My xmas eve knife encounter

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Banzai_Joe

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Almost forgot out this, as i decided not to tell the mrs about it.
Xmas eve in Nottingham, i had my 11 year old son and twin 15 year old step-sons in the car. Had to drive to a retail park so the twins could nip to Boots. They jump out the car as i'm in a horrendous queue, and agree that i'll wheel around the car park and pick them up again at the other end.
So, just me and my boy left in the car....in a jam. We're almost at the roundabout and there is a little space in front of me as the 4x4 in front is turning left i want to go right, but not quite enough room.
So, this car pulls out from behind me, literally screeches forward and jumps in the spot in front. I pip at him and gesticulate, not rudely, just hands in the air with the w t f face.
I then see the driver lean over to his glove box, take something out, put it in his coat pocket, get out the car and walk over to me :rolleyes: "here we go" i think to myself.
So i'm half way out my car and he says "what's your problem"
Me: "you are mate, why did you do that?"
Him: "I'm in a hurry!"
Me: "Mate, look at the place its bumper to bumper you aint going anywhere, you're just gonna wind people up, its xmas eve for gods sake.!"
He then cuts me off and starts posturing, showing me that he has his hand in his pocket.
Him: "Don't ******* mess with me man, cos i don't ******* care, i'll stab you in the neck, do you understand?!"
Me: (laughs) "you what!?"
Him: "you ******* heard me, you don't ******* know me, i'll ******* stab you in the neck ,do you want that? Do you understand me?"
Me: (gobsmacked) "you just go back to your car sunshine"
Him: "You ******* understand me, i'll **** you up!"
By this time it dawns on me that i still have my son in the back seat, right next to where the guy is.
So angrily, i say
"Yeah, i understand" and gesture for him to go away.
He gets back in his car, leans over to the glove compartment again, then drives around the roundabout into the car park. I follow him as i'm going that way anyway, but then peel off and pick the twins up. By this time i'm calm and they only get to hear what my sons tells them about it, so it just goes over theirs heads really.

Since then, i've been simmering about it. Did this ****** really have a knife? Could i have taken him anyway? Would i have got out the car and confronted him if my son were not there? Should i have called the police as we noted his number plate? He couldn't have got away due to the traffic madness, but if he never had a knife it wouldn't go anywhere. There were plenty of witness, but i doubt they could hear what he was saying to me.

I'm not racist, but maybe you can guess what colour he was.

Grrrrrrrrrr !!

edit: sorry if some of you find this too long too read.
 
"Happy christmas family.. i've been locked up for stabbing someone for confronting me about my driving"

If you get this wound up about christmas why bother.....

Glad you are ok, and you did the right thing, last thing your kids need is you in a grave because of some idiot, who would only get 5years in jail.
 
k.Jacko said:
I'm not racist, but maybe you can guess what colour he was.
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What's his colour got to do with it, unless you're generalising his actions to make a derogatory statement about a particular race in general? This sort of aggressive and threatening behaviour is unfortunately all too common in certain people of all races.

Sorry to hear you were threatened in this way though, can't have been nice, especially with your kids around.
 
You did the right thing mate, if you did push it any further the **** could have knifed you and that would have been the end of your christmas and perhaps your life.

If only people like him would do this to other people like him then they could stab each other then the world would be a better place with 2 idiots dead
 
div0 said:
What's his colour got to do with it, unless you're generalising his actions to make a derogatory statement about a particular race in general? This sort of aggressive and threatening behaviour is unfortunately all too common in certain people of all races.
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I was angry, and for a short time i actually wanted to be racist.
However its pretty rife in Nottingham and although it does cross all cultures/races, there is a particular problem with knife crime committed by black people here.

What urks me is that if he didn't have a knife, this anus had the with-all to actually pretend like he did by going through all the motions....probably well-practiced in doing it too.
 
div0 said:
What's his colour got to do with it, unless you're generalising his actions to make a derogatory statement about a particular race in general? This sort of aggressive and threatening behaviour is unfortunately all too common in certain people of all races.

Sorry to hear you were threatened in this way though, can't have been nice, especially with your kids around.
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Don't read too much into it mate. Knife and gun crime is by far at it's highest within the black community....that's a fact. Doubt there were any racist connotations there.
 
Should have phoned the police, idots like this deserved to be locked up. There's never ANY need to confront someone in a car park (or anywhere else) over a gesture when it's plain and clear to everyone involved that they have acted like a penis.

Rudeness winds me up.
 
k.Jacko said:
I was angry, and for a short time i actually wanted to be racist.
However its pretty rife in Nottingham and although it does cross all cultures/races, there is a particular problem with knife crime committed by black people here.

What urks me is that if he didn't have a knife, this anus had the with-all to actually pretend like he did by going through all the motions....probably well-practiced in doing it too.
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its not just black people in nottingham its its full of chav ******* i grew up in bulwell and knew loads of them before i moved away nearly everyone i knew had a criminal record and carried screwdrivers with them. (most were white), looking on youtube where i lived in "snapewood" its more like boys in the hood now.
my parents still live there at NG6 and never have any problems (most the well known people were my friends at school though so they probably make sure no one causes trouble for my parents)

the guy probably had a screw driver in his car not a knife, both as dangerous as each other but one can have a reason for beeing there.
 
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div0 said:
What's his colour got to do with it, unless you're generalising his actions to make a derogatory statement about a particular race in general? This sort of aggressive and threatening behaviour is unfortunately all too common in certain people of all races.
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To be fair, statistically, some races are much more likely than others to commit these crimes.
 
div0 said:
What's his colour got to do with it, unless you're generalising his actions to make a derogatory statement about a particular race in general? This sort of aggressive and threatening behaviour is unfortunately all too common in certain people of all races.

Sorry to hear you were threatened in this way though, can't have been nice, especially with your kids around.
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But most common stereotypically in certain races.
 
div0 said:
What's his colour got to do with it, unless you're generalising his actions to make a derogatory statement about a particular race in general? This sort of aggressive and threatening behaviour is unfortunately all too common in certain people of all races.
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This sort of reply really annoys me! I would have said the same bloody thing as the OP. This is getting out of hand and people like myself and the OP who said he isnt racist think about the partys such as BNP
There is no democrocy(sp) in this country anymore and it concerns me some what.
 
britboy4321 said:
Blue like a smurf?

knife-smurf. I believe he is one of the lesser-known smurfs.
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Lol, probably the best reply to my quote, as i didn't really mean it to sound racist, its just, well i guessed his colour before i saw him.

People are stereotyped for a reason.....rightly or wrongly.

Bulwell? I'm off there at lunch, as i often go there. My god its full of all sorts, i'm sure there's only a handful of different surnames in the whole place. :D
 
Random_23 said:
This sort of reply really annoys me!
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Why does it annoy you?

As some people have pointed out, certain races may be statistically more likely to commit certain crimes. I completely accept this.

My point was just that his race shouldn't really be a factor of interest. The thing that is worrying is that this kind of behaviour is more common than it should be in this country, from people of all races.

Saying 'I'm not racist, but I'm sure you can guess what colour he was' is a bit like saying 'I'm not sexist, but I'm sure you can guess what sex he was'. Yes, it's true that men are more likely to commit this sort of crime, but it's not really worth pointing out.

Anyway the OP seemed to understand what I meant, and replied with an honest and sensible reply about how he felt. Which is understandable - I'd have been annoyed too, and it would have been difficult not to respond in an offensive way to that particular person, even though I wouldn't mean it in general.
 
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hilly said:
Should have phoned the police, idots like this deserved to be locked up. There's never ANY need to confront someone in a car park (or anywhere else) over a gesture when it's plain and clear to everyone involved that they have acted like a penis.

Rudeness winds me up.
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Agreed.

I actually laughed reading how pathetic the bloke acted. Wouldn't of been so funny if he used the knife but jeez some people.

Kudos to the OP for keeping calm.
 
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