I know, strange question, but what the hell? It occurred to me that I've been cussed out twice in my life, both times by much older men I didn't know when I was a teenager.
I was in high school & on a trip to Europe & I wandered into some shop in Paris. It looked open for business with the door propped open & I went in when I saw all the perfume bottles everywhere and asked if they sold or custom made perfumes. The old guy started swearing a blue streak at me. Well, I imagine that's what was happening, based on tone & gestures, but since it was street French, I was ill equipped to decipher it! I thought I was going to be assaulted, no kidding! Looking back on the incident, the best I can guess is it was an old handmade perfume workshop. Regardless, that was the first time I was cussed out.
The second time happened in a Church parking lot after Mass let out when I was 16. I was waiting to pick up my sister from Sunday school, next to the Church & this man was furious I was remaining parked in the parking space that he apparently wanted to use as a cut through to beat all the other cars out of the lot. He got out of his car after honking for a good while & came up to my window & was red faced & screaming at me. I was shaken, but I was not going to be bullied! I said I could not leave until I had my sister & this is where I was told she would look for me, then rolled the window back up. I think if my younger brother hadn't been in the car, this "Christian" who obviously learned nothing in Church, would have smashed me &/or the car, he was that livid & I was scared of him! Turns out he was the athletic coach. Looking back as an adult, I recognize rage & that I was really at risk of physical harm, even with all the other Churchgoers milling about. I cannot believe no one spoke up. If I saw a young girl being accosted like that by a grown man, I sure wouldn't stand by & do nothing! Ah, but that's another discussion ;-)
So, those are the two times in my life I was cussed out. How about you? Have you ever been cussed out?
I was in high school & on a trip to Europe & I wandered into some shop in Paris. It looked open for business with the door propped open & I went in when I saw all the perfume bottles everywhere and asked if they sold or custom made perfumes. The old guy started swearing a blue streak at me. Well, I imagine that's what was happening, based on tone & gestures, but since it was street French, I was ill equipped to decipher it! I thought I was going to be assaulted, no kidding! Looking back on the incident, the best I can guess is it was an old handmade perfume workshop. Regardless, that was the first time I was cussed out.
The second time happened in a Church parking lot after Mass let out when I was 16. I was waiting to pick up my sister from Sunday school, next to the Church & this man was furious I was remaining parked in the parking space that he apparently wanted to use as a cut through to beat all the other cars out of the lot. He got out of his car after honking for a good while & came up to my window & was red faced & screaming at me. I was shaken, but I was not going to be bullied! I said I could not leave until I had my sister & this is where I was told she would look for me, then rolled the window back up. I think if my younger brother hadn't been in the car, this "Christian" who obviously learned nothing in Church, would have smashed me &/or the car, he was that livid & I was scared of him! Turns out he was the athletic coach. Looking back as an adult, I recognize rage & that I was really at risk of physical harm, even with all the other Churchgoers milling about. I cannot believe no one spoke up. If I saw a young girl being accosted like that by a grown man, I sure wouldn't stand by & do nothing! Ah, but that's another discussion ;-)
So, those are the two times in my life I was cussed out. How about you? Have you ever been cussed out?
