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Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
Fri May 1, 2020, 05:04 PM May 2020

"Six feet back or six feet under.. the choice is yours"

Yep, that is exactly what my husband said to guy who started to push up in line. Of course hubby is trying to make the point that distancing keeps us all healthy, but he has one of those voices that would stop a bear... the guy who pushed up behind me probably thought he was about to meet his maker..


Which got me thinking.. those pinheads on the right who keep thinking they are some sort of tough stuff strutting around holding their guns.. are really scared of their shadows.

The guy behind me at Trader Joes waiting in line to get into the store was talking crap and thought he was something special, till hubby looked him straight in the eye. I bet he ran all the way home thinking my GOD the Democrats are coming after us..

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"Six feet back or six feet under.. the choice is yours" (Original Post) Peacetrain May 2020 OP
That Is A Beautiful Line, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2020 #1
IMHO grumpyduck May 2020 #2
I've got a 5 foot maple staff, 5X May 2020 #3
My oak staff is six feet. Temporary marks are a great idea. Although, where I go, the people niyad May 2020 #13
Republicans shop at Trader Joe's? Tipperary May 2020 #4
I thought the same thing! blueseas May 2020 #6
Where we live they let only so many people into the store at a time.. Peacetrain May 2020 #8
I am a small, fairly slim, older female and no deep voice. Tipperary May 2020 #18
bravo AllaN01Bear May 2020 #5
Some years back I took a series of self defense classes. gordianot May 2020 #7
Can he kick him to the ground and call it "self defense"? rainin May 2020 #9
Deplorables boast openly about violating social distancing IronLionZion May 2020 #10
Oh I like that story. somaticexperiencing May 2020 #11
Awesome. Does your husband have any other astute aphorisms? ancianita May 2020 #12
Awesome way to make some one back off. Delmette2.0 May 2020 #14
I love in Miami bluecollar2 May 2020 #15
I lived in south Florida for quite some time. Tipperary May 2020 #19
And a meme is born! MoonRiver May 2020 #16
I like that! Thekaspervote May 2020 #17
The Democrats are coming after them. warmfeet May 2020 #20
I told a golfer friend "Two club lengths!" yankeepants May 2020 #21

niyad

(113,344 posts)
13. My oak staff is six feet. Temporary marks are a great idea. Although, where I go, the people
Reply to 5X (Reply #3)
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:08 PM
May 2020

are generally courteous and compliant. Still we do have a few covidiots.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
4. Republicans shop at Trader Joe's?
Fri May 1, 2020, 05:15 PM
May 2020

Wow. Your husband sounds pretty tough.

The Trader Joe’s I have been to all have markers on the floor and restrictions as to how many can enter. Strict distancing even while waiting to enter. Everyone seems to follow the rules. Strange to have that experience there. Sorry that happened to you

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
8. Where we live they let only so many people into the store at a time..
Fri May 1, 2020, 05:55 PM
May 2020

everyone else lines up outside and people let us in as people go out.. Our trader joes has all kinds of people shopping there..no I said he was making a point about distancing to the guy who moved up behind me within a couple of feet.. and my husband has a deep voice and the guy moved back.. he was complaining about having to stand in a line outside... honestly I had to laugh after we got in ...

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
18. I am a small, fairly slim, older female and no deep voice.
Fri May 1, 2020, 08:01 PM
May 2020

I have asked someone to back up a bit in the store. I said simply, please do you mind stepping back to the marking on the floor? I smiled, but of course, I was wearing a mask so no way they could see that. But I said it politely, did not threaten to bury them, and they apologized and backed up. I just do not see the reason to be confrontational in these times. Many times people are just not thinking, perhaps even nervous - I think most of us are and people act out in different ways. I give the benefit of the doubt.

A woman came up beside me in Walmart, no mask, several children, boyfriend slouching beside her, and then to my horror put her hand on my cart to balance herself while she looked at something on a lower shelf. Her kids were touching everything. She was someone that I would consider in an at-risk group. Besides that fact, I could not believe she was touching my cart. I put my hand on the other end of it and said, excuse me hon, in a nice voice. She straightened up, looked embarrassed and she apologized just like the person in the grocery I had asked to back up before. I guess maybe it is a guy thing to make a threat, but I do not see that helps us in these awful times. No offense to you or your husband. It just seems counterproductive. I like to think that woman in Walmart realized what she had done and maybe will think twice next time. I am sure she meant no harm. She was overweight and grabbed my cart when she bent over. She did look sorry when she said she was sorry. I have no idea what she might have done (or her boyfriend) if I had said hey, “6 feet back or 6 feet under!” But then, that is not something I can imagine saying. Ever.

gordianot

(15,240 posts)
7. Some years back I took a series of self defense classes.
Fri May 1, 2020, 05:27 PM
May 2020

I settled for a tactical pen and walking cane (which I do not need to walk). I would never carry in public just leave them home.

IronLionZion

(45,457 posts)
10. Deplorables boast openly about violating social distancing
Fri May 1, 2020, 06:38 PM
May 2020

going to stores needlessly, no mask, going back and forth across aisles, getting way too close to people who look fearful because they're sheep, etc. They act as if they're rebelling against an oppressive attack on their freedoms by a socialist government.

Delmette2.0

(4,166 posts)
14. Awesome way to make some one back off.
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:20 PM
May 2020

I have been told that I have not lost my mother's glare when I 'm pissed off. I will try that comment with my best glare if any one gets too close.

In my small city most people wear masks and respect distancing. Now that Montana has opened up a bit , time will tell if people keep up with the good behavior.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
16. And a meme is born!
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:30 PM
May 2020

I mentioned this to my husband and he said he'll be using it against all idiot pandemic deniers who cross his path! Did we marry twins separated at birth, lol?

Thekaspervote

(32,778 posts)
17. I like that!
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:45 PM
May 2020

Since the weather has moderated I’m wearing my Biden 2020 shirt when I do go out. And have written on my masks:
Want this to end?
VOTE!

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
20. The Democrats are coming after them.
Fri May 1, 2020, 08:10 PM
May 2020

No stopping us! Their run, has been fun, at least for them. They are now done. The little snowflakes will be gone, for many decades - likely forever. Sad, pathetic, little snowflakes = trumper and his ridiculous asinine followers.

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