Why I hate people: reason #6
Sometime this week on my morning commute to school, a guy got on the bus and as he was walking down the aisle, STOMPED on my foot really hard, and didn't apologize. (I don't even know how the hell he managed that, as my feet were practically tucked under my seat, in order to let people pass.) I understand that sometimes you accidentally bump a person when walking down the aisle on the bus, and while I don't think it's necessary to apologize for brushing against someone, I do think it is necessary to apologize when you whack them with noticeable force, such as punching someone in the face or smashing their foot with all your might.
So the guy STOMPS on my foot, I look up in annoyance, he looks back at me, and then continues on his way towards the back of the bus (I was sitting in the middle of the bus). A minute later, I walk to the back of the bus to where he was sitting, and YELL at him, telling him that when you stomp on someone's foot, you APOLOGIZE! His excuse was, "I couldn't apologize because you didn't look up." I told him that was bullshit, that I had looked up and caught him looking back at me, proving that he knew he had stomped on my foot. Busted. I continued to tell him off, and he then "apologizes" and claims that he's really sorry. But I said that he only apologized because I yelled at him, and that if he were really sorry, he would have apologized when he first stomped on my foot.
Just before he got off at his stop, the asshole comes up to me and tries to "apologize" again, offering me a couple of dollars for coffee as an apology. I yelled at him again, telling him that it's too late to apologize, and all that I had wanted was an apology when he first stomped on my foot! If he truly is sorry, and not because I yelled at him, hopefully next time he does something like this, he apologizes to the person. If he does, that means he learned his lesson and was truly sorry. If he doesn't, that means he wasn't really sorry for stomping on my foot, and was only sorry that I called him out on it.
So the guy STOMPS on my foot, I look up in annoyance, he looks back at me, and then continues on his way towards the back of the bus (I was sitting in the middle of the bus). A minute later, I walk to the back of the bus to where he was sitting, and YELL at him, telling him that when you stomp on someone's foot, you APOLOGIZE! His excuse was, "I couldn't apologize because you didn't look up." I told him that was bullshit, that I had looked up and caught him looking back at me, proving that he knew he had stomped on my foot. Busted. I continued to tell him off, and he then "apologizes" and claims that he's really sorry. But I said that he only apologized because I yelled at him, and that if he were really sorry, he would have apologized when he first stomped on my foot.
Just before he got off at his stop, the asshole comes up to me and tries to "apologize" again, offering me a couple of dollars for coffee as an apology. I yelled at him again, telling him that it's too late to apologize, and all that I had wanted was an apology when he first stomped on my foot! If he truly is sorry, and not because I yelled at him, hopefully next time he does something like this, he apologizes to the person. If he does, that means he learned his lesson and was truly sorry. If he doesn't, that means he wasn't really sorry for stomping on my foot, and was only sorry that I called him out on it.