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How to win an argument with a total stranger
People can be rude AF. Here’s how you can beat even the nosiest of S.O.B’s at their own game.
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re out in public, minding your own business, when some ass-hat you’ve never even met before decides to give you a piece of their mind. Maybe they can’t handle the fact that your toddler is having a meltdown in a public space, or they’re ragefully indignant because you forgot to hold the door for them, or maybe they think you did such a shoddy job of parking your car that they actually waited for you to return just so they could yell at you.
If you’re like most people, these sudden and anger-fueled verbal attacks delivered via the spit-flecked mouth of a total stranger leave you struck dumb and scrambling for a response long after the intruder has rendered you stupefied in the wake of their uninvited shit-bomb.
It’s a damn shame there are so many assholes out there just dying to offer you their unwanted criticism before darting off into the crowd, never to be satisfactorily told to mind their own f***ing beeswax! Especially when all you needed to scrape together the kind of kick-ass clap-back that would have shut their shit down in style was a few clear-headed seconds…
