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LuckyCharms

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15. The way I would have handled this...

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 10:30 PM

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is to not even look at the guy, but to step up close to the cashier, and spoken directly to her, and not the guy.

I would have spoken up and said "You have no control over gas prices, and some people unfortunately do not realize that, and they take it out on you. Isn't that something? Someone yelling at you over something you have no control over? Ridiculous, isn't it"?

Again, not even looking at the guy, but addressing her in a non-escalatory manner which reassures her that someone has her back.

Hopefully, something like this would serve to embarrass the hell out of the guy, without actually confronting him directly.

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So, how do you tell a child that it not nice to pick on another person? [View all] imanamerican63 Monday OP

"we knotted our heads" Skittles Monday #1

Unbelievable that anyone would blame Biden! These people are hopeless! Diamond_Dog Monday #2

Y'all stood around and watched someone bully a cashier for 10 minutes? WhiskeyGrinder Monday #3

There should have been some security... 2naSalit Monday #4

Bystander/upstander intervention can help. WhiskeyGrinder Monday #5

Thanks for those resources. At first glance they look really helpful. erronis Monday #12

One doesn't know who might be "carrying" now days.... Sogo Monday #7

I wouldn't be able to just stand by BeneteauBum Monday #9

Here's what I would have shouted from the back: Sogo Monday #6

Looking for the 'temper tantrum' discount, possibly? Aussie105 Monday #8

People need to step in Cirsium Monday #10

And to think this a**hole is getting behind the wheel of a big rig - still seething about windmills. erronis Monday #11

He got gas not diesel! imanamerican63 Monday #13

This isn't about teaching a child social norms BigmanPigman Monday #14

The way I would have handled this... LuckyCharms Monday #15