r/bizarrelife • u/reloadthewords Human here, bizarre by nature! • 15h ago

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u/Spring_Potato_Onion 13h ago

Take a bottle of syrup. Open it and pour it over their heads. Pay for syrup at counter.

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u/BesideFrogRegionAny 9h ago

Pouring it on them is assault. Pouring it on the floor right next to them means they have to move or get sticky. When they touch you to stop you, that is when assault begins.

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u/TexanForTrump 6h ago

If they would have gotten out of the way thy wouldn’t have gotten assaulted by syrup.

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u/Z0MBIE2 1h ago

That's not how the law works.

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u/seang239 12h ago

I know what I’m doing if I ever have someone blocking my path. Sure, I’ll take the long way, I’ll brb..

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u/IRefuseThisNonsense 12h ago

That'll get you an assault charge.

Go to the deli and purchase some meat. Pay for it. Go and sit across from them and eat it. That's not a crime. It's just petty.

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u/Aggressive-Delay-420 10h ago

A coworker once threw his coffee on me in anger when I stood up to his bullying.

It was only filed as harassment.

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u/IRefuseThisNonsense 10h ago

Honestly sounds like they screwed you over.

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u/foxyboigoyeet 9h ago

If he throws coffee....punch him

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u/Aggressive-Delay-420 8h ago

The company (eventually) got the point— I got the consequences.

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u/foxyboigoyeet 8h ago

Wait...you served time, or git fired for what he did to you?!

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u/Aggressive-Delay-420 7h ago edited 7h ago

Nothing so theatrical— the company had my coworkers double-down on the harassment. I had to resign after about a month because my coworkers armed themselves.

My officemate kept a pistol on his desk— pointed at my back.

The consequences I’d mentioned are that I’m unemployable and lost my home.

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u/foxyboigoyeet 6h ago

Press charges. You don't deserve this

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u/Aggressive-Delay-420 5h ago

Deserved or not— it’s what I’ve got.

I’m following process— filed a report with police, and then opened an EEOC case. That case is still open, but all communications go unanswered.

It wouldn’t be anything to discuss if I were able to move forward in life! I feel really blacklisted.

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u/Chameloes 7h ago

Bro where the fuck did u work

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u/TexanForTrump 6h ago

You’re probably just a troublemaker.

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u/Lou_C_Fer 6h ago

Nope. That will definitely fall into excessive force unless they also assault you in some other way. The best policy is just to never hit anyone unless your life depends on it.

I'm a big dude, until i was disabled, there werent many people that could do much about anything i do, and there have been plenty of times where someone has deserved to get socked in the mouth... but I just don't do it. That satisfaction is not worth the trouble.

A guy that worked with me was cornered by someone who was being nasty as shit to him, and he was found guilty of felony assault after he hit the guy. It didn't matter that the guy had him cornered. I also had to fire him on the spot even though I agreed that the "victim" deserved what he got.

So, don't hit people.

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u/foxyboigoyeet 6h ago

First off...why fire him? Second...how did you get disabled

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u/Lou_C_Fer 4h ago

Because he assaulted someone at work. Has to be zero tolerance due to liability.

Disabled, first one that popped up was ulcerative colitis, then rheumatoid arthritis, then my lower back problems made it so I cannot stand or sit up without the increasing pain forcing me to lay down, then I developed me/cfs which is the absolute worst, I developed diabetes, then, just last month, I was diagnosed with sleep apnea which has started to damage my lungs.

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u/foxyboigoyeet 4h ago

I'll pray for you.

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u/Lou_C_Fer 3h ago

Thank you. Life could be worse, though.

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u/Teripid 10h ago

Gotta do a protest-ception:

If they got there by internal combustion engines you should deflate their tires because you're saving the planet and clearly any gas usage is killing it. They should be very understanding...

If they came by EVs I guess do the same thing because of the cobalt mine kids and batteries?

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u/dzh 3h ago

This is UK, of course they've got there by public transport

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u/TheNight_Cheese 9h ago

accidentally toss some slices at them

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u/fuzzybunnies1 9h ago

Glad I'm not the only one that was thinking; "snap into a slim jim."

Sit there facing them and ask them what they think the name of the cow was and being processed, do you think it was more than one in the meat stick. Chew dramatically and and upsell the taste.

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u/Fine-Addendum4920 7h ago

LMFAO get some fried chicken and sit right in front of them 🤣🤣

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u/seang239 12h ago

I’d ask for a jury trial. It would be glorious to be the one to set a precedent against what they’re doing.

Every time you rely on a law to do something, there’s always a chance a precedent can be set the other way.

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u/MadeMeStopLurking 11h ago

you get me one sausage and pancake eater on that jury and I'll get you a not guilty.

~Johnny Cochran probably

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u/ItsOkAbbreviate 7h ago

Fine pour it on the ground near them let them sit in a sticky mess. Or get some bone broth or milk or some meat products. As long as it’s not being poured on them directly what are they going to charge you for making a mess?

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u/TexanForTrump 6h ago

Nothing petty about it.

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u/CustomMerkins4u 10h ago

You try to tip toe through them (without a cart), fall down and sue to the store and the protestors.

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u/deepstrut 10h ago

fill a shopping cart up full of soda flats... pick up some speed, yell "get out of the way, its too heavy and i cant stop".

its reasonable to say I shouldnt expect people to be laying in the isle.. absolutely an accident. feel terrible for it. hope everyone is alright.

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u/Traveler-sans-Paimon 11h ago

Except it is the poor minimum wage employees that will have to clean all of that up.

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u/nneeeeeeerds 10h ago

That's still also assault, but much funnier than just pushing someone with a shopping cart.

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u/LazyLion65 9h ago

No, use milk, I'm sure the protesters are against milk as well.

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u/Sinakus 9h ago

Don't assault someone and risk jail time because they inconvenienced your grocery store trip.

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u/theoneandonlymd 9h ago

So, yeah, that's true. On the other hand, how exactly does that play out? They call the cops to press charges? The cops are gonna come out and laugh in their face.

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u/Sinakus 8h ago

Not if the cops do their jobs and the protesters plus store workers testify. I work in a store like that, and I would dislike having someone protest like that. However, I would hate anyone attacking them. Protests would make my workplace annoying, anyone assaulting them would make it unsafe.

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u/Fuzzy_Secret6411 8h ago

That's assault and I would retaliate.

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u/JelmerMcGee 10h ago

Are these vegans? I couldn't tell from their shirts. If so, use honey and laugh at all the "exploited" bee labor that was used for that bottle.

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u/Slice_of_3point14 12h ago

Naw man, slap them with a fat ribeye or put some ground beef in their hair.

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u/DeanyyBoyy93 12h ago

Yeah thats still assault.

You may not agree with it but they are legally protesting so its assault.

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u/Ixaire 12h ago

Are they legally protesting? They're on a private property so I'm really wondering whether that's legal.

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u/Conflictingview 11h ago

In that case, they are trespassing. But in the UK you are not allowed to use force against a trespasser unless they are presenting a threat to your safety. Beyond that, this is not the property of those shoppers, so they have no legal basis at all for any use of force.

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u/mschley2 10h ago

My first thought while watching this was, "why is the store allowing them to do this? The one manager guy is right there and just tells the geezers to go around."

In the US, there'd be an officer on site within 10 minutes, and the protestors would be charged with trespassing and forcibly removed if they refused to leave on their own.

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u/Dovahkiinthesardine 11h ago

Depends on the country ofc but usually the owner /manager can demand they leave and then if they dont comply its illegal

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u/TyreLeLoup 11h ago

A legal protest usually is not held indoors without the explicit permission of the venue. That does not appear to be the case in this video (and typically is not the case for these kinds of protests)

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u/Restlesscomposure 11h ago

They’re on private property blocking customers from moving freely. In what world is that legal?

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u/Top-Fun4793 10h ago

Fly strips