Suck it!

I'm not proud to admit that I told a woman the other day to 'suck it'. What led up to that point may explain why I unleashed, shall we say, on her. I was walking along Castro St. near Market St., an area heavy with foot traffic (read: tourists photographing various and sundry, people sleeping rough along shop entryways, and the occasional naked man sunning his privates), when a young man crossed the pavement in front of me in order, I presume, to enter a shop. What I did not immediately notice was that he was walking a large, black dog on a lead. The dog, acting as a dog might in this situation, may have felt that I was too close to either him or the man, then reared up on his hind legs and began barking and snarling very close to my face. I can't quite recall exactly the sound I made, but I think it was some sort of started cry. The next thing I see is the man holding his dog about the rib cage from behind in an attempt to keep Fido under control. While wrangling the dog he told me he was 'so sorry'. I was too freaked out at that point to respond well and just blurted out: Are you?!  

'He's a rescue; he's never done that before.' I'm thinking, Did you just get that dog yesterday? What I said was something like: Oh, I must smell of cat. And gave a weak smile as I turned to walk away. During this brief exchange I heard a woman some feet away say: Leave him alone. She was referring to my having spoken to the self-appointed Dog Whisperer in an unkind tone. Heart pounding out of my chest and both feet warm and tingling (I assume a stress response), I asked her to verify what she'd said. Putting her hands together in some sort of bullshit 'namaste' pose she told me to have a good rest of my day. I did the same shit back to her and then told her that I was really freaked out by the dog. I also mentioned that I'd suffered a dog attack before. She said she'd been attacked as well--so where was the concern? It was placed on dog dude. I can't recall what else I said, but I do know that I punctuated the whole thing with a loud SUCK IT. Am I proud of that? No. Had it been better if she'd simply minded her own business? Yes.

The 'naked man' link above will not show you willies, but will highlight the issue for those of you who are curious. 

Castro St.