The Off Topic Topic

[Zanza]

One is unlike the rest:

[Martinus]

Just had a run-in with some chick who essentially walked into me with her dog and then expected an apology.

One type of human beings that I find absolutely infuriating are 20-something "precious" women who seem to expect special treatment from men (most likely on account of most of them being attracted to them so they can get away with more stuff in casual inter-personal relationships).

It ended up with her calling me a dick and me calling her a cunt.

[Habbaku]

I really hope there are some details left out of that story.  What's wrong with saying "excuse me" and getting on with your day?

[Ideologue]

Martinus wishes all women would die so that men would have no choice to fuck other men. And if you're doing sonething you don't want to, you might as well get paid for it.

[Martinus]

Why should I apologise when she is in the wrong?

Essentially, there is this wheelchair ramp leading to the main entrance to my office building, which people sometimes use in lieu of the pavement (although there is clearly a separate pavement for pedestrians further away from the building). I was walking into the building and that woman was walking her dog orthogonal to me on the wheelchair ramp. I went into the building and she went "Look where you are going!"

So I told her that this is not where she should be in the first place, as it is part of the building/wheelchair ramp, not a pedestrian area. So she went on how I was oh-so-lost in my blackberry I did not see her and her dog. And called me "man". So I retorted that this does not change the fact that she wasn't supposed to be there at all, and in any case she should look out where she is going with her tiny dog because I am not going to watch the ground for people with dogs and shit, and called her "woman". So she responded that we are not on a first name basis. And it escalated quickly.

In times like this, I know how that guy from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" feels.

[Caliga]

It ended up with her calling me a dick and me calling her a cunt.

You're hired!

[Martinus]

It ended up with her calling me a dick and me calling her a cunt.

You're hired!

Hired for what?

[garbon]

Marti seems like a jerk.

Btw, the last time a guy ran into me, I shouted "fuck you" at him.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm with Marty on this one.

[Ed Anger]

MISOGYNY!

[Martinus]

MISOGYNY!

Misogyny is just the word used by women when they are treated equally by other men. 

[derspiess]

I really hope there are some details left out of that story.  What's wrong with saying "excuse me" and getting on with your day?

Yeah, especially if she's cute.

[Liep]

I really hope there are some details left out of that story.  What's wrong with saying "excuse me" and getting on with your day?

Yeah, especially if she's cute.

[Ideologue]

To a degree Mart is correct of course.

However, this wouldn't happen in America. Both parties would say "I'm sorry!" and then an hour and a half of shenanigans would result prior to achieving happiness ever after with each other.

[Habbaku]

I went into the building and she went "Look where you are going!"

This is the relevant detail that was missing.  You went overboard a bit, but she's rude as hell if this is her first instinct.