Welcome to the world of the chav/sk8er punk/inconsiderate male... Its
much more a fact of life in the UK than it has ever been before, but If
I manage to go for a ride without some smart-arsed kid taking the mikey
its a good day. Even on one of my better rides last saturday (I spent
about 20 mins trying to teach some kids who I thought would just take
the mikey to try and ride my 20" Trials) I got a seperate comment (after
launching down a 5 flight of steps) from a group of youths sat in the
park: "You MUST have NO pen*s!" To which I (irritatedly) replied "Bigger
than yours, mate". It was a bit childish, but he didn't give me any more
grief, and the rest of the group seemed very respectful and
complimentary about the level of skill (Apart from the "Can you juggle
too?" question, and the derisive laughter when I reply "a bit"😉.
Its just something you have to deal with, usually (for me at least) by
ignoring it and riding on. I get 10 times as many positive 'that looks
hard', 'how do you do that', 'can I try' comments, and they're 10 times
as effective at changing my mood as the scorn I get from arrogant
people.
Loose.
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