to have had a go at this kid?

[Bogeymanface]

I was walking into the shop earlier when a lad of about 9, still in his primary school uniform, was shouting something through the door to his sister. Then he turned and spat and it went on me.

I dont think he intended to spit at me and as soon as he did it he said sorry. It took me a second to realise what had happened but then I said "FGS!! That is absolutely disgusting! Do you realise that I need to get changed and wash these clothes now, because of YOUR digusting habit of spitting?! Do your parents allow you to spit?" "(a very shamefaced) No" "And what the hell do you think they would say if they knew you had just gobbed all over a stranger in the street?" "Dunno" "I think you do know! I think you'd be in big trouble wouldnt you?!" "mumbled Yes" "So pack it in, its revolting and you should be ashamed of yourself"

I didnt swear, I didnt shout, although I was bloody angry. And a woman in the shop said "Oh you shouldnt have had a go at him, he didnt mean to spit on you" I said that if he hadnt been spitting in the first place then it wouldnt have happened at all.

WIBU?

Nope. I would have done the same! I loathe spitting - it's totally pukeworthy!

You weren't unreasonable. I admire your restraint very much. Spitting is disgusting and I hope he feels ashamed.

Not at all U. How foul.

Yanbu. If only more people put kids in their place these days.

It was a bit of saliva I think, it certainly wasnt a full on "gob" (heaves at the thought) otherwise I would have gone completely crackers!

I don't think you were wrong to tell him off, but as he apologised straight away, perhaps you went a little over the top?

no, sounds like he deserved it. Well done for not shouting or swearing.
Can't stand spitting. I'd have had a word with him if it had landed on his intended victim.

YANBU

Spitting is grim

No you were definitely not being unreasonable, that is disgusting, hopefully that will be enough of a deterrent to stop doing it in future. That woman was being unreasonable I think for having a go at you...

should have clipped the little fucker round the ear

YANBU

YANBU

Spitting is disgusting.

Whether he meant to spit on you or not, he shouldn't have spat to begin with.

I dont know Nanny, thats why I am asking. I just reacted in the same way I would have done if it was one of mine that had done it, although I stopped short of grounding him or confiscating the scooter he was on :o

YANBU.

It takes a village to raise a child. ( trite but true)

We should be allowed to pull spitter's to the floor and rub there faces in it then haul them to eye level and firmly say 'NO! BAD HUMAN', Then face back to the spit for an extra rub to make sure they understood.

Spitting is really scuzzy

OOOh, wouldn't you just love to get hold of some of the dirty footballers who do it by the scruff of their necks and rub their faces in it, like a naughty cat for peeing where it shouldn't ?

oh, AF. That made me laugh.

I hate spitters. It is disgusting and shows a total lack of consideration and respect for other people.

How am I ever going to resist doing that now, though?

(rubbing their nose in it, not spitting )

Bogey- no, YABU at all.
A quick wimpy 'oh you shouldn't spit little boy' wouldn't have been not enough IMO.
What you said was well deserved and I bet he'll think about it for a lot longer than if you hadn't had a bit of a rant. Good for you.

NO! BAD HUMAN!

:o:o

Love it!

YANBU - spitting is revolting, and you didn't shout or swear. You were right - he should be ashamed of himself, ugh.

I quite agree with OP.

My husband was out on a job away from home once. Walking along an esplanade, a couple of boys were sitting on a bench and one spat just as my husband's shoe reached the same spot. I'm glad I wasn't there because it finsihed up with the spitter boy having to clean it off his shoe!

YANBU. In my day the entire street would have come out to cheer you on and clout him round the ear, and his mother would have been waiting by their front door in a pinny with a grim look on her face, and he wouldn't have been seen for at least a week.

What a silly woman in the shop.

OP - you need to hang around a few Premiership football grounds (and other divisions too) and do the same again, and again, and again!

The lack of manners nowadays is absolutely disgusting - I'm only 21 and I'm more well-behaved than most of the older people I know.

Spitting is possibly the filthiest habit one can have, along with booger-mining nose-picking in public.