Event #1 Friday night.
I am heading home from Shannon’s Irish pub after watching the Dust Rhinos perform. I get on the North Main bus a little after midnight and crack open my Conan book for the 20 minute trip home. Just after the concert hall stop, some drunken yob gets on and wont pay. The bus driver refuses to move until the guy pays, which he wont do. After about 3 minutes, the driver gives up and starts on the way again.
The drunk, realizing that he’s won, gets mouthy and wont shut up. Several pasengers try to calm him down with no results. Then the drunken yob gets ups and walks towards the bus driver brandishing his fists and shadow boxing. I am near the back of the bus, but I just can’t sit still while someone clobbers my ride home. I get up and intercept him before he can actualy punch the driver. I am joined by two other civic minded passengers and we make short work of the yob and toss him out the front door of the bus. I admit I was glad for the assistance, as when I first grabbed ahold of him he was able to fight back and it might not have gone my way.
Why this pisses me off;
Apparantly, city of Winnipeg bus drivers can’t physicaly defend themselves. If they do they are suspended from work and possibly fired. This means that they have to rely on the help of passengers on the bus. Three of us felt like doing something, but the 12 others who were on board didn’t bother to lift a finger. Not a good percentage. I am of the opinion that anyone who has a job and is attacked while working should be able to return the favor and kick some ass.
Event #2 Saturday.
I am at work and have about an hour to go before heading home. We get a call to deal with a guy causing a problem at one of the food services. I meet up with this guy and fnd that he is intoxicated. I tell him that he has to leave the building and I feel that that might be the end of it. As we are walking to the exit he gets all mouthy, calling me names and so on which I pretty much ignore.
At the exit, he punches the door (1 1/2 inch plate glass- no damage there) and spits on it. Since he is outside I don’t care. I step away from the door and he tries to come in, so I stop him and tell him to go away or we will call the police. Most guys would just mouth off and leave at that. This guy then decides to spit on me. I give him an open handed shove and down he goes, gets up and spits on me again. My coworker and I grab him and slip the cuffs on him and bring him to the office, The cops arrive three hours later and after checking him out we bar him from the property and off he goes to the drunk tank.
Event #3 Sunday
I am at the local Burger king for a steak burger. A woman and her daughter enter the restaurant and I notice they have kitten in arm. I tell them that for health reasons they are not allowed to bring loose animals in to restaurants (the only animals allowed in are assistance animals for the obvious reasons, and also the tasty ones we eat). When the staff tell them they have to remove the kitten they finally go outside with the wretched creature (I am not a cat fan by any means), all the while acting like they are somehow being put upon by an incosiderate world.
Why this pisses me off.
Okay, its the cat thing first off, but also I am sick of uneducated people assuming they are special and can bring their little stooll producing creatures into places where I eat food.
I am so looking forward to my vacation in October.
Bruce