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Originally posted by Swizzy
Guy: OI OI BRUV (running towards me)
Me: I am not your brother.
Guy: Alright alright I just asked you a question (still being aggressive)
Me: You didn't ask me a question. You called me bruv and you supposedly asked me a question, which you didn't. (and I walked right past him. Trying to convey to him how I felt by being addressed as a BRUV.)
Guy: **** Calm down I just wanted a fag (cigarette) off ya mate.
Me: Sorry but if you want to smoke then go buy some cigarettes.
Guy: *********** (all profanity surprise surprise)
Originally posted by XxNightAngelusxX
Listen, everyone saying the OP came off as an asshole.
When you have no tolerance for ignorant people, you WILL come off that way. You will come off as someone who wants nothing to do with drama and bullcrap. I. Do. It. All. The. Time.
Originally posted by XxNightAngelusxX
How can you all act like you're supposed to just stand there and take it when people treat you like trash?
Originally posted by XxNightAngelusxX
Listen, everyone saying the OP came off as an asshole.
When you have no tolerance for ignorant people, you WILL come off that way. You will come off as someone who wants nothing to do with drama and bullcrap. I. Do. It. All. The. Time.
I went to an all-black school in middle school, just a few years back. Those people (not black people, just the majority of people in that school and that neighborhood) are the same way. They will attack you over anything, and the next minute, they'll ask you if they can borrow a pencil like they're your best friend in the world.
If you comply, they begin asking you for more stuff, and they start stealing it. A couple of black girls once stole my backpack and trashed it... tore it to pieces. Destroyed it.
You HAVE to be cold with those kinds of people. You have to make it clear that you want nothing to do with them. Sometimes they will get physical. Hopefully, you can walk away from the situation like the OP did.
But, because of going to schools like that, I never go anywhere without my pretty little black pocket knife, which I sharpened to perfection. No one will take advantage of me ever again.
How can you all act like you're supposed to just stand there and take it when people treat you like trash?
Screw that.
OP, don't waver. I mean, be smart about it, but don't just give in and be buddy buddy with trash. They will take advantage. That's how trash is.
Guy: OI OI BRUV (running towards me)
Me: I am not your brother.
Guy: Alright alright I just asked you a question (still being aggressive)
Me: You didn't ask me a question. You called me bruv and you supposedly asked me a question, which you didn't. (and I walked right past him. Trying to convey to him how I felt by being addressed as a BRUV.)
If you comply, they begin asking you for more stuff, and they start stealing it. A couple of black girls once stole my backpack and trashed it... tore it to pieces. Destroyed it.
reply to post by mr10k
What? All he asked for was 1 cigarette.. what the hell...
Originally posted by GrandStrategy
Originally posted by XxNightAngelusxX
Listen, everyone saying the OP came off as an asshole.
When you have no tolerance for ignorant people, you WILL come off that way. You will come off as someone who wants nothing to do with drama and bullcrap. I. Do. It. All. The. Time.
But the OP doesn't come off as someone who wants nothing to do with drama, he comes off as someone who thrives on it, invites it and pleads for it. He wasn't trying to avoid drama, he was trying to start drama by being verbally aggressive and condescending. If he was a person that avoided drama he would say "No, sorry mate, this is practically my last one". His reaction, and your statements about what you would do, betray this notion of avoiding drama.
Originally posted by XxNightAngelusxX
How can you all act like you're supposed to just stand there and take it when people treat you like trash?
Nobody treated the OP like trash. Somebody asked for a cigarette. That's it.
Like the OP, you as well sound like you're the one who is itching for confrontation. You and the OP both sound like a classic case of the bullied becoming the bully.
The man was asked for a cigarette, nothing more. He wasn't approached by a thief, he wasn't disrespected by any real measure, he was simply asked for a cigarette. That is it.
I cannot believe that you all actually think that someone who asks for a cigarette deserves to be treated with such hostility and contempt. Normal people do not react in the way the OP did, or the way you say you would.
Do you and the OP have no self awareness whatsoever. Can't you grasp how hostile and aggressive you both seem to be?
Originally posted by mr10k
Originally posted by XxNightAngelusxX
Listen, everyone saying the OP came off as an asshole.
When you have no tolerance for ignorant people, you WILL come off that way. You will come off as someone who wants nothing to do with drama and bullcrap. I. Do. It. All. The. Time.
I went to an all-black school in middle school, just a few years back. Those people (not black people, just the majority of people in that school and that neighborhood) are the same way. They will attack you over anything, and the next minute, they'll ask you if they can borrow a pencil like they're your best friend in the world.
If you comply, they begin asking you for more stuff, and they start stealing it. A couple of black girls once stole my backpack and trashed it... tore it to pieces. Destroyed it.
You HAVE to be cold with those kinds of people. You have to make it clear that you want nothing to do with them. Sometimes they will get physical. Hopefully, you can walk away from the situation like the OP did.
But, because of going to schools like that, I never go anywhere without my pretty little black pocket knife, which I sharpened to perfection. No one will take advantage of me ever again.
How can you all act like you're supposed to just stand there and take it when people treat you like trash?
Screw that.
OP, don't waver. I mean, be smart about it, but don't just give in and be buddy buddy with trash. They will take advantage. That's how trash is.
Im sorry but thats the problem. The first person who did something ignorant was the OP, is what I'm trying to say. How does running up to someone and asking for a cig or some gum make you an asshole? The OP could've just said "Sorry man, I got no smokes". Just look how it went down
Guy: OI OI BRUV (running towards me)
Me: I am not your brother.
Guy: Alright alright I just asked you a question (still being aggressive)
Me: You didn't ask me a question. You called me bruv and you supposedly asked me a question, which you didn't. (and I walked right past him. Trying to convey to him how I felt by being addressed as a BRUV.)
How is asking someone for a cig being aggressive? That's what I don't get. I would side with the OP if the guy came up and asked for cigs, OP said no, and the guy pushed him around roughed him up to try and get some cigs, but no. OP came off as cold because the guy "called him a bruv". How does someone get offended at that?
If you comply, they begin asking you for more stuff, and they start stealing it. A couple of black girls once stole my backpack and trashed it... tore it to pieces. Destroyed it.
What? All he asked for was 1 cigarette.. what the hell... OP Could have said no, guy walked away. Or OP said yes, and gave him 1 cigarette. End of story. It's a random guy on the street not a pesky co-worker or bully at school. I don't even
edit on 4-11-2012 by mr10k because: (no reason given)