I've just got back from work. While walking back from the train station I had to walk past some housing association properties, which have been built just around the corner from where I live. As usual, they had their usual assortment of unpleasant people scattered around them.
While walking past someone who was swearing at his child while getting out of his car, he coughed without covering his mouth, sending a fine covering of spittle across my cheek.
After passing him, I reached a point where the pavement narrowed and had a brick wall on one side, and cars parked on the other, barely enough room for two people to squeeze through.
As I was walking through the narrowed section of pavement, another equally unpleasant individual was walking towards me with his girlfriend by his side. I moved as far to the side as possible (to allow them to get past me in single file), however in an attempt to intimidate me into moving further across (which I couldn't), he started making very loud spitting noises and spitting in front of him/onto the cars parked by the pavement.
I stood my ground, but it really irritated me that he felt that he had the right to do this to me. He ended up moving when he realised that I wasn't prepared to be intimidated, but I found the spitting highly offensive and completely unnecessary. What could I have done in this situation to put him in his place, without risking getting attacked or arrested by the police. The individual in question lives on a street adjacent to where I live in a housing association property
What irritates me more is that people refuse to admit that there is a direct corellation between people who live in council houses, are on benefits, or who simply don't achieve in life and unpleasant behaviour. In my experience of having lived close to both respectable hard working people who have achieved something in life (have mortgages etc), and housing association types, there is a marked difference when walking past them or their houses.
When I was at school, I was insulated from all the people who didn't want to try by being in higher sets than them, yet it would seem that despite earning £27 K a year (which isn't great, but should still keep me out of the gutter), I have to encounter people of a similar ilk on an almost daily basis! My girlfriend is currently a student nurse, so with mortgage repayments, council tax etc we really have to watch what we spend.
To add further insult to injury, today I received a letter addressed directly to me from an organisation called Warm Front. In this letter they stated that if I was in receipt of benefits, I could be entitled for up to £4,000 in grants to upgrade my central heating system.
Our central heating system does need upgrading, but because I am a hard working tax payer, it would seem that I am not entitled to such a grant.
This country has gone mad, the people who don’t work/don’t try hard don’t seem to have much of a difference in quality of life to people like myself who do. The only real difference I can see is that they will never be mortgage/rent free and drive slightly older cars!!
Please note, that I realise that there are respectable people who live in council/housing association properties, or don't earn very much money. However, there is certainly a link between people who fit the criteria mentioned above and the culture of disrespect/unpleasant behaviour which is invading this country.
While walking past someone who was swearing at his child while getting out of his car, he coughed without covering his mouth, sending a fine covering of spittle across my cheek.
After passing him, I reached a point where the pavement narrowed and had a brick wall on one side, and cars parked on the other, barely enough room for two people to squeeze through.
As I was walking through the narrowed section of pavement, another equally unpleasant individual was walking towards me with his girlfriend by his side. I moved as far to the side as possible (to allow them to get past me in single file), however in an attempt to intimidate me into moving further across (which I couldn't), he started making very loud spitting noises and spitting in front of him/onto the cars parked by the pavement.
I stood my ground, but it really irritated me that he felt that he had the right to do this to me. He ended up moving when he realised that I wasn't prepared to be intimidated, but I found the spitting highly offensive and completely unnecessary. What could I have done in this situation to put him in his place, without risking getting attacked or arrested by the police. The individual in question lives on a street adjacent to where I live in a housing association property
What irritates me more is that people refuse to admit that there is a direct corellation between people who live in council houses, are on benefits, or who simply don't achieve in life and unpleasant behaviour. In my experience of having lived close to both respectable hard working people who have achieved something in life (have mortgages etc), and housing association types, there is a marked difference when walking past them or their houses.
When I was at school, I was insulated from all the people who didn't want to try by being in higher sets than them, yet it would seem that despite earning £27 K a year (which isn't great, but should still keep me out of the gutter), I have to encounter people of a similar ilk on an almost daily basis! My girlfriend is currently a student nurse, so with mortgage repayments, council tax etc we really have to watch what we spend.
To add further insult to injury, today I received a letter addressed directly to me from an organisation called Warm Front. In this letter they stated that if I was in receipt of benefits, I could be entitled for up to £4,000 in grants to upgrade my central heating system.
Our central heating system does need upgrading, but because I am a hard working tax payer, it would seem that I am not entitled to such a grant.
This country has gone mad, the people who don’t work/don’t try hard don’t seem to have much of a difference in quality of life to people like myself who do. The only real difference I can see is that they will never be mortgage/rent free and drive slightly older cars!!
Please note, that I realise that there are respectable people who live in council/housing association properties, or don't earn very much money. However, there is certainly a link between people who fit the criteria mentioned above and the culture of disrespect/unpleasant behaviour which is invading this country.
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