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No worries Buck, I am not offended ..just being a bit facetious. Truth is I have a low tolerance for bullies.
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12-30-2017, 11:57 PM
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Who me?
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I imagine more than one person was interviewed by police before charges were laid, maybe this guy is just a racist bully ******* who's confrontational power trip was caught on camera and now he's paying for it. All the posts looking for any reason to excuse his behaviour are quite sad and likely because you see these tendencies in yourself, no rationale person sees it the way you do.
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Naw I’m not defending his actions just saying that there could have been other fuel in the fire other than just pure racism. But I don’t know the whole story as no one else here does either.
I am just saying if I’m in a situation such as this I would try to handle it differently then the bystander did. Sometimes when people calm down they realize they are acting a fool.
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12-31-2017, 12:10 AM
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Yeh I hear ya.
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No worries Buck, I am not offended ..just being a bit facetious. Truth is I have a low tolerance for bullies.
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I don’t care for bullies but usually bullies are more taunting.
This guy had real anger/rage in his eyes which is why I think there may be other contributing factors.
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If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck, quacks like a duck ... it is a duck! No need to psychoanalyze the duck...I’d step in..
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12-31-2017, 12:16 AM
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I always psychoanalyze the duck.
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If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck, quacks like a duck ... it is a duck! No need to psychoanalyze the duck...I’d step in..
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Well of coarse intervene but try not to escalate the problem.
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Escalation would have been his choice.
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12-31-2017, 12:26 AM
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If your calm and cool about it I guess so. Not every situation can be defused.
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If your calm and cool about it I guess so. Not every situation can be defused.
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Just wondering...if it was your kid at the till you'd be okay with no one stepping in?
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12-31-2017, 09:54 AM
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I’ve always admired the person that can turn to humour to draw down a tense situation. That seems to be the idea way to throw someone off their nasty game.
I’ve intervened only a few times in my life and on each occasion got the sense that I was on thin ice in terms of avoiding an escalation directed at me. Just been lucky.
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12-31-2017, 10:17 AM
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If one reacts like this to an everyday mistake made by a young kid that is already working on fixing the mistake it's obvious who the butt hurt snowflake is.
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This. Somebody needs mental health counselling.
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12-31-2017, 10:27 AM
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Not and all what I’m saying.
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Just wondering...if it was your kid at the till you'd be okay with no one stepping in?
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You may have missed my post three posts above yours.
Or a couple other posts where I indicated intervening.
Thank you for your concern of my children.
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What happens during an “intervention” is unpredictable. Kind of like stepping between a grizzly and his dinner where reasoning or humor is unlikely to deter a beast already ramped up to the “tip” point. I am all for “calm”, “unruffled” demeanor used judiciously with “the look”. (“The look” is hard to describe and does not come natural to many ...best communicated to me years ago by one of my Karate instructors after shaking off a moderately rough sparring session. “When the ref shouts ‘fight’ your eyes go dead cold and you smile ... makes me feel like I was poking a stick at a bear in a cage and all of a sudden the door swung open”  . )
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Ha ha yes I concede.
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What happens during an “intervention” is unpredictable. Kind of like stepping between a grizzly and his dinner where reasoning or humor is unlikely to deter a beast already ramped up to the “tip” point. I am all for “calm”, “unruffled” demeanor used judiciously with “the look”. (“The look” is hard to describe and does not come natural to many ...best communicated to me years ago by one of my Karate instructors after shaking off a moderately rough sparring session. “When the ref shouts ‘fight’ your eyes go dead cold and you smile ... makes me feel like I was poking a stick at a bear in a cage and all of a sudden the door swung open” . ) |
Yes some people need a good punch in the head but that guy is much bigger than me so I would try the negotiation route first. But I believe if he was to turn on me like a rabid dog I would be looking for that can of beans 58thecat was talking about.
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You may have missed my post three posts above yours.
Or a couple other posts where I indicated intervening.
Thank you for your concern of my children.
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Sorry Buck, I did indeed miss a couple of your previous posts.
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12-31-2017, 11:28 AM
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No worries.
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Sorry Buck, I did indeed miss a couple of your previous posts.
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In no means do I condone what the guy did it’s just some people have issue’s and I’m not into making matters worse.
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If the gain outweighs the damage keep him, not everyone's perfect.
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There are plenty of skilled individuals, particularly in this economy.
Moreso, someone with this much anger
has already shown their colors in the workplace.
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12-31-2017, 06:57 PM
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Eh as far as work goes if he's dealing with customers he'd be gone. If he doesn't deal with folks and he does good keep him. I don't really like racists but hey free speach and the repercussions therein.
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Shoving and insulting someone is free speech?
Really,
is this the hill you want to die on?
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12-31-2017, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BuckCuller
I don’t care for bullies but usually bullies are more taunting.
This guy had real anger/rage in his eyes which is why I think there may be other contributing factors.
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So true. Honestly, this one feels like more like anger, than it does like racism.
But racism eclipses anger, and that is how this will be seen.
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So true. Honestly, this one feels like more like anger, than it does like racism.
But racism eclipses anger, and that is how this will be seen.
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Yep.
Too bad.
So many sheep.
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I think this has been debated as much as possible...
Until he appears in court, and we all know what the charges are this one can wait until the next episode.
Don't touch that dial.
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