Creative Ways To Deal with Assholes Who Want to Ruin Your Day, Part One: In Public

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You Can Control How Assholes Affect Your Day

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Yes, you really can. First, we need to distinguish between assholes who want to ruin your day and people capable of doing actual harm to you. I’m talking about trollish behavior, the sort of thing designed to shut down conversations, embarrass you, and change your emotions for the worse, not the sort of thing that can actually hurt you. That’s a different post.

Sample Assholes Who Want to Ruin Your Day:

• That guy who wolf whistles or shouts insults at you as you’re walking down the street.
• The one who steps into your personal space in a waiting area and won’t back away.
• The woman who cuts in front of you in line with her toddler in her arms, daring you to say anything.
• The store clerk that pretends you don’t exist because you don’t look like that store’s usual customer.

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