[The Louiswu]

" “Lady, are you crazy?” he replied, trying to de-escalate the situation."

Funny, but I don't think asking someone if they are crazy is text book de-escalation technique.

[Red Badger]

Well, he’s an amateur de-escalator, so.............

[rovenstinez]

WHY was this woman parked in a Handicap Parking space if she could walk over the parking lot and smash the guy in the face?

[suthener]

” “Lady, are you crazy?” he replied, trying to de-escalate the situation.”

Funny, but I don’t think asking someone if they are crazy is text book de-escalation technique.”

I was thinking the same thing. I would have said, loudly, “Lady, you need to calm down!!”. That always works better.

[ansel12]

“””””” “Lady, are you crazy?” he replied, trying to de-escalate the situation.””””””

I had a best friend and main running buddy who among his knives also carried a highly illegal sawed off double barreled shotgun around his neck, when he was messing with someone and they said “are you crazy???”, his reply was “Yes, but how is that going to help you?”