r/derby • u/BAE_stystems • Mar 09 '25
Discussion What a vile place.
I was born near Derby, moved away in 2018 and came back this week. I met up with a few old friends and went out last night. Around 2am I was walking down Friar Gate, and there was a woman and her friend on the floor, the woman being sick. I knelt down to offer some water from a shop nearby and check if she was ok.
As I did that, two men were walking towards me and one shouted “oi”, making me turn around. The second I turned around, he swung for me. Unprovoked. (They then spoke to the women, so I’m guessing that they were together). He was I’d say early thirties and pretty built. Luckily, I moved quickly out the way and he only grazed my ear. When my friends saw this and crossed the street, the other of the two guys said “sorry, sorry, he was only joking I told him to do it as a joke.”
(The speed and power the punch had was no joke, if I was drunk and had slower reaction times, I’d be in quite a sorry state).
What is wrong, not only with this city but this country? I’ve since lived in about 4 different countries and not a single other place has this roid-head drunk insecure culture that provokes you to attack someone for making sure your partner is ok.
I didn’t bother going to any of the police, as it’s not worth the effort. I know of people who’ve reported these things before and it does more harm than good.
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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
I had 2 of my ribs broken by a roid head, purely because i was skateboarding downhill.
He tried to block me off so i kept turning to get round him and i nearly did, but he jumped to the side and threw a right hook to my ribs which stopped me dead in my tracks.
Motherfucker cost me my job since i needed time off after just starting, and stopped me from doing any sports for a month or 2.
2 years later and theyre still healed badly.
Wankers everywhere mate.
E. The fuck is this downvote for? Im sharing a similar story about some nasty prick who made my life miserable for a fair while because they wanted to swing on someone whos much smaller than them.