# When old people attack: What would you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 16, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-old-people-attack-what-would-you-do/201861 "2003-09-16T01:17:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-old-people-attack-what-would-you-do/201861/41 "2003-09-18T15:41:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blown & Injected \* > If the spot was stolen 99% of the time, this is purely subjective. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blown & Injected \* > It is a violation of social norms. We lock people up and even kill people for certain violations. People don’t get locked up for picking their nose in public. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blown & Injected \* > Of course taking the law into your own hands may be illegal but not looked at as badly as the initial violation. You looked at me cross-eyed, that means I can kick the hell out of you, and you deserve every bit of the beating. :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blown & Injected \* > Somebody that is such an ass in the parking lot probably needs discipline. Who is worse? That old guy who vandalised somebody else’s car, or you who are trying to rationalise it? ---
**Author:** ![Blown\_Injected](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@Blown\_Injected](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blown_Injected)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-old-people-attack-what-would-you-do/201861/42 "2003-09-24T19:29:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Urban Ranger \* > \*\*99% of the time, this is purely subjective. > > People don’t get locked up for picking their nose in public. > > You looked at me cross-eyed, that means I can kick the hell out of you, and you deserve every bit of the beating. > > :rolleyes: > > Who is worse? That old guy who vandalised somebody else’s car, or you who are trying to rationalise it? \*\* 1)I am not taking sides - it is not subjective. The spot is taken or it is not taken. That is why I said **IF** 2)I said **CERTAIN VIOLATIONS** even stealing a spot is not one that we call for jail time. 3)Kicking my ass (if you think you might have a chance) is a violation - looking at you while making a funny face is not. 4)I am not rationalizing anything. 5)What’s up your ass? I said “somebody that is such an ass in the parking lot probably needs discipline.” This does not mean screwing with a car or kicking ass. If you read my post, I said I would NOT mess with the violator physically or with the car. rolleyes now! ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-old-people-attack-what-would-you-do/201861/43 "2003-09-25T00:27:31Z")
I think **InTheField** may well be on to something, when I am a 70+ year old Gorilla-Gramps I’ll make sure all the young’ns know about how I liked to rip doors off passing vehicles that didn’t stop at the pedestrian crossing when I was trying to cross. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-old-people-attack-what-would-you-do/201861/44 "2003-09-25T02:11:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \* > \*\*Hmmm, I tend NOT to do the “I must get a parking spot up front” thing…, > > I do the “I’m going to park in the spaces toward the end of the lot, and then beat the lazy bums to the door ANYWAY by walking energetically and quickly and passing them on foot, and THEN smirking when I get to the deli line ahead of them” thing. \*\* I don’t park up front, unless a place is empty. I’d much rather walk (like everyone else I could use the exercise) from a space I could a. drive through instead of backing in/out of b. can see from without my sight being blocked by SUVs/trucks as I leave. That leaves all the crazy people the spaces up front that I dislike 😛 It drives me insane that my parents will take 5-10 minutes to park in order to be spared walking another 300 yards… I guess I didn’t inherit the must-park-as-close-as-possible gene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-old-people-attack-what-would-you-do/201861.md?page=2)