Today I walked out of petsmart, looked both ways before crossing the street, and expected a passing car to stop for a family who was crossing the street the same time I was, but he didn't. He blew right by me too but I must have rustled his jimmies because he stopped in the middle of the road and got out of the car, then walked up to me saying something how I shouldn't run into the road, and he should drop me whatever whatever. I literally looked at him and he threatened me with violence. I invited him into my office to discuss the matter and he walked over and stood atop a curb to try to tower over me (lol). I was trying to decide how far he was going to take this before I had to react in a negative manner but then some other people yelled at him to move his car out of the road and he got distracted. I informed him he was about to catch an assault charge and he ran off.
I circled the parking lot looking for his car to catch his plate but he high tailed it outta there.
Overall a fairly pleasant experience but I would have liked the closure of a police interaction as well.
As adults we have to make decisions and in the moment I felt that standing my ground and seeing how he wanted to play his hand was the best one. It's just crazy, I didn't shout at him, give him the finger, open my arms, or anything. I just stood tall and watched him disrespect a family of four. What an insecure fellow.
A horrible decade followed with an attack every two months or so... It's doable when at college, as skipping classes isn't that much of a problem, but when I started working this would just not do. Probably would never have been able to keep a job if medication was being withheld from me. Got it in one toes as well (the joint being malformed due to all the attacks); impossible to wear shoes, so good luck that. Got alopurinol voor almost a decade now, and never had an attack since.
