Went to Walmart the other day, a man was minding his business, walking in the parking lot, wearing Yankees sports gear - hat, t-shirt.
A punk plump teenage girl viciously said to him, "Yankees suc", he replied without missing a beat, "F@T people suc"!
They went onto to exchange a few more foul words with him ending it with, "Keep it up and I will drill you into the ground"!
Is this what society has become in this day and age?
Is that man justified to retaliate as he did?
2007-06-11 06:02:16 · 33 answers · asked by Reserved 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Two wrongs don't make a right. It was incredibly rude of the girl to have said such to a complete stranger. It is obnoxious and uncalled for. The person who was on the receiving end could have acted better, though. It would have been best to simply ignore such pettiness instead of getting dragged into it with the person.
2007-06-11 06:07:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mistress Kat 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't know why it was right for her to say what she did to him, and it was wrong of him to say what he did in response. She did attack him about something that apparently means something to him. He must be a real fan of the Yankees to be wearing so much team logo at one time. One thing I have noticed about teenagers is their disrespect for adults, then and now. Teenagers are just little kids just about to become adults, and they do not have any self control yet, even though they should know the difference between right and wrong by now. Sure, she did not seem to be making a personal attack against the guy. But he did take it personal, and he made it a personal attack on her appearance. You did say he was minding his own business, and she wasn't minding hers. I don't think he meant he would physically drill her into the ground. I think he could and did drill her into the ground with his words, and probably hadn't even gotten started. Neither one of them was justified in letting this escalate as it did. Society in general has gotten a little intense with all the negative things occuring and the type of response becoming more crude. In his eyes, this man probably did feel justified in his response, since he wasn't bothering anyone until she couldn't resist making her remarks. I don't think I would have lowered myself to make any kind of remarks to her. I would have ignored her ignorance. Maybe, he was having a bad day and couldn't let one more thing go!
2007-06-11 07:04:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both were completely wrong.
The man didn't lay a hand on the girl. You can call anyone anything you want - but they still have a right to defend them self. Sadly though, the man showed his lack of maturity by being in a fight with a minor.
The girl needs to learn some manners. 1) Someone may physicly abuse her over something like this. 2) She should respect her elders.
You were right not to get involved personally. If it was really bad I'd have either told the manager of the store or called the cops.
2007-06-11 07:23:03 · answer #3 · answered by Think.for.your.self 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah that's pretty much the way people are today. And it isn't even just a baseball thing. I am not a football fan, but I enjoy wearing hooded sweatshirts. Well I had a University of Michigan sweatshirt on in Lansing, home of the rival Michigan State, and I had a man and his teenage son run my foot over with a grocery cart. When I called him out on it, he told me that it never would have happend had I not been wearing my U of M sweatshirt.
The crazy thing, being I like both teams, and the main reason I was wearing it was it was cold and laundry day.
Back to your story....both were in the wrong. And the older man should have known better and just walked away like I did.
2007-06-11 06:17:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As sad as it may seem this is the way of life. Whatever happened to if you do not have anything nice to say do not say anything at all. Being able to turn the other cheek seems to get harder and harder everyday. The girl had no right to say anything about what the man was wearing. I am sure it did not feel good when she heard his response. Live and let live if he likes the Yankees that is his right if she wants to be fat that his her right. In the end the man would have never said anything to her if she would have never said anything to him.
Do not go in the kitchen if you can not stand the heat.
2007-06-11 07:30:07 · answer #5 · answered by ohnyrican 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither can be justified. She provoked the argument and he just retaliated. This is usually seen more between children than an adult and a teenager. It is sad to say that this situation is normal among humans. I hope that, after the argument, they both felt humiliated for arguing about trivial matters, in the middle of a Wal-Mart parking lot, in the first place . The better thing for the man to have done would be to have walked away without antagonizing the provocation.
2016-05-17 08:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he was right to retaliate, after all, the teenager could have refrained from the "yankees suck" remark, no one cares what someone else thinks about your favorite team. I think he struck a nerve with the "fat people suck" retort, but in my book, she deserved it. But this is where he should have dropped it and went on his way. If she had followed him, then he could go to security and have her removed from the store. He was wrong to threaten physical violence, no matter how much she deserved it. So, it looks like a wash. Yes, this is what society has become, people without manners have raised children with no concept of manners, so we share the planet with barbarians.
2007-06-11 06:15:19 · answer #7 · answered by sugarbabe 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately this has what a small part of our society is like.
What the man should have done was to ignore the person making the comments.
By him responding to the comment is exactly what this person wanted.
This is why people get beaten up or worse shot or run over.
It's best to ignore people like this or if they really get in your face for no reason call the police.
2007-06-12 04:01:07 · answer #8 · answered by Curious George 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a difference between rude and friendly rivalry. I made a comment to a guy with a Spurs tshirt this weekend (guess where I live). He replied and we both walked away smiling. No issues. And the fat comment from an adult? Thats a whole different story
2007-06-11 08:11:09 · answer #9 · answered by biscuitperifrank 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She was wrong. So was he.
You witnessed two different types of personalities here. The first, the girl, was clearly someone who was opinionated and pushed her opinions on others unreasonably. The second, the man, had the chance to just smile and walk away or simply ignore her. That he took such a cheap shot shows that he's immature.
No, the world ISN'T all like that. Just spoiled, immature people showing their true colors in public.
2007-06-11 06:11:16 · answer #10 · answered by Lori W 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋