U-N-I-T-Y
I'm already not a big fan of my two-block walk to work. A few clicks past my door, there is the alley as Port-o-Potty. It is at this point I am greeted by the smell of stale-beer piss and humid feces. Those kinds of smells tend to stay inside your nose a lot longer than you want them to. Like they want to set up shop and have a conversation with you. For years, I have survived these smells and not let them defeat me. They are out of my system by the time I reach work.
But today, I got the wicked combo of scent and sound. I got the shit and the shit talk. As I passed the Columbia Road Safeway, I saw an older man hold a woman up against a wall and shout in her face that she's a "motherfucking bitch."
Maybe this is what happens when street harassers get a relationship. Maybe this guy should have stayed in and watched the performers from Hairspray do their thing on the Today Show. Look, I love watching couples fight as much as the next person. I love it just much as I love watching couples on that tentative first date at Tryst. But this is just a bad way to start a day. So angry dudes, please try and chill the fuck out. Respect your ladies!
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1:55 pm
Gee, thanks, Jason dude. You might as well have called for peace in the Middle East.
The manly thing to do would have been to persuade the offender to discontinue his unacceptable behavior toward the “bitch”, to force him if necessary, even.
2:06 pm
I gave the dude a really mean look. I would have called the police but the dude seemed to end his rant and give up.
P.S. I have called the police on asshole dudes before. Does this make me cool in your eyes?
2:18 pm
Ernest. Have you actually ever done this before when seeing two crazy people arguing? Unless you happen to be a very large, intimidating-looking character, or perhaps are a trained fighter of some kind, or are accompanied by several of your friends, that seems like an extraordinarily stupid thing to do when confronted with a situation involving people who are clearly angry and probably unstable.
This isn't Happy Days. The "manly" reaction to a situation is the one that will get you cold cocked. Crazy people arguing in the street? Not your problem, or call the cops if it looks bad. Get held up? Give up your wallet. A trip to the DMV is better than a trip to the ER. (Usually.)
3:48 pm
Oh. I guess I got carried away a bit, eh? It's all right then, I suppose.
6:14 pm
Jason, are you telling every angry dude to chill the fuck out, or just the angry dudes who are yelling at women?
'Cuz, y'know, some angry dudes have a point.
3:27 am
Hey Ho. I'm going to be asshole and say this... if I wanted to read a complaint from a naive gentrifier, I'd read the DCist.
12:46 pm
Snap!