Cehrabehra
Super_Ideal_Rock
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I just did that. Ugh. Not that I feel I should have acted differently, but I wish I could take an hour or two to figure out how I should react and then go have a do-over. In fact, what I *did* do saved me from spouting off a lot of things I was thinking.
I am a block co-captain for neighborhood watch in our area. I''ve been pestering my cocaptain to go around to our 6 houses to introduce ourselves, give them our numbers, get their numbers and/or emails. So we''re going to do it today... I forgot and so had to scramble for 90 seconds to be out the door then went back in to print some phone numbers. Anyway, none of that is important. What is important is there is a house across from me that is questionable and we decided that she and my husband would go there and there''s another house down the street that has young guys that speed and she doesn''t want them to have her number because she feels she is already being targeted and is concerned about "terrorism" on her house. Good lord, what you also need to understand is this is an old fashioned neighborhood in suburban portland that is like mayberry for the most part. So I''m on the phone with the watch chair and she''s trying to shush me. When we start walking she starts lecturing me how I need to be on guard because those people can hear me (she also refers to mexicans as those people right in front of my husband, ugh) and I smile and wave my hand and tell her that I''m not nearly as paranoid as she is and she says well you should be, I''ve had interactions with these people and blah blah blah and I''m like, sometimes the way people treat you has to do with how you treat them and she tells me I''m stupid. I overlook that... within a few feet she calls me ignorant. I stopped in my tracks and said, "you know what Lxxxx..." and I stopped myself, turned on my heals and walked home. After about 25 steps I heard her laughing incredulously and I just kept walking thinking I need to NOT say what I''m thinking. But even walking away has its consequence and I''m loathe to deal with that consequence because what I really want to say and is on the verge of tumbling out of my mouth, would be so unpleasant. This is not my first run in with her.
I am a block co-captain for neighborhood watch in our area. I''ve been pestering my cocaptain to go around to our 6 houses to introduce ourselves, give them our numbers, get their numbers and/or emails. So we''re going to do it today... I forgot and so had to scramble for 90 seconds to be out the door then went back in to print some phone numbers. Anyway, none of that is important. What is important is there is a house across from me that is questionable and we decided that she and my husband would go there and there''s another house down the street that has young guys that speed and she doesn''t want them to have her number because she feels she is already being targeted and is concerned about "terrorism" on her house. Good lord, what you also need to understand is this is an old fashioned neighborhood in suburban portland that is like mayberry for the most part. So I''m on the phone with the watch chair and she''s trying to shush me. When we start walking she starts lecturing me how I need to be on guard because those people can hear me (she also refers to mexicans as those people right in front of my husband, ugh) and I smile and wave my hand and tell her that I''m not nearly as paranoid as she is and she says well you should be, I''ve had interactions with these people and blah blah blah and I''m like, sometimes the way people treat you has to do with how you treat them and she tells me I''m stupid. I overlook that... within a few feet she calls me ignorant. I stopped in my tracks and said, "you know what Lxxxx..." and I stopped myself, turned on my heals and walked home. After about 25 steps I heard her laughing incredulously and I just kept walking thinking I need to NOT say what I''m thinking. But even walking away has its consequence and I''m loathe to deal with that consequence because what I really want to say and is on the verge of tumbling out of my mouth, would be so unpleasant. This is not my first run in with her.
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