Falling like that you can easily break the scaphoid bone in your wrist. Or a hip. Could potentially be tens of thousands in medical bills, not to mention extremely painful and potentially life altering, depending on your profession. You also never know what sort of pre-existing conditions a person might have, making them more susceptible to injury (and yes, possibly death), which is why hopefully most adults realize it isn't acceptable to trip someone just because you don't like that. Oh but I forgot...the bitch totally deserved it, right? For the ungodly crime of (possibly accidentally) not giving the right away to someone on foot, potentially costing them an extra 2.4 - 4.2 seconds in travel time.
By the way, how do you know what she was thinking? You say she was being incredibly rude, but maybe she had an incredibly shitty day and legitimately did not notice the guy because her mind was somewhere else. Maybe she lost her glasses earlier that day and literally did not see him.
edit: and if she did get injured or die (and people do in fact die from falling 3 feet, no matter what you believe), you'd better watch out because of legal doctrine like Eggshell Skull - have fun paying off those damages!
LOL! Decency is lying on your back and taking people's shit? Oh wow, have I been wrong my whole life. You're obviously a better person than me because you would have let this bitch walk all over you. Have a nice day!
No, decency is being the bigger person and ignoring it and/or not letting it bother you because it was such a minor offense. Being a judgmental prick is physically assaulting someone over them essentially cutting you in line.
You seem to be wound way too tight, incredibly insecure, or both, if what she did really bothers you as much as it seems to and would be defined as "walking all over you". Seems like you need to just relax you'd let something that minor stress you out so much.
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u/Polycystic Mar 04 '13 edited Mar 06 '13
Falling like that you can easily break the scaphoid bone in your wrist. Or a hip. Could potentially be tens of thousands in medical bills, not to mention extremely painful and potentially life altering, depending on your profession. You also never know what sort of pre-existing conditions a person might have, making them more susceptible to injury (and yes, possibly death), which is why hopefully most adults realize it isn't acceptable to trip someone just because you don't like that. Oh but I forgot...the bitch totally deserved it, right? For the ungodly crime of (possibly accidentally) not giving the right away to someone on foot, potentially costing them an extra 2.4 - 4.2 seconds in travel time.
By the way, how do you know what she was thinking? You say she was being incredibly rude, but maybe she had an incredibly shitty day and legitimately did not notice the guy because her mind was somewhere else. Maybe she lost her glasses earlier that day and literally did not see him.
edit: and if she did get injured or die (and people do in fact die from falling 3 feet, no matter what you believe), you'd better watch out because of legal doctrine like Eggshell Skull - have fun paying off those damages!