Several folks weighed in with similar opinions, as well as one or two who were downright angry with me for not forcing the issue.
... what's bad, is that I know I should have leveled them both for the sheer satisfaction of it and then pressed every legal charge the troopers could think up. Five years ago, that would have been the no-hesitation response... but I've been through so much chaos and carnage in that time that the knee-jerk reflex is to avoid conflict at all costs and preserve my strength for 'big' battles.
Oddly, today provided a nice opportunity. I went into that same Best Buy this morning trying to find miracle inspiration for a gift for my youngest niece (to no avail). The manager remembered me, and was chatting quietly with me in one of the side aisles fishing for gift ideas for his suddenly out of the closet son (how I could help was a mystery... I guess he figured anyone not visibly straight must like the same stuff o.o) when the on duty assistant manager stepped up with a guy looking for work. Lo and behold, it was 'Jeff'... and the resulting shouting match got him arrested and hauled out of the store by the county police. No clue what they decided to book him for; last I checked 'being an asshole in public' wasn't a criminal offence, and after mister redneck took a swing at the manager, I wasn't even involved except as a spectator.
That manager's got one hell of a right cross. Laid the 'neck out cold in the aisle...
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Date: 2005-12-07 08:35 pm (UTC)... what's bad, is that I know I should have leveled them both for the sheer satisfaction of it and then pressed every legal charge the troopers could think up. Five years ago, that would have been the no-hesitation response... but I've been through so much chaos and carnage in that time that the knee-jerk reflex is to avoid conflict at all costs and preserve my strength for 'big' battles.
Oddly, today provided a nice opportunity. I went into that same Best Buy this morning trying to find miracle inspiration for a gift for my youngest niece (to no avail). The manager remembered me, and was chatting quietly with me in one of the side aisles fishing for gift ideas for his suddenly out of the closet son (how I could help was a mystery... I guess he figured anyone not visibly straight must like the same stuff o.o) when the on duty assistant manager stepped up with a guy looking for work. Lo and behold, it was 'Jeff'... and the resulting shouting match got him arrested and hauled out of the store by the county police. No clue what they decided to book him for; last I checked 'being an asshole in public' wasn't a criminal offence, and after mister redneck took a swing at the manager, I wasn't even involved except as a spectator.
That manager's got one hell of a right cross. Laid the 'neck out cold in the aisle...