David and Mindy Get Into A Fight

Our quest to correct poor behaviour in society is neverending and sometimes a burden. On Saturday, a situation fell right into our laps, forcing us to act. We started the day by going to Iselin NJ for some Indian food before heading to Ikea to buy Fiona a new dresser. Ikea on the weekend is a nightmare. Idiots everywhere, some walking slowly, some walking quickly but all of them pretty much in the way. It was made even worse because they are renovating this Ikea and so the people were crammed into an even smaller place.

So, we were almost done, just had a couple more things to grab when a manic was almost RUNNING through the store, pushing a shopping trolley/cart (depending on where you are from) jam packed with stuff including an ironing board sticking out the front making it virtually impossible for him to see anything. He came quite close to Fiona, missing her by no more than a foot, and had he hit her, it would have done some damage for sure. As if on cue, Mindy and I both yelled at him, not sure exactly what Mindy said but it was along the same lines as my clever "How about you slow down" effort.

This got his attention, he stopped, turned around and said "Did I hit your kid? I knew exactly where she was.". Mindy had walked away about this time, taking the kids but I had to continue the conversation. He then added "Maybe you should put your kid on a leash". Now, Fiona was maybe 2 feet from us at the time of the "incident", hardly roaming around the store but in any case, he was really missing the point. "It doesn't matter whether you hit her or not, it is still dangerous to go that fast." and then I followed up with the "checkmate" to my argument "If you are driving around a neighbourhood at 100 mph it doesn't make it safe just because you don't happen to run over anyone.". I saw him pause, just for a second, as I think he realised he was being a tool. I then added "Just calm down a bit" before turning to leave...to which he added "You calm down!", I guess to try to get the last (stupid) word. I like to think he was pissed off for the rest of the day and in any case, the mere fact of having the conversation cost him any time he would have saved by rushing.

We both felt happy that another person had been educated but our quest is far from over.