- Joined
- Aug 25, 2007
- Messages
- 2,007
- Points
- 63
It was "racism" based on what the "gansta" was saying.
He was angry about shoe-shining and claiming the white guy was prejudiced in thinking black men must give shoe-shines etc. (wtf) Though I believe it was he that started the situation.
Don't know how the argument got started but it surely came to an abrupt end.
So I learned something today that I didn't know before, and it pertains to this. I mentioned earlier that the old man had moved to the back of the bus, but now I apparently know why, and explains the shoeshine thing too.
Apparently in some larger US cities (Chicago was mentioned, but apparently Oakland/San Fran gets the same thing), when a younger person gets on a bus and wants someone else to move out of their way, instead of saying "excuse me", they'll rudely say "spit shine your shoes?". They say this as a way of saying "Are you going to move out of my way, or am I going to have to spit on your shoes?"
Apparently the young dude, when getting on the bus, said that to the old man, and the old man came to the back of the bus because either: 1) he realized the young guy was being rude and wanted to antagonize him or get an apology, or 2) he had never heard that colloquialism and still thought the young guy was being rude.
Then the old man went back to the front of the bus, and the video ensued.
So yeah, that's your education on weird urban American colloquialisms for the day.