Hi all
tbunny1's recent thread about being kept waiting, but remaining in control of her emotions, reminded me of an incident that resulted in my seeing red and being extremely rude to somebody.
I wonder if anybody else has really let themselves down by 'losing it', but found the incident really funny in retrospect?
I was walking down the high street one day when a young couple began to park in a disabled parking spot. I do remember vaguely wondering what the disability was - no more than that.
Anyway, my little 2 year old and I were slowly making out way down the street when an extremely irate woman came running at full pelt around the corner. She was absolutely screaming at the young couple who had 'used her spot'. I have never seen anybody as red or furious before in my life. She was absolutely livid. And as fast as a rocket, I might add.
:wink2:
Anyway, I put my hand up and shouted 'careful!' whilst quickly moving towards my little son to get him right out of her way. He was 2 years old and waddling happily along minding his own business, but he was right in her path.
Before I could grab him, she knocked him clean out of the way and he went rolling along the pavement. Meanwhile she continued to abuse the very red-faced couple who had, indeed, parked in the wrong place.
I picked up my son and started to continue home whilst trying to soothe him ... until i noticed the side of his face had been skinned. Poor little boy. :worried:
I said 'excuse me, in your temper you just knocked my little lad clean across the pavement'.
She said, very, very, very loudly 'Well you should keep IT UNDER CONTROL THEN SHOULDN'T YOU!!!"
IT? IT???
Anyway, something happened to my mouth and it went into autopilot almost as badly as the bad-tempered womans's and I found myself yelling that ...
... she had the social skills of a rhinocerous (rhinocerous???) AND ... and ... and - she LOOKED like one too! (ooer - sophisticated stuff!) :blush:
And with that I stomped off. I don't think she even realised why I was cross, what she had done, or anything.
My son was ok, so I do remember this with a smile because I might have been 5 years old with a retort like that, but at the time i honestly thought I'd done quite well. :rotfl:
tbunny1's recent thread about being kept waiting, but remaining in control of her emotions, reminded me of an incident that resulted in my seeing red and being extremely rude to somebody.
I wonder if anybody else has really let themselves down by 'losing it', but found the incident really funny in retrospect?
I was walking down the high street one day when a young couple began to park in a disabled parking spot. I do remember vaguely wondering what the disability was - no more than that.
Anyway, my little 2 year old and I were slowly making out way down the street when an extremely irate woman came running at full pelt around the corner. She was absolutely screaming at the young couple who had 'used her spot'. I have never seen anybody as red or furious before in my life. She was absolutely livid. And as fast as a rocket, I might add.
:wink2:Anyway, I put my hand up and shouted 'careful!' whilst quickly moving towards my little son to get him right out of her way. He was 2 years old and waddling happily along minding his own business, but he was right in her path.
Before I could grab him, she knocked him clean out of the way and he went rolling along the pavement. Meanwhile she continued to abuse the very red-faced couple who had, indeed, parked in the wrong place.
I picked up my son and started to continue home whilst trying to soothe him ... until i noticed the side of his face had been skinned. Poor little boy. :worried:
I said 'excuse me, in your temper you just knocked my little lad clean across the pavement'.
She said, very, very, very loudly 'Well you should keep IT UNDER CONTROL THEN SHOULDN'T YOU!!!"
IT? IT???
Anyway, something happened to my mouth and it went into autopilot almost as badly as the bad-tempered womans's and I found myself yelling that ...
... she had the social skills of a rhinocerous (rhinocerous???) AND ... and ... and - she LOOKED like one too! (ooer - sophisticated stuff!) :blush:
And with that I stomped off. I don't think she even realised why I was cross, what she had done, or anything.
My son was ok, so I do remember this with a smile because I might have been 5 years old with a retort like that, but at the time i honestly thought I'd done quite well. :rotfl:
