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Courtesy has disappeared from the general public. My favorite quote for these situations is from my wife, " Hold still while I jump over you." I had never heard it before and almost fell down laughing after I recovered from the shock of hearing my wife say anything ill mannered. The laughter it generated embarrassed the culprits into moving out of the way. Sarcasm and humor seems to work the best in these situations.
When I worked as a roughneck my wife always wondered how I got in and out of the grocery store for the one or two items on the way home, until she saw the reactions to people to a large man with dirty coveralls, sunglasses, and a hard hat. She referred to it like Moses parting the Red Sea. I told her it was the equivalent of a biker wearing his gang colors while driving his motorcycle everyone gets real careful of their actions out of fear.
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Nice doesn't mean weak.
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