Fiery Temperaments Can Lead To Explosive Situations
(In the UK the 5th of November is a holiday usually celebrated with fireworks, Since my birthday falls around this time, I usually do a fireworks party to celebrate. I’m 21 and have been doing firework displays since I was 18 and have done several pyrotechnic courses. I’m at the supermarket and have selected around £250 worth of fireworks. Note: Staff Member #1 is helping a gentleman in another aisle, while Staff Member #2 is sorting my fireworks out.)
Staff Member #1: *to the gentleman* “Any fireworks for you today, sir?”
Gentleman: *to Staff Member #1* “THESE ARE DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE LOCKED UP AND DESTROYED!”
Staff Member #2: *to me* “That’s £250. Since you have spent over £200, I can offer you a [name of firework].”
(At this point, the gentleman turns on me.)
Gentleman: *to me* “You little vandal! I bet you’re not even 18 and you’re going to blow someone up. We can only be lucky if it’s yourself.”
Me: “Uh, right dude. I do have a pyrotechnic qualification, and I’m 21.”
Gentleman: “Don’t lie to me! I know your sort!”
(Suddenly, he lunges towards me. In the process, he knocks my fireworks off the counter onto the floor and proceeds to stamp on them. Now, anyone who knows fireworks knows that they are pretty stable, but chucking them around and stamping on them is a REALLY bad idea.)
Me: “Are you f***ing crazy?! And you think I’m dangerous?!”
(The gentleman shouts at me for a further two minutes before trying to leave, having destroyed the £250 worth of fireworks I just bought.)
Me: “Hey, get back here! You just destroyed my fireworks!”
Gentleman: “Too f***ing right I did!”
(Thankfully, security managed to intercept him before he left. He was arrested and charged with damage to property and forced to pay me £300 in Compensation. The supermarket even supplied the fireworks for free. Best Birthday EVER!)
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