Confrontation Yes/No?

Clark Nova · 13 Sep 2017 at 12:41

Don't worry about it, keep walking. Sometimes people have a bad day and look for an excuse for a fight. You did the right thing to ignore it.

Cavallino · 13 Sep 2017 at 12:46

Boxing stance tbh.

Daftbrown · 13 Sep 2017 at 13:03

[FnG]magnolia said:
Just LOL if you don't carry a quarterstaff for this type of situation.

False. The quarterstaff is an ineffective weapon unless single-handedly taking on groups of eight or more simultaneously.

MoRT489 · 13 Sep 2017 at 13:32

Hadouken!

Rifte said:
Why am I like this? In short.....life....I just started to push back a little.

Falling Down starring Rifte...

Admiral Huddy · 13 Sep 2017 at 14:08

As you get older, you tend not to let things get to you so much. Complete opposite to when I was younger.

For example, Just this lunchtime, had a woman shoulder barge me in a sandwich shop on the front Counter.. Actually pushed me aside..

"Please go ahead .. you must be more important than me and everyone else around you.. "

She just replied, "oh thank you".

Which just goes to prove it's just ignorance. I'm happy for people to act that way if that's the way they want the world to see them.. They aren't worth the higher BP.

CircleFaust · 13 Sep 2017 at 14:10

Neil79 said:
I'm one of those people that will stand up for my self when needed and will stand up for myself if my family is in danger, however I do have a habbit of avoiding verbal confrontation and that I find annoying. I'll go over the event in my head " I should've said this or that " etc.

Here's an example, today I was walking through the shops in an ok mood, I walked out of a charity shop and this bloke walks past me, looks at me, didn't bump into me or was in each others way and as he walked through the doors behind me said " Watch where your going ". There was nobody else behind me so clearly it was aimed at me.

In my head I just said to myself Just leave it, Don't rise to it. But what would you have done in this situation?

1) Felt it was not worth the agro
2) Faced him and said a few words back?
3) Hit him

you did the right thing. just stay out of carp like this and life will be a lot easier.

Dup · 13 Sep 2017 at 14:17

My favourite is "OH NO! I'M INVISIBLE AGAIN!" when someone pushes in front of me at a shelf in a shop and then proceeds to fanny about like you don't exist.

Scam · 13 Sep 2017 at 14:59

Dup said:
My favourite is "OH NO! I'M INVISIBLE AGAIN!" when someone pushes in front of me at a shelf in a shop and then proceeds to fanny about like you don't exist.

Heh, I like the "Gosh what am I going to do with my new powers of invisibility!"

Angilion · 13 Sep 2017 at 15:44

Daftbrown said:
False. The quarterstaff is an ineffective weapon unless single-handedly taking on groups of eight or more simultaneously.

If there's only one enemy, the weapon you need is a pommel.

Junglist · 13 Sep 2017 at 16:33

Neil79 said:
In my head I just said to myself Just leave it, Don't rise to it. But what would you have done in this situation?

Do the British thing! Queiy tut then walk away!

When I was younger confrontation wasn't something that bothered me. Now though I'd just go for the option that gives me the easiest life.

bledd · 15 Sep 2017 at 16:26

"Do you have a letterbox?"

Baron C · 15 Sep 2017 at 16:40

Neil79 said:
I'm one of those people that will stand up for my self when needed and will stand up for myself if my family is in danger, however I do have a habbit of avoiding verbal confrontation and that I find annoying. I'll go over the event in my head " I should've said this or that " etc.

Here's an example, today I was walking through the shops in an ok mood, I walked out of a charity shop and this bloke walks past me, looks at me, didn't bump into me or was in each others way and as he walked through the doors behind me said " Watch where your going ". There was nobody else behind me so clearly it was aimed at me.

In my head I just said to myself Just leave it, Don't rise to it. But what would you have done in this situation?

1) Felt it was not worth the agro
2) Faced him and said a few words back?
3) Hit him

Not worth the effort.
Plenty of mental cases and wannabe gangsters around. Typically you would just have an exchange of words and then walk away being annoyed and ruining your day.
Even a bump is never worth it.
He may have just been having a bad day and said it without really thinking.

Like you say only time you should be aggressive is in personal/family defence.

You were mindful and smart in my opinion.

VincentHanna · 17 Oct 2017 at 09:41

This story reminded me of this thread:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4984762/You-STUPID-woman-Man-s-furious-rant-woman-Tube.html

Roar87 · 17 Oct 2017 at 10:07

VincentHanna said:
This story reminded me of this thread:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4984762/You-STUPID-woman-Man-s-furious-rant-woman-Tube.html

I'm pretty certain if someone started screaming in a womans face where I live any number of men would intervene and it would escalate rather quickly, looking round the carriage though every "male" looks like they'd struggle with a strong breeze, have they begun a neutering program down there?

Kronos · 17 Oct 2017 at 10:22

In my younger days I would have definitely responded to the idiot but as I was built like a brick outhouse at the time it probably would not have happened though in Scotland there does seem to be a lot of smaller guys who like small bogs feel the need to be mouthy even with bigger dogs.

AndyCr15 · 17 Oct 2017 at 10:29

Dragging up an old thread and I've not read through it all... but does OP ever say if he was actually looking where he was going? People are stating the guy making the comment was a dick, but what if OP was (as many people do) wondering round with no awareness of others about them, is the commenting guy still a dick? Or is OP the dick? (Apologies if this is covered and I skipped it)

Dis86 · 17 Oct 2017 at 10:29

I'm pretty confrontational. Popped to Tesco after a rugby game last week to grab some food for dinner and as I walked past the cheese counter some slob shoves his entire hand in to a sample dish and grabs a handful. I couldn't help but say something. Pointed out to him that the cocktail sticks were there for a reason and that he was a dirty, disgusting piece of crap for shoving his entire mitt in. He just stood there completely blank faced. He'd obviously thought nobody had seen him and that it was therefore ok. Utter pig.

FlakGunna · 17 Oct 2017 at 11:42

Open him up like a tin of baked beans

Ayahuasca · 17 Oct 2017 at 11:48

Dis86 said:
I'm pretty confrontational. Popped to Tesco after a rugby game last week to grab some food for dinner and as I walked past the cheese counter some slob shoves his entire hand in to a sample dish and grabs a handful. I couldn't help but say something. Pointed out to him that the cocktail sticks were there for a reason and that he was a dirty, disgusting piece of crap for shoving his entire mitt in. He just stood there completely blank faced. He'd obviously thought nobody had seen him and that it was therefore ok. Utter pig.

Just as bad to be honest if you resorted to insulting him, there's a correct way to go about that scenario and you just seem to have let out some pent up aggression on him.

Dis86 · 17 Oct 2017 at 11:49

Ayahuasca said:
Just as bad to be honest if you resorted to insulting him, there's a correct way to go about that scenario and you just seem to have let out some pent up aggression on him.

As far as I'm concerned pointing out he's a dirty piece of human effluence is the correct way. Utter animal.