I was shopping in my local town earlier, which has a pedestrian area, which is open to cyclists. Two teenage lads were cycling up and down, weaving all over the place and shouting at each other and other shoppers in general.
One of them nearly cycled into me as I exited a shop doorway, as he was going very fast and coming right up to the shop fronts. He did say sorry, but I was a bit shocked and snapped at him, something like "can you just stop doing that".
At this point he got very verbally abusive and aggressive (teenage posturing, but very nasty), and was really rude. Unfortunately my husband then got involved and it was all very unpleasant (not physical but everyone getting angry).
It's done and dusted now, but I feel really annoyed about it. The kids were rude, cocky and definitely in the wrong. If I had been a split second earlier out of the shop, he would have hit me - hard. They also could have hit any number of other pedestrians - elderly, kids etc. The rudeness and aggressiveness of the teenagers was unbelievable. But I now also feel really "sullied" for having been drawn into the argument.
I can't think of how or whether to pursue this. I actually took a photo of one of them and was going to send it around to the local headteachers to complain. But this now seems like a really bad idea and probably won't get me anywhere. I also feel like they are going to have parents with a "my kid can do no wrong" attitude. But of course I don't know this.
I just feel cross and frustrated. I'm sure I'll just end up leaving it be, but any ideas / advice would be gratefully received.
YABU - just let it go
YANBU - hunt down the little sh*ts!!