Weak pitting of some random guy with a camera phone.

The BBQ Pit
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<sigh>

As I have said before I live in a SRO hotel run by a non-profit as supportive housing for people with mental illness.

There is this woman (I don’t know her name), she seems nice and is neatly dressed and always has a tissue in her hand, often using it to cover her month. She keeps her distanced from others, letting them pass by, even backing away if others get to close. I have seen her talking to a couple of people here in a reasonable manner. However during the day it’s not unusual to see her out on the sidewalk near the hotel yelling/screaming. This is not directed at anyone in particular, also I think she is yelling in Chinese or maybe its gibberish, I’m not sure.

About 11:30pm, I thought I heard her yelling, which seemed rather late for her. So I went to the fire escape to look out and sure enough I saw her in her blue hoodie walking away from the hotel and being followed by a young guy who was holding his cellphone in a way that makes me certain that he was filming her. He followed her to the corner and a crossed the street where she turn and yelled at him. He just kept filming.

I suppose there is the possibility that he has a very legitimate reason for filming her, but my money is that it will be uploaded to YouTube tomorrow.

Why would you do that? Especially why did you keep following her? If you want some laughs, a few seconds of video of crazy lady screaming is all you needed. It should be very clear that the woman is not right, why keep pestering her? Also following a screaming woman around the Tenderloin District is not a smart move.

If there was any karmic justice you would get to experience just whatever it is the she has to deal with. Can you even imagine what it is like to be compelled to yell like that on a daily basis? I don’t really wish that on you, but hope for some increase in your empathy or at the very least benign indifference.

This being the Pit I’m supposed to insult you, but I’m not good at that sort of thing and I’m more disappointed & sadden than angry.

Douchebag.:(:mad:

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Hmm, yes, well, if you don’t want to lock away your crazy people and have them interact with society outside then Outside society will sometimes interact with the patients.

Hey, we’re not all equally sane out there…

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Hey, if she didn’t want to be harrassed, she probably shouldn’t have been wearing a hoodie. That’s just asking for trouble.

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It’s quite possible that this guy was trying to collect some evidence of her disturbing the peace.

I don’t know what your definition of a nice person is, but if someone is frequently yelling and screaming, in ANY language, then s/he is probably disturbing others. Especially after about 9 PM. And especially if this happens frequently.

I don’t care what her problem is, she really doesn’t have the right to constantly disturb other people. I understand that she might have her own inner demons, but maybe this guy has to get up at 4 AM to get to work at 5, and he’s tired of having to listen to her yell.

Now maybe he’s doing it for the lulz. Maybe he’s trying to build a case against her. Maybe HE has mental problems of his own. But someone who is constantly screaming is not nice to have around.

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I’ve got a somewhat similar story. I was waiting in line at the courthouse for something between three people: a mother and daughter were in front of me and a lady was behind me. The mother and daughter were only notable because the daughter (probably a teenager or early 20s) has some sort of severe facial deformity. You know, the sort of thing you notice in passing, make a note in your head not to stare, and move right along with your day, right?

Except apparently the lady behind me didn’t get the social etiquette class that the rest of us took, because she kept staring all agog at this poor girl. Then, to make matters worse, lady pulls out her iPhone and CLIIIIICK takes a picture of this girl. Now, if you are going to be a douchebag and take photos of strangers in public, at least have the decency to put your phone on silent ffs.

The girl freaked out (as she should have) and started screaming, “WHY ARE YOU TAKING PICTURES OF ME?” Photographer snickers and says, “I didn’t. What do you mean?” About this time, the girl’s mother looks up from her stuff and realizes something is going on, asking generally what’s happening. The photographer lady says— hand to God, these are her real words: “Well, your daughter was snicker snicker snicker making faces at me!”

About this time, I was called to the window, so I went to take care of that. As I was leaving, the photographer woman was walking out and sort of nudged me and said, “What was THAT, right?” I stopped, looked at her with disbelief, and said, “You know, it’s INCREDIBLY rude to take photos of anyone just randomly in public, but to do that to someone who is clearly disabled in somewhat is disgusting. Fortunately, you also happen to be very recognizable-- you’re a real estate agent with ads all over town. So, don’t worry, I’ll be sure to pass on your info and what you did to every single person I know AND corporate for where you work. Have a GREAT day.”

My friends were all mad that I didn’t take HER photo, which- on reflection- may have been the best course of action. heh

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I thought my place was tiny, but you live in a Standing Room Only hotel?

(just trying to inject some Levity’N’Light™ into a frustrating thread)

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I love you.

Yes, I know. Not appropriate for the Pit. Well, up yours!

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:eek: I remember years and years ago when I was an angsty teen with a brand new driver’s license. I had just gotten back from a delivery and was telling someone how I had flipped off a driver that cut me off. The person calmly explained to me that this is my family business, I was driving a work vehicle (unmarked but they may have seen it in the lot) and I’ve been working here for 4 years and they may have recognized me…do I really want to piss off a customer? I can’t imagine doing something that stupid with my face plastered all over town. That’s the kind of crap you do when you’re on vacation out of state (if you’re that compelled to do it). Just like when you’re on a message board. If you’re so compelled to say really nasty things, you set up a sock account or head over to another board and talk about it.

Maybe it’s Robot Arms.

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Win.

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The second I read that sentence, I actually made this face: :eek:

Somebody DID THAT?! That’s so low it makes walking up to a stranger and yelling, “Fuck you! Why? Fuck you, that’s why!” look positively civilized by comparison.

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Diosa, first of all, please tell us whether you ever got to see any fallout from you sharing that woman’s story with her employer.

Secondly, just an observation: You seem to have a very low bar for what constitutes a “lady.”

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I saw her first.

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I shot them a quick email explaining my horror at her behavior, also saying that I’m a local business owner who has referred business to them in the past and won’t be doing it in the future (also true). I got a standard apology and them saying they’d handle it, but she’s still lighting up billboards all across town. Hey, money talks, I guess. Everyone I know in town knows what happened, though, and several friends have spread the word too. So I know they’ve lost at least a bit of business due to her behavior.

And ha! True enough.

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Thank you for explaing. I was having trouble figuring it out. :smiley:

I still haven’t figured it out yet. State Run Oyster Hotel, Super Rich Otters, Supposedly Real Octopi, Second-hand Read Osteriches, Slightly Red Opossums, Super Right-winged Owls, Sticky Reared Orangutans, damn I feel like I’m so close to getting it

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I’m not sure if I’m being whooshed here (I’m a little sleep deprived right now), but SRO means single room (or resident) occupancy.