Yep, I think this is the smartest, most insightful thing said in this thread.
Wow, thanks for the compliment! (I repped ya cause I can be bought cheap
). I'd have to reserve the "smartest/insightful" award on this thread until Chillen throws down his rap:
I would hit the
THUG with a
MUG and squash him like a
BUG while I
CHUG...
The dude who got beat on screwed up when he threw his phone down like he was going to do something, plus he broke his phone! If he were to approach the situation a little more modestly, he probably would have walked away with his face intact.
See.....now we're getting somewhere; solid observation!!!! Let's chew this a bit and see what we come up with.
I entirely concur, the guy gets kudo-balls for having the guts to call her out on taking "cuts" in line (how many times have we all wanted to say something when we see something like that?)....but his implicit mistake was made when he continued to ignore the woman! Remember, she tried talking to him at first and he just ignored her; when you ignore someone you're telling them that they aren't worth your time and you're better then them, THAT'S WHAT SET HER OFF and brought the cascade of events that followed.
Hey, how many times have you walked to the front of the line just to ask for a napkin, package of ketchup, hot-spice or just the key to the bathroom? She didn't seem embarrassed, perhaps she just wanted to explain herself?? He ignored her again and again and embarrassed her in front of everyone, then the manager tells her to "get out". I'm not saying she's right, she's as damaged as those freaktards on Jerry Springer (*Freaktard is a registered BSL trade-word and can not be used without the written consent of BSL).
Getting back to it, if homeboy would have talked with her he could have just said "Oh, I'm sorry...it's just that I have to wait my turn in line and apparently your better then me...blah blah blah"....(pretend to be sorry but make her answer for her actions). Fact is, his ignoring her set her off and then she got her psycho-thug to whoop his ass. Did you notice how at first psycho-thug was headed towards the cashier until, like a dog led by it's master, she turned him to attack the guy...and even then he continued to ignore her/them. Just how did he think this was going to end???? Hello?????
Then he spikes his phone? How does that put him ahead.....even with insurance he's out at least $50 and probably 5 hours in line at the cell-phone store getting a new phone.
No, no, no, no, no.....these are heavily damaged multi-colored trash people, I guarantee this event happened in some hick-backward impovershed town....say, like...Flint, Mich.
But let's take it a step above this all: what do people want? What is this really all about?
RESPECT. Cutting in a line is disrespecting others, ignoring someone is disrespectful. All these people want is respect and when you dis them, you bring the noise. Homeboy may have sealed his fate the moment he called her out, but he certainly compounded the intensity of his misfortune by blatantly ignoring her.
And lastly, lets say homeboy was a black-belt and he somehow beat-down the psycho-thug. These people all probably live within 2 miles of the pizza place, do you really want some 6' 4" monster walking around the city figuring he owes you some payback if he ever finds you again?
Me, I'd like to think I would have yelled at the guy that he's being video-taped and to stop it.....but NO, I'm not going to jump in. Who knows how many home-boys are waiting outside in the car or how things could escalate. I've got a family and great life, I'll try to help, but given that homeboy provoked the matter by repeatedly ignoring her, he sorta brought it. In the end, it's best not to interact with people who are so low on the life-chart.
And one last bizarre note. If you saw psycho-couple on the street with a flat-tire (outside the store ) and you helped them, they'd probably both go to bat for you if they saw/heard someone giving you grief moments later!
It's like speeding tickets.....everyone gets one sooner or later, nobody flies under the radar forever. All of us face bizarre confrontations now and then; don't let your emotions dictate your actions.
Damn....
