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Should I Challenge A Member of the Public

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Degsy wrote:
    I dont think her opinions are any of your business.If she's being loud and disturbing you,you might want to ask her to keep her voice down a bit but getting into a discussion on the nature of her beliefs is really not up to you.

    I know what you're saying, but on the other hand, it's not as if she's talking about bands, films, books and colours that she likes but the OP hates. I think it's fair enough for a person to intervene when another person is making remarks that are downright offensive and hurtful. Maybe other people on the bus are members of the demographics which she's insulting.
    Yep, I think she should be challenged - especially when she's blabbing all her poison in a public arena. Nobody should stand for that.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,418 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Perhaps she has an illness?

    There is a young man gets on a bus I get who likes to talk in a very loud voice about emails he has received. They are generally of the 'you have won a million pounds' and 'I want you for sex' type. Now, he spouts on and on about these in a way that makes it clear he thinks he is the only one on the bus who has ever turned on a PC let alone knows anything about them. It's kind of sad in a way. He thinks he is impressing us all when really most people feel sorry for him that he needs to 'show off' at his age.

    I described him to a friend of mine and she said my description of how he went on reminded her of a child she used to work with in a centre for kids with autism - sure enough, on hearing his name another time, it was him.

    Ignore her. It's not like everyone else on the bus thinks you agree with her nonsense because you are not challenging her.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 summerwine


    Tbh, if you hear this every day, its prob worth saying something early and politely. Rather than it building up and wham you explode some day when you are at the end of your tether with her. I would suggest like a few others have suggested that you politely tell her to keep her voice down especially if it is to do with racist issues that others could get very offended with.

    Baring in mind she is only 20, she still has to learn alot about life!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    If you see her that often; it might even have a lot more impact if you hand her a hand-written letter when you/she gets off?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    You could always take out your phone, make a call and talk loudly about the ignorant racist that's sitting in front of you.

    Ohhh, absolutely do that OP, that is a GREAT idea!

    summerwine wrote:
    Baring in mind she is only 20, she still has to learn alot about life!

    Ah here, that's no excuse, if she was 5, and said "Daddy, why is that man brown?", you'd let it slide.
    20 year olds should, and largely do, know better.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Acid_Violet


    Overheal wrote:
    If you see her that often; it might even have a lot more impact if you hand her a hand-written letter when you/she gets off?

    Wouldn't waste my time, she's clearly a spa and she'd think the OP is in the wrong for thinking that. A nice swift confrontation and blow to her confidence would work better. She clearly isn't scared about speaking her mind after all and when she makes a tool of herself the results will only but hilarious.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Is she like this?

    RT_Comic_Ep89_Public.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,638 ✭✭✭PeakOutput


    I make my way home on a well known Dublin Bus Route everyday. Theres no real problems, except in the last while, when this women occassionally gets on. I know shes 20, works for some office in town, and dresses in very typical black and white style dress. I know her age and where she works because she keeps yapping on the bus to her mates on her mobile phone. I wouldnt mind, except the other day she made some remarks regarding Jewish people, the homeless, homosexuals and her disabled brother (whose in a wheelchair). She tells the entire bus her problems, when she talks to her friend, and you just keep thinking this girl is a spolit bitch who deserves a good talking to, to make her realise how stupid and prejudice some of her comments are. Especially the ones towards her brother. Im sure its not a reality TV show or anything, im sure shes a real person whose extremely loud, could someone please help me and tell me if I should approach her as I dont see getting another bus or sitting downstairs to be an option.

    secretly record her and post it up here


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,174 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    BaZmO* wrote:
    "Never argue with a fool, they will lower you to their level and then beat you with experience"

    Plagarist :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Kold


    Bludgeon her to death.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 289 ✭✭louisecm


    People will always be stupid. People are being stupid right now, in every language, all over the world. They are slagging your favourite book, they hate your favourite movie and they say mean things about your hair.

    Woah. Thats deep.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭Spiritus Mundi#


    Kold wrote:
    Bludgeon her to death.

    A little extreme but full marks for ingenuity!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    The world is full of arseholes, and your not gonna change that no matter how hard you try


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Kold banned.


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