Originally Posted By: sleddriver
Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman
What has this world come to?
I hear ya....I've recently encountered several crazy, unstable types. One guy at a junk yard I'd never been to before. My mere presence set him off, when I started asking a few simple questions, he went CATO! Seriously insecure and full of fear. His boss was screaming at him to "shut the [censored] up" after I finally checked out and left. I won't be going back there.
The next was a checker at HEB, obviously clueless how the register works. It was late, I'd been in the Sun & humidity all day, no dinner yet. She called me a little turd to externalize & attempt to equalize her own ignorance, shame, humiliation and embarrassment! I told her off and left. Then returned another day to have a little chat with the store manager & the checker supervisor. They both knew I wasn't kidding....
More than a few crazies in "weird" Austin. There are signs all around of this increasing "unhingement" these days. The wheels have come off and now the sparks are flying.
At first I thought the guy who blocked me in was going to ask if he parked too close, not ask if I lived at his house and then proceed to cuss me out and start calling me names. I had ear plugs in, so I didn't quite hear what he called me exactly, but their was a few f bombs and other colorful words. The heat makes my thinking a little slow to decipher some situations quickly.