senior chef
Senior Member
Yesterday, while riding on a public bus on my way back from the supermarket, I had a near violent confrontation with a jerk.
I had my small wheeled hand cart with me and it was filled with groceries. The hand cart was PARTIALLY in the aisle but there was plenty of room for people to move passed. A 20 something black man got on and he wanted to go to the back of the bus. He could easily have edged passed but he demanded that I move the basket to near the exit. I told him, "Just walk passed" he shouted at me and he grabbed my little basket. I held on to my basket. He moved up into my face still shouting. I said "leave me alone, WALK PASSED." He pressed the issue and looked like he was getting ready to be violent.
I stood up and said, as I TOWERED over him, "You want to hit me ? Go ahead. I'll put you in the hospital."
If that passenger had been handicapped or loaded down with packages, I'd have moved my little wheeled basket to the exit area. BUT, not for a jerk.
I had my small wheeled hand cart with me and it was filled with groceries. The hand cart was PARTIALLY in the aisle but there was plenty of room for people to move passed. A 20 something black man got on and he wanted to go to the back of the bus. He could easily have edged passed but he demanded that I move the basket to near the exit. I told him, "Just walk passed" he shouted at me and he grabbed my little basket. I held on to my basket. He moved up into my face still shouting. I said "leave me alone, WALK PASSED." He pressed the issue and looked like he was getting ready to be violent.
I stood up and said, as I TOWERED over him, "You want to hit me ? Go ahead. I'll put you in the hospital."
If that passenger had been handicapped or loaded down with packages, I'd have moved my little wheeled basket to the exit area. BUT, not for a jerk.