feet, she keeps doing this. Then she goes to her friends "I can't believe he is stepping on my feet", to which I turn around and reply "Quit putting them under my shoes, and stop following me". Her friend then threatens me with a "Watch out, we are from New York". I laughed this one off too.
There are assholes everywhere, and I refuse to be polite to someone who was the one who wronged me. I ignore them, don't get into it, but I am not going to bend over backwards for them.
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
The second time was The Orb with a friend. Was pretty crowded so dancing consisted of lifting my heels off the floor and not much more.
sounds like a typical night at the 930 club!
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U scummy hooka, U!
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how did you know she was from the ghetto?