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Aibu to think some people are utter scum

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crystalballbroke · 05/11/2016 21:46

I'm so angry.

Had an evening out to watch a free council run firework display at a local heritage park.

We arrived early but the place was already heaving, so we bought some burgers/hot dogs to kill some time and as we were all hungry.

Standing with dh and the 3 dc and all of a sudden something made us all jump, and I felt something hit my hand hard.

Youngest ds6's face is covered in egg yolk. Whoever lobbed it had run as they'd thrown it. Luckily it didn't break in his face as it hit my hand first, but he took the fall out.

Why would someone do this? Luckily ds is placid and didn't care once he'd been cleaned up (as best we could) but my middle ds was in tears, my eldest fuming wanting to hunt them down. Egg covered coats/clothes and my hand (despite me wearing gloves) is swollen and bruised as got me on the knuckle.

Complete scum bag, I hope they get their comeuppance.

OP posts:
TeacherBob · 06/11/2016 11:33

I am not trying to prove a POV. I have agreed with the OP and all the similar ones through it.

I only object to the wording used. Because we don't know if they are scum or immature.

JustHereIGuess · 06/11/2016 11:37

YelloDraw

I don't understand how you can drag the parents into this situation, I'm very sure that they do not know that this is happened, and not aware of what their child(ren) do whilst outside the house, who knows the children in question could come from good homes with strict parents who would be disgusted if they knew what that they were getting up to outside the house.

A child/teenager who decides to throw an egg at someone is not a scumbag a scumbag is a person who thinks it is ok to sell drugs (death), abuse children/their partners commit rape etc.

Yes I would be pretty annoyed if a child/teenager threw an egg at myself or my child, and I certainly wouldn't come on here and post a thread entitled "utter scum" I would probably call someone close to me and say "an idiot has just thrown an egg at me" and would be over the situation within a few hours, like any normal person would, OP you sound as if you going to need counselling to get over the extreme trauma Hmm

Have you ever heard of anyone getting arrested/charged and put before the court for throwing an egg at someone?

TeacherBob I agree with you some of the language and comments here and just disgusting.

ChubbyBubby · 06/11/2016 11:46

Some people just don't have any empathy, why do some people get their fun ruining other people's. A group of lads threw a firework at our car last night, thankfully it just glanced off the back but my three children were in it and it gave me such a fright. I just can't understand the mentality of people who do these kinds of things.

Carno13 · 06/11/2016 11:46

They are utter scum! Throwing an egg at a family including 3 young children? Hardly paragons of virtue are they.

Toast3 · 06/11/2016 11:49

How horrible for you...bloody idiots!
I hope your kids are ok and that your hand heals quickly!

JustHereIGuess · 06/11/2016 11:54

OP also if your hand was in such pain, I don't understand how you could have written your long opening paragraph, if you have had a hand injury the first thing you would want to do is put ice on it or rest it.

Just finding it hard to understand how and why you posted it on here? You could have easily phoned a family member/friend and vented.

expatinscotland · 06/11/2016 11:57

'Just finding it hard to understand how and why you posted it on here? You could have easily phoned a family member/friend and vented.'

It's hard to understand, really? This is a huge site with millions of users. Maybe she doesn't have family and friends to call.

LikeDylanInTheMovies · 06/11/2016 11:58

They are utter scum! Throwing an egg at a family including 3 young children? Hardly paragons of virtue are they.

No they clearly aren't paragons of virtue, but then there are shades of grey between that and 'utter scum' (a term I'd reserve for murderers, rapists child/animal abusers). I'd suggest wanging eggs at folk falls somewhere on that spectrum.

I think some parents of younger children are in for a shock when their otherwise perfectly nice offspring get caught up in a heady mix of teenage rebellion, hormones, lack of empathy and peer pressure. If they and you are lucky they won't gget found out.

ChubbyBubby · 06/11/2016 11:59

I find it hard to understand why you're posting on this thread to tell OP that her issue is too trivial to post on an internet forum Justhere. She's venting here rather that to a family member/friend, so what, why are you bothering responding?

BlueSpottyTiger · 06/11/2016 12:09

Sound like scum to me!

elfonshelf · 06/11/2016 12:09

I hate it when people do that with packed ice that they pass off as 'snowballs' - soft, lightly compacted snow is one thing, but solid ice is little different from lobbing a brick at someone, and I imagine that an egg thrown with force feels much the same.

When DD was 5 months old I had her in a sling and under one of those coats designed to wear with a sling so she wasn't immediately obvious and a load of teenagers loitering outside the local supermarket hit me in the back of the head with one.

Fortunately I was near a postbox and fell into that rather than hitting the ground, DD was showered in ice-splinters, but not hurt. I was shaking for ages afterwards.

One of them did apologise - but only because 'we didn't know you had a baby'.

Bestthingever · 06/11/2016 12:11

I'm with the Op. Throwing an egg at a 6 year old makes you scum.
I'm sorry you're family outing was spoiled Op. I hope you have a nice day today.

Carno13 · 06/11/2016 12:13

LikeDylanInTheMovies.. We will have to disagree then..

I wouldn't lump egg throwers in with murderers etc but to me it is a scummy thing to do... To throw an egg at a family with young children.. IMO, murder and rape are evil acts undertaken by an evil person. Scum wouldn't be a strong enough word for that in my view.

AntheaBelveden · 06/11/2016 12:20

To the posters suggesting that throwing eggs doesn't do much damage can I please refer you to my earlier post about my black eye, scratched cornea and broken wrist.

lightsandresistance · 06/11/2016 12:31

But Bob you have picked at my posts on several occasions and poo pooed my opinion and my experiences and yet I have used non of the language you object to.

Cocolepew · 06/11/2016 12:44

If everyone spoke to friends or family instead of posting it would be a very empty forum Hmm the point is to have an online chat.
My DH used to be a coalman and he took our German Shepherd dog out with him.
While he was at a house, some twat through a firework into the cab where the dog was.
Thankfully our dog wasn't hurt, either by the fireworks or jumping out of the window to get away from it.

TeacherBob · 06/11/2016 12:47

But Bob you have picked at my posts on several occasions and poo pooed my opinion and my experiences and yet I have used non of the language you object to.

I am not trying to offend or disagree with you.

All I disagree with is the language used, thats all. I dont disagree that it is out of order.

TeacherBob · 06/11/2016 12:49

Sorry, posted too quickly.

I disagree with the language used and the reasons they are used. You were talking about a completely different scenario. That's all :p

JustHereIGuess · 06/11/2016 13:05

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Lulu1083 · 06/11/2016 13:24

Maybe she typed with her other hand? Hmm

DiegeticMuch · 06/11/2016 13:47

Awful behaviour.

I'm still horrified about the item that was stolen recently from the Aberfan memorial. Makes me wonder about people's mentality.....

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 06/11/2016 13:50

Of course the egg throwers were silly and thoughtless and in an ideal world would be punished but I agree, "scum, effing arseholes with scum for parents, they should be beaten up, cunts" etc are all disproportionately harsh.

A lot of teenagers are reckless, do stupid things, are angry with the world, rebellious and self centred and easily influenced by a group mentality, but let's not write them off as scum. Our own children might be involved in a stupid prank as teens but that doesn't mean they won't grow up to be considerate adults.

I actually think the OP might agree now her initial shock and anger has subsided and she can be a little more rational.

YelloDraw · 06/11/2016 13:50

It is actually incredibly distressing to be attacked, especially by people you don't know, didn't see and didn't provoke.

Throwing eggs, Throwing rocks. Happy slapping.

Anyone who assaults other people is an utter scum bag.

YelloDraw · 06/11/2016 13:51

A lot of teenagers are reckless, do stupid things, are angry with the world, rebellious and self centred and easily influenced by a group mentality, but let's not write them off as scum.

Not sure how assaulting a fiver year old helps them get over being 'angry with the world'.

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 06/11/2016 13:58

I wouldn't label it as assaulting a five year old, more throwing an egg into a crowd with no thought as to who might get hurt. It's an act of stupidity rather than a vicious attack in my view. Of course it's unacceptable, I agree with that.

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