When I walk down the street - people say eew. Or when I was, walking down the street. A homeless man, almost threw a bag of urine on me. A person, walked pass me, passed gas and laughed. Or people proud to give you bad service. Or a person sits next to you. Get up and wipe themselves off. Or if someone is cordial towards you. They would ostracize,That person. Or when people view you as less than. It makes people happy. Or if you save a persons, life and call the paramedics,the paramedics will catch an attitude towards you. Or if you ask for directions, They will give you a very disrespectful, attitude. Or have cops follow you around. But if you confront them. They run away. And I have not done anything to people. Who behave , like this
I have encountered many strange things in life, but I have yet to have a bag of urine thrown at me. My immediate thought was how he reacts to other people, to prompt such extreme reactions in return. The urine part reminded me of my experiences on the pig farm that was open to visitors. The main attraction was always the sows who had recently given birth and were feeding heir little piglets. Because pigs don't have sweat glands, they wallow in mud, allowing the evaporating moisture to keep them cool. However, any urine in the mud causes the sow severe and painful skin irritation, so the piglets have to go outside. How they know this is one of the wonders of nature and still baffles the experts. The visitors love playing with the little piglets and taking them outside. The moment they get outside, the piglet goes off like a lawn sprinkler, the visitor puts it back, picks up another one and the same happens. For the staff, it produces endless fun. I always think that the look on the sows face, is saying "Thank you for emptying them" A picture from the farm, the pigs are rare breed Berkshire's
We have a 25 year old parrot with a sleeping cage in our bedroom and her daytime lounging cage in the kitchen. During the day she can pretty much fly anywhere in the house. She never poops or pees in her sleeping cage, but holds it until she flys out In the morning to her lounging cage. Much easier to clean up in the Kitchen!
Must not be Los Angeles. While all of this happens regularly in L.A. the one disparity is the cops. Having lived in L.A> since the early 70's I can tell you that LAPD is a rare breed and they don't shy away from confrontation. If you were being followed by LAPD and turned and confronted them, they would go on the defensive and start by asking for ID and what you need from them. Then they will want to FI You. (Write up a Field Interview Card). There is a constant to them, however. If you are cooperative and cordial, they will joke with you and probably leave you alone. If you give them attitude, they will knuckle down and show you who is the bigger asshole. Wrong or Right, Legal or Not, LAPD will always come off as the Big Dog on the Streets of L.A.
I'm sorry these things have happened to you Mamluke. People can certainly be very rude, and it's not fair that you're treated this way. If you're able to, embracing a non-dualistic perspective might be helpful. I'm not an advocate of necessarily doing this all of the time, but some of the time it can be good. So for example, if a complete stranger says something rude to me, if I imagine this person is actually clearing my karma, and is actually doing me a favor, then I can just walk by unharmed. If instead I got really mad and confronted this person, maybe it would escalate to a point where one or both of us got severely hurt, or had to go to jail. So at least some of the time, seeing things this way can help. I wouldn't advocate trying to force yourself to see things this way though. It's only a good idea imho when you can do this with all sincerity.
I always look pissed(pondering)........so people dont bother me I work/live in a pretty difficult neighbourhood(NL).With a lot of different kinds of people/cultures. If people wanna talk or socialize(work/rl) no problem.......... it is a matter of mutual respect. I can be bigger ahole then they are Personally i rarely have problems with people(on any level) and i am pretty good vocally and nice/polite..............and not scared of anyone. Mzzls
