zinloos geweld (senseless violence)
Apr. 3rd, 2004 03:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslI was just coming back home through Leidseplein, when I witnessed an argument about a meal bill. The waitress and security from the Sports Café were yelling that this African-American girl did not pay her full bill. As the girl walks away, the security (a large African male) grabs her:
- "DON'T TOUCH ME!!"
- "I TOUCH YOU WHEN I WANT!"
a few times over...
He hits her in the face, and she kicks him in the leg. A few hits and yells later, she walks to the police with him right behind her.
Talking to her friend, I hear that they hadn't given her the vegetarian soup she had expected, but had simply taken out the meatballs, so she decided not to consume the soup.
After trying to extract money from her friends, the waitress thanks the cops and walks back cursing 10 minutes later. This whole thing was about 3.20 Euro.
She did not have to pay, but had to suffer this harassment, and being fucking HIT IN THE FACE! She complained this to the police, but they replied that he was right to hit her if she was walking away from him. She was further scolded by the policemen: "you should be ashamed of yourself!".
One cop even admitted to being friends with the café workers. I am disgusted.
But I have learned a lesson about how such legal disputes work in practice (it's not in the books, folks, AFAIK).
How about a little book about "what happens when..."
* you don't pay a restaurant bill?
* you don't pay a telephone bill?
* you don't pay a doctor's bill?
* how are such disagreements settled?
etc.
- "DON'T TOUCH ME!!"
- "I TOUCH YOU WHEN I WANT!"
a few times over...
He hits her in the face, and she kicks him in the leg. A few hits and yells later, she walks to the police with him right behind her.
Talking to her friend, I hear that they hadn't given her the vegetarian soup she had expected, but had simply taken out the meatballs, so she decided not to consume the soup.
After trying to extract money from her friends, the waitress thanks the cops and walks back cursing 10 minutes later. This whole thing was about 3.20 Euro.
She did not have to pay, but had to suffer this harassment, and being fucking HIT IN THE FACE! She complained this to the police, but they replied that he was right to hit her if she was walking away from him. She was further scolded by the policemen: "you should be ashamed of yourself!".
One cop even admitted to being friends with the café workers. I am disgusted.
But I have learned a lesson about how such legal disputes work in practice (it's not in the books, folks, AFAIK).
How about a little book about "what happens when..."
* you don't pay a restaurant bill?
* you don't pay a telephone bill?
* you don't pay a doctor's bill?
* how are such disagreements settled?
etc.
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Re: disgusting
Date: 2004-04-02 07:10 pm (UTC)In Barcelona, I witnessed a waiter hit an innocent customer because *HE* made a math error.
Italy was indeed filled with disgusting tourist traps, and this is one of the reasons I left Firenze as soon as I could. My experience didn't feel authentic there(or maybe it was just too hot)
(I made a big and slow tour of Europe in 2002).