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In reply to the discussion: I'll never forget the look in their eyes, they were terrified of me... [View all]MrScorpio
(73,610 posts)This have never been a town for me where that shit was all too common.
Detroit has a much deserved rep of being a rough place, but all in all, rudeness from complete strangers like that is really out of place here.
Not just the fact that they were scared shitless of me for no reason at all.
Had it been any other City Dweller who almost sideswiped me, instead of a couple suburbanites, I'm absolutely sure that we'd at least talk to other, discuss each other's state of being, issue some apologies and after an exchange and go off on each other's way.
At least show some concern, you know?
A few years ago, I had an incident downtown where I pretty much almost collapsed from the heat during a campaign stop by then Sen. Obama.
There was genuine concern by strangers towards me, even a couple of offers of water. It was Detroit as I had always known it.
I was okay and recovered, my back had seized up from a long walk, that's all it was, by the way. But I most certainly appreciated the concern as I took the time to get off of my feet and out of the hot sun.