What would you do?

Nathan251

Ok so last Saturday I went down to the Quays to watch the Munster game. It was about 6pm and was quite quiet in there. I was meeting friends later on but went out earlier on my own to watch the match (don't have Setanta Sports 1) at home. Anyway I watched the first half and then at half-time I left my jacket around the chair and went to watch the end of the Man Citeh v Chelsea game on another screen. I was gone for maybe 10 minutes but I glanced back occassionally to see my chair at the bar and this group of English guys, all late thirties, early forties, maybe 5 or 6 of them kept gravitating towards my chair. Balding fattish guys, loud, a bit drunk, looked a bit like reformed football hooligans. Anyway I wasn't too bothered by them, I only glanced back every now and then to make sure my jacket wasn't nicked. OK so the Chelsea match ended and then I turned around and saw one of the sitting in my chair and his 5 or 6 mates around him, all having their drunken banter, being a bit loud, boorish and annoying so I had a dilemma

a) demand the guy get off my chair and cause a potential scene (quite early in the night for that kind of malarkey, I was on my first pint)

b) politely ask the guy to move and be surrounded by them and their drunken behaviour for the second half of the rugby game

c) ask him to move, get my jacket and move elsewhere

Anyway I went back and bustled through a cordon of four or five of his mates, stared the guy down and asked the guy bluntly and a bit angrily/sarcastically "sorry you're sitting on my coat there! is it ok if i get it", now I wasn't aware if he sat on the chair knowing that my jacket was on there or not ( you'd want to be a right clueless twat not to notice a jacket on there or just took his chances coz i was gone so long)...but i was a bit miffed by his rude behaviour. Anyway he just kind of grunted and obviously didn't like my tone, one of his mates beside him was polite and apologised (the least I expected) and I just took it and watched the second half nearby.

Afterwards I felt quite angry with myself that I wasn't harder on the guy and should have called him on his rudeness a bit more, I felt I pussied out a bit, what would you have done in that situation?

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jumpguy

Why didn't you move the jacket to somewhere near you?

Why?

CR 7

You should have killed him, and his entire family. Otherwise, this kind of mindless insolence will continue to go on.

minidazzler

Fcuk off, you moved take your jacket with you. It's one thing if you go to the toilet, but to fcuk off for 10 mins, no way man.

jaffa20

I would have just paid Setanta and watched it at home tbh.

InKonspikuou2

Yeah you should have raped him. Good and hard.

El Weirdo

This happened on Saturday? Get over it FFS.

Notorious

You should've followed him home and burnt down his house while he was sleeping. It's the least he deserves.

MrStuffins

Nathan251 wrote: »

Ok so last Saturday I went down to the Quays to watch the Munster game. It was about 6pm and was quite quiet in there. I was meeting friends later on but went out earlier on my own to watch the match (don't have Setanta Sports 1) at home. Anyway I watched the first half and then at half-time I left my jacket around the chair and went to watch the end of the Man Citeh v Chelsea game on another screen. I was gone for maybe 10 minutes but I glanced back occassionally to see my chair at the bar and this group of English guys, all late thirties, early forties, maybe 5 or 6 of them kept gravitating towards my chair. Balding fattish guys, loud, a bit drunk, looked a bit like reformed football hooligans. Anyway I wasn't too bothered by them, I only glanced back every now and then to make sure my jacket wasn't nicked. OK so the Chelsea match ended and then I turned around and saw one of the sitting in my chair and his 5 or 6 mates around him, all having their drunken banter, being a bit loud, boorish and annoying so I had a dilemma

a) demand the guy get off my chair and cause a potential scene (quite early in the night for that kind of malarkey, I was on my first pint)

b) politely ask the guy to move and be surrounded by them and their drunken behaviour for the second half of the rugby game

c) ask him to move, get my jacket and move elsewhere

Anyway I went back and bustled through a cordon of four or five of his mates, stared the guy down and asked the guy bluntly and a bit angrily/sarcastically "sorry you're sitting on my coat there! is it ok if i get it", now I wasn't aware if he sat on the chair knowing that my jacket was on there or not ( you'd want to be a right clueless twat not to notice a jacket on there or just took his chances coz i was gone so long)...but i was a bit miffed by his rude behaviour. Anyway he just kind of grunted and obviously didn't like my tone, one of his mates beside him was polite and apologised (the least I expected) and I just took it and watched the second half nearby.

Afterwards I felt quite angry with myself that I wasn't harder on the guy and should have called him on his rudeness a bit more, I felt I pussied out a bit, what would you have done in that situation?

b

You moved, deal with it!

Whosbetter?

You can't have it everyway.

Esp if it's a busy place & there's drink involved.

Johnnnybravo

Tell yer mother on him. She`l give him a good clip around the ears.

Did you get his number in the end??

Holsten

I would do (C).

Crow71

I would have gone with (c), u cant leave a seat empty in a busy pub and expect people to stay away just cos a jacket is on it

SoupyNorman

The Munster match was brutal, it was on the big screen in the pub I was in but everyone was watching the Chelsea/City game on the small tv (and this was in Munster) so in conclusion you've wasted ours and your time posting something so irrelevant .

Fizman

You should have shouted "Fack off you soppy cants" to the lot of them.

They would have just left quietly then.

stovelid

Don't worry. You were as tough as anybody called Nathan could have possibly been, given the circumstances.

phasers

You can't leave your jacket on the chair and go off and watch football.

fair enough if you went to the jacks but cop on to yourself

enry

you need to go and talk to someone. you could not be a happy person if someone sitting on your coat has you doing up a thread about it.

who what when

When your sitting on the chair its yours. When other guy sits on it after your 10 minute absence its his. Your jacket and his drunkeness are both irrelevent!

Fizman

Nathan251 wrote: »

Afterwards I felt quite angry with myself that I wasn't harder on the guy and should have called him on his rudeness a bit more, I felt I pussied out a bit, what would you have done in that situation?

b

Trust me, it's a good thing you didn't.

"Excuse me sir, but I find your level of rudeness quite alarming".

They would pissed themselves laughing. Probably piss on your face then once the laughter died down.

MrStuffins

I once left my jacket on a stool in a pub in town

2 weeks later i went back and there was some c**t sitting on the stool.

Cheeky b*****d!

El Weirdo

Fizman wrote: »

Trust me, it's a good thing you didn't.

"Excuse me sir, but I find your level of rudeness quite alarming".

They would pissed themselves laughing. Probably piss on your face then once the laughter died down.

Also, by your own admission, you were hardly polite yourself.

Anyway I went back and bustled through a cordon of four or five of his mates, stared the guy down and asked the guy bluntly and a bit angrily/sarcastically "sorry you're sitting on my coat there! is it ok if i get it"...

Tbh, people that have that sort of attitude can often find themselves picking a couple of teeth off of the floor.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Nathan251 wrote: »

Anyway I went back and bustled through a cordon of four or five of his mates, stared the guy down and asked the guy bluntly and a bit angrily/sarcastically "sorry you're sitting on my coat there! is it ok if i get it", now I wasn't aware if he sat on the chair knowing that my jacket was on there or not ( you'd want to be a right clueless twat not to notice a jacket on there or just took his chances coz i was gone so long)...but i was a bit miffed by his rude behaviour. Anyway he just kind of grunted and obviously didn't like my tone, one of his mates beside him was polite and apologised (the least I expected) and I just took it and watched the second half nearby.

Afterwards I felt quite angry with myself that I wasn't harder on the guy and should have called him on his rudeness a bit more, I felt I pussied out a bit, what would you have done in that situation?

b

I'll be honest with you, YOU got away very lightly in my opinion.

I'll tell you another thing, no one would get away with pulling that attitude with me and come on here like they were the hard man.

But thats not answering your question.

I'd have taken my jacket away with me, or I'd have returned, apologized to the chap (because I'm disturbing him) and take my jacket from the seat, thank him and move off.

I detest rudeness in people, and I think (going solely on your atttitude in this thread) that you were exceptionally ignorant and rude with the guy.

Sorry if thats not what you want to hear, and don't take it personally - you might have been just having a bad day.

Johnnnybravo

Tell the English guys to join boards so you can give them a ruddy good word thrashing in relation to their rudeness last saturday eve:eek:

phasers

MrStuffins wrote: »

I once left my jacket on a stool in a pub in town

2 weeks later i went back and there was some c**t sitting on the stool.

Cheeky b*****d!

I hope you called him on his rudeness

MrStuffins

Kingsley Purring Bayonet wrote: »

I'll be honest with you, YOU got away very lightly in my opinion.

I'll tell you another thing, no one would get away with pulling that attitude with me and come on here like they were the hard man.

But thats not answering your question.

I'd have taken my jacket away with me, or I'd have returned, apologized to the chap (because I'm disturbing him) and take my jacket from the seat, thank him and move off.

I detest rudeness in people, and I think (going solely on your atttitude in this thread) that you were exceptionally ignorant and rude with the guy.

Sorry if thats not what you want to hear, and don't take it personally - you might have been just having a bad day.

GET HIM!!!

Mrmoe

since when do they let 12 year olds into pubs?

stovelid

Kingsley Purring Bayonet wrote: »

I'll be honest with you, YOU got away very lightly in my opinion.

Have to agree with this OP. You could have encountered the wrong bunch of guys, although they seemed polite enough to you, given your pretty unfair initial appraisal of them and your aggressive behaviour.

MrStuffins

phasers wrote: »

I hope you called him on his rudeness

I stared into his eyes and told him forcefully, "THAT'S MY F*CKING SEAT, I WAS ONLY GONE FOR A WHILE WATCHING THE F*CKING TOUR DE FRANCE"

His mate was polite and apologised for him, but i wasn't having that so i broke his neck Navy Seal style!

Ro: maaan!

Really annoying when people leave jackets on seats and then **** off for half the night. Moreso in bars with dancefloors when there is a whole table of it though. 10 minutes is pretty long, but even so, they weren't to know how long you'd be.

Nathan251

Kingsley Purring Bayonet wrote: »

I'll be honest with you, YOU got away very lightly in my opinion.

I'll tell you another thing, no one would get away with pulling that attitude with me and come on here like they were the hard man.

But thats not answering your question.

I'd have taken my jacket away with me, or I'd have returned, apologized to the chap (because I'm disturbing him) and take my jacket from the seat, thank him and move off.

I detest rudeness in people, and I think (going solely on your atttitude in this thread) that you were exceptionally ignorant and rude with the guy.

Sorry if thats not what you want to hear, and don't take it personally - you might have been just having a bad day.

I detest rudeness in people too, I have never in my life sat on a chair if I notice a coat/bag/scarf or whatever on it, also those guys were in the pub earlier and knew I had been sitting there, also I was gone for a maximum of 10 minutes (most likely less), it's not that long a time

you say i am coming on here like the hard man and then say "no one would get away with pulling that attitude with me"...so are you saying if someone left their seat for a few minutes (but left their jacket on it) and you had seen them in the seat earlier and you proceeded to sit on their seat because you deemed 10 minutes too long a period to leave it, then if the person returned and was a bit annoyed and asked if you minded moving then what, would you hit him or maybe just start an argument? let me know what you mean by ""no one would get away with pulling that attitude with me"....coz it seems like you are the one pulling the hard man act

anyway not too bothered about the incident specifically, more curious about when you should kick up a fuss about something and when you should just be a doormat and accept what you perceive as bad treatment (whether intentionally or not) by others...I think in Ireland we tend to do the latter a lot unless drunk or behind a keyboard when we're suddenly all very brave

Johnnnybravo

Nathan251 wrote: »

I detest rudeness in people too, I have never in my life sat on a chair if I notice a coat/bag/scarf or whatever on it, also those guys were in the pub earlier and knew I had been sitting there, also I gone for 10 minutes, it's not that long a time

you say i am coming on here like the hard man and then say "no one would get away with pulling that attitude with me"...so are you saying if someone left their seat for a few minutes and you had seen them in the seat earlier and you proceeded to sit on their seat because you deemed 10 minutes too long a period to leave it, then if the person returned and was a bit annoyed and asked if you minded moving then what, would you hit him or maybe just start an argument? let me know what you mean by ""no one would get away with pulling that attitude with me"....coz it seems like you are the one pulling the hard man act

Get your coat love :cool:

El Weirdo

Nathan251 wrote: »

I detest rudeness in people too, I have never in my life sat on a chair if I notice a coat/bag/scarf or whatever on it, also those guys were in the pub earlier and knew I had been sitting there, also I was gone for a maximum of 10 minutes (most likely less), it's not that long a time

you say i am coming on here like the hard man and then say "no one would get away with pulling that attitude with me"...so are you saying if someone left their seat for a few minutes and you had seen them in the seat earlier and you proceeded to sit on their seat because you deemed 10 minutes too long a period to leave it, then if the person returned and was a bit annoyed and asked if you minded moving then what, would you hit him or maybe just start an argument? let me know what you mean by ""no one would get away with pulling that attitude with me"....coz it seems like you are the one pulling the hard man act

anyway not too bothered about the incident specifically, more curious about when you should kick up a fuss about something and when you should just be a doormat and accept what you perceive as bad treatment (whether intentionally or not) by others...I think in Ireland we tend to do the latter a lot unless drunk or behind a keyboard when we're suddenly all very brave

Not too bothered? You were bothered enough to start a thread about it nearly 4 days later.

You bang on about people being rude but admit that you were rude to the guy that sat on your seat.

TPD

On your feet, lose your seat! On your feet, lose your seat! On your feet, lose your seat!

quicklickpaddy

ha i noticed after insulting/arguing with the moderator he now has "banned" under his name. guess that answers his question. this was one of those doormat times...

jd007

How rude of that man to sit on a vacant chair! What was he thinking!:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Seriously, do you know how bad you must have looked?

Fey!

Methinks the problem lies with the OP.

You moved to a different area to watch a different match, therefore taking up 2 spaces.

So tough.

starbelgrade

Nathan251 wrote: »

I think in Ireland we tend to do the latter a lot unless drunk or behind a keyboard when we're suddenly all very brave

Say that again & I'll throw my mouse at you.

Riddle101

I wouldn't take that OP, I'd have gone back to the guy and gave him a Roundhouse kick, then I would have battered all his mates even the guy who was polite.

Seriously though, there's no reason to be causing a commotion that was obviously avoided when they gave you the jacket. If the guy was being rude, then fair enough, people are as$holes get over it. No need to get into a big fight and make a scene over some spilt milk.

mahamageehad

Theres simple rules in this life;
One of them is "you snooze you lose"

Unlucky

Useful.Idiot

Should have thrown a frag grenade at them.

Sharpshooter

OP is site banned.

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