How do you deal with confrontations?

99% of the time you just think....my life is going ok this yobbo is likely some drongo or wanker so why get into the gutter with them? If I'm wrong I apologise. If not wrong, they're not worth your time and walk away. Too many crazies. If it does get scary serious too old to fight fair (and only if you have to, best move is to avoid). Throat eyes balls. End of story.

In a working environment, I deal with confrontations directly. In a random environment, the only confrontations I've encountered since my 20's bar scene , which are not quickly sorted out with words, are with unstable people (some of which are clearly looking to fight). You want to avoid those ones anyway.

Unless you have to defend your life or the life of your kids, physical fighting is never the way to go now. It is highly doubtful you'll be fighting someone like yourself. It'll either be a nutjob or a 'pro' fighter who's just itching... Or it'll be with someone who'll "litigiously" life-fuck you with legal bills.

HEYHEY said:

You guys lack basic communication skills. By smiling.or laughing you're just encouraging the idiot and making the situation worse. Simply say "I'm dropping off my mother who has mobility issues" hard to keep being a dick to.someone after that

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Or say ” sorry I didn't realize it was a walk way. Just dropping my mom, moving it in 2 seconds”

Maybe have defused the situation right quick.

Personally, I like to defuse, not escalate by being smug about it.

I gotta say, I don't get this lack of accountability in 2020. OP clearly parks wrong but if you speak up about it, you're wrong????

So far in this thread, the guy who made a comment (we only have the OPs word on the situation and anyone telling a story makes the other guy out to be worse then they are) has been called a whack job, stupid, self-righteousness and more. Yet no one knows the real truth.

I'm not saying the OP is a bad guy. He made a mistake but maybe say that instead of being a jerk with smug smile about it and then blaming someone else for calling you on it.

I know I probably would of spoke up. ”hey buddy, you know your blocking the walkway, right?”

There are other people that need to walk, some who may also have mobility issues. Maybe think of other people as well and confrontation won't even come to you. I know I don't get randomly yelled at by people. Makes me wonder what we are missing from the story.

newtohobby said:

I like to drop off my elderly Mother at the front door where ever we go. She has some problems with here mobility, that's why I do it.

The other day, I dropped her off at the front door at the store, didn't realize the walkway that was painted on the ground that leads to the front door of the store. I looked afterwards, my car was on portion of it and I was there for 10 secs as I dropped her off. There was nobody walking at the time that's why I didn't notice it.

This scruffy looking guy walks by and started to freak out that I'm blocking the walkway. I didn't say anything, I just stared at him. He walked away. I went into the store and he was walking out and I though we was done but he had to harass me and telling me that I think I'm really smart. I'm not sure what he was doing but I just looked at him and smiled. I think it was pissing him off even more that I didn't say one word. I wasn't scared of him but I don't deal with stupid people.

How do you handle your confrontations?

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Yea you don't have to prove yourself to morons in the streets.

i would sing this song in my head, then i decide what to do or say