AUTHOR: Schnozz DATE: 12/28/2005 12:38:00 PM ----- BODY:

I was walking down my street at about 10 PM. It was just me an another guy, across the street, walking the other direction. As we approached each other, the guy yelled, "Hey, baby! How YOU doin'?" in the most obnoxious tone possible. I have found that ignoring these people just makes them feel powerful, as if you are too scared to look at them. So instead I stared right at him as we continued walking toward each other. He got scared and offered in a much nicer and very conciliatory tone, "Um ... God bless you!" That's better.

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