shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
at the bus stop, a woman was screaming things like "i beat yo ass!" @ four people. the four people tried to tell her to go away. she kept barking @ them. at one point it appeared that she kicked someone. they told her to go away and she did. they got on the bus.
how often does someone tell you "i beat yo ass?". what was your answer?
Sounds like she had mental health crisis going on. People with mental illnesses will yell out homophobic slurs, threaten people, harass them, all you can do is just walk away, ignore them. Pay them no attention. Giving them attention by reacting escalates it. I've seen it a lot here on the light rail. I get more annoyed at people responding to them than the mentally ill person because they're just making it worse and it affects the rest of the passengers. If you feel so threatened by their words, that is what the security button is for. Press it and call for security to report a person in mental health crisis. They will come and remove them off the train and handle it outside at the stop.
Anywhere else in public, that is what 911 is for. Do not confront the person.
Only people who have ever harassed me were women with mental illnesses, never men.
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Son: Diagnosed w/anxiety and ADHD. Also academic delayed and ASD lv 1.
Daughter: NT, no diagnoses. Possibly OCD. Is very private about herself.