How to put your foot in it - lesson 1 A mate of mine at work went to the pics on saturday afternoon. He had just settled down to watch the film and there was a bunch of kids acting up at the front, carrying on and makin a bit of noise. He bit his lip as there seemed to be 1 or 2 adults close to them and nobody else was saying anything but the final straw was when the curtains went back, greeted by cries of "wahey electric curtains!". At that point John stood up and said "Here will u lot chill, ya acting like little kids, grow up!" Things, as such settled down and it wasnt til the lights came on at the end that he noticed that the adults were actually carers for this group of special needs kids. Needless to say he left the cinema pretty sharpish with his head bowed!!
I used to be in a street theatre show which involved us walking about in big puppets with quite restricted vision. one day this drunk grabbed the arm of my puppet and started to try to pull me over so my mate in the other puppet came over and kicked him really hard on the shin and told him under his breath to fuck off.Then I kicked him as well. When we got out at the end of the show we found out............ yes he wasn't drunk he was special. oops
imagine the police report if u got arrested for assault on a disabled person while dressed as a large rabbit!!
On one occasion I was walking home when some kid pointed a laser pen in my eye when I was crossing a road. When I managed to cross without getting knocked over I asked the kid if he was "fucking stupid" doing that when people are crossing the road and "it was spastics like him" giving teenagers a bad name. His Mam heard me shouting at him and burst into tears, informing me that her son is autistic and he doesnt know his right from wrongs. I still feel shit now.
Re: How to put your foot in it - lesson 1 bloody spackers should have been warned before they went in !
