A fight at the supermarket.
By marguicha
@marguicha (223133)
Chile
March 24, 2017 1:21pm CST
I went to the supermarket for a few things and saw a, shall we say, reality show that shocked me.
There were 2 women and a man. It seemed that the younger woman was the maid of the two older people. The eldest woman had trouble deciding where to go and the man shouted to the youngest woman to take her and move "this stupid woman" so that she did not get stuck in the middle of the aisle.
I was so angry, but I know I could not get involved in a fight that clearly was not mine. Still, I think it is a shame how some men treat women (I suppose the same thing happens the other way around).
Would you have said anything?
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
24 Mar 17
I commented in a loud voice with Leticia, but the man took no notice of me.
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
24 Mar 17
@CoralLevang I suppose I thought it wasn´t my fight. It was verbal abuse. I would have had other behaviour had he done something physical.
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
24 Mar 17
No, if he had hit her or something then I'd do something...even then I'd be wary as I've seen people try and break up domestics and both people turn on them
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@akalinus (43209)
• United States
27 Mar 17
@Mike197602 Wow, that is crazy. My oldest son volunteers at a church that feeds the homeless. Some strange things have happened there.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
24 Mar 17
@akalinus when I worked at a house for teen homeless I tried to break up 3 or 4 serious fights and in every case they both turned on me.
I've seen it happen a few times in town too when the police grab the male the female who was being hit starts to hit the police...one time I saw them taser both of them
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
24 Mar 17
Poor lady.
He has no respect for women and hence much less for himself it would seem.
I would have run to help her but at the same time I would have been afraid of him hurting her.
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
25 Mar 17
I don´t think that he would do more than he was doing. It seems that everyone was acostumed to that verbal abuse.
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
25 Mar 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 Yet he wasn´t such a big man. I would have answered back, should something like that ever happened to me.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
25 Mar 17
@marguicha
Even so it probably is that way but he might have taken it out on her at Home some are like that sort of wait till I get you home.
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
24 Mar 17
@akalinus The younger woman seemed to be the maid. But he was treating his wife stupid in front of a lot of people.
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@akalinus (43209)
• United States
24 Mar 17
@marguicha That is sad. Could she have been the daughter and not the maid?
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
24 Mar 17
No I would not but I would have told the store manager to GO handle it.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
24 Mar 17
I would have had to say something towards him so that he could have heard me. Similar to how you handled the situation. I would not have become directly involved. Some people are just cruel and ignorant. It is sad that people get treated so poorly.
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
24 Mar 17
This man seemed a man with education yet he behaved in such a horrible way!
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
25 Mar 17
@Happy2BeMe I think it was a shame. And I have know a couple of well educated women who accept bad treatment from their husbands.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
25 Mar 17
@marguicha That type of attitude is wrong irrespective of whether directed at male or female.
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
25 Mar 17
It is a shame. And women should learn to defend themselves from that.
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@jahernandezrivas (11288)
• United States
24 Mar 17
Wow no I wouldn't have said anything either. I would just ignore them. That is sad that the man yelled at her like that.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50280)
• United States
25 Mar 17
I might have reported it to store management.
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
25 Mar 17
The managers are usually invisible. And it was not really a commotion. He snapped at the women and they accepted. We heard.
@Shwetasingh (1333)
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25 Mar 17
You are write. Sometimes we have to control our tongue because this is not our fight but it's really difficult. Insulting a women like this !! I must have lost my temper.
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
25 Mar 17
It wasn´t my fight and I wasn´t on my best day (just out of surgery). Still I commented loudly so that he would hear.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
24 Mar 17
Is their no security guard to call just so he or she would check what the commotion is all about?
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@marguicha (223133)
• Chile
25 Mar 17
It wasn´t properly a commotion. It was more a shameful situation we witnessed.
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@Marilynda1225 (82800)
• United States
24 Mar 17
I doubt I would have gotten involved
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@subhajitsil6 (961)
• Kolkata, India
25 Mar 17
If it was me, I would have avoided as you did. Afterall it was not my fight and i would hate to get involve in a fight which doesn't involve me. Even if its sounded a bit coward but I am honest.
