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Was i in the wrong?

I went to my local hardware shop and was walking through the flooring section. One of the sales girls came up to me and out of the blue went 'Do you want decking?' I hadnt dont anything to her yet here she is threatening me and saying she will deck me. She was quite big and could have done some damage to me so i got the first punch in right on her jaw. I got dragged into the back room by the management and they called the police. They are trying to press charges and wont believe i was acting in self defense. Im sorry but if someone comes up to you and says 'Do you want decking' one of you is getting a punch so i would much rather it was them. Do you think i was in the wrong?


    




mary_not_cathy
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no you were not at all...

you should simply say, "I'm sorry guys, I had a SAW head, I didn't mean to NAIL her. I'm just coming down from some stuff I've been HOOKED on".
Also admit to her DRILLING you about her adamant service, and she shouldn't do the BOLT when you actually start answering her questions!

..Have a nice day, Sir!


karen
I'm totally creased up. That's so funny.!!!!! You should get a job as a script writer for Eastenders, that soap could do with a bit of humour in it.


ligiersaredevilspawn
Obviously this is a wind up but I'm going to give you the legal answer anyway.

If you beleived yourself to be under threat, i.e was she menacing when she asked? i.e DO YOU F*****G WANT DECKING TO***R then you had a right to defend yourself. The legal requirement that you must retreat or be harmed first is no longer in effect so as long as you genuinely beleived that you were under threat of attack ..... YES you could use this as a defence, you would need a genius of a lawyer to argue it successfully though.


Gina
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Made me laugh!


lightweight
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Hardy hardy har.


Alf Garnet
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Would this be a joke?? I believe she was referring to patio decking if you were in a hardware shop, although depending on your mindset I can see how someone saying this could be interpreted either way. I think you should have asked her what she meant before steaming in, but of course if she was acting aggressively. then to go defensive is of course a natural reaction. But I suppose out of little acorns big things grow, seems to be the way of things nowadays, small things get blown out of all proportion and you end up in the s*it faster than you know whats happening.


?
ha ha ha ha ...brilliant !!! that's made my day ...cheers


Kat
if your serious about this then yeh you are in the wrong because obviously if your in the flooring part of a store, from what you say she said is very relavent!! Goodluck


johnny cee
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Sounds to me like some kind of BDSM thing.
I Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails!!!


tyggerspaws
yes you were wrong..and obviously an idiot.


meathead76
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Good thing you weren't in the air tool section. What would you have done if she'd asked you if you wanted Nailing?


Owlwings
Instead of hitting her you might have said: "No, I was looking for a screw."

If they try to press charges, they are just trying to sell you a battery pack. Ignore them.


splight
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that depends whether u think i was wrong when i went to the cashpoint machine earlier, a little old man asked me if i would check his balance......so i pushed the old git over.
Was i wrong in doing that?


ha ha ha!


bev k
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funny how your baby with the computer virus


Bapboy
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If you're serious, then you need to be locked up mate.

Whether serious or not, you did make me laugh...


twinsters
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do you reall expect people to answer that in all honest'y


Emmie
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Thats really funny!


Veritas
Were you in a hardware store in the US. They sell decking there so she was probably just being helpful. What happened next?


amy24h7w
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I had a similar experience. A guy in the hardware store asked me if I wanted a screw, When I said I was looking for a screwdriver, he unzipped his pants and took off his belt. Unfortuanately my exbf came around the corner at that point...So anyway, I guess this does not help you. I think I would have decked her too. LOL. :) Why is a chick working in hardware anyway? What do they expect to happen? I think she got off easy.


Sasha
You know that you have just made me laugh out loud in the middle of my office!!


Away With The Fairies
I had a similar problem in the hardware store. A male assistant asked me if I was looking for a screw!! The cheeky blighter!


Raju.K.M
may be.


Lupee
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That is quite funny! Unless of course you are being serious, in which case you should be carted off to the funny farm....


scrapy626_420
lol thats funny , but if you are serious ..... then its still funny haha ... but i don't think there is a judge in this world that would buy that .... but its still funny


Jammy Dodgers
you need to calm it down!she was just asking a question!





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