A Horrible Experience
A fish shop has re-opened not too far from me so I went this lunchtime to get my Dad a fish as to him it's a treat.
When I drove into the car park there was only one parking space left and people were queuing outside the fish shop social distancing.
When I got out of my car there was a man stood at the back of my car in the queue and I tried to move around him so as not to get too close but it was difficult as there wasn't a lot of room.
The man then started shouting at me saying had I not listened to the news, the 2 metre rule. I told him I did try not to get too close but he wouldn't have it and he was screaming at me horrendously. It was unbelievable.
There were loads of people queuing and not one person intervened to try help me. The man wouldn't leave me alone or stop shouting and by now my body was terribly upset and my heart started palpitating. I don't deal very well in argument situations as my body seems to respond to upsetting times in a different way to most, I felt sick, my heart was pounding, it was horrendous.
In the end I plugged my ears because I couldn't bear to hear anymore emotional abuse from him, I felt very intimadated by him.
The lady owner of the fish shop came out to try calm him down and then it was his turn and as he went up the steps into the shop I could still hear him ranting and raving. He just wouldn't let it drop, I've never encountered such an outburst. All he had to say to me is "do you mind, you're a bit close to me" and I would have apologized.
He was stood directly behind my car by the time I got out so if it were me I would have moved away until he had gone past but it just seemed to me that man was out to cause a huge scene.
I didn't cough or sneeze, if I had I could have maybe understood it a bit more but I feel he went right over the top and was a damn bully the way he treat me.
I'm still very upset 5 hours later and I've broke down twice today telling my Dad then my niece.
I think I was more upset too because the fact no one in the queue came to come to my defence, it wasn't done intentionally, I did try to get round him best I could.
Today is the worst experience and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
All he had to do was step back so I could get past without getting within 2 mtrs of him.
I'm so cross with myself because I burst out crying, I wish I hadn't give him the satisfaction of seeing my cry.
I feel sorry for his partner (if he has one) he's a big bully.
Today was as surreal as this Covid-19 and I hope never to experience anything like that again.