Threatened during a workout due to Corona fearing citizen

ugh sorry that happened.

Going out and getting fresh air is good for immunity and frankly everyone should be doing it. Just be smart and considerate about it. Walk six feet away from anyone coming in your direction and don't work out in groups.

Going to get way worse. The democrats want this country scorched.

Not a problem here. I will be doing a 5 mile run tomorrow morning, Monday morning and a tempo on Wednesday.

Last Wednesday I ran past a local community support officer. She didn't say anything.

Fact is, us people running solo have minimal chance of catching this thing. It's those going to work and going to the supermarket who have a much higher chance.

I'm somewhat concerned about my parents catching this indirectly from myself, but otherwise I will take my chances. I am young and fitter than 99.9% of the population.

fear as a weapon wrote:

Today I was watched a majority of my workout by some creep who watched from his house while I worked out on a public track that isn’t closed. Finished my workout and I’m heading to my car and this guy comes screaming at me telling me to leave and to get inside. Me being the petty human being I am took my time and stressed him out. Is this happening all over the country?

Fake story. I’m in a profession that deals with serial liars on a daily basis and it’s real easy to tell when someone is lying.

1. Most tracks are found at public and private schools which are LOCKED while school is closed.

2. Story is convoluted. Who could actually notice someone inside a house watching them workout? See following numbers.

3. Says he was threatened in the title but only mentions he got yelled at. The lies don’t add up.

4. Mentions on the way to his car he gets accosted by this snooping citizen. The OP must have parked in the street or parking lot directly across from the snooping citizen. This makes his story even more unbelievable. The track surface isn’t next to a street for safety reasons. They don’t want a runaway car plowing through a track meet, football game, or soccer match. The closer a track is to a street the more likely it is to have a solid wall or a very strong fence. The surrounding fences would also obscure one’s vision. It’s almost impossible to see a homeowner standing 30-50m (closest possible distance) behind his window due to glare and fence interference.

5. Please share the city and state where this fictitious story never happened.

Similar thing happened to me today. Wanted to get out of the apartment for a bit, rode the skateboard over to an empty parking lot, and just went around in circles for like ten minutes. Didn't come close to anybody. Then, some dude walking his dog on the other side of the street just starts laying into me for being outside. Best quote, "You're not f-ing Tony Hawk!". Asked him why he was out, said his dog had to poop.

Most people are super tense right now, and for good reason. But I think it helps everybody if people can also keep their cool.

Let;s seeL in the month since the corona virus hit:

Number of fights i have seen outside regarding virus: 0

Number of fights i have seen online regarding the virus: >1000

Middle Ground wrote:

Here's an idea: dig deep and try to find a kernel of empathy. You can surely understand why people are stressed about this. Whether you believe the neighbor's concern is justified or not, it is reasonable for people to be nervous. This illness is a death sentence for some.

If he'd really been concerned, he would have stayed in the house.

Reality and Truth wrote:

fear as a weapon wrote:

Today I was watched a majority of my workout by some creep who watched from his house while I worked out on a public track that isn’t closed. Finished my workout and I’m heading to my car and this guy comes screaming at me telling me to leave and to get inside. Me being the petty human being I am took my time and stressed him out. Is this happening all over the country?

In locked down communities across the world, self-righteous new social justice warriors—militant New Age collectivists—are taking it upon themselves to behave like Red Guards on steroids, “enforcing” the proper “social distancing”, reporting on fellow individuals who “fail to comply”, demanding new police enforcement of this new “distancing” paradigms,

This is truer than I'd like to admit.

I am that Guy wrote:

Yes it was I that hassled you, due to your poor grammar.

Yes, it was I that hassled you due to poor grammar.

You would only need a comma if “Due to poor grammar” was at the start of the sentence.

Yes, due to poor grammar, I hassled you.

If you were grammatically incorrect on purpose, I get the joke. However, there was no way for me to tell.

Sorry to hear this happened!

Also sorry for the sad sack who pulled this trick on you, dude needs a dose of rational thought.

Math Professor wrote:

The terrorists have won. You have become a nation of chickens who are afraid of even venturing outside and lost all ability to think rather than to parrot hysteria from "health experts".

Daesh recently announced that COVID-19 was sent from Allah to punish the idolatrous nations and prayed for it to get worse.

fear as a weapon wrote:

Today I was watched a majority of my workout by some creep who watched from his house while I worked out on a public track that isn’t closed. Finished my workout and I’m heading to my car and this guy comes screaming at me telling me to leave and to get inside. Me being the petty human being I am took my time and stressed him out. Is this happening all over the country?

It's become pretty common to be bullied and insulted during this time. It's pretty strange that so many people are on social media calling out others, bullying people, insulting others and it's now acceptable. I'm pretty confident these same people were adamantly against all forms of bullying 3 months ago.

For the record we have a shelter in place order where I'm located, Going outside for walks and exercise is allowed but the hate glares and harassing continues.

Correct. The biggest bullies today were actually bullying previously also but claimed they were not. It is the same group that demanded you accept that men are women. It is the same group that made it taboo to discuss poor diet and lack of exercise being unhealthy. It is the same group that demanded you approve of abortion.

Were you running alone or in a group? If u r alone u r following social distancing. I manage a grocery store and people r just coming in because they are bored in big groups. Those r the people we have to worry about not some solitary guy like yourself doing your 12x400m in 59 seconds

Mate, if you are a man just answer back or get bad. You are doing nothing wrong so why take any nonsense.

What are YOU talking about!?!? If you live in an urban or suburban area high school tracks can be quite close to the road. Sure, there'll be a chain link fence, but you can see through that. Homes are usually closer together as well. And by the way, I've never come upon a high school track that was locked outside of school hours. Never once. And furthermore, yes there IS a public track in the town next to me, unaffiliated with a school.

What profession are you in that deals with serial liars on a daily basis? Do you work in a mental institution? lol what?

Look, I'm to the left of Bernie on most issues, but I gotta say, people's finger pointing and paranoia is quite unsettling lately. And the closure of trails and discouragement of being outside is deeply misguided.

My post stated that the track surface itself isn’t right next to the road. Do you actually stare from inside your house at people while they work out? When working out do you look through the window of people’s houses? Go outside and measure the distance from lane 1 to your window . Then stand near the start line and assess your line of vision.

I’m just pointing out the original post was a fabrication by a poster who feels “persecuted” by the left wing media. It’s a troll job. Most fabrications have gaps/errors in the details, timeline, and logistics. FYI, I’m part of the criminal justice system.

Middle Ground wrote:

This illness is a death sentence for some.

Ummm...so are a lot of other illnesses...if you already have a weakened immune system it doesn't take a serious infection to kill you.

Ah so that's it, you're a lawyer. Lots of lying, half truths and the likes in that profession, and people wonder why the House and Senate are so screwed up.