Memorable Abuse from Strangers
A one-eyed, speed freak biker crossing the street in my home town. I was probably six. Naturally I gawped at him.
Quote (said in extremely loud, guttural roar): “Quit eyeballin’ me, you little shit.”
**
Ordering cider in an Irish pub frequented by real Irish people. A real Irish chappie, fresh from a Gaelic Football match, the blood still damp under his fingernails, grabs me by the scuff of the neck:
“Cider! You’re a mad bastard order feckin’ CIDER!”
**
Leaving a bar in San Francisco transcendently shitbricked with Mark and Geoff. Probably 22 years old. For some reason I am wearing a bowtie. Out of nowhere some dude with a mustache approaches me on the sidewalk: “You partyin’, Bro?”
Me: “I’m having a fuckin’ great time.”
The guy punches me.
Later, Mark says “Your bowtie made that guy really mad.”
**
Walking with a pretty girl through a weird neighborhood in New Orleans. A hooker says: “Baby, SHE make you look good.”
I’m not sure if that was an insult, and if it was, who it was insulting.
**
Japan, during a festival. A large, drunk Japanese man walks up to me and starts roaring in my face. Not in Japanese. Literally roaring. Thinking “Aw, feller wants to make friends” (I was only 18), I offer my hand for my new friend to shake. He takes my slender kangeroo paw in his All Kobe Beef mitt and proceeds to crush it, roaring the entire time. I am released only after a gendarmie on patrol intercedes.
**
Working in a bookstore in my early twenties. A douchey looking cat in a sportcoat and large moustache approaches the cashstand, holding a large hardback book.
“Hey, man. You guys gotta a copy machine, so I can copy this page?”
Me: “No, we’re a bookstore. We’re not really supposed to let people copy the books. You can do that at the library, though.”
Guy: “Man, you gotta get some class.”
**
At Seattle-Tacoma airport, at a cab stand -- I’m reading the Atlantic. A woman who looks sane is standing behind me.
Woman: “Heymisteristhisthecabplaceorwhatever?”
Me: “Yes it is.”
She looks at the cover of the magazine.
Woman: “Are you an (giggles) intellectual?”
**
Riding BART. I’m wearing a cardigan. It’s a crowded Friday afternoon commute. A young guy with slicked-back hair is loudly harranguing a young woman who has a small Virgin Mary printed on her handback.
“See, there’s no salvation through Mary. Nah, you can only be saved by believin’ in JESUS. I seen some bad stuff and I come from a hard neighborhood. I don’t have no sweaters, not like THIS guy…”
He points at me.
**
At a gay bar celebrating a friends birthday. Two buff guys with with no-shirts walk up to me as I try to order a drink at the bar. As if on cue, they both begin flexing their pecs, with these fierce glares. I’m unsure what it all means. They both bust up laughing and walk away.
**
Riding on an Amtrak train from California’s central coast to the Bay Area. I am sitting in the snack/bar car, reading a book. We are at a station, so the bar is closed. A belligerent man with long hair and a hockey jersey enters the car and is very, very angry that he can’t have any liquor.
He begins to stalk out of the snack bar and mounts to the steps up to the observation platform above us. He takes three steps, stops, yells “This is for you, faggot!” and sticks his ass out. He farts audibly, then bounds up the steps.
**
At a keg party in High School, I walk into the kitchen. Two blonde soc-type girls are sitting giggling. One says, “Hey, do you want some dip?”, and shoves a plate toward me. On it is a moist pile that could only be cat food.
Me: “That’s cat food.”
Girl: “It’s not cat food, you fuckin’ asshole. It’s dip. It’s fuckin’ good. You should eat it YOU FUCKIN’ DICK.”
She jumps up and takes a lunge at me, and her friend holds her back. I leave.
My friend asks me later: “Whadya do to those girls. One was crying.”
Quote (said in extremely loud, guttural roar): “Quit eyeballin’ me, you little shit.”
**
Ordering cider in an Irish pub frequented by real Irish people. A real Irish chappie, fresh from a Gaelic Football match, the blood still damp under his fingernails, grabs me by the scuff of the neck:
“Cider! You’re a mad bastard order feckin’ CIDER!”
**
Leaving a bar in San Francisco transcendently shitbricked with Mark and Geoff. Probably 22 years old. For some reason I am wearing a bowtie. Out of nowhere some dude with a mustache approaches me on the sidewalk: “You partyin’, Bro?”
Me: “I’m having a fuckin’ great time.”
The guy punches me.
Later, Mark says “Your bowtie made that guy really mad.”
**
Walking with a pretty girl through a weird neighborhood in New Orleans. A hooker says: “Baby, SHE make you look good.”
I’m not sure if that was an insult, and if it was, who it was insulting.
**
Japan, during a festival. A large, drunk Japanese man walks up to me and starts roaring in my face. Not in Japanese. Literally roaring. Thinking “Aw, feller wants to make friends” (I was only 18), I offer my hand for my new friend to shake. He takes my slender kangeroo paw in his All Kobe Beef mitt and proceeds to crush it, roaring the entire time. I am released only after a gendarmie on patrol intercedes.
**
Working in a bookstore in my early twenties. A douchey looking cat in a sportcoat and large moustache approaches the cashstand, holding a large hardback book.
“Hey, man. You guys gotta a copy machine, so I can copy this page?”
Me: “No, we’re a bookstore. We’re not really supposed to let people copy the books. You can do that at the library, though.”
Guy: “Man, you gotta get some class.”
**
At Seattle-Tacoma airport, at a cab stand -- I’m reading the Atlantic. A woman who looks sane is standing behind me.
Woman: “Heymisteristhisthecabplaceorwhatever?”
Me: “Yes it is.”
She looks at the cover of the magazine.
Woman: “Are you an (giggles) intellectual?”
**
Riding BART. I’m wearing a cardigan. It’s a crowded Friday afternoon commute. A young guy with slicked-back hair is loudly harranguing a young woman who has a small Virgin Mary printed on her handback.
“See, there’s no salvation through Mary. Nah, you can only be saved by believin’ in JESUS. I seen some bad stuff and I come from a hard neighborhood. I don’t have no sweaters, not like THIS guy…”
He points at me.
**
At a gay bar celebrating a friends birthday. Two buff guys with with no-shirts walk up to me as I try to order a drink at the bar. As if on cue, they both begin flexing their pecs, with these fierce glares. I’m unsure what it all means. They both bust up laughing and walk away.
**
Riding on an Amtrak train from California’s central coast to the Bay Area. I am sitting in the snack/bar car, reading a book. We are at a station, so the bar is closed. A belligerent man with long hair and a hockey jersey enters the car and is very, very angry that he can’t have any liquor.
He begins to stalk out of the snack bar and mounts to the steps up to the observation platform above us. He takes three steps, stops, yells “This is for you, faggot!” and sticks his ass out. He farts audibly, then bounds up the steps.
**
At a keg party in High School, I walk into the kitchen. Two blonde soc-type girls are sitting giggling. One says, “Hey, do you want some dip?”, and shoves a plate toward me. On it is a moist pile that could only be cat food.
Me: “That’s cat food.”
Girl: “It’s not cat food, you fuckin’ asshole. It’s dip. It’s fuckin’ good. You should eat it YOU FUCKIN’ DICK.”
She jumps up and takes a lunge at me, and her friend holds her back. I leave.
My friend asks me later: “Whadya do to those girls. One was crying.”
Labels: Greg's Life As Nincompoop
posted by Greg Mills at 6:29 PM
1 Comments:
When I was a freshman in college, someone was banging on the door in the middle of the night. I stumbled to the door and opened it.
Two wasted dipshits were laughing and one said "this was my room as a freshman." Wow.
Anyway, this was before I wore boxers, so I was standing at the door with my briefs on. One guy turns to the other guy and points at me, while laughing, and says "Check it out, that guy's wearing grippers."
Grippers. I love it. I changed to boxers shortly thereafter.
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