r/news • u/brahbocop • Jun 23 '20

Title Not From Article Angry woman coughed on 1-year-old’s face at Calif. restaurant, mother says (surveillance included)

https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/06/23/angry-woman-coughed-year-olds-face-calif-restaurant-mother-says/?fbclid=IwAR00eGuyuwPyI1pOAfWxkLt60APDVWZXoPx28lgJmpSp8fXS6Aej2AkmpxM
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u/Coppercaptive Jun 23 '20

I had a similar situation but I didn't cough in anyone's face...especially the kid. I was standing in the Grocery store line and someone's kid ran into me from behind. I turn around and the mother isn't on the little X marking 6 feet. She's like 1 foot behind me. I'm instantly annoyed, but she scolded the kid for running into me. It's not the kid's fault! I basically blurted out something like "You can't blame the kid for following your stupidity, you're the adult. Stand on the BIG RED X." Apparently the 20 odd people and kids huddled near her were all friends and promptly threatened to kill me. Great times!

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u/mengelgrinder Jun 23 '20

jesus dude a little triggered off the bat there

The same thing happened to me and I said "hey could you back up a bit" and she turned beet red and apologized and stepped back. It's tough to overwrite 30 years of autopilot sometimes ya know?

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u/AliceInWaunderland Jun 23 '20

The appropriate response.

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u/TheTheyMan Jun 24 '20

i think the bigger problem is her mouthing off to her kid when she was the one being rude. Nothing would have been said if she had been reasonable and responsible with her child in the first place.

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u/Coppercaptive Jun 23 '20

That's just the thing. She was too close to me in a normal day given our location. There's the normal personal bubble and then there were these people practically humping my ass in a sketchy part of town.

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u/shootmedmmit Jun 24 '20

The couple times I've politely said something, I've been told to fuck off. I'm unfortunately probably done being nice.

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u/TalkingMeowth Jun 23 '20

I had a women stand right behind me in line despite the markers for where to stand. I started backing up, making her have to back up. She got the picture and even asked the people behind her to back up to their marker. I think she honestly forgot

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u/Haceldama Jun 23 '20

I'd really like for social distancing in grocery stores to remain a thing post-covid. It's so nice to be able to wait in line without the person behind you crawling up your ass the entire time.

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u/TalkingMeowth Jun 23 '20

I’m telling you, take 3-4 steps back, a couple steps forward, and repeat a few times and people will give you more space

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u/bananalamp73 Jun 23 '20

This is why I’ve learned not to be super aggressive in response to things like this. People legitimately make (accidental) mistakes and a kind reminder goes a loooonnnnng way further than saying they’re stupid.

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u/goldenliar Jun 23 '20

I don’t get those people. I mean, OK, you made a mistake, you might feel hurt by someone teaching you what to do and feel attacked. The question is WHY do you react like “I’ll kill you” or similar aggressive stuff. I get why the argument occurs, but is it really worth it to protect your ego with such hurtful comments?

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u/TTMRipley Jun 23 '20

Some people have lower intelligence and worse upbringings. Do you ever threaten violence as a means to get your way? Youre low class trash.

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u/notFREEfood Jun 23 '20

You weren't particularly polite about it if you used those words. You're 1) insulting her parenting, 2) insulting her and 3) ordering her around. She and her friends may have been assholes, but you were too.

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u/fenswi_ Jun 23 '20

i don’t think they’re denying that, just saying the answer isn’t to cough in a kids face ¯\(ツ)/¯

and fuck anyone who gets butthurt about being held accountable for their stupidity right now. we’re in the middle of a pandemic and you are an adult—hold yourself accountable. if you can’t follow the recommended rules, don’t expect to be met with lollipops and rainbows when people call you out. these are our lives.

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u/Jerhaad Jun 25 '20

Hey this is AMERICA. No accountability here.

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u/DavidOrWalter Jun 23 '20 edited Jun 24 '20

But let’s be honest. They guy really just muttered something under their breath and hoped no one heard it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

Lmao.

Whole situation was concocted on the drive home as a hypothetical.

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u/Coppercaptive Jun 23 '20

Not saying I wasn't an asshole. In a normal situation I would have smiled, said it's no big deal and moved on. It's a weird time right now. People are stressed and stupid. You have half the country trying not to spread a pandemic and the other half not wearing masks or social distancing. That kid was old enough to have been left alone or at least not jump around into people. I'm trying to get groceries for my immune compromised parents and people are having a field day in a grocery store line, standing too close to me on a normal day.

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u/InfernalCorg Jun 23 '20

It's not assholish to call out assholish behavior, even if a politely phrased explanation tends to work better.

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u/SuperKamiTabby Jun 23 '20

One asshole said something mean. The other asshole threatened to kill someone. Who exactly was in the wrong?

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u/notFREEfood Jun 23 '20

Both. You don't get a free pass on being a dick when someone responds to your provocation with a death threat. You're still a dick and deserve to be called out as such.

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u/SuperKamiTabby Jun 23 '20

So I guess it's okay if I said I was going to kill you? Because that's what it sou is like you're saying.

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u/BilboT3aBagginz Jun 23 '20

Fuck them and their feelings. Get the hell away from me or that tongue lashing is going to be the least of your concerns. Threaten to kill me and I'm going to fuck you six ways to Sunday. Make my fucking day.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

r/iamverybadass

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u/BilboT3aBagginz Jun 23 '20

How unoriginal.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

r/mallninjashit

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u/BilboT3aBagginz Jun 23 '20

Wow somehow worse...color me disappointed to say the very least.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

r/safespacecadets

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u/BilboT3aBagginz Jun 23 '20

This is better, but I really feel like if you dig deep the sky is the limit. Give it one more go champ, and let's see what you've got.

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u/SometimesUsesReddit Jun 23 '20

"I basically called this random lady in a grocery store stupid and then they got mad at me. I'm the victim here." lmao

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u/Shaunvfx Jun 23 '20 edited Jun 23 '20

Haha what an asshole. Kids are difficult if not impossible to control. Your response to the person being too close was certainly not polite and certainly wasn’t “in kind” in my opinion. You act like an asshole, get treated like an asshole. What do you expect?

Edit: oh I get it now, you want recognition and an award for not coughing in the child’s face, right?

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '20

You're bragging about being a gigantic dick. Great job.