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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: ebfd11 on March 02, 2012, 09:55:43 PM
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OK guys
As the title says i am PO and glad to be one of America's Truckers. OK here is the situation:
I was laying over at the Ramparo Travel Plaza in NY when I decided to go inside to get something to eat. As I was waiting patiently in line, behind a Tech Seargent in the Air Force, the counter was covered with approx 15 to 20 young thugs that i could tell were under the influence. After ordering their food, them reordering some more, they must have felt the TSGT was a target for their verbal barrage of negative comments. They asked him, because he was in Uniform, "what you going out hunting?" " ha ha ha that cammo looks like chit" {not exactly what he said} and "Wanna play war?? I'll lay down and you can blow me all to hell"
Well being a vet I decided to back this gentleman at all cost. I asked them if they appreciated their right to freedom of speech and one hood told me to "Step to the right it didn't involve me"
Well being smart I got out to my truck and hollered out on the CB that I needed help with a active duty troop, 20-1 odds and he needed help ASAP. Not getting a response I decided to go inside with my equalizer, aka tire thumper.
While I was going in I, I looked around and saw approx 35 various sized truck drivers headed to the service plaza, I asked one why he was going in and he stated " A Fellow service member needs help."
Well these thugs, and that is the nice name I am using for them, didn't feel so big when confronted with fact that they were out numbered and out sized.
Long story short, they ran out when they saw us backing the TSGT and ran like a scalded dog. No punches were thrown and no violence happened, though I would have liked to kick their butts and hand them to the NYSP, but that didn't happen.
I just wanted to say thanks to all the truckers who in a time of need backed up one AirMan who was being bullied by a bunch of idiots and "D"bags (D doesn't stand for dirt)
LawnDart
BTW That TSGT left with a free meal and he had an escort to his vehicle by all of us.
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Numbers win!
:salute
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Right on.
Can't recall any civies ever messing with me while in uniform. Not sure how I would've reacted to it back then.
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ACtually, now I have a question :PO is Petty Officer? Or am I just naive? :o
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ACtually, now I have a question :PO is Petty Officer? Or am I just naive? :o
PO'ed.
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Something movies are made of :cheers:
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Right on.
Can't recall any civies ever messing with me while in uniform. Not sure how I would've reacted to it back then.
just a guess bro but right up until the time an idiot made a move you'd have handled it with class and patience. Once somebody got bold enough to make a move there would have been a lot of hurt idiots in the vicinity.
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OK guys
As the title says i am PO and glad to be one of America's Truckers. OK here is the situation:
I was laying over at the Ramparo Travel Plaza in NY when I decided to go inside to get something to eat. As I was waiting patiently in line, behind a Tech Seargent in the Air Force, the counter was covered with approx 15 to 20 young thugs that i could tell were under the influence. After ordering their food, them reordering some more, they must have felt the TSGT was a target for their verbal barrage of negative comments. They asked him, because he was in Uniform, "what you going out hunting?" " ha ha ha that cammo looks like chit" {not exactly what he said} and "Wanna play war?? I'll lay down and you can blow me all to hell"
Well being a vet I decided to back this gentleman at all cost. I asked them if they appreciated their right to freedom of speech and one hood told me to "Step to the right it didn't involve me"
Well being smart I got out to my truck and hollered out on the CB that I needed help with a active duty troop, 20-1 odds and he needed help ASAP. Not getting a response I decided to go inside with my equalizer, aka tire thumper.
While I was going in I, I looked around and saw approx 35 various sized truck drivers headed to the service plaza, I asked one why he was going in and he stated " A Fellow service member needs help."
Well these thugs, and that is the nice name I am using for them, didn't feel so big when confronted with fact that they were out numbered and out sized.
Long story short, they ran out when they saw us backing the TSGT and ran like a scalded dog. No punches were thrown and no violence happened, though I would have liked to kick their butts and hand them to the NYSP, but that didn't happen.
I just wanted to say thanks to all the truckers who in a time of need backed up one AirMan who was being bullied by a bunch of idiots and "D"bags (D doesn't stand for dirt)
LawnDart
BTW That TSGT left with a free meal and he had an escort to his vehicle by all of us.
I really hate to see people act like sweetheartbags for any reason, ebfd11, but if you go back to the part in bold, had anything happened, you would or could have been charged with not only assault with a deadly weapon, but also inciting a riot. You would not have wanted to be around when the Statie's showed up.
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I really hate to see people act like sweetheartbags for any reason, ebfd11, but if you go back to the part in bold, had anything happened, you would or could have been charged with not only assault with a deadly weapon, but also inciting a riot. You would not have wanted to be around when the Statie's showed up.
I'm sure they wouldn't have minded. The cops around my area actually think with their heads. They'll act like they didn't see a thing. Keeps the community warm and cozy.
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:aok
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Great story! Way to keep a level head and do the right thing. Cudos to the guys who answered the call.
The best part of the story is you can substitute "thug" for "vTard" and it still works perfectly.
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I really hate to see people act like sweetheartbags for any reason, ebfd11, but if you go back to the part in bold, had anything happened, you would or could have been charged with not only assault with a deadly weapon, but also inciting a riot. You would not have wanted to be around when the Statie's showed up.
..or protecting a citizen from some of NY's trash.
Thoughts like this are why trash gets bold. Too many just roll over which does not defuse the situation. More often it will escalate. This is because the type of cowardly trash causing the situation simply feeds on your feasr.
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this is an awesome thing. Presence alone is enough to thwart confrontation. Good for those who answered the call.
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WTFG!
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What I didn't post was the Manager did call the NYSP and when they did show up they looked at the video and they saw what happened and one even chuckled when he saw how quickly the idiots scattered when we came back in.
Great story! Way to keep a level head and do the right thing. Cudos to the guys who answered the call.
The best part of the story is you can substitute "thug" for "vTard" and it still works perfectly.
As much as I have to say it, the V guys have more class in my eyes than what these dirtbags have, sorry to say that but it is true.
I really hate to see people act like sweetheartbags for any reason, ebfd11, but if you go back to the part in bold, had anything happened, you would or could have been charged with not only assault with a deadly weapon, but also inciting a riot. You would not have wanted to be around when the Statie's showed up.
The seargent that was there saw I had my tire thumper with me and he asked why I had it. I explained I was outnumbered 10-1 and my life was in danger. He said I had every right to use it if they were to advance on my personal space.
Right on.
Can't recall any civies ever messing with me while in uniform. Not sure how I would've reacted to it back then.
Ranger when you and I were in they had respect for anyone in uniform, nowadays some people just have no respect for anyone but themselves.
BTW if you happen to see any current member of the military in a restaurant or fast food place inform him his money is no good there and splurge for him or her.
LawnDart
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Ranger when you and I were in they had respect for anyone in uniform, nowadays some people just have no respect for anyone but themselves.
BTW if you happen to see any current member of the military in a restaurant or fast food place inform him his money is no good there and splurge for him or her.
LawnDart
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Ranger when you and I were in they had respect for anyone in uniform, nowadays some people just have no respect for anyone but themselves.
BTW if you happen to see any current member of the military in a restaurant or fast food place inform him his money is no good there and splurge for him or her.
LawnDart
This is true however there are still many of us folks who have the utmost respect for those who serve.
Picking up a service person's tab is gratifying and a nice small token of gratitude. Short of that a hanshake and a thank you for serving go a long way.
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I really hate to see people act like sweetheartbags for any reason, ebfd11, but if you go back to the part in bold, had anything happened, you would or could have been charged with not only assault with a deadly weapon, but also inciting a riot. You would not have wanted to be around when the Statie's showed up.
:banana:
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I really hate to see people act like sweetheartbags for any reason, ebfd11, but if you go back to the part in bold, had anything happened, you would or could have been charged with not only assault with a deadly weapon, but also inciting a riot. You would not have wanted to be around when the Statie's showed up.
This is only true in Commiefornia. Most other states would look at ebfd as a good samaritan and let it slide, as long as he didn't tire thump someone first.
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WTG Lawn. :cheers:
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Being Ex Army that never got past Basic training , but am still proud of what I did . Thank you for standing with the tech SGT . Too many don't as you can tell . We need more people to back up our troops even when not in conflict They did their service and should be thanked properly ! Just MY opinion .
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Great story! Way to keep a level head and do the right thing. Cudos to the guys who answered the call.
The best part of the story is you can substitute "thug" for "vTard" and it still works perfectly.
There always has to be the one person to try and throw us under the bus. All the members in my squad support the Armed Forces very much. Fly with us before you bash us.
Im glad to see the truckers sticking together. They do that a lot down here in Ga.
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Wow, that went over pretty darn well. Good work! Would you have done it had been one of them? I can't think of a moral argument against doing so. Be careful with words like trash and dirtbag- they can lead to attitudes that create more conflicts in the first place, and people aren't one dimensional, either. Treat them like people and often reciprocate. This near tragedy is certainly an exception, though.
-Penguin
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Why are you talking penguin.
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Nicely done LawnDart!
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I really hate to see people act like sweetheartbags for any reason, ebfd11, but if you go back to the part in bold, had anything happened, you would or could have been charged with not only assault with a deadly weapon, but also inciting a riot. You would not have wanted to be around when the Statie's showed up.
You really shouldn't start talking for LEO's, you don't seem to have much of a position to stand on. As a retired Leo and troop I'd say that your premise is flawed. Failure to act in this case is as much of a faliure to honor as spitting on a troop AFAIAC. You can stand outside there.
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Why are you talking penguin.
lol
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You made my day, LawnDart...
Good work. :salute
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Why are you talking penguin.
Post of the year. :aok
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Go LawnDart go! Luv ya bro, keep it safe out there on the road.
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This is only true in Commiefornia. Most other states would look at ebfd as a good samaritan and let it slide, as long as he didn't tire thump someone first.
Because we're 2nd only to Texas in standalone military power, right?
Go walk around Orange and San Diego County questioning their support for veterans or patriotism, I dare you, if you have any balls.
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Go LawnDart go! Luv ya bro, keep it safe out there on the road.
I believe the correct terminology is.. "keep the big one between the ditches and the little one in your britches". :D
Because we're 2nd only to Texas in standalone military power, right?
Go walk around Orange and San Diego County questioning their support for veterans or patriotism, I dare you, if you have any balls.
I think most just assume based on most of the other things Kalifornia is backwards on.
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Good stuff Lawn Dart :aok
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hell yea! :salute
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I would have asked the other truckers which cars the punks arrived in and poked a small hole in the oil filter of each one.
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i hear things like this i get mad :bhead they think their intilted to everything free
taking everything for granite.
thanks for your service vets :salute
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Not to be picky but it's taking things for granted, not granite. It's also not that the 'punks' were acting like they were entitled to anything- someone was in danger so he and some buddies stepped in and ended the confrontation without anyone getting hurt.
-Penguin
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Not to be picky but it's taking things for granted, not granite. It's also not that the 'punks' were acting like they were entitled to anything- someone was in danger so he and some buddies stepped in and ended the confrontation without anyone getting hurt.
-Penguin
Was this seriously necessary?
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Yes, he misread the OP, so I respectfully showed him where he went wrong so that he doesn't draw a conclusion that doesn't fit the facts.
-Penguin
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penguin your still talking, WHY.
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To respond to a query.
-Penguin
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penguin your still talking, WHY.
:rofl Signature approved.
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Though I have seen the self-centered children who think it big to talk down to those who wrote that blank check to the American people, it has been my experience, the opposite is more true. When we arrived in DFW for R&R at 0600, we were walking on the upper deck and the people below us started clapping and cheering. Here were some 300 dead tired troops wbo spent the last 30 hours trying to get home but each one of us stood a little straighter and got a little more pep in our step. It was a little overwhelming to us but we were pround to be there.
My response to the other type, "it is my pleasure to serve". It puts them off guard.
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you never see a hood rat talk trash unless hes got you outnumbered by 3 times. even then they wouldnt stand a chance against even a PFC in the USMC.
I remember one time I was in Oceanside,CA and I had 7 swamp rats try to cut in front of me at a mcdonalds. very quickly i tossed 3 of them aside and the rest ran.
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Though I have seen the self-centered children who think it big to talk down to those who wrote that blank check to the American people, it has been my experience, the opposite is more true. When we arrived in DFW for R&R at 0600, we were walking on the upper deck and the people below us started clapping and cheering. Here were some 300 dead tired troops wbo spent the last 30 hours trying to get home but each one of us stood a little straighter and got a little more pep in our step. It was a little overwhelming to us but we were pround to be there.
Good feeling, though, isn't it? Makes all of the garbage worth it.
My response to the other type, "it is my pleasure to serve". It puts them off guard.
I will offer that response once but, you are correct, it usually works.