Comments by "Widdekuu91" (@Widdekuu91) on "ABC News"
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Exactly. Never point the gun at something unless you intend on destroying it.
I've had someone point an airsoft-gun at me, I'm not sure if it was loaded, but I was a meter away from the thing, sat in my pyjamas on the couch watching Big Bang Theory and I remember the feeling and it was awful. We'd just had an argument and the person aimed it at my face and went; 'Poof..poof..bang..bang..' and made gestures as if he'd just shot my head off.
I said; 'Why would you do that?' and I remember him going; 'Jeesh, it was just a joke' but a week later, he got a gun with tiny bullets (air-rifle or air-gun it's called I think) and pointed it at his friends after he got drunk, saying; 'Any last words, Rob?'
Eventually he hung out of the window at night, aiming his airsoft-gun at the ankles of cycling ladies that passed by. He said he liked to hear the older ladies scream from shock and pain when it hit their ankles, but he said they probably thought it was a pebble that hit them, so it was fine, 'he wouldn't get caught.'
At some point he started displaying his guns on the wall, started to say; 'That man needs to be shot' or 'she needs to be dipped in boiling oil' or he'd pretend to shoot someone in the head after an argument, with his hand and go; 'Pfoow!'
I'm glad I'm not sleeping next to him anymore. I felt anything but safe.
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Hate to say it, but it doesn't matter what you own or look like, if they wanna bully you, they will.
Just live every day the way you want, they're going to hate on it anyway if they choose to.
Often, the "popular kids" are praised for having a pink backpack, but when you wear it, it's stupid.
Same will happen with a buffalo. If the "cool kids" have them, it's epic. If another kid has them, they 'smell like shit' or 'hey how's your mom the buffalo, buffalo-dipshit.'
You cannot influence being bullied, is all I'm saying. Be yourself and enjoy life and be kind, that's all.
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Same here! I was 19 when I had a severe panic-attack and got nauseous.
The teacher refused to open the lock for me, telling me to vomit in the bin. When I did, he laughed; 'Ah, you weren't lying then?'
He witnessed me vomiting and then opened the door. I went to the toilets, fell to the floor, unable to move or hear anything, just whooshing noises.
The teacher went and followed me, with the whole classroom and then mocked me in front of the class (I don't recall what, because I only heard parts of it, the rest is blurry) but he basically treated it like a circus-show.
When I started barfing, he announced it joyfully "Oohhhhh there she goes again! Look!" and yelled at me; 'Make sure to clean that toilet, we're not picking up after you!'
After I sat back, dazed and scared, he took my pulse and it was too weak to feel. He replied (similar to the video) 'Oh, well, you must be dead. You have no pulse.'
I didn't understand and the class laughed. I just sat there, staring at him, not getting it and thinking it was my hearing again.
When he told me to get up, I tried, but my knees didn't work. I pulled himself up on the sink and barfed again. He yelled; 'Not in the sink! That is difficult to clean! To the toilets, NOW!'
I crawled towards the toilet, hearing the laughter behind me and the whole classroom in the hallway started talking about me, loudly, saying I was disgusting for vomiting.
Near the end, I took his hand and got up again. I pinched his hand slightly when I did this and he said; 'Oh, you are overreacting, dramaqueen.'
I stood up, got dizzy, leaned on his hand and he yanked his arm away and said; 'I'm not dealing with this.'
He very angrily walked off and I started hyperventilating. It took another hours for me to calm down, laying underneath a desk on the floor, accompanied by a random schoolworker.
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"Hello, you're watching USA's easliest morning-news...the president kissed his wife today.
Belinda, you're at the scene, can you tell me, what did the kiss look like and dó you think he might give her another one?"
"Thankyou Jack, and well, that might indeed happen later this day, all the signs are there, he clearly loves his wife.'
"Unbelievable, can you get closer?" "I will sure try, Jack, I am currently standing close enough to hear what they're saying and it doesn't seem to be a fight, I will keep you up to date."
"Jeesh, that is very interesting, thankyou Belinda, we'll get right back to you, but FIRST....it turns out that thís chicken...left a sticky feather on an egg she laid. Robert is at the scene, Robert can you hear me?'
'Yes, Jack, I am and I can definitely confirm the feather is sticky.' 'Should the American people be worried about feathers in their breakfast now, Robert?'
'Well Jack, that is ofcourse an important question, I myself found it adequate to simply remove the feather, but not anyone might be able to and we dó have to think about all the people in this country, that might be blind, have no hands or are allergic to feathers. This is a very serious issue and the chicken wíll be held accountable, of that I'm sure.
You heard it here first...on ABC News. The News who's name sounds like the text on your toddler's dinner-bib. Thank you for watching and we'll be right back after the break."
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If you are deliberately telling private information, from a conversation that was supposed to stay in between the doctor and the patiënt (because it was unrelated to the surgery at the moment, so there was no reason to tell the collegues) while knowing that during this, the collegues will be distracted and/or be influenced and therefore more careless with the patïent, then you're unprofessional.
Even if you only take the risk, or THINK about taking the risk, it shows you do not care enough. You need to give 100% for each patiënt. You are working with people that can not interfere with anything you do.
So you need to be trustworthy. Fully.
And as soon as you start insinuating that, because someone was angry at you, you might deliberately make mistakes out of spite, you're crossing the line. Mentally maybe, but the thought being there in the first place shows that you're not being a professional.
They can go to therapists or punch a bag if they are frustrated. You can not hand an unconcious naked, living human body to a spitefull and frustrated human with a knife. No matter how well the job went afterwards, you're not supposed to take risks, especially if the doctor even says the insinuation out loud.
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+NataschaO (Warning, slightly related story, turning into ex-hate-story as it goes, haha)
I was 15 kilo's underweight (52 kilos) when I met my ex. It was due to my job that required me to walk upstairs all day long, carry things around and I biked in the weekends. I can assure you I ate enough, sometimes more than 8 sandwiches + two full plates of dinner. I am very tall, I had a superflat stomach and I was 19 when we got together. When I got fired from my very-demanding job I sat at home for about 3 months and gained the 10 kilo's back. My stomach was still flat, just not as flat as before.
My ex was twice my (new) weight at that moment, heavily obese. He kept saying; 'It doesn't matter hun, I love you the way you are' and I'd go; 'I never said I was unhappy with gaining the weight back, I can finally wear my pants without a belt.'
So thats when he started slowly losing weight, going from extremely obese to just very very obese. His doctors were worried and something near his stomach even ripped due to the pressure of the weight.
Thats when I graduated and started practicing living on my own. So I gained 2 kilo's. Only 2.
You'd think that it wouldn't make a difference, but he kept on touching my stomach and sighing. And saying; Youknow. I love you the way you are.' and a few seconds after; Remember that flat tummy you had before? That was cute. I'm not asking you to get it flat though. But if you want me to help you with a schedule or something...'
One time he even had the balls to criticize me for eating a banana, while hé was eating a big sandwich with liver and onions. He said; 'My sandwich is my lunch. You already had lunch, you're just adding calories now, bananas are weightgainers.'
I can't believe I was with that guy for so long. Anyway, I felt the story was kindof related.
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Youknow...about a week ago, I had a revelation.
I thought; Wow. We have better knowledge of medical procedures than 50 years ago. We have more tools to help us live (you wouldn't damage your right foot by walking on it endlessly because the left one was paralyzed, for example.)
And we know more about food and we have gyms and we know smoking is wrong, etcetera.
So I thought; The people alive right now are not going to have as many complications as their parents, we might be great and able to walk when we're 90!
But then I realized that with the ice bucket, cinnamon, people playing drinking games, choking games, salt and ice challenges, ghost pepper challenge, pranks...I'm just going to be the only sane one in the elderly home.
I am going to be surrounded by older ladies with Korsakov (braindamage after drinking) mumbling; yolo..yolo..' in their half-sleep and talking about their trampstamps that have sunk right above their bumhole. It's going to be a disaster.
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Youknow, I have always hated magic tricks. It always feels like I'm witnessing a murder, usually one of a woman like myself, wearing a pretty dress.
And sure, they make her pretty and reletable, so we get concerned and will be relieved when she's safe. But I just get sick to my stomach when they stick knifes trough boxes or saw the lady in half.
I watched series when I was younger, that were meant for kids and in one, a girl was fantasizing about being one of those ladies. She didn't realize they didn't réálly saw the ladies in half, so her gruesome fantasy ended with her, screaming bloody murder, her red wrinkled face screaming and sticking out of a box and blood everywhere.
So I'm guessing that's where the trauma came from. Others are scared of clowns. I can handle clowns, I'm not scared of them. It's the magicians I'm afraid of.
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I was enthusiastic about learning CPR, but two weeks after recieving the diploma, I thought; Well, I'll probably never use this..'
I went to the city to cheer myself up and right around the corner was a guy, on the ground, seizuring and choking. I wasn't really sure what to do, but I wiped away the foam coming from his mouth, tilted his head so he could breathe clearer and made sure his head wasn't slamming against the pavement. (Normally you put people in a recovery position, but he was seizuring bádly, kicking all over the place, there was no way that'd work.)
Right after he woke up, he jumped up scared and fainted right on the spot. I was the only one that had been prepared to catch him (the way I'd learned, so I wouldn't break my back under his weight) and I waited for the ambulance and gathered info, while I made sure the other people backed off (you'd be surprised how many people wanna 'help' by pulling him upside down or putting him in a chair and pour water in his mouth (while he's unconcious).
So I was pretty proud and surprised that I managed to rescue that guy. The rest was just videotaping with their phones or screaming at me that I 'had to hold him upside down' or 'slap him in the face like in the movies, that'll wake him up."
Make sure you dó take CPR seriously :D
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Wait a second, the fact that she threatened with lawsuits (which is just words btw, you can't take that personal, she had to wait 2 weeks for her hernia-treatment, she was clearly just aggravated, professionals can handle that) does not condone the fact that they were judging her naked body and calling her fat.
Do you realize what happens once someone does that?
If you, Sheena, are wrapping a gift for my aunt. You're taking care, despite the fact you don't know her.
Then I whisper to you that I actually hate my aunt, but I have to give her the gift anyway.
I then tell you my aunt is ugly and lazy and has cheated on my uncle many times. (All untrue bytheway)
Then what would you do with the gift that you're wrapping?
Can you seriously claim that the gift will still look good? Or will you accidently rip the paper a bit more and not care to fix it, 'forget' to put the bow on it, put it down rougly, hoping it'll break?
Because thát is what will happen. Now imagine your body instead of the gift. With every word the co-worker says, he/she risks her collegues being irresponsible/distracted and making mistakes.
YOU cánt have that in a hospital! It should not matter what you do!
Even if you come in, whining and screaming that you hate doctors and you don't want to go into surgery, they have to be adults, examine the situation, respond to it correctly and by which I mean, feel sorry for you & try to help you.
I've had different kids to deal with at my work. Special needs, kids with all kinds of problems at home.
If I took every time they screamed at me, personal, I'd hate them. But I don't.
I am an adult and I understand when something is meant to hurt me, or when they are scared/sad and are reacting to that. And I know how to comfort them and make them apologize for it afterwards, without using my 'status' as a teacher or complaining about them to my collegues. Because that's for immature d*ckheads.
I rest my case.
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They took an oath, Clay, so yes they are supposed to live up to that. Otherwise, they will get fired. You can't be a doctor and not have sworn the oath of Hippocrates.
Also, you mentioned you don't care about what people say if they save your life. She wasn't a stranger in the street, bleeding while someone held their hand on the wound and said; "Wow, she has a big bellybutton.' (Which, to be fair, would be a sad case of sorting out your priorities wrongly.)
This woman trusted the people to put her under, cut her open, make her life better and heal her. It's not like they were selflessly trying to help a lady and accidently said something slightly offensive out loud.
This is about professionals, distracting each other during an important surgery, while gossiping about private information from the doctors talk to the patiënt.And about the naked, unable-to-respond human body they are cutting open.
Bottomline is, you can't take risks when doctors mention that the patïents "shouldn't fight with someone that's going to operate them.'
A doctor even having the thought or making the comment of deliberately making mistakes out of spite, is just borderline dangerous. You can't take that risk. They can vent their frustration at a therapist, not on unconcious vulnerable humans.
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@isaiahlamb8248 In certain cases, yes. Imagine if you're suicidal and you've cut your wrists and the doctor tells you; 'You don't need any anesthethics, you've done this to yourself, better suck it up buttercup, the world isn't your oyster' and then ignores your tears.
I know someone that's been in this position and tried commiting suicide again, right as she came home to her child, that was 5 at the time.
Don't underestimate the pain and humiliation that it causes when someone you depend on, betrays your trust.
I myself have avoided visiting the hospital for a year, to get blood drawn. Because the last nurse/assistant I met there, was an absolute bitch and laughed when I started crying. I don't want to share what she said, but it was not okay. I told my therapist, who said; 'That's just flat-out bullying what she did, why would she do that?!"
I got over my fear of the nurses last week and it turns out my blood is indeed, not okay and that I have high-levels of anti-thyroid-cells or whatever they're called. I probably should've gone sooner, but youknow, sometimes you can't handle being kicked when you're already down.
Especially when the one kicking is a doctor or a nurse that was there to help you up, youknow? Don't put the blame on the one on the floor.
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Well, the child was already dead, it had stopped breathing. If you're following CPR procedures right, you can only make it better. And sure, the child can still die. But it was dead before you started giving CPR.
Important though;
If you know CPR, help the baby.
If you thínk you know what to do and there's no-one around, help the baby.
If an ambulance is on their way and you have nó clue what to do, then just leave it and wait for the ambulance.
Because so far I've heared about two people that died, because while they fainted, someone had the great idea to 'give them a full glass of water' and just poured it right down their throat, while they were unconcious.
If you don't know CPR, don't kill them before the ambulance arrives. Otherwise; go for it and try your best.
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Not that I want to trivialize cursing at costumer-service because you guys are people, but just to put things in perspective for people getting cursed at; It is not you, that they are cursing at, at all.
Most likely, you sat there trying to help them. They are cursing at the 10-20 minutes of waiting in line, which has build up anger over time and then you ask them (usually, to get the point clear) trivial questions and at some point, the bomb bursts.
I have never cursed at a costumer-service-worker, but I have yelled at one once, when she misconcluded; 'So you are lying about the damage on your wall then? It was your floor." when I said; 'Last week I already called about my floor and none of you helped me either with that!" She was half-listening and instead of concluding I was not-helped twice, she thought I had been making up stories for fun and prankcalling the homeservices and waiting half an hour to get my call through because it is "so darn fun to do."
Either way, I always hope that people in costumer services realize that when I start off the convo sounding sarcastic, out of breath or cynical or angry, that this is because of the very lengthy waitingperiod (that is often accompanied with loud, distorted waitingmusic and an emotionless voice to tell you, every 10 seconds, that there your call is very important and you'll get to speak to someone asap.)
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@stevemyopinion423
1. No, a plastic stick with a clip is not a weapon. I can do far worse things to someone with an unripe banana.
2. He did not fight back. He refused to work with him, but he did not fight back. He did not attack, provoke or struggle.
3. Although your advice is logical, in this case, it was a very brave thing to do. He confronted the man and made sure the severity of the case was being seen.
By diffusing the tension, there'd hardly be anything to sue over (in the eyes of the cops), wouldn't there? Also...cops have a lot of money and he (with all due respect) probably doesn't want to spend money on a case that he'll most likely lose anyway (if you know how things go.)
4. Sure, but in this case, the colour of his skin in combination to the fact there was a gun drawn, was quite a clear sign of racial bias.
5. Sueing, as I said, is not for everyone. It costs a lot of money to even get your case evaluated in the first place, let alone if they don't choose to settle and instead, drag all of their jury-friends into the story. Sueing costs a lot, takes a lot of time, this took guts and this showed the world what happened.
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To be honest, that's different. Those people are old and in some ways a heart-attack is a more comfortable and peaceful way to go, then to wake up with 3 tubes down your throat and in your urethra, while you can't speak anymore and are forced to live the last few months of your life like an expensive suffering plant.
Which is exactly why, in sóme situations, people can be given (at explicit request of the patient and only if the patient has been examined and found to be sane of mind and not depressed or influenced by anyone else)"no CPR please"-bracelets by the doctor, in the Netherlands. Especially if they're prone to get strokes or have had heartdiseases for a while. It's a more dignified way of dying and as long as the patient had peace with that it's fine.
However, men and women in the start of their life, screaming for help because they're about to drown and someone not being able to help, because of a 2-meter distance, that on paper belongs to someone else or is not guarded by that beach-company or whatever is just shit. That sign is a guideline, not a rule.
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Youknow...I'm not even going to look at the other comments on here.
I studied Pedagogic Work, for three years. I know the cognitive behaviour, the reason this girl bullied is obvious.
By putting her down (by introducing the awesome Thriftshop as a punishment) you're A. ruining the thriftshop-option for her and B. you risk for her to get bullied, not because of the clothes, but because she's being bossed around by her mom.
If you, instead of making her even more insecure, HADN"T raised her as a fashionista in the first place, she wouldn't be a bully.
If you get her help for the problem she's compensating, than everything will be solved. Thriftshops have awesome clothes, it won't solve her 'fashionista'-problem there. Also, don't introduce it as a punishment, rather as a good solution for spending too much money on clothes.
THAT is my advice as a licensed Pedagogic Worker. Whether you think this works or not, this would've worked better.
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Well, they say women are seen as more vulnerable, but I think they mainly meant, 'safer.'
I've went up to a homeless person plenty of times, to give money, food or bottles with 'credit' on it (youknow, if you bring them back to the store.)
And it has gone wrong a couple of times, where the man stood up, started cursing and threw the bottle away, demanding more money. Or throwing the food back at me and saying; 'Money, I asked for fucking money!'
In comparison to that, the women are "annoying" when you hand them something. They make sobbing crying noises or fall on the floor and beg for móre food once you hand them the food.
But at last they don't jump up or scream in your face.
TLDR: I feel it's safer to approach a homeless woman. It might not make a difference in facts, but I think that's the reason people acted quicker.
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THIS IS THE OATH THEY SWORE WHEN THEY STARTED THEIR JOB:
I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:...
I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.
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I was told I could not light a match, but mom/dad would help me, at age 5.
I was told I could light a match if mom/dad were around, at age 8. Under supervision.
I was told I could light a match on my own, if mom/dad were home at 12.
If I was taught how to light a match at age 5, I would've set the house on fire for certain.
Keep the matches away from the kids, untill they're old enough (in the eyes of the Americans, that is) to be confronted with weaponry.
Ideally...don't teach them untill they have been through puberty, I'd say.
But sure, I don't have a government with corrupt police or a country with harddrugproblems and paranoid people, so what do I know about living in fear?
I don't know about living in fear, I live in the Netherlands, my life is paradise. My cops are loving, trustworthy people, there is no weaponry, no terrorism and nobody dies because of healthcarebills they can't afford.
So, do what you need to do to feel safe in America. And good luck to everyone.
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I wanted to watch Ariel when I was younger. Never seen Alladin and didn't like Tiana, because she was a frog for most of the time.
It didn't make me racist. What did influence me, was when my teacher said; 'If you ever want to comment on a black persons hair, and you're not sure if they'll take it as a compliment, don't say anything.' She added; 'Don't mention a black persons skincolour, ever. Don't mention Asian's eyes, ever. Don't comment if you think it could be construed as racist or insensitive.
I asked; 'But what about white kids, can I (friendly) joke about their skin and hair?' She said; 'White kids can handle that, yes. But never say anything about it to a black kid.'
She ended with; 'If you ever feel like your comment can be insensitive, say nothing at all. Just play with the white kids then. Don't risk insulting the black or asian kids.'
So I played with the white kids. And it wasn't until I was 12, that I made friends with a Turkish girl, terribly frightened I would insult her in the first few months, until I learned that minorities aren't made of sugar.
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To be honest, it frightens me how everyone of you is making fun of this.
Picking up litter is a serious crime. It's been done by many people, all over the world (usually hippies, the allknown worst merciless criminals of them all) and has a big effect on the environment.
I'm not kidding, if everyone were to pick up trash, that'd have an effect on birds, fish, foxes, rabbits, the sea-creatures, the land-creatures, the humans even.
What he was doing, had an effect on each and every one of us. Everyone was benefitting from that, whether they wanted clean pavement or not!
And thát's why it's so important.
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@fathersiren9914
You're asking me if I felt safe when I had a knife, if the assault/robber also has a knife. And then you state; A gun is safer because you can keep the criminal at distance.'
Yeah but if the criminal has a gun..then what? Then he can hold me at gunpoint. And shoot me if I reach for my bag/hip/arm to get the gun.
I'll tell you, my country doesn't have legal carrying, only cops have that and they are trustworthy ones.
People can own guns in my country, but the rules are strict and assault rifles are not allowed.
For this reason, we haven't had schoolshootings (even though we are stuffed together like sardines...18 million people on a surface the size of HALF of South-Georgia) and the crime-rates are at an all time low. It's never been this safe in the Netherlands, in Amsterdam. We've got 4 times less rape and 3 times as fewer murders as the USA, in proper comparison.
If you háve a gun, you'll use it. We don't have them, so we don't use them.
The reason I brought religion into this, is because the guy is preaching about his gun, but instead of trusting that God will take care of things and instead of practicing the Christian values (which he suggests he does) he is ready to commit one of the biggest sins.
I'm not suggesting I am a strict believer, because I'm not, but the guy that I am talking about (the gun preacher) is a very strict Christian, or so he seems to think.
So that's why I think he's a hypocritical ass.
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If he forgets the husbands name...even with the picture and name of the husband in front of him, I mean come on.
Does it sound like something he said 'out of context'? What you're supposed to say is how brave he was, you're comforting her, that's what the call is for.
Also, he tweeted about it afterwards, without any context, he could've been more polite.
"I am very sorry Mrs. Johnson feels this way, I understood our conversation was very satisfactory, I am happy to call her again, hopefully that will be comforting to her, we will reach out to her."
Professionalism. Like a president.
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" if I open carry anywhere then it usually also deters people from starting any fights with me."
So you're using it to intimidate them and that gives you peace? Once they knew you had the ability to kill them, they stopped 'the drama' with you?
That sounds sad. You never ended a fight with words, you just show them you're capable of a potential murder? Your social skills must be great then.
I wouldn't want my former teachers to have a handgun. Just for "fun" (not fun) purposes, look up some of those teachers-losing-it-compilations, where the teachers lose their temper and slam their students with a chair. Those need a gun? Police get training (barely any) and they don't even know how to shoot properly most of the time.
And if you suggest that that's a good thing, people being able to shoot them without thinking twice, then think of the teachers that aren't like that.
Do you really think that Mister Steve Williams, the geography teacher, will be able to shoot Jimmy in the head, once he starts screaming with a gun in his hand?
Will Miss Wilma be prepared to teach, if that meant she might have to shoot Jessica in the chest, the depressed girl who wasn't helped properly by the school-psychologist?
Think.
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@stevemyopinion423
I know what you mean, but this "weapon" was a stick with a clip on the end, to pick up trash.
The cop was trying to see if he could intimidate him into putting down his item, by calling it a weapon and enforcing his power over him.
If you behave submissively to that, they think they can get away with it. The guy did the right thing.
I once had a collegue that had to 'help me' after they fired me for money-reasons. She was the 2nd manager and had power-issues as well.
She managed to drag me into a barely-lit room and started searching my entire bag, taking out tampons and pads and questioning pens and pencils; 'Are those ours? They look like ours...these are our pens!'
Because she wanted to upset me. And see how far she could humiliate me.
I refused to give the pen back and waited patiently untill she realised the brand of the pen said ADHD and Autism Centre after which I politely reminded her that I was the one with autism and not her.
She was furious, took my company-toiletbag and yanked the keyring off with my name, screaming; 'We'll make sure to find a second person named Emma, because you're not going to take that keyring home!!!'
I shrugged my shoulders and said; 'Fine.' She took the toiletbag and emptied it on the table, saying I wasn't allowed to keep the gifted bag either. I didn't care.
She then put the keyring ín the bag and grabbed my pen, saying; 'Well, I guess we're done' and I said; 'No, we're not. You have my pen. Give it back please.' and the whole thing started over again.
In the end, she was angry, exhausted and frustrated and I refused to leave untill I got my pen back. She had to give it back to me and after that she quite literally kicked me out of the door.
But that wasn't the power-tripping enjoyable moment she'd imagined. She'd made things very difficult for herself by insisting on keeping the pen. This moment taught her that she shouldn't have done that. That was an important lesson that the cop very well may have learned also.
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@stevemyopinion423
1. If anything you can break or hit someone with is a weapon, how come the police aren't too afraid to go outside in the first place?
If everything's a weapon...come on. That means the grocerie-store is a boobytrap. And that anyone on a bike is a danger to your life.
2. Ok.
3. Sure. But why would he be cleaning other people's property? It doesn't make sense to feel threathened by it.
4. I've watched enough American documentaries to know that the fírst thing they do is an internal investiation, by the collegues. If théy decide it needs to go to the Civil Court or Review board (which does not happen often, because the last time an officer decided to do so, his collegues shunned him and called him a dirty rat and bullied him away from the group), it could've already been purged from their files.
Gypsy-cops are too common, so even if he gets charged with abusing his power, he can just start working somewhere else.
It's a bit naive to think that cops don't back each other up. What, you think you can just 'professionally' tell your collegues that you feel mr. Collegueman needs to resign? And that they'll be fine with that?
Also, "I have a black friend' is a stupid detail in this conversation. I have no friends, but I know two black dudes that live nearby, does that make my story more legit? No.
What makes my story legit is that I live in another country and therefore, I know a life without this kindof BS is possible. Some of the Americans I speak to, are convinced that we're being raped left and right by refugees or being muslimized while we're typing.
What if I told you that our country is fine? Your country is not dealing with this shit the right way.
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@jc8153 Yeah, no, I realize that. As I said, I've seen the interview, confusing situation, he's an honest person, not hiding how awful it is for you and your children. But the child is unable to decline this food and/or walk off and say they do not want to witness this grotesque display of adult behaviour.
And in this case, it's kindof like giving spoons to a mother that hits her child, telling her that there's also a broom in the shed and when she hits him with that, you provide something new.
There is a point where you have to draw a line, right, even though it is the people making the decisions, this child has no way to get out.
Again, I understand the idea, but this isn't a lowlife-adults-brain that thinks it's funny to kill themselves with food, this is a child that trusts the family and eats with them.
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