A while ago my friend and I were waiting for our order at a shop when this man starts ranting and yelling about how we were in his personal space, we should move to the other side etc. I'm barely five feet tall and my friend is even shorter than me, so it was terrifiyng that a six feet tall man towering over me was yelling at me over some bullshit. I hate it when people are in my personal space myself and I was a good feet away from the man. I started yelling back because the fastest way to trigger blind rage for me is when people start shouting in my face and refused to move from my spot because I wasn't anywhere near the guy to begin with? Felt awkward after because the whole shop was staring at us and was wondering why nobody stepped in was because I was the asshole in this situation. Even after I stopped yelling back, the guy kept talking shit.

Then I noticed the cashier was trying to calm down the customer but I don't understand why these type of establishments don't call the police when deranged individuals start harassing other customers? Especially if the frequent the area enough for you to know their name? But on the other hand, the cashier could've known the guy personally. The area didn't seem sketchy to me at all either. I couldn't tell if the man was drunk or mentally ill (which is already bad enough because of how stigmatized it is). I feel bad now because the man could possibly been mentally ill. You never know what kind of struggles people are going through. I myself am trying to wait until the next semester of uni to get treated for anger issues amongst other personal issues. In hindsight, it would've been better to go to the other side because you never know how dangerous some people are. 