“****ing four-eyes!â€
Posted by Tyler Kinch on March 11th, 2007
Last week I attended an awards show, as Kathleen was receiving a scholarship here in Calgary. Kathleen had to leave back to Fort Saskatchewan after the event, so after saying my goodbyes, I boarded the C-Train. There was a guy in front of me, that I must have done something to, because he kept on giving me strange looks.
So from the downtown core, all the way to Chinook Station, I kept my head down, and when I would glance up, this guy was still staring at me angrily. I just ignored him, and totally forgot about him by the time I got to Chinook Station. As I stood up to get off the train, the guy gave me a light punch in the side. It didn’t hurt at all, but it was a punch. I get off the train and look behind me, and he is following me and hear him mutter “Fucking four-eyes!â€
I got my glasses 3 years ago now. The only time I was ever self-conscious wearing them was at first, because they were new. I wasn’t afraid of people looking at me any differently; it was more just always being aware of them because they were new. I never, in my life, thought I would be insulted because of my glasses, maybe if I had them in elementary school. But the insult came from some totally random 40 year-old-ish stranger on the C-Train. My feelings aren’t hurt but I’m still shocked I heard those words come out of a grown man.
Furthermore when I got off the train, another train was coming into the platform. I stayed away from the edge… who knows if he would have pushed me. I’m still curious about how I pissed him? Oh well.
March 11th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Tyler - there are a lot of sick folks out there and a lot of damaged persons. You certainly did the right thing by not engaging …. who knows what his deal was …?! I’ve been to NYC where riding the subway is similar to what you described … you just keep your eyes off all the other eyes and just mind your own business … I hate to say it … Calgary is getting to be a pretty big place and you are getting all of the typical big city crap ..
March 17th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
That is really weird. You just never know sometimes.