Guys, if a street kid deliberately drenched your date with water from the gutter...?

Question

what do you think would be the proper course of action? Yesterday I saw a young "illegal settler" splash a girl with really dirty water. I was just wondering what would be the right thing to do if that was your girlfriend and you two were together. Walking away would make you seem like a tool and I'm not sure it's a good idea to give a lecture since the kid will probably drench you too. This isn't an isolated instance by the way. Street kids these days are finding ways to entertain themselves at the expense of others.

Answer 1

Doesn't anybody know what a belt is for? SPANK THE KID.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Well the better course of action is try to get out of there as soon as possible. It is immature to fight a kid who deliberately drenched everyone along the street out of fun I should say or perhaps the kid hardly eat 3x a day and you know how it is if a person who do not eat a meal have hallucination already or to the brink of loosing someone else mind.



The very best is to avoid crossing the side of these kids. There are two side of the streets right, left and right, now if they are on the left then proceed on the right side of the streets or if there is a mall or stroe that you can pass in order not to cross that side where the kids are then do so. As you said kdis these days are finding ways to entertain themselves at the expense of others and I suspect also that these kids are HIGH on RUGBY or solvent glue they usually take. AVOID THEM AND AVOID CONFRONTATION which will only lead to more bloodshed in the end. It is just gutter water so what else is new just take a bath and wash your clothes.

Answer 4

I know what you mean. I was on vito cruz st. a week back and these kids were drenching the car infront of me with dirty water even to the point of wiping the windshield with it. They were having fun, but I seriously want to run them down as they tried to do that with my car.



The person in the other car didn't do anything about it and the police was just at the corner.



Thankfully, the light changed before they breached my tolerance of patience.



If I were the girl, I would walk away. No sense in preaching them and getting drenched more. Like the first poster said, I would just like the guy take care of me, probably find a toilet or rush to a convenience store to buy mineral water for me to clean myself with.



edit:

Joseph F, I was also a victim of the modus operandi of a bum being hit by my car. It was even at a stop sign, so I wasn't moving, then this bum pretended to have fallen down on my the hood of my car. He then approached the window on the driver side. I ignored him and sped away. He was even running like crazy trying to catch up with me.



And from MOA, there was also a bum who pretended to get hit by a car in the middle of edsa. The bum contacted the traffic enforcer immediately.



When that happens speed away or raise your voice. Threaten them with an attorney.

Answer 5

Be carefully in dealing with this kind of people, they would just provoke you into a fight and soon as you say "Ano ka ba!!!" you will be surrounded by people who know the "settler" and accuse you of assault then they call the police then whisk you to the station unless makipag areglo na lang (hingian ka ng pera ng settler). Ive been witness to that and me as a victim too. Take note if you are surrounded by people in less than 5 seconds if you happened to confront the "settler", then you are into trouble, modus operandi na yan at marami yan sa Malate. What other kind of operandi? nasagasaan mo daw ng sasakyan mo sya, ikaw daw ang nang rape ng kapatid nya at positive ikaw daw yun, etc

Answer 6

this is one filipino tradition i wouldn't care to preserve.



for background, see:

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Cynthia/festivals/pista_ng_san_juan.htm



and if this happened to me? i couldn't really do anything to the boy. one, it would be disrespecting an age-old tradition; two, he's a just a child, for chrissake; three, those people lounging about are most probably his uncles.

i would yell, "back off, or i'd pull down your pants!" it is perfectly acceptable to threaten the kid, as long as the people think you really won't be hurting him. chase him and say you want to show the girl that he's uncircumcised, and the people will laugh with you.

then make the best of the situation. put your arms around her and assure her it'll be okay. call a cab. tell her "would you like to dry your clothes at my place?"

Answer 7

the good side of me said to scold the kid and use compassion



the other side said wtf is wrong with the kid? and wtf is wrong with you? this kid just disrespected you and your girl, stand up and break the kid's jaws with a right hook, show the world why you got balls and how to use 'em.



i'd have to flip a coin, i will give the kid a fair trial by chance of a coin toss.



edit:

oh no, i'm not a macho. maybe i had to be subtle with an explanation to amplify my meaning. granted it's not you, but you were there and you saw it. wouldn't you at least do something? kids like that needs to be lectured, what kind of adult will you be if you just stood and watched? at least you have to try and do something. i'm sure there will be others as well who will back you up. and even if those side car drivers will be pissed at you for it, then what better way to put your legs to work and run.

Answer 8

Sorry I'm not a guy but a girl. But if I was in the girls position I would LOVE it if my guy became the bigger man and walked away from them with me then I'd asked why didn't you beat them up. He would answer that it doesn't matter if I'm drenched I'm still beautiful and then kiss me (in the rain preferably) It shows the guy if mature, if he fights back I would take that as immature though some may diagree and say it's sweet - but that's how it is for me :)

Answer 9

if i was in that situation and my date got wet i wouldn't be paying attention to the kid or whoever and instead try helping my date by wiping off any dirt or where she got wet. by then you wouldn't be so bothered with the kid but if he or she is still standing there you can just look at him or her showing that you didn't appreaciate what had just happened.



point is, they are still kids and may not have been taught by family manners so be understandle :)



that's all :)

Answer 10

good thing you clarified that it was a kid. I'm not the kind who would run away from a good fight but I'm not beating up a kid either. the brat can have his day.

Answer 11

AND WHY WERE YOU IN SAN JUAN.

YOU SHOULD HAVE AVOIDED THAT PLACE ON THAT DATE.