I don’t think ‘bub’ is necessarily rude. It’s probably the tone how you said it that set the guy off. You were both douchenozzles in this situation.
I’m also curious about the ‘aces up your sleeve.’ I’m guessing you’ve watched Karate Kid over 40 times?
All us Wolverine fans know “Bub” is extremly threatening.
Hey sport, you looking for a whoopassin’?
:dubious:
Another vote for VunderBob. I would have done almost exactly the same thing. My personal philosophy is that it’s a waste of time and precious self restraint to be polite to an asshole. The appropriate response is to make their lives as difficult as possible.
And by the way, carrying weapons isn’t cowardice. Relying on them is. Anyone who can’t see the difference is a stupid asshole.
Yeah, and I’m sure you really make their day difficult when you hold your breath and stamp your feet, junior.
BTW, what you meant to say was that anybody who would escalate such a trivial situation while carrying weapons is a stupid asshole. If he felt confident to do so because of the weapons, he’s a coward into the bargain.
Let me know if there’s anything else you need help with, Eugene.
Robert Earl Keen got it right.
So I shot 'em down
One by one
Then I left 'em 'long the rails
I use my gun
Whenever kindness fails
No one else thought of South Park?
“I’m not your guy, pal.”
“I’m not your pal, buddy.”
“I’m not your buddy, friend!”
OK, let’s just gloss over the delicious irony of you snivelling at VB for being very mildly confrontational while being a major confrontational asshole yourself. And while we’re at it, we’ll slide past the hilarity of your weak attempt at slapping me down. Moving along…
I disagree that a guy should take random shit just because he is armed. No need to start anything, but no need to back down either. The self appointed Lords of the Universe will casually step on your face until you put a stop to it. And unfortunately we’ve got a bumper crop of them. It’s not nice but it is reality. We all deal with it in our own way.
The part about drawing one’s confidence from carried weapons is an accurate understanding of what I meant. I withdraw my statement; you appear to be not stupid. And perhaps you mean well - in your own way.
Finally, Eugene is a nice town and there’s no need to drag them into it.
Don’t know about where you live, Poindexter, but in many places getting a CCW involves taking instructional classes first. One of the things they tell you in those classes is that getting involved in brawls is an express route to getting your permit yanked. Wouldn’t it be just splendid to lose your permit due to a fight over some dufus jumping line at WallyWorld, and then be unable to legally carry when you actually do need a gun?
It’s almost orgasmically ironic to be castigated for being confrontational by the guy who introduced the term “stupid asshole” into the thread. You should quit while you’re ahead, babycakes.
Right, and getting all confrontational about something that could very well have been a perfectly innocent mistake is somehow virtuous?
I have no problem giving assholes a hard time. But if you start the confrontation, you’re the asshole.
He didn’t know the guy was an asshole until after he spoke to him. VunderBob’s sarcastic use of “Bub” means he came to this with dirty hands.
Point taken. It’s possible that Bub was just oblivious. But he was still a jerk and I can’t agree that VB was out of line.
Oh gee, you’re right. I did introduce the word, ‘stupid’. But then I took it back. Now let’s see, help me out, who was it who started throwing around terms like ‘coward’ and ‘jerk’ in this thread? So fuck right off.
I’m totally zoning out on this topic, but before I skidaddle, a small hijack to compliment you on your nom du forum, Jaglavak. If only I could stop itching now. 
My take on the situation is that if the other bloke INTENTIONALLY was trying it on when he joined the wrong queue then you were right in being a little curt when you first spoke to him.
But if he joined the wrong queue in all innocence(and I must admit that I’ve done that myself and I HATE queue jumpers)then you could have pointed his error out more politely.
Could it be that you were still festering about the previous Q jumping incident and took it out on him?
As to your assumption that you’d be a certain winner in any fight IME strangers can never be totally predictable,he could have been picking up his prescription that kept him from turning into a homicidal maniac with the gun/knife in his pocket,he could have been a highly trained martial arts instructor who enjoys his beer,he could have been anything at all in fact.
Over confidence has been the downfall of many.
One other point - lots of folks have this erroneous opinion that if ‘the other guy’ throws the first punch, they’re allowed to ‘defend themselves’ in whatever manner they are able. IME, that really depends a lot on other factors including your jurisidiction, who calls the cops, if either has a record, who gets more seriously injured etc. So my advice is always to avoid idiotic confrontations w/random strangers lest they be forever linked to you in a police report.
Sez you, rube.
Fang Q! From all 100,000,000 of us. It takes a regiment jumping in unison just to press one of these pesky keys. We would have been online two years ago but we got hungry and ate the directions.
I hate it when people speak gobblydegook. Translation please.
I would rank idiot as a much higher insult.
If someone told me “hey idiot the line is over here” I’d find that very offensive.
but “hey bub the line’s over here” would get a mild disinterested “oh”.
hey bub who the fuck said op had a ccw?