Exchange in the park

[urbpan]

As I was walking the dogs back home through the park this morning, I caught up to a group of teenage boys, two of whom were throwing rocks at the ducks in the river. I've encountered this before, and in the past reacted by screaming. I really need to keep my cool more often. As I approached, the boys were tired of their game, and sat on a bench. As I was passing, one boy gestured at my dogs and said

"Yo, thassa half-pit right there, right?"

I replied "They're both full pit. Please don't throw rocks at them, okay?"

Before my superego could get control of the situation, my id insisted on adding,

"Asswipes."

Comments

[ninthraven.livejournal.com]

You did not actually say "asswipes" out loud, did you?!

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Quite loud.

[ninthraven.livejournal.com]

Dude! Taking people to task for their public behavior (like littering and throwing rocks at ducks) is one area where I have no courage but wish I did.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I blanch from confrontation, but my wife (the lovely and talented cottonmanifesto) has gotten me used to talking directly to people who are being assholes in public. It helps that we have a stop sign in front of our corner that everyone ignores.