twoifs fck this for a country*
I agree with you 100%.
My son, now aged 25, has had Type 1 diabetes since he was 15. He's had his fair share of hypos, some aggravated by self-inflicted hangovers (few teenage boys are angels, sometimes diabetics really want to be the SAME as every other kid), but he would NEVER behave like that lad in public, and if by any chance he did, DH and I would NOT speak up for him ... because whatever the reasons, his language and attitude were unacceptable.
So it makes me sad that this country produces kids with attitudes like this, and their families who defend them and who will now inflict stress on the big man who just wanted to get home to his own family after a day's work.
That said, as a teacher, I've just got back from a day trip to City of London with Year 9s, including the Bank of England, the Gherkin and Covent Garden. They were great, as well as being NORMAL 14 year olds. What was not good was the amount of filthy looks they received all day long from the moment we boarded the train in the morning until we returned, from regular commuters, people in the street, people in shops etc. purely for the crime of being a teenager. The looks extended to my three colleagues too, how dare we enrich their education by encroaching on adult territory in broad daylight?
We reap what we sow when we presuppose that all kids will cause trouble.