No, this was up on University Ave. Not the most dangerous place in town, but there are a lot of gangers and street kids around. This kid had to have been from out of town because the regulars would never have acted that way.Splitcoil said:Just noticed you're in Seattle, too. Was this in Pioneer Square by any chance?
Feraud said:Yours was the last hat this kid will snatch off anyone's head.
Lesson learned.
Mahagonny Bill said:Do you think I overreacted? Has this kind of thing ever happened to you?
Splitcoil, being a UDub grad, I imagined this scene in Pioneer Square, too...Splitcoil said:Just noticed you're in Seattle, too. Was this in Pioneer Square by any chance?
Yeah, University Ave would have been my next guess...in any case, nice reaction.Mahagonny Bill said:...this was up on University Ave. Not the most dangerous place in town, but there are a lot of gangers and street kids around. This kid had to have been from out of town because the regulars would never have acted that way.
ScionPI2005 said:If somebody were to decide to just grab a hat off the head of a stranger, they should expect no other action than what you just described. I can't believe he did that. Sounds like a case-example of someone not knowing any boundaries.
Mahagonny Bill said:Has your hat ever got you into a fight?
I'm walking down the street yesterday when I see two guys and and girl walking my way, laughing, shouting, and doing what two guys and girl do. They were in their early 20's at the most and the way they were acting were probably in the "Big City" for a visit. As I pass, one of the guys reaches up and grabs my vintage Lee Trinity right off my head!
Before the punk could get away I grabbed a fistful of his shirt, spun him around had pulled back for a big John Wayne roundhouse. I also believe I made a comment about carnal relations he may have with his mother. The kid looked at me wide eyed and dropped the hat. I pushed him off. We stared each other down for a minute before I retrieved my hat and walked away. No other words were said.
I would like to think that I taught him a lesson about what NOT to do while walking down the Ave, but he probably only remembers the old man who completely freaked out when he touched his hat. Do you think I overreacted? Has this kind of thing ever happened to you?
lol HA HA HA. I never thought of that :eusa_doh:Carlisle Blues said:... I am sure you know why they call it the pokey...
Yeah, that's a tough one. My opinion is that it's tougher now since you've let it carry on. Next time, just take the hat back and state, not ask, politely that it's getting old and to stop.rrog said:Exactly. There's a youth at church who doesn't see any problem with trying to take my hat off my head and placing it on his own. At first, I didn't say anything much. ...
Belegnole said:I don't believe that many people know the value of a hat or the violation they are committing when pulling one of these pranks. Unfortunately sometimes we get to teach them....
Carlisle Blues said:You may have over reacted. As a matter of law the self-help you used would get you an over night stay in the pokey.