You´re Trippin´
While in a crowded public area, it is very common to accidentally stumble and bump someone, walk too closely behind someone due to the mass of people and step on their shoe. It is not unheard of to, in order to get where you are going, have to speed up and in doing so end up cutting someone off unintentionally or be dancing in a club and accidentally elbow someone.Well, in the US, I can recall time and time again when people freak out and throw phat attitude at the person who accidentally tripped (I have personally been on both sides of the spectrum) by saying something rude along the lines of "Damn, girl- watch where you are going!", "Hello? That was my shoe!", "Hey, watch it!", or just a loud "Uugh!". Sometimes, the guilty party will apologize before anything nasty can be said by the receiving party, yet other times a fight will practically ensue (especially if there has been alcohol involved).
Here, people are constantly bumping into each other or stepping on each other´s feet in a crowded metro, or colliding in a dance club. The difference here is that people know that it was an accident in the first place so they don´t get all riled up about it. Instead of freaking out, they let it pass as if it were nothing, because in all reality, it really was nothing but an accident.
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