Yes, but these senior citizens took it too far. Yes, Tabor was completely out of line and I think it was fine for Gerfast to politely ask him to take the conversation outside. But if the man refused, Gerfast should have complained to the management . . . not start wrestling with him over the cell phone. While his motives may have been good, I would be pissed as hell if some old guy tried this on me!
Put on your asbestos suit, but you're right. Let them refuse to serve the jerk or throw him out of the store.
The old guy wasn't charged with assault and sued for $100M for "censorship" by ACLU LOY-ahs.
79 puts him at about WW2 age. They generally don't take things to management.
I doubt that you'd be using foul language in a public place. This idiot (cell phone user) got what he deserved but unfortunately political correctness, which rules our society, will always slam the defender of good while evil goes its own way free and happy.
And the old guy was apparently 'pissed as hell' that the phone talker didn't have any consideration for those around him.
So, go run to "Mommy" when they act like a-holes?
I would have taken the damn phone and tried to give him an enema with it. And I don't care how "Pissed" anyone gets. You assault my ears with your profanity, I'm gonna assault your head with my fist.
You have no "right" to sit and carry on like that in a public place. Your "rights" end at the tip of my nose or my eardrums; then, you're mine.
Many here complain about how "litigious" everyone has gotten, and how there is no common sense about how things are solved and how fast things ratchet out of control. (a 10 year old in Philly being handcuffed and "arrested" for bringing a pair of scissors to school.)
But when confronted with a reality like this, the first knee-jerk reaction is to run to the Nanny, just like everyone else, thereby perpetuating a system that is idiotic.
A little well placed violence could, and would, bring this run-a-muck society back into some semblance of politeness.
Go gettum Gramps.
Isn't that why he:
1. Let go of the phone
2. Pled guilty and took the 3 months probation
Probably stomp his osteoporotic old bones into sawdust, I'll bet.
No, he didn't take it too far. Time was, when you acted like this creep, you would have gotten a punch in the nose but not these days. Our society is much less civil but we sure care about the rights of the slobs who drag us down.
Are you saying that you act in public like this jackass, Tabor? Sounds like Jesse Tabor had his punk pride mussed a little bit by an old man. I think it's hilarious and if you conduct yourself like Lil' Jesse Tabor, then perhaps some old man will have to oblige and teach you a life lesson. We can only hope.
All cell phones should be outlawed.
"While his motives may have been good, I would be pissed as hell if some old guy tried this on me!"
That may be so. However, if I witnessed such an event and the person who had their phone snatched got "pissed" and raised a hand against the elderly person, they would have to then contend with me.
Brueggers has a policy that says no employee is supposed to
"interfere" with anyone's cell phone calls.
This is according to Sten , who was interview on local radio today.He said he's repeatedly contacted Brueggers. BTW
, Sten said he immigrated here in 1969, hold 28 patents,
still works , and loves the USA.
I'd say Chatty Kathy the cell phone cusser was WAY out if his league both physically and mentally.