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In reply to the discussion: Woman who deliberately coughed on shoppers loses job. [View all]davsand
(13,446 posts)46. I'm 61 and I use a walker.
When it comes to pesonal defense I'm not gonna go quietly or easily in any situation. About all it would take would be the heel of your hand applied with force up under her chin and she's gonna get rocked back, at a minimum. If you applied that to her upper lip it could actually run a risk of seriously injuring her. Applied to the base of her throat it could leave her in some actual airway distress. If she's just acting the fool at a distance then ignore her, otherwise take her out. I told my husband I figured that in a case like that one it mght even be worth the fall I'd take while wrapping my walker around that cow's head...
What she did was assault. You have every right to defend yourself.
Laura
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As lil bitty children, we learn, please and thank you, and to cover our coughs
questionseverything
Sep 2021
#3
Sadly, this really was on life support before the pandemic. COVID killed basic human decency
AZLD4Candidate
Sep 2021
#21
She was stalking, harassing, bullying people wearing masks during a deadly pandemic.
Irish_Dem
Sep 2021
#4
She wasn't just coughing on them, she followed them around and bullied and harassed them.
Irish_Dem
Sep 2021
#10
If I'm with my 6 year old granddaughter and someone does that I hope I have the ability to get
NoMoreRepugs
Sep 2021
#23