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I have a bit of a story here today so sit back and let me tell you a tale of what happened at work today.
I had Monday off due to a sickness of my child, however I got to work and there is a guy I work with who I have gotten on with for over a year. His only downfall is that he is a Docker supporter, but I always had a lot of respect for him, his thoughts on his team as well as his football knowledge. During the week we had our little light-hearted banter with each other and on the Friday before each derby, we always shook hands and wished each other luck.
Well, today things changed. I got to work today and saw him in the warm up room, I smiled at him and saw he got up and come towards me inside the warehouse. To my surprise, I saw a different man. He came out of the warm up room looking very angry, flipped me the bird and came at me abusing me. His abuse consisted of the words, **** you, **** you Eagle supporters, you are all a bunch of *****, drug addicted pedophiles. I hate you, I hate you all, I hate your ****ing drug addicted team. His finger was close to my face as he looked threatening. I stood there stunned, was this the guy I nicknamed cupcake because he was such a soft hearted guy who always had a smile for everyone and would never hurt a fly? No, surely this can't be right. I stood there stunned, turned around and went back to my duties. A couple of minutes later and with his words still reeling inside my head, I felt angry and stormed off into the freezer to confront him. I asked him what his problem was. He was pissed off with the Selwood incident as well as Josh Carr being charged from hitting Chick. He then repeated the words that I was a drug addicted pedophile and a cry baby. That's when he crossed the line. First of all, we Eagle's supporters should not be blamed for what is happening at the club, we love our club, but we don't have control over what happens with our players. Secondly, Josh Carr is a cheap hit behind the play thug and has a history of going to the tribunal. Thirdly, I am not a pedophile and as a father of 7 kids, I took offence to this and then in no uncertain terms told him to back off. I then ripped into him, lettingt him know I do not condone his bullshit, nor is it my fault what happened regarding the Hedland incident or the Chick / Carr incident. I told him if he ever called me a pedophile again I would do something to him that he will regret. I then told him that if Fremantle did not have this small man syndrome with their club, a lot of this hatred would not be between the two clubs. He then sdaid he hated the Eagles, I said fine, I hate Freo, he then asked what did Freo do so wrong to the Eagles. I then explained why I hated that club way before they played their first game when they started their shit about us being snobs and chardonnay sippers etc etc. The demolition derby was another reason why I despise them, and though Read was at fault, Kickett had to be a headcase for trying to take them all on.
After I said my piece I walked away from him. It seemed I was not the only Eagle supporter at work who he attacked, there were 6 of us in total who he called the same names as me and he nearly got his head smacked in from a couple of the other blokes he attacked. Even the Freo supporters at work told him to pull his head in.
Sad to say, I don't consider him a friend anymore, nor will I ever speak to him again. Being called a pedophile was the line he crossed, and he can even shove his bet up his arse where he betted me five bucks that the Dockers will make the grand final before the season started. I have no idea what got into him, however, I do think he did get ahead of himself thinking that the Dockers had the flag in the bag and they would smash the Eagles everytime they played us.
Sorry to say, his tiny world fell apart around him on Saturday night, along with his sanity and my friendship.
I had Monday off due to a sickness of my child, however I got to work and there is a guy I work with who I have gotten on with for over a year. His only downfall is that he is a Docker supporter, but I always had a lot of respect for him, his thoughts on his team as well as his football knowledge. During the week we had our little light-hearted banter with each other and on the Friday before each derby, we always shook hands and wished each other luck.
Well, today things changed. I got to work today and saw him in the warm up room, I smiled at him and saw he got up and come towards me inside the warehouse. To my surprise, I saw a different man. He came out of the warm up room looking very angry, flipped me the bird and came at me abusing me. His abuse consisted of the words, **** you, **** you Eagle supporters, you are all a bunch of *****, drug addicted pedophiles. I hate you, I hate you all, I hate your ****ing drug addicted team. His finger was close to my face as he looked threatening. I stood there stunned, was this the guy I nicknamed cupcake because he was such a soft hearted guy who always had a smile for everyone and would never hurt a fly? No, surely this can't be right. I stood there stunned, turned around and went back to my duties. A couple of minutes later and with his words still reeling inside my head, I felt angry and stormed off into the freezer to confront him. I asked him what his problem was. He was pissed off with the Selwood incident as well as Josh Carr being charged from hitting Chick. He then repeated the words that I was a drug addicted pedophile and a cry baby. That's when he crossed the line. First of all, we Eagle's supporters should not be blamed for what is happening at the club, we love our club, but we don't have control over what happens with our players. Secondly, Josh Carr is a cheap hit behind the play thug and has a history of going to the tribunal. Thirdly, I am not a pedophile and as a father of 7 kids, I took offence to this and then in no uncertain terms told him to back off. I then ripped into him, lettingt him know I do not condone his bullshit, nor is it my fault what happened regarding the Hedland incident or the Chick / Carr incident. I told him if he ever called me a pedophile again I would do something to him that he will regret. I then told him that if Fremantle did not have this small man syndrome with their club, a lot of this hatred would not be between the two clubs. He then sdaid he hated the Eagles, I said fine, I hate Freo, he then asked what did Freo do so wrong to the Eagles. I then explained why I hated that club way before they played their first game when they started their shit about us being snobs and chardonnay sippers etc etc. The demolition derby was another reason why I despise them, and though Read was at fault, Kickett had to be a headcase for trying to take them all on.
After I said my piece I walked away from him. It seemed I was not the only Eagle supporter at work who he attacked, there were 6 of us in total who he called the same names as me and he nearly got his head smacked in from a couple of the other blokes he attacked. Even the Freo supporters at work told him to pull his head in.
Sad to say, I don't consider him a friend anymore, nor will I ever speak to him again. Being called a pedophile was the line he crossed, and he can even shove his bet up his arse where he betted me five bucks that the Dockers will make the grand final before the season started. I have no idea what got into him, however, I do think he did get ahead of himself thinking that the Dockers had the flag in the bag and they would smash the Eagles everytime they played us.
Sorry to say, his tiny world fell apart around him on Saturday night, along with his sanity and my friendship.
. But anyway, good restraint, if i punched every whinging angry dockers supporter i met i'd be in jail for quite a while.
