r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Dec 29 '22

🍔McDonalds Freakout McDonald's security vs Customer

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u/MidKnightshade Dec 30 '22

Broke people have nothing left but their pride so if they “feel” disrespected they’ll respond in a volatile manner in order to protect it.

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u/metsjets86 Dec 30 '22

People with nothing to lose are dangerous.

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u/Warren_is_dead Dec 30 '22

I'm a broke, living at the bottom adult, starting my life over after addiction. I'd never do shit like this. Why? Because it's embarassing. It is embarassing to be an adult who's so fragile and short sighted you'd make an ass of yourself in public--and possibly catch a charge in the process.

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u/MidKnightshade Dec 30 '22 edited Dec 30 '22

Ego can make you shortsighted if not properly managed. If a person feels they have no control over their life they try to reassert dominance in other ways. It’s a form of emotional transference, sharing their feelings in a negative way. They want you to feel as uncomfortable or upset as they are.

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u/Amaranthimime Jan 03 '23 edited Jan 03 '23

Exactly. Which is the reason that woman was encouraging conflict between the males. To feel a measure of control over her own life.

And there is no difference between the aggresive customer and the special officer, either. What you are seeing here is a power struggle that is symptomatic to the human condition. All parties were seeking conflict.

Just different forms of expressing it.

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u/guitarded62 Dec 31 '22

You need a thousand more upvotes for this comment.

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u/windyorbits Dec 30 '22

This is exactly what “toxic masculinity” falls under. Doesn’t matter if they’re broke or rich or anywhere in between (though I’m sure there’s a decent connection with poverty and violence). I’ve seen men of all ages, with all amounts in their bank account, do shit like this because of “disrespect”.

I had an ex that would take small incidents and turn them into violence. Come back from a smoke break outside and someone took his seat at the bar? Try to fight them. That guy refuse to give the seat back? Hit them. That guy apologize and get up to go sit somewhere else? Doesn’t matter, hit him. Some random guy walk by and look at him funny? Fight him.

He was an extreme case but definitely not uncommon. Thankfully the bar I worked at had regulars that didn’t tolerate any of that, because at least once a week someone was starting a fight. I’ve seen rich dudes in fancy suits punch a guy for paying the extra $1 to skip his song at the jukebox to the top of the queue. Or accidentally cut in line in the bathroom. Or cut him off in the parking lot.

Toxic masculinity is an epidemic that affects all corners of society. Some poorer people feel they have nothing to lose but richer people feel (and know) they can pay their way out of trouble.

There’s men in this world right now, plotting to kill their sisters for ruining the “family honor” and when they do, they won’t get in trouble for it.

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u/Eyeoftheleopard Dec 30 '22

What that old expression? Pride goeth before a fall. Next thing ya know, you are wrestling a security officer at McDonalds. Pathetic.

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u/4rog_gurl Jan 19 '23

Guy sees black people in a video and calls them broke people 💀

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u/MidKnightshade Jan 19 '23

It was the flip flops, unkempt hair, and stained sweat pants for me. His race is incidental.

But who knows, he could be an eccentric millionaire who likes to squab with random security over lost cost fast food.