How much verbal(or even physical) abuse would you expect in a year

[jsmoke]

Back visting parents in home village, cycling to their house, SUV pulls over, stops, and passenger guy leans out window and tells me to get the * of the road, I tell him to * off and he drives away shouting a whole ton of abuse. Pretty sure they were gypsies(I know from my growing up days) although fairly nice SUV and ok presented people, however their accent and verbal gave it away. Triggered a flashback from years ago. Haven't had anything like that for quite a while and been playing on my mind a bit for a few hours. Nothing too serious however still triggers you.

So how often would you expect to get into verbal/aggro/physical in your daily life, from what I can make out some people it seems a lot, others probably hardly ever?

 

[chroniclard]

Dont recall any in the last few years.....

 

[Raymond Lin]

None.

 

[Rroff]

I rarely encounter it except online and that is pretty much water off a duck's back.

Last time I encountered random physical abuse in the street was over 10 years ago, had some verbal abuse from a previous boss more recently but in both cases I came off the better from those encounters :s

 

[Destination]

School had lots initially, physically in the first few years against me, verbal I the later years both given and taken.
A bit of banter at university.
None since, bar the odd bit of slagging one might deserve.
In my daily life I would expect none. A bit of forum slagging doesn't count, when I get it, it is deserved, and doesn't affect me in the slightest.

 

[Davinnicus]

Every few days or so, comes with the job, dealing with the less savoury elements of society. Got to me a little at first, but now I don't take it personally and just let it go.

 

[Feek]

None. Why would I expect to be physically or verbally abused as part of my day-to-day life?

 

[arctine]

None. Why would I expect to be physically or verbally abused as part of my day-to-day life?

You expect you'll never be abused again? That's really weird.

 

[jsmoke]

None. Why would I expect to be physically or verbally abused as part of my day-to-day life?

Because you've experienced it many times before and it becomes normalised and expected. I was half waiting for four guys to jump out and start a fight.

 

[Feek]

None. Why would I expect to be physically or verbally abused as part of my day-to-day life?

You expect you'll never be abused again? That's really weird.

I don't expect to be abused as part of my day-to-day life. Nothing weird about that whatsoever.

Expect.
1. to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of.

No, I don't go out in the morning expecting to be abused. Why would I?

 

[Feek]

Because you've experienced it many times before and it becomes normalised and expected. I was half waiting for four guys to jump out and start a fight.

I haven't, therefore I don't.

 

[jsmoke]

I don't expect to be abused as part of my day-to-day life. Nothing weird about that whatsoever.

Expect.
1. to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of.

No, I don't go out in the morning expecting to be abused. Why would I?

Well you've lived a safe and peaceful life then. Congrats.

 

[arctine]

I don't expect to be abused as part of my day-to-day life. Nothing weird about that whatsoever.

Expect.
1. to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of.

No, I don't go out in the morning expecting to be abused. Why would I?

I haven't, therefore I don't.

Well if you've never experienced abuse before it makes sense not to expect it. However, back to my point, that is weird.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Well if you've never experienced abuse before it makes sense not to expect it. However, back to my point, that is weird.

If you have had a car accident before do you expect to have one every time you get in a car?

 

[arctine]

If you have had a car accident before do you expect to have one every time you get in a car?

No because no one has a car accident every time they go in their car. I might however, having been in a car accident before, expect it can happen again at some point.

Just to clarify, I find it weird that someone can have never experienced any abuse whatsoever in their life. I'd have thought that rare from my point of view.

 

[Randomface74]

As a kid growing up in Hull it was daily.
As an adult in Oxfordshire it's basically never.

 

[Malevolence]

Had grief only last week, some idiot thought it a good idea to storm across and give me a tirade of verbal hassle and abuse as I was loading shopping from the trolley into the boot of the car. This red-faced, angry chap got all shouty and wanted to know what right I had to park in the disabled bays when I was capable of lifting heavy shopping and didn't seem to be disabled. Guess his red mist meant he didn't see my old man sat in the driving seat and the rather large disabled card on the dashboard. It was hilarious, he got even more irate and even redder when I pointed out his failings and politely asked him to do one.

 

[Minstadave]

Working in the NHS earns you the occasional interaction with some fruit loop, but only I frequently. Probably less than once a year.

 

[Raymond Lin]

No because no one has a car accident every time they go in their car. I might however, having been in a car accident before, expect it can happen again at some point.

Just to clarify, I find it weird that someone can have never experienced any abuse whatsoever in their life. I'd have thought that rare from my point of view.

Depends on your social background.

 

[builder22]

I used to feel like giving out abuse every day (not for the fun of it...after getting cut up etc) when I had a driving job...was ridiculous and was only going to end in me getting done in some day ...couldn't help it so I no longer drive for a living!