An innocent 16 yr old,and his first job

[zzapp the witch]

And here I was sitting through the latter half of the story worried that you were going to get hurt hanging half out the window as he was speeding away.

And I agree, anyone that paint a Fiero like that should be taken out in the street and drowned in old motor oil.

[DesignFox]

i have to agree being spit on is DISGUSTING.

I had a kid do that to me in middle school- I didnt actually punch him...but something about the way I *all too calmly* reached out and grabbed him by the shirt as he walked by me, and asked him, "___, did you just spit on me?" made him almost wet his pants and stammer, "Uh...no...I swear...it was, uh...water."
I responded, "Good, then I guess I don't have to punch you in the mouth."

He never bothered me ever again. Actually, we got along just fine a year or two later.

So...I probably would not have punched the guy, but something in my demeanor probably would have kept him from bothering me again...

[Tria]

Also your excuse about it spitting being an offensive weapon because of the risk of AIDS - surely punching him in the face and getting his blood on you puts you many more times at risk

Nearly impossible to spread AIDS through saliva. Blood yes, saliva not so much.

[acidtrunks]

it may be nearly impossible, but it is still possible, and i was 16,the finer points of disease transmission were lost on me at that point

[tollbaby]

Nearly impossible to spread AIDS through saliva. Blood yes, saliva not so much.

Actually, saliva on an open wound, it is possible. Far more likely than just swapping spit.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The last time I got spit on, it was in high school, as I was walking to my car.

Some skank came up to me and started accusing me of starting some rumor about her, which I did not do. I am not ballsy enough to start rumors about somebody I barely know.

When she finished her tirade, she spit right in my face.

I know it is lowest of the low for a man to hit a woman, but I was thisclose to making an exception.

[Arachne]

I'm -very- anti-violence, but I think that not even I would fire an employee if they punched someone who'd spat on them. I'd probably tell them that this was their one 'get out of a punch to the face free' card and if they ever did it again, they'd be fired, though.

Seriously. Who thinks that spitting on people is okay?!

[ReverendBSB]

I was bussing tables one day at a pizza buffet I worked at years back. I had a large stack of trays in my arms, with leftover cups of soda on it. A customer not looking where he was going walked right into me, soaking us both. His reaction, he punched me right in the face. I saw red. The other busser ran over to break up the fight he thought was coming, but one punch from me knocked the customer out cold, and into a table. The other busser just stopped running over and went back to work.

I got fired, but the manager said they would back me up if I wanted to press charges. The next job I applied at was a Subway. At the interview I was asked why I was fired from the pizza place. I replied "I punched out a customer". All she said was "Well dont do that here, okay."

[Lehk]

i wonder if the toothless wonder ever considered that it's a bad idea to spit on someone who has boiling oil at their disposal.


i wonder, if spitting is considered assault with a deadly weapon in OK, does that mean a cup of hot grease wouldn't land someone in prison? the way i understand it, self defense laws allow use of equal or lesser class of force, with the highest being deadly weapon.


there has to be more to it, there is no way OK would make it legal to shoot or stab someone for spitting on you.

anyone with better knowledge of OK law?

[Retail Associate]

Shortly after I began my nightmare in retail hell, a dirty, filthy, toothless POS spit right in my face because I refused to give him a plant at the same sale price another plant was going for.

When I reported him to the store director, another co-worker was sent over to apologize to that toothless POS and give him what he wanted. I was given a 'talking to' by the store director. (The first of many, I might add.)

That's when I knew exactly how Meijer views it's employees.

[Shironu-Akaineko]

I can't help but giggle just for the fact that the drivethrough window at McD's here (the only drivethrough window in town) is tiny tiny. I'm picturing this skinny 16 years old kid just slipping perfectly à la Jackie Chan through that tiny window...

[staticradio]

damn hillbillies...go back to school!

I don't condone physical violence either, so I'd probably would've just been like, "Get your retro car off my property, and spit again...and you'll be wearing the rest of your food! Buh bye!"

[April]

I didn't think you could get HIV or AIDS from Saliva, and so far everything I've looked at it confirming that

HIV is only present in saliva in very minute amounts, insufficient to cause infection with HIV.

http://www.avert.org/faq1.htm#q9

HIV has not been recovered from the sweat of HIV-infected persons. Contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has never been shown to result in transmission of HIV.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/fac...ansmission.htm

LEAD: Human saliva contains substances that prevent the AIDS virus from infecting white blood cells, a new study has found. The researchers said the finding might help explain why no cases have been documented in which the AIDS virus was transmitted from person to person through saliva.

Human saliva contains substances that prevent the AIDS virus from infecting white blood cells, a new study has found. The researchers said the finding might help explain why no cases have been documented in which the AIDS virus was transmitted from person to person through saliva.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...56C0A96E948260

[Bloodsoul]

I don't think I could ever punch an SC for any reason (not enough arm power). Headbutt FTW!! ^_^

[JustADude]

Me? I wouldn't have punched him for doing it once, but if someone is stupid enough to spit on a person a second time after they dare them to, they deserve what they get. Correct me if I'm wrong, but glaring at someone and using a threatening tone to say "Do that again," is a universal notice of Def-Con 2 on the International Violence Escalation Meter, isn't it?