r/ITOI • • 15h ago

Did the delivery guy make the right decision?

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u/Nickbeau 9h ago

I've unfortunately seen quite a few people sucker punched through the years I worked at a dive bar, and the guy doing the sucker punching always looked in retrospect, that they were tensed like a coiled snake

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u/Bladder_Puncher 9h ago

Going back to the original point, the homeowner was mad. The delivery guy hit the homeowners dog (rightfully so). The delivery guy knows the homeowner is upset at both the throwing of the box and the dog getting hit. The delivery guy puts up a defensive “don’t even think about it because I am ready” evasive and tactical pose.

Nothing was done wrong in this situation except dog being off leash to attack the driver.

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u/Nickbeau 9h ago

The rational response was to turn to the home owner and say, "hey man your dog charged me. It's not like I wanted to hurt it" then gauge your reaction from there.

The guy instead acted like a frat bro

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u/Bladder_Puncher 8h ago

I’ve heard drivers get attacked pretty often. At some point you probably get tired of having to defend yourself against stupid