I got a free breakfast this morning :)

[luvMIdog]

I got up bright and early and went to the fast food place to get breakfast and coffee. This man in front of me started raising his voice at the girl at the register because her computer was rebooting and she had to wait for it. He said " Now you've ruined my morning and I'm stuck here dealing with your stupidity!" I told him " Hey jerk you've been waiting thirty seconds and you're throwing a temper tantrum. No one wants to hear your shit this early in the morning. You're only griping at that girl because she can't say anything back to you, but I can asshole. Stop ruining my morning. Zip it and wait for for breakfast or leave!" He left LOL. Then it was my turn at the counter. She said " Your breakfast is on me this morning. Thank you so much you made my day ."

[meow2u3]

1. Good for you!

WTG putting that tantrum-throwing bully in his place!

[MyOwnPeace]

2. WAY TO GO!!!!!!

Love it, as I'm sure the girl at the register did also!

[get the red out]

3. GOOD JOB!

Assholes like that won't stand up to someone who can call them on their shit.

[IronLionZion]

4. It's true

Assholes like that do tend to ruin people's day first thing in the morning. I've always wondered what it is about some people who just wake up wanting to spew bitterness at someone.

You did good. I hope that breakfast was delicious

[NurseJackie]

5. Yeah, I imagine myself saying things like that to people in real life.

But it's likely that any real-life version of what I might imagine would resolve itself with my being assaulted.

[TNNurse]

6. In the sincere form and not the southern sarcasm.

"Bless your heart".

[WillowTree]

7. Good on you! The bully deserved every word of it!

[flying_wahini]

8. Thanks! You get a gold star today!

[Left-over]

9. I love it!

[calimary]

29. Welcome to DU, Left-over!

Seems like a good way to start speaking out. Find your voice at the micro level. Then onto the macro level (like, your congress critter or senator maybe)!

[2naSalit]

10. YAY!!!

Good for you! That was brave and I commend you for speaking up to a bully!

[NJCher]

11. your fellow big mouth here

A lot of people won't say anything and I can understand why. I'm not one of them, though. It doesn't bother me in the least to call people out on their bad behavior. After all, if it weren't for speaking out, these people would feel like they got away with something.

This person will walk away knowing that next time he tries that, there just might be that one person in line who will call him on it.


Cher

[Duppers]

12. Exactly what I would've done. Good for you!

I embarrass my hubs confronting jerks.

Had a waiter not long ago who, because he was gay, was being harassed by an asshole at an adjoining table. I waited until my husband paid the check and we were out the door to pretend I had left something so that I could run back in and confronted that jerk. The huge guy stood up but I was already half way to the front door. I don't doubt that such an asshole would hit a woman too.



Don't let people be jerks. See something, say something.

[Littlered9560]

13. Good read.

I'm wondering, did you have the mole cakes?

[calimary]

30. Welcome to DU, Littlered9560!

I reread that story and it suddenly struck me - if she was grateful enough to buy that guy's breakfast for him, I'm wondering how many times she's been verbally abused like that? Did she just reach her fed-up point? That's quite a way to say thank-you especially when you're probably paid a pittance in a job like that.

[retrowire]

14. Not all heroes wear capes.

[erronis]

15. Had a similar experience a couple of days ago - couldn't respond as you did

Standing in a professional business where some older man (like me) was berating the people behind the counter because they made him waste a whole day (it was 10:30AM) since some meds weren't ready for his pet.

Not that I have the bells to speak up like you did I also felt constrained since causing a scene in an office is not something the business really wants. I did let the employees know that I sympathized with them later, however.

[pengillian101]

16. Good job! n/t

[niyad]

17. good for you. I would have done the same in that situation.

[oasis]

18. Were you ready for action if the guy got physical?

[orangecrush]

20. There are lots of cameras

In fast food places.

Unlikely for a bully to react physically in that situation, but not impoasible.

At a local McD, 2 grown men beat a customer unconcious and stole his food to boot,

They were arrested a day later, charged, and convicted.

[oasis]

21. cameras or not, you have to be ready for action if you challenge

a bully. It's also helpful if you're in shape.

[orangecrush]

22. True

Martial arts classes are a good start.

Along with a good understanding of the laws involved with such encounters.

[keepthemhonestO]

19. bahhaaaaaa

good one!

[calimary]

32. Welcome to DU keepthemhonestO!

That bully sure did have it coming. I'd say everybody there at that moment enjoyed his just desserts!

[TeamPooka]

23. If you see something, say something. That's my motto too. nt

[BHDem53]

24. An A**hole in a fast food place

sounds kind of familiar.

[calimary]

33. Welcome to DU, BHDem53!

Takes all kinds, I guess. Another thing I wonder - is this something that's on the increase in the public? That would route straight back to trump, too, making it okay to be utterly loutish, out loud and in-yer-face, whenever you damn well feel like it. A strike against political correctness - which itself is just another name for common courtesy. Those who, when asked, hail trump because "he tells it like it is," and then answer the next question with "yeah I know he's lying, and I don't care." I wonder how raw and on edge people's nerves are now? My husband was recently complaining that he feels so much more touchy and out-of-sorts since trump took our White House.

This is in NO way an attempt to excuse the behavior of the bully in the OP. I just wonder if we're gonna be seeing more of this. A new syndrome that psychologists will begin documenting: the trump-effect.

[3catwoman3]

38. "It takes all kinds" is one of my 95 yr old...

...mom's favorite comments when I carp about idiots and miscreants.

I think there are several kinds that we wouldn't miss at all.

[BHDem53]

43. Thanks, calimary!

[cwydro]

25. That's great you stood up to the jerk.

But I would have thanked her, and then I would have refused her offer to pay. I would have said it was my pleasure to have made her day. And then paid for my breakfast.

I doubt she makes a great deal of money.

[The Big Ragu]

26. Cool Story, Bro

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

27. That reminds me of getting a free ride to the airport in DC

When we got to National he refused to take my money because I had called it National instead of Reagan.

[3catwoman3]

39. I have never called it Reagan...

...and never will.

[JudyM]

48. Same for me. No honor.

[lunatica]

28. Awe man! You ruined his day!

Hahahahahahaha!

[samnsara]

31. Thank You!!!!

[rock]

34. Welcome to DU!

You're our kind of people.

[oberliner]

35. For name-calling and swearing?

Jeez.

[cwydro]

46. I just don't get bragging on getting a free meal

on a fast food worker's dime.

Jeez. Glad he spoke up with this obscene diatribe, but surely - when the poor berated worker thanked him...wouldn't it have been a bit more noble to not only pay for his own breakfast, but maybe add a tip on top?

Sorry, this story is all wrong.

[oberliner]

47. Agreed

Although I don't think the obscene diatribe was necessary.

A nice tip would have been a good gesture.

[malaise]

36. Lovely

More of us need to take them on

You made my day

[SunSeeker]

37. K & R

[3catwoman3]

41. Well done!

What a rude, self-important SOB. Let's guess who he voted for.

[Major Nikon]

42. I've been in a similar situation a few years ago

I didn't get a free meal over it, but I tore into a woman who was berating a restaurant employee. Nothing worse than someone who abuses someone else who can't defend themselves.

[Skittles]

44. I did it at a Kohl's on a Christmas week

lady was loudly berating a clerk.....I said, "SO, are you always a bitch, or just around the holidays?" She looked at me, very angry, and said, "WELL I NEVER!" I responded, "MAYBE THAT'S THE REASON." She stormed off.....the clerk said to me: "You're my hero!"

[Warpy]

45. I've gotten more discount coupons

by telling the cashier that I, too, have worked retail just after s/he has been harangued by some entitled asshole who didn't realize the sale price was two weeks ago.

There are a lot of powerless jerks out there who are incapable of keeping up and who take it out on everybody they know won't talk back out of fear of losing their jobs.

Not taking it personally is a skill everybody needs to develop since some people are always going to go out of their way to be screeching, tantruming douchenozzles.

[tavalon]

50. Many more since November

Cheetolinni has given voice to the assholes.

[Warpy]

51. Yeah, I've seen checkers be relieved when they see me coming down the line

They know I'm not going to hardass them over nothing.

[tavalon]

49. Awesome work

I've had to do this sort of intervention a few times since November. There seems to be this thing where people think Trump gave them permission to be public assholes.

[PatrickforO]

52. Well done!

This may make a difference in that girl's life for days to come. Today you sowed good.

[melman]

53. That definitely happened

[raccoon]

54. Love your sig. nt