Imagine that someone did something to you that was completely unfair. Let's say that this person is a store owner and would not allow you to come into her store because you were under the age of 18. She begins to yell at you and speak negatively about you "rugrats"... You say nothing offensive and ask to come in to by a bottle of water (you were really thirsty) but she calls the police to have you removed. Before the police come, she yells for her family and tells them that you tried to rob her and assault her because you were "young". The storeowners son, who is your age, charges at you...
1.Explain how you would handle the situation....in a "non-violent" manner. Would it be challenging? Explain?
2.What would be some important reasons NOT to react violently? Explain..
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1. I would handle this situation in a way that wouldn't put me in more trouble. I would try to explain to the police that I didn't do nothing but come in and asked for a bottle of water because I was thirsty. It would be challenging because it would be her words against mines. Of course they would listen to her then me. But if I was to try to prove my point I would've told them to look at the security video and see which one of us was telling the truth.
2. There are some important reason's why I wouldn't react in a violent way. If I start yelling and fighting with the polices, that would've got me in even more of a trouble. If I was to threaten her or something like that, the polices would've had taken me away because of that. Yes I would've tried to prove my point and I would've fought back but not in a negative or violent way that would but me in more of a bad position.
The way I would handle this situation in a non violent matter is by just talking to a adult about andsee what the adult could do about. I could also get people -my age- to protest around the store to have some recept when you pass by the store. I could also call th police and let them know that I'M being the harassed by her son and family.
I was to act violently I would wrong because they would be able to prove to the police and her family that I am trying to do something wrong to them. And it wold show them that I'm a bad young child that likes to start trouble even if the store owner started it all.
1.)To handle this situation in a non-violent manner I would do my best to move away from the charging child then i would do my best to explain myself to the family and what had really happened.
2.)Some important reasons not to react violently to this situation because if yo was to use violence to solve this situation then when the police did arrive to remove you from the store than there would be more to the story to tell because you acted in violence. Also some other reasons why it's important to act non violently is because if the family of the store owns a weapon than one of them can use it making it a fatal situation.
1.I would handle the situation by trying to talking to her in a normal voice. Not yelling. I would just say I just want to buy a bottle of water cause I'm really thirsty,and that this was the close store I was near. I think it would be challenging because she already had called the police. Also because she's yelling. And because she don't let people under the age of 18 come in to her store. 2.Some of the important reasons not to react violently like I already said she called the police, she older than me. And it would make the situation a lot bigger than it is or can get.
I agree with you melissa because it the store owner against ours and they probably won't believe anything that we tel them but it's worth a try
The challenging part of the situation is explaining to the police what really happened because since she would be an older woman they would most likely take her word over mine.
1. I would of probably just left. It would be really challenging. It would be challenging because when I see someone doing wrong I would want to confront them about it.
2. First I would think about my body. I would really get mad. Second because I could risk the chance of her calling the police. Then getting me locked up in a cell. Third I would look at the rest of my life. I would think I have the rest of my life ahead of me just to go to jail over one bottle of water because I was thirsty.
1. There are many ways i would handle this situation. A way in handling this situation is by asking forgivness if i had afended them in any way. Or i would just move on to another store.
2. An important reason not to act violent is because it might make the situation even worse then it is. Another thing i would do is protest what they have going on in that situation. I would protest it because i think that this situation is wrong and that every one no matter the age should be able to go to a corner store. To me by protesting you could make a diference but at the same time not being violent so thats good.
1.I have no way to handle it in a non violent way.
2.I dont know
First of all, this is a very hard situation to cone by. In all ways, your opponent is wrong. If it were me, then i would do nothing but talk calmly to them and explain the situation, or I would simply leave or walk away. Being the type of person I am, I do not have any intention o being violent and involved in fights. I will make the best of the situation and try to resolve everything by even going as far as boycotting and telling young adults not to by from that certain place because they judge you by age. All of this would be hard to do because of the fact that different people handle different situations in different ways, the son might try to kill me bye even the action of just talking to him. The reason why i would no act violently.......
The way I would handle this problem is by protesting, boycotting her store, and i hope this lady wasn't a Latina because i support Hispanic people and i hope she wasn't a caucasin because if anything she shouldn't be here anyways they are always talking about how Nergos are low class so i hope that Ger store wasnt in a colored community.
I would tell the store owner first off dis here is a free country i have the right to walk in a coner store and buy a bottle of water and as a citizen of the here city i have the right and mama if i touched you or assuled you do you have proof of me doing this I DIDNT THINK SO! and for the record this womanis crazy because if i was to go to jail don't she know that she wouldn't make no money in her little coner store i rest my case!!!!!
yours truly
Ms.Geralda 8f
1.I would move away so her son will not hit me. Also i would try to the boy and tell him the story of what had happened.This would be challenging because I am not use to people coming at me trying to hit me and I would hit the person back then there would be a fight.This is also challenging because I can be a violent person sometimes and the whole problem will be worse.
2.Some reasons why you should not act violently because some things can get out of hand. Also the people can get hurt if you ct violently.
The way I will handle this situation by telling the police all the things that happen and why I came into the store if the police do not listen to me. I will out in the street and protest because I did not did nothing bad the only thing I did was to get water because I was thirsty I did not hit this woman and did not kill me so explain to me why did the son came after me the woman need to say the true and not make things bad for me. Some important reasons to not acted violently is because you could get into bigger problem and the woman will say more things that are not true and I could get kill and get into more problem.
I would handle the situation by just say I don't mean no harm to you or your family. I just came in here for a bottle of water and your mother told me to get out the store because I'm under the age of 18. A store is for all ages to come into and get what ever they and leave happy. Also you are my age why are you in the store if you are my age you are 15? Is it because you are her son that is no excuse if I am not welcome in the store to get what I want out of the store you shouldn't be allow in the store if you are her son or not.
2.) Some reason not to do anything violent is because you may get arrest and never be allow in the store when you get older enough to be. Also they can take you court for what you did to them.
I would handle the situation by getting and talking to the cops about what the lady did and i didn't do anything.Or i might handle the problem myself by trying to tell her whats the big problem coming into a store just to buy something. I might say it in a rude tone and she might get mad.If I would've came at her in a violent way the problem would get worse.
Well I would try to defend myself in a way that meant no disrespect. I have my natural rights and I'm not going to let a woman with no morals disgrace me in such a way that's all a lie. IT would very hard not to disrespect the adult but if she wants to be racist thats her because that would result her as loosing all her customers. Most teens go to the store more than adults so she wont be making money at all if every one were to find out the truth of what had really happened. If i would act violently or were to disrespect the adult it would be like i was showing effects that i did do what she was accusing me of. Then if the family comes and the cops they'll think that what she said about me was true. Violence is not the way of solving problems there is always another way like speaking up for your rights.
NUBIAN 8F: I WOULD ASK THE LADY WHY DON'T YOU ALLOW CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO COME INTO YOUR STORE AND PURCHASE THINGS. SOME REASON'S WHY YOU SHOULD NOT REACT VIOLENTLY IS BECAUSE WHEN THE POLICE COME THEY WILL HAVE A REASON TO ARREST YOU,AND BECAUSE YOU WOULD GET JUMPED BY HER FAMILY. YES IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING NOT TO REACT IN A VIOLENT MANNER BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY WAS TO GET IN YOUR FACE AND DISRESPECT YOU IT WOULD BE HARD NOT TO PUNCH THEM OR DO WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO THEM BECAUSE THATS A SIGN OF A LOT OF DISRESPECT AND NEGATIVITY AND A BIG BIG CHALLENGE BECAUSE EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE SAME STORE AND PURCHASE THE SAME ITEMS THAT EVERYBODY OVER THE AGE OF 18 (WELL AT LEAST SOMETHINGS).AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT IS CALLED BEING PREJUDICE BECAUSE SHE'S ALL READY HAVING BAD THOUGHTS ABOUT KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 NOT EVEN KNOWING THEM.i COULD GO ON AND ON BUT I GUESS I HAVE TO GO NOW.
1) I would probably leave out of the store and waited until the police came to explain my side of the story. I'll have to try my best not to become violence because of the way the store owner disrespected me like that. Then had the audacity to lie about me to her family.
2) One major reason not to become violent in this situation because it would the store owner's statement true. If in fact you did come to the point where you put your hand on the owner, you did assault that person. That simple violent out burst could get you arrested by the police and give the owner the satisfaction they wanted because you lost your cool and still came out on the bottom.
Well if this was to happen to me,and her son was charging at me.Most likely id defend myself.At first id try to explain what happen,but if that doesn't work then we will be fighting.Because i didn't do anything but ask to buy a bottle of water,so in my eyes i have the right to defend myself.
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Well.. I would just run away because the cops are coming. It won't be challenging because it's just like walking away. Whoever that lady is, she is not going to get paid or will be able to sell me a bottle of water for that incident.
The important thing is to not be violent even if they are violent to you. You will jut be playing their game. Either way, you have released evidence of assault on someone.When the cops come, you are BUSTED!
I WOULD JUST TALK TO HER IN A VERY CALM VOICE BEFORE IT EVEN GOT TO THE POINT WHERE SHE EVEN CALLED THE POLICE. THEN I WOULD JUST EXPLAIN A COUPLE OF THINGS TO HER AND TELL HER MY POINT OF VIEW. I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO IN HER STORE BUT AT LEAST I GOT MY POINT ACROSS.
CHRIS MCKOY 8E
If the kid charged at me and I will have to react non violent I will just stop him from hitting me and leave the store. I will have to block every hit he swings and just walk out the store. Also I would need to tell him all I did was come in for some water. There should be no reason that the kid is trying to charge at me. That is something that makes no sense and it is unfair.
If I was to be put in a situation like that and needed to handle it in a non-violent matter I don't know want I would do.
TROY
How exactly would you defend yourself?
I don't really know how to handle this. Most likely i would had walked away and went to another store like she ask i wouldn't had started any thing with her. It she ask to leave then i will. But i do believe that it would had been hard for me to handle it. Just because i know how my anger is. Some reason why it is important not to react in violent is because it will just make matters worst then they already were.
Troy,
Is there anything you could do either with words or with body language to prevent him from attacking you?
i would not charge back i will stall and try to fight back than if the poilce come they would see what had happened and then take the side of whose wrong or right
The way I would probably handle it at the moment is try to avoid fighting him, but if he hits me I will fight back as self defense. But it would probably land me in jail. truthfully I really would think of the consequences o fighting back. I didn't violate anybodies personal space or disobey any law so i don't see why anybody wouldn't allow a young child into a store to buy a bottle of water because they was thirsty. But at the same time you have to think of it as. "Rules are rules"
1)The only way that i could handle non violently would be to back up away from the son until the police comes. Then i would try to explain to the cops what really happened.If they did not believe me then i would ask the owner if she has any proof that i assaulted her in any way.
2) In this situation it would e important not to act violently because she already said that you assaulted her. Getting into a fight would only put you in more trouble. Also they now have proof that you acted violently making the cops believe that really could have assaulted her.
Iniko8E
FAIJAUN
No time to talk. Just run.
NO IT WOULDN'T BE CHALLENGING BECAUSE I WOULD JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STORE AFTER GETTING MY POINT ACROSS. THE REASON I WOULD NOT ACT VIOLENTLY IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION IS BECAUSE ITS A PETTY SITUATION TO ME.
what i would try to do one hold there hands so that they wont hit me then try to explain what had happed and why i was there. i think that it will be hard because if some one comes charging at me im going to swing on them. some reasons that i know why i should not use violent is because they can say that it was self-defiance that i was trying to rob them of some thing and they was trying to protect them selves and there love ones
If i had to take care of it in a non violent manner,I would just tell my side of the story,get my point across and try m hardest to not get angry enough to do something that i will regret.Because she just called the police and if i hit the kid,we will both be in trouble
Randy,
Would it change things if you knew the police would never charge the aggressor with a crime but that they might charge you eventhough you didn't do anything?
I WOULD PROBABLY WALK OUT OF THE STORE AND GO SOME WHERE THEY COULD NOT HARM ME. BUT IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING BECAUSE I WOULD USUALY FIGHT BUT SINCE IM IN A TOTALY NEW INVIERMENT I WOULD NOT FIGHT BECAUSE I CAN GET KILLED OR BE HARMED VERY BAD SO THAT WOULD BE ONE REASON WHY I WOULD NOT FIGHT THE OWNERS SON
A way i would handle the situation in a non-violent manner would Probably be to not argue with them and explain what had happened to the police instead of actually responding and being offensive back. Some important reasons not to react violently are that is you make a big deal and start talking back the people might think that you actually did try to steal. Another reason not to react violently is that if you react violent the store owner might use all that against you when the police arrives.
Chris....why would it be important to react non violently?
MR. R
It would not change things. Well, I'm not sure. It depends on the law. IF that was like segregation, I'm gone.
{LOL}{Me handle this in a none voilent way}{hahaha}
1.The way i would handle in a non-violent way is probArly run and then explain to the poilice what happen. i would say i was trying to buy a bottle of water when the store own called the police then her family. her family came before the police so there for her son charge at me.
2.i think some important reason not to react in a violent way is because seeing she called the police there could be more serious problems.
I would also try to explain my self to the police officer. I will try to explain that all I was trying to do is buy a bottle of water. If they don't believe me I will just have to bring it to court because I was arrested for self defense. But calling the police is over-exaggerating a simple matter[problem]
What I would do is I would try to tell my story and what had happened. Thats not right that she said i tried to rob her only because i am young that is being judgmental just because i am young doesn't mean i am going to rob your store this is what i would say to the clerk and her family "I don't mean any harm i come in peace, Please ma'am I'm really parched i need something to drink can i please buy a bottle of water to quench my thirst" and i would talk using a good vocabulary to show that I'm not one of those kids that are uneducated. I think this will be a challenge because you are a little kid and who are the police going to believe a little kid or a grown adult and your just going to be getting judged the whole way threw when your talking to the store clerk. I think you should try not to do anything bad or violent because its going to make things 2 times worse because in the first place you didn't do nothing but if you get violet and do something that you will regret then they will have something on you when they didn't before so i think you should use the three C's, Stay calm, collective, and cool don't let them upset you and just make sure you don't do anything thats going to get you in trouble.
CHRIS MCKOY 8E-It will be important to react non violently because if I react non violently then it wont be blown up in proportion.
Faijaun,
Do you think other people might be able to avoid confrontation because it is petty? Do most people let offense go that easily?
The way would handle this problem is by Explaning my prblem and show that i am a very nice person(except toward people who are fake like the stor owner) And i would try to prve that i am just minding my busniess and just try to drop the whole situation. or i would run so i wont be violent or get a beat down. I do think this is a challenge. I think this is a challenge because it is hard to prove to people who judge at first sight. that is a challenge cause then it is hard to try to meet new people if alot of people are like that. It is important to not act non violent because even though you might be defending yourslef you coud most likley get in trouble because of mutipl of reasons. Such as it would be your word against two. you were the one caught fighting. the police and judge could be the same as the store owner judge you before you even get a chance to talk or explain your side.
1. I would handle this situation in a way that would bring me more consequences. I would also try to explain to the police what was going on all that happened that I didn't do nothing to her/him all I did was to come and ask for a bottle of water.It would be more important to don;t react violently because she is older than you and they would believe her/him more tham me. Also Because it would be more hard for them to believe me cause I put my hands on her/him and all she did was to threaten me.
YAHKEEMAH
since I have to handle the situation in a non-violent manner I guess I would have to run. Or maybe strain him if could(hold his hands from hitting me. The important reason why not to react "VIOLENTLY" is because if the police comes they would know that he was trying to hurt me. Also because if we were to go to court I wouldn't get charged("CAMERA'S"). Also because 2 wrongs don't make a right(VIOLENCE IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANTHING[TRUST ME]).
I WOULD HANDLE THIS SITUATION IN COURT. THAT IS A NONE VIOLENT THING TO DO IN A SITUATION WHERE SOME ONE IS TAKING YOUR RIGHTS FROM YOU. THE STORE OWNER IS NOT ALLOWING YOUNGER KIDS TO ENTER HER STORE SO AS A YOUNG CITIZEN I AM ATHORIZED TO PERSUE THIS CHALLENG IN COURT. THERE ARE MANNY IMPORTANT REASONS TO NOT REACT VIOLENTLY. FOR EXAMPLE: IF I HAD TOUCHED HER THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MORE SERIOUS CONSICUNESS FOR ME THEN THE STORE OWNER.
FROM: CRYSTAL8E
i would handle the this problem in a way that every body is even and that every body dont get hurt. or i would have reacted and fought back because any ways i would have whent to jail because they called the police and every body had the ladys back so there was no way
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