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markpkessinger

(8,909 posts) Sun Jun 10, 2012, 05:47 PM Jun 2012

A friend gives a gas driller an attitude adjustment... [View all]

A friend of mine, whom I've known since I was a child and who still lives in the town in PA in which I grew up (an area that is Ground Zero for the Marcellus shale fracking that is going on) posted this on Facebook yesterday:

Just had an interesting experience while getting gas at Sheetz.....One of our inbred "drillinators" pulled up behind an elderly lady beside me ane started screaming obcenities at her for "taking HIS place in line"! Well, the Scot-Irish in me boiled over and I went and confronted the young man. He mouthed off to me and I noticed he didn't have his seatbelt on, so I simply pulled him out of his truck, and needless to say, this old fart has bloody knuckles and knees! A small crowd developed, and someone asked if I wanted him to call 911. For whatever reason I asked the young lad (from Texas....nothing against Texans), who had, by then, blood about his mouth and nose, if HE wanted anyone to call 911. At that point he stood up, brushed himself off, and said "no" then proceeded to apologize to me and the elderly woman, and the people around him for his actions in a very gentlemanly manner. Apparently his momma did something right!

LOL! Love it!

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A friend gives a gas driller an attitude adjustment... [View all] markpkessinger Jun 2012 OP

Your friend dems_rightnow Jun 2012 #1

No, he isn't -- markpkessinger Jun 2012 #2

If he pulls people out of trucks dems_rightnow Jun 2012 #3

You are assuming this is something this guy normally does ... markpkessinger Jun 2012 #5

So, you think it's ok if people only pull people out of vehicles and pound on them now and then? HuckleB Jun 2012 #9

Ayup. Definitely. nt daaron Jun 2012 #12

That's is, to you, either the only or the most obvious inference you can make? LanternWaste Jun 2012 #30

Yawn. HuckleB Jun 2012 #37

So he doesn't commit assault "normally?" _ed_ Jun 2012 #34

I should add... markpkessinger Jun 2012 #4

I figured that much from the start. Lots of tempers boiling over, I imagine. Zalatix Jun 2012 #35

Awkward FreeJoe Jun 2012 #6

Pardon me for not cheerleading the violence... Earth_First Jun 2012 #7

How does one peacefully create a roadblock? Flatulo Jun 2012 #15

What made him think there was a place in line with his name on it? jwirr Jun 2012 #8

Of course he did. obliviously Jun 2012 #10

When he gets a little time.. Fla_Democrat Jun 2012 #11

Good for him. Tell him thank you for me. Cowardly bullies need not be tolerated, and sometimes jtuck004 Jun 2012 #13

Posts like this raise a red flag for me... cherokeeprogressive Jun 2012 #14

Well said. classof56 Jun 2012 #18

My hubs and brothers are HUUUGH elehhhhna Jun 2012 #38

The Internets are full of stories like this... 47of74 Jun 2012 #26

Indeed-- one may suppose that the only thing in greater number LanternWaste Jun 2012 #32

Mine too. Skidmore Jun 2012 #28

If this had happened in Florida, your friend could have perfectly legally Flatulo Jun 2012 #16

Sounds like your friend likes to tell tales. AtheistCrusader Jun 2012 #17

Cool story, dude... MineralMan Jun 2012 #19

driller guss Jun 2012 #20

Clearly, violence can solve all problems. harmonicon Jun 2012 #21

Maintaining your cool is hard to do. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2012 #22

That's fracked up. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #23

First of all, I call bullshit Orrex Jun 2012 #24

Not a big fan of assault. (nt) noamnety Jun 2012 #25

Nice tale, come back to us when you have the guys name and town he lives in snooper2 Jun 2012 #27

I call bullshit on your friend. Ikonoklast Jun 2012 #29

It's called "battery" and it would get you a mug shot here in Florida. L0oniX Jun 2012 #31

Your friend should be arrested for assault _ed_ Jun 2012 #33

Assault and battery. It's a shame we don't all do it! deaniac21 Jun 2012 #36