Can someone please enlighten me...

I've been out, had a few beers.. I left the Corner House and walked towards the Spar opposite Lloyds..

Within that distance I was asked the following questions..

'What the <beep> you staring at <beep> ?

and whilst in the spar...

Drunk : Im Next
Me : How ? Your behind me in the queue ? :suspect:
Drunk : Cos Im next (then leans towards me, almost in my face)

At this point I just threw my stuff back on the shelf and walked out to which I was called several names..

Man is my blood boiling tonight :rant:

How many people would have just smacked the git!

I agree with you mate and it would annoy me as well that I was treated like you were in that situation.

Drunks **** me off - whether they are male or female.
If you cant handle your booze - dont drink.

well, deejay,

the basic gist of the situation is that

a) they are morons, and

b) they are drunk...

two things that never, ever, work well in combination.

When I go out, I like to keep my wits about me. I tend, if I drink at all, to have one, single, alcoholic drink, ("just to say I have had one!) and then I am on the orange juice, or teh diet pepsi/ coke for the rest of the night.

I have had a really great night out, tonight,

I had a girly-night-out, with my cousin, her best mate, and my best mate. Just the four of us.

We went for a meal, and none of us had anything alcoholic, yet we had a fantastic time... good food, good conversation; it was a brilliant night out, and we all had a great time.

We didn't need to get blotto, on booze, to enjoy ourselves. (nor did we feel the need to "square up to" someone, and ask them what they thought they were staring at....)

PT

But I WAS next! :hihi:

no, you weren't. get to the back of the bl**dy queue!

i said..

no you werent

(*puts fists up, "menacingly" ... ;) )

PT

Originally posted by Plain Talker
no, you weren't. get to the back of the bl**dy queue!

i said..

no you werent

(*puts fists up, "menacingly" ... ;) )

PT

No really I was next... don't hit me!

Originally posted by Deejay
How many people would have just smacked the git!

Well, i would have... but I never have people speak to me like that, maybe there is a link between the two? Like, people know who they can get away with being a moron to?

Originally posted by Snook

Well, i would have... but I never have people speak to me like that, maybe there is a link between the two? Like, people know who they can get away with being a moron to?

Maybe... I seem to get a lot of harassment when I'm walking along West St back to my place and the revellers are out, I guess that is because I give that impression of not wanting any trouble. Easy target :shakes: You get drunken idiots everywhere though, it is just that dangerous combination of moron and alcohol. Deejay was on his own too, and I've noticed that insecure, drunken blokes seem to relish trying to pick an argument with other random men in the street, some sort of weird proof of masculinity ritual thingy. I hope they don't it for the sake of any surrounding women... surely someone should tell them that its not attractive and it doesn't make us want to throw ourselves at them or anything...

The people who cause trouble will cause trouble when sober aswell. They are just horrible people..

My friends and I go out drinking all the time and none of us would ever dream of causing trouble.

The Spar on Division Street isn't very nice at night though. We were in LLoyds the other day and loads of women were getting arrested outside Spar, it was a right scene.

Were the security/bouncers not on when you went in Deejay?

Take comfort from the fact it won't be too long before they shoot their mouths off with the wrong geezer, who will duly serve up a knuckle sandwich, with all the dressings.

its a case of have a skin full and do the '10 men' walk - sadly when ur ****** up you are less likely to be able to react well to a well placed fist on the nose!:gag:

Originally posted by ANGELUS
Drunks **** me off - whether they are male or female.
If you cant handle your booze - dont drink.

I agree, but I wouldn't have minded if this was happy/joking drunk behaviour but the guy was actually quite in your face agressive..

Yes Lboogie the security were on the door but I'd put my stuff away and walked out (besides I think they had enough problems with the idiots outside and this moron didn't warrent the attention he wanted)

Oh well :)

Originally posted by TracieJC
Deejay was on his own too, and I've noticed that insecure, drunken blokes seem to relish trying to pick an argument with other random men in the street, some sort of weird proof of masculinity ritual thingy. I hope they don't it for the sake of any surrounding women.

I've noticed that too, no-one ever has a go at you when you're with your mates, they wait until your on your own, not terribly brave. Lukily I have the look and manner (when I want to) to make "Go away" sound like a death threat so I usually don't get any grief. The amount of ******-up w**kers in town at the weekend is the main reason I only drink in town in the week, I'm wondering if 24 hour drinking, which will allow people to pace themselves instead of trying to drink as much as possible in 3 hours, will improve the situation of not ?

Originally posted by nick2
I've noticed that too, no-one ever has a go at you when you're with your mates, they wait until your on your own, not terribly brave. Lukily I have the look and manner (when I want to) to make "Go away" sound like a death threat so I usually don't get any grief. The amount of ******-up w**kers in town at the weekend is the main reason I only drink in town in the week, I'm wondering if 24 hour drinking, which will allow people to pace themselves instead of trying to drink as much as possible in 3 hours, will improve the situation of not ?

I don't think that changing the licensing laws will do much to change the fact that idiot drunks will still get ****** and cause trouble no matter what hours they can get their Neanderthal paws on booze.

Being male and over six foot, I've noticed that I'm like a beacon to some surly drunks who think that threatening me makes them a big man. On the other hand this very fact has made me a person who hates the thought of physical violence over such petty things.

I also hate the kind of person that thretens an individual on their own and then involves their arsehole mates in any confrontation. They square up to you and then their mates jump on you.

I once saw a guy pick a fight with a gay friend's boyfriend, who had a nasty temper and reacted to pretty much any provocation. The guy instigated a fight and then called his mates on his mobile...possibly the most craven thing I have ever seen another human being do.

I hoped that after I left school I could choose to live a life devoid of violence among adults. It seems that some people never get over the pathetic need for school-yard type violence.

Originally posted by Carmine
Being male and over six foot, I've noticed that I'm like a beacon to some surly drunks who think that threatening me makes them a big man.

I know what you mean,I'm not small either but it's like someone has erected a neon sign over my head saying come and have a pop and impress your mates. The amount of times that someone has tried to a start a barney with me just because they've had a sniff of the barmaids apron is unreal! I've always thought of alcohol as a mood amplifier, the petty little people who are in a bad mood turn into punchy hardmen.

However I find the situation here a lot better than when I used to drink in Luton/Dunstable/Milton Keynes - there roving gangs of oiks prowl about looking for a lone figure to set upon velociraptor style. From personal experience it's not as prevalent here which is one of the reasons I moved up here.

In the meantime I'll continue to do what I find works for me, I act confidently and don't let these pathetic beer cadets intimidate me that normally puts them off - if pushed, I do a very nice "**** off or I'll bite your face off."

Originally posted by Swan_Vesta
I know what you mean,I'm not small either but it's like someone has erected a neon sign over my head saying come and have a pop and impress your mates. The amount of times that someone has tried to a start a barney with me just because they've had a sniff of the barmaids apron is unreal! I've always thought of alcohol as a mood amplifier, the petty little people who are in a bad mood turn into punchy hardmen.

However I find the situation here a lot better than when I used to drink in Luton/Dunstable/Milton Keynes - there roving gangs of oiks prowl about looking for a lone figure to set upon velociraptor style. From personal experience it's not as prevalent here which is one of the reasons I moved up here.

In the meantime I'll continue to do what I find works for me, I act confidently and don't let these pathetic beer cadets intimidate me that normally puts them off - if pushed, I do a very nice "**** off or I'll bite your face off."

I think I'm too mild-mannered for that...kudos for standing up to them mate.

Who knows.. maybe the extended licensing laws will just encourage the lairy fools to drink so much that as soon as the fresh air hits 'em, they'll immediately pass out. Voila! no more hassle, just a pile of k***heads to step over.

Also, maybe a good job creation idea - the Council could employ a kind of street sweeping "body removal" team?

Originally posted by Swan_Vesta
I know what you mean,I'm not small either but it's like someone has erected a neon sign over my head saying come and have a pop and impress your mates.

Im not exactly small either.. Normally I just brush things off but this has really got under my skin :rant:

I'm not an agressive person and it takes a hell of a lot for me to lose my rag but he was on the verge on being cracked! Especially as I just had some other moron muttering abuse on my way to the Spar :roll:

Oh well.. No doubt if I'd have lashed out I would have been the one in the wrong :help:

[i]Oh well.. No doubt if I'd have lashed out I would have been the one in the wrong :help: [/B]

Friend of mine's brother jumped in to help his mate when a group of five blokes were beating him in a pub carpark. Being somewhat handy, he smacked one of them proper and ended up getting sent down for it.

yep, I'm very tall and many fancy a pop but none get very far. Thus far have generally got away with just saying "cheers mate" and walking off. By the time their alcohol ravaged Neanderthal brain computes this and decides they should hit me I have gone.

Extended drinking hours may not help idiots but it may allow the rest of us to avoid the ass*****

Sheffield has very few escape areas in town to avoid the idiots.

It is apparently dangerous in town. But then I walked up West Street, crossed over and went to Divisio Street on my way to Arundel Gate and the Nelson rock pub with no trouble at all. It was odd perhaps as I was wearing a genuine 1960's embroided afghan coat, a Guns N Roses 1988 T shirt, and have long blond hair..not in the least looking like a townie...not one comment did I receive despite walking through groups of drunk townies. Not even as much as a giggle or a "what the **** is that"!! In fact...they parted to let me walk through.......

sometimes being wierd has its advantages.....

Never liked drunks since I stopped being one.

Thats when you realise, the stuff you do when your drunk is ridiculous and over the top