What's wrong with people?

LeastComplicated
Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:16:02 +0000

re #99. She didn’t full out yell, it was more like a raised voice, but the volume wasn’t what startled and upset me. It was the look on her face - I could try to describe it in words, but I know I’d fail to come up with suitable words that would allow you all understand (and I’m pretty sure a lot of you don’t understand). I googled “angry face” and seriously, most of the pictures were of a cold glare, but that wasn’t her facial expression at all.

If I did something wrong, I feel the punishment should have fit the crime. IMO it did not. And I’m not speaking to the assumption here that the woman was upset and took her anger out on me. I’m speaking to the opinion that this is “a normal way a (normal non-agitated) person would react when they are subjected to an unpleasant experience.”

@Consolation Yes, I remember that thread very well, and I agree wholeheartedly. I felt badly for you.

@twoinanddone

“The other woman could very well be on the computer with her friends telling her side. “I can’t believe this mother at basketball. She cheers for everyone at the top of her voice and acts like we are the best team in the league. I didn’t want to talk about the game so I removed myself to the exit, as far away as I could without leaving the gym and still waiting for my child to come out of the locker room. I TOLD her I didn’t want to talk about it and then she assaulted me! She touched me after I said I didn’t want to talk about it. I gritted my teeth and stated firmly, ‘don’t touch me. I DON’t want to talk about it!’ and then she gave me the death stare. I didn’t shout or slap her hand, just stated that I didn’t want to talk about it. Twice.””

That’s a real stretch, but kudos to you for your creative thinking. But I really don’t appreciate the suggestion that I was lying or exaggerating about what happened.

As to your definition of assault: I think in this case, I was the person more in “reasonable apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact” than she was. Her response was about 100 times more aggressive than mine. I sure didn’t give her a death stare, I just got out of there as fast as I could.

And this:

“She cheers for everyone at the top of her voice and acts like we are the best team in the league.”

… is just an example of why I’m not posting any new discussions. Someone comments that I need to show my support for this woman’s daughter when I’m attending games. I state that, yes I do show support for all the girls, even this woman’s daughter. And I do, because I feel they get shortchanged - the gym is empty until the last quarter of the game, and then lots of people start showing up for the upcoming boys game. But they don’t cheer for the girls (even during a couple of recent nail biter games). The girls leave the court. Then the boys run onto the court to loud applause and great fanfare.

But now for admitting that I cheer for my daughters team, which most people would consider a very positive thing, I get accused of being obnoxious and loud and just plain weird or embarrassing.

I don’t know why you’re determined to make me look like an idiot/criminal by purposely misinterpreting everything I said. I just don’t get it at all.

@lookingforward She was standing by the exit of the gym, not the building. There was a large lobby/cafeteria area right outside the door she was standing by.