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I'd venture a guess that your *friend* on the train was having a bad day. His girl probably dumped him, and he needed someone to take it out on. That kind of thing happens every day, and it is just getting worse. I can see the cause, but I know I'm powerless to do anything about it. I can't tell someone to take a more active role in raising their children. Not with any hope of positive reaction. They'd take it as a personal insult, and show me where their child learned it. My last experience with something like this was extremely funny, to me anyway. I was attempting to resolve a dispute between our daughter, and a neighbor kid, over the phone, with the parent, and he became extremely irate, and hung up on me. 5 minutes later there's a knock on the door, and my girl friend answers it. It's the neighbor, and instead of waiting for an invite, he just forces his way into the house, yelling about what he thought was supposed to be right, or what ever. I don't play those kind of games, and I do not intimidate easily. I asked him once, to calm down and continue our discussion, but he wouldn't. So, I handled him just like I would have handled a drunken brawler at the club I used to bounce at, I put him in a hammer lock, and walked him out of the house. I also informed him that any further problems would be met with police intervention. They moved out about a week later, and I have heard nothing since. I don't know what makes ppl think that they can do things like this, but...I know I am equipped to handle it, if it comes up. Ofcourse, I can be pretty scary looking if I want to, so ppl like that tend to avoid me in crowded situations. Sorry that happened to you, and I applaud the reserve that you showed, but would like to repeat the cautions given here already, because today, you just never know.
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