I just saw a grown man call a 10 year old kid a fat piece of shit - I wanted to beat him senseless.

[Lucky Luciano]

I was in Central Park walking my dog on a nice 3 mile walk. On holidays/weekends, there are no cars allowed on the roads, but there are bicylists and joggers on the road. Some bicyclists like to go fast 30 mph or so even with all the pedestrians in the road. There was a chubby kid that was about 10 years old just walking around the road (like many do) and was not watching for bicyclists (as they are the ones who should be watching for pedestrians just enjoying the holiday). The kid turned his back and then began to cross the street when one of these wannabe alpha male bicyclists was forced to suddenly brake and he screamed at the kid, "WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING YOU FAT PIECE OF SHIT!! GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE ROAD!!" Then the fucktard just drove off on his bike - what a wuss.

The kid's family was right near him. I was stunned. I just casually said to the family that the guy deserves to be shot to death. I also told the kid to knock him down next time. Everyone agreed.

I was 15 feet away. If I were closer, I was so angry that I would have knocked him down and kicked him in the head repeatedly (I know - very unDU, but I do have a short fuse for that sort of thing). It was incredible to see someone who felt so entitled to own the whole of Central Park that he would say that to a child. I am still angry thinking about it!

[Orrex]

1. Take a broomstick with you next time

It unfailingly induces caution and introspection when applied deftly to the spokes of a too-fast bicycle.


Sounds like a real charmer.

[TZ]

6. Good advice

Granny Weatherwax (I'm reading Witches Abroad right now and thats exactly what she'd do) :)

[SeattleGirl]

2. I think shooting the guy would be a bit much, but I sure don't blame

you for being this angry. One of our neighbors said some really ugly things to my youngest brother years ago, when he (my brother) was quite overweight. My mom heard about it, and totally got in the asshole's face about it. That shut him up but good. (She really wanted to punch the crap out of him.)

[Missy Vixen]

3. The bicyclist should be thankful I wasn't standing anywhere near

I can make myself heard from fifteen feet away, and I guarantee he would have been publicly humiliated by what I had to say.

That kid can (hopefully,) lose the weight. The guy on the bike is a waste of human skin. It must have made him feel like a real man to embarrass a kid who couldn't fight back.

Julie

[Patiod]

5. Happy New Year JRB

We were surprised at some of the cyclists in Central Park who seemed to think it was the Tour de France track rather than a multi-use path.

[Lucky Luciano]

7. He was already gone by the time I realized what had happened...

...but I told my girlfriend who had the correct comment:

"THAT BICYLIST JUST STOLE MY WALLET!"

Wish I were as smart as she is!

[bluedeminredstate]

4. I was a chubby kid

and remember vividly the times when an adult would draw attention to or comment on my weight. Mind you, I wasn't Moby Dick, but I was overweight and felt bad about it. One time a male adult asked me (not in front of my parents) if I really thought I should be eating the ice cream in my hand. Another time my friend's mother poked me in the belly like the Pillsbury Dough Boy and asked me why I was so "fat."

I still recall the humiliation and shame I felt every time my size was addressed in public by an adult since my weight was something I worried about incessantly anyway without the comments.

I'm sorry that happened to that kid today - he'll never forget the embrassment of the episode and that is a shame. That cyclist was a cruel prick who probably does that to anyone who pisses him off or disturbs his sense of entitlement. What an asshole. Probably a republican.

:grr:

[Dystopian]

11. Childhood memories

can affect us forever. I'm so sorry you had to feel that way as a little one:hug:
My son was chubby, and got teased a lot...It tore my heart out.
Little children can be so mean to each other, but when an adult does it, it's unforgivable.


peace~

[Roon]

12. Fat kid here too

Been fat,skinny, fat, skinny,fat etc.

I know this from personal experience, but the world treats you differently depending on your weight. When I was a thin, inshape, 22-year-old, people smiled at you more. I was driving truck and had dock foremans treat me better than the other truckers. You got more dates (duh)....

I am more heavy now than I have been my whole life. I won't change. I need to do it for myself, not for others.

[Deja Q]

16. Sorry, bad vile people aren't all "Republicans".

A shame life isn't so easy to categorize, scapegoat, and prejudice, but whatever...

And I know how you feel. The only thing worse than adults berating children is an adult that doesn't stop children from bashing their peers.

[SoxFan]

29. Amen, brutha

Some of the biggest douche-ka-bobs I've ever met are ardent Democrats.

Still, the BIGGEST douche-ka-bob in town is still a Republican...

[trof]

18. Same here. It could be painful.

One summer a bunch of us were playing cowboys and Indians, or Robin Hood, or something in our back yard.
It was hot and we had our shirts off.
I was around 7 or 8.
I heard one of my buddies say to another "He needs a brassiere."
Everyone laughed.

I turned as red as a beet and ran inside and put a shirt on.
I remember that like it happened yesterday.

As a young (and still chubby) Boy Scout I got the nickname 'Lumpy', a corruption of my last name.
And I wore "Husky" sized slacks throughout most of my grammar school days.

I never again appeared shirtless in public until I was 15 or 16 and had hit my growth spurt and was long and lean.
:-)

[Redstone]

8. I'd have beaten the jerkoff senseless, but then have gone to jail, unfortunately.

Sometimes life ain't fair.

But remember, there's Karma out there. That asshole WILL pay, eventually. That big old wheel will keep turning, and he'll get ground underneath.

Redstone

[Roon]

14. I am pretty quick on my feet when it comes to hurling insults at assholes

wish I could have been there....

[redqueen]

9. What an asshole...

I'm surprised no one else responded.

[Lucky Luciano]

10. he jsut sped up again after shouting down the kid...

sort of like yelling at a car because he was back to 30 mph.

[redqueen]

13. I'm a bad / hot tempered parent.

I'd totally have screamed after him...

[Deja Q]

15. Freedom of speech sucks, doesn't it?

:(

Oh, the guy saying those things was a real piece of work.

You're borderline worse for wanting to commit first degree murder.

And fat or otherwise, don't kids get taught the correct side of the road to walk on, or at least keep the gray matter active when on public roads where someone else might have his gray matter turned off too?

Of course, telling them where to walk and one gets yelled at or said "None of your business", et cetera... but that's the price we all pay.

[Runcible Spoon]

19. sheesh, is EVERYTHING that comes out of your mouth/keyboard negative?

Obviously the OP wasn't actually advocating the literal killing of the biker. People sometimes need to vent; doesn't make them "borderline worse" for feeling sympathy for that poor kid. Lord knows the whole Lounge has had to suffer through your repeated depressing diatribes.

Just a big ole fucking shitpile of sunshine, aincha?

[Redstone]

22. Uh, yeah, like this was really a "freedom of speech" issue. I agree with you 100%

Time to re-update my "I..." list.

Redstone

[Darth_Kitten]

32. Idiots racing on their bikes plowing into pedestrians can do some REAL damage....

where's THEIR consideration for the safety of anybody other than themselves.

Guy on a bike is a waste of human tissue, he doesn't deserve any consideration. Hope his pathetic life is miserable.

[timtom]

17. I'd heard that

Manhattan is not really known for its politeness...

[4 t 4]

20. First of all calling a little kid a name is really sick, really sick

IMHO those fucking bike riders act like they are in the right, the are not. You should always slow down and yield to pedestrians. I get the same thing at home here in Chicago by my park.Oh by the way look forward to the cool new thing (bikes with no brakes) my sister got knocked down by a guy on one a couple of months ago. He said, " Sorry the bike has no brakes " cool! It's the cool new thing-bikes with no brakes.

[LeftyMom]

21. Fixies are for douches.

It is known.

[timtom]

26. You understood, of course,

that my comment was directed toward the bike rider, not the kid.

Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't use the sarcasm tag more often.

You and I are in total agreement.

[MineralMan]

33. Bikes with no brakes == Bikers with no brains

[Blarch]

23. Agreed.

The only thing those people understand is violence. In the end it was probably a forgetful day for that moron, but if he were knocked to the ground and kicked in the head, he wouldn't forget it so quickly.

[Blarch]

24. I also have a habit of speaking up for dogs ...

when they aren't being treated right, but be careful, you might come home with a dog, here is my rescue ..after i spoke up at a job site.

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[Lucky Luciano]

37. Sweet Dog! I got mine at animal control in NYC - death row basically

She is lovely!!

[leeroysphitz]

25. Was it Alec Baldwin? n/t

[CreekDog]

27. That kid needs good vibes at the very least

And Alec Baldwin needs to take an anger management program.

[derby378]

28. Yeah, he's an asshole - but here's a thought...

One of my relatives, who has had a great driving record his whole life, ran over a kid at a school zone. He was driving the posted limit - it's just that the poor kid he hit couldn't be bothered to pay attention to where he was going.

No charges were filed, but of course the family decided to sue him, hiring a lawyer to see how much they could get out of his life insurance policy.

Motorists and bicyclists should not be huring verbal abuse at little kids. But at the same time, those kids need to learn how to pay attention to the world around them.

[Lucky Luciano]

30. True, however...

"But at the same time, those kids need to learn how to pay attention to the world around them."

Not sure if you have been to Central Park on a weekend/holiday, but the road there is primarily a pedestrian/jogger walkway that some bicylclists, as a poster noted above, think is their personal Tour De France practice track.

[derby378]

34. Sadly, I have yet to visit there...

...but point taken. If the path is designated primarily as a walkway for pedestrians and joggers, then the "asshole quotient" of that cyclist just climbed dramatically. Or sunk. However you wish to view it.

[Darth_Kitten]

31. I hate those @#$#@$ bicycle fascists.

Seriously, they think the world OWES them. Justice would be these idiots wiping out onto pavement headfirst and nobody giving a damn.

Yes, very un-PC. :(

[Tommy_Carcetti]

35. I know bicylcing is great for the environment and all, but God so help me....

....some of the so-called "bicyling enthusiasts" get on my very last never. Especially the ones who insist on monopolizing the middle of the lane on a 50 mph road when there is both a shoulder and a sidewalk they could be using.

[Burma Jones]

39. Well, when you hit the cyclist, make sure you kill him.........

even if you have to back up.

[Darth_Kitten]

40. Woah..........a sidewalk? That's for pedestrians........

:eyes:

[applegrove]

36. I would have felt like yelling at the guy. I saw a kid with a real tatoo on his wrist. He was

about 3 1/2 years old. I felt like yelling then too but of course I didn't.

[Burma Jones]

38. Justice dictates that he gets hit by a cab.......

I mean, the guy obviously believes in might makes right......