Wednesday, 2 December 2009

More Grief from the Great Unwashed

Evening All.  Well here's me sitting on my lonesome, Mrs MacBeth in bed suffering from the tonsillitis/bug that has laid our oldest son low and the youngest still not 100% either, so they are all in the isolation room (the eldest's bedroom!!).

Well chaps and chapesses I know how much you enjoy my real life stories and issues and I've another for you today.  I was driving off to a Client meeting and as I approached a junction the quintessential neolithic man deliberately stepped off the pavement and walked at snail's pace across the road, making me brake heavily and wait for him to cross.  You know the type, Benny from Crossroads hat, cheap nylon tracksuit, cheap trainers, protruding forehead and permanent scowl. 

When he had finally crossed the road, I rolled down my window and inquired of him, "When did jaywalking become the pastime of choice for hard men?".

He replied, "F*** off, you four eyed C***".

To which I retorted, "Armando Iannucci, eat your heart out".

By the completely blank expression on his face, it was obvious he had no idea who the genius involved in the likes of I'm Alan Partridge and The Thick of It was. 

I shook my head and drove off, with him standing there with his middle finger raised in a cheery goodbye.

This bone-from-the-neck-up prick deliberately provoked this confrontation.  Yes I shouldn't have risen to the bait, but I'm sick to death of these absolute brain deads.  The country is full to the brim with them.  Scotland used to have an education system which was the envy of the world.  Is it failing, or is it the case that we now have a generation of people who are impossible to educate regardless of how talented the teachers are?

Has the breakdown of what liberals would call the "old fashioned family unit" bred a generation of people with no values or interest in educating and bettering themselves?  Or am I just a sad old git who doesn't understand the wants and needs of these challenged individuals with all their apparent 'issues'?

I'm off to watch the next episode of A History of Scotland I have on Sky+.  Professor Neil Oliver wouldn't call me a four eyed c***

Music tonight "Bankrobber" by the Clash.  Not as obvious as London Calling or I Fought the Law, but listen to Strummer's angry, aggressive vocals.  Mr Jaywalker could learn a thing or two about aggression and intimidation from a man who channeled his anger in a creative manner.

2 comments:

  1. Macbeth you will remember me recounting school days last weekend where a brain-dead pupil's thumb was put in a vice by a teacher for not obeying simple instructions and tightened until his thumb almost burst. "Is that sore yet Robert" he repeated many times...it had no effect on Robert...brain was unconnected to anything. This later became proven again a year after as Robert drove (flew) his car off the top of tyrebagger hill and was not found for days. Poor Robert was a lost case really, nothing you could do or say to him would ever change who he was...thick as a plank. Genetics I suppose.

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  2. The country's a crawling with these sorts - I suppose I'm driving the guts of 2500 miles a month with work & seldom does a day go past without some junkie f***wit walking in front of me or another nearby motorist. The Hawkins hat seems a standard issue - where do you get them from & who informs the neepheids to go get them?

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