hawkbit92 t1_iw7aze3 wrote on November 13, 2022 at 2:50 PM

Yeah, one day back over the summer, my husband and I were out to lunch in fells point. We were sitting outside and there was a group of kids(5-6 of them) that just decided to come and use up two other tables. The hostess asked them to leave, but they just laughed at her and they continued to yell profanities. She looked so defeated. My husband ending up asking them politely to just respect the other diners while they were there, but instead of just saying sorry, they started yelling and screaming at us, and started to gang up on us and sit down with us. I remember one kid staring me down about to jump me until he saw my dog was sitting with us. He just said, "oh they got a dog y'all..." as if THAT was the only thing that stopped them from going any further with us.

It's honestly just sad. They were young. The eldest not even 15 by the looks of it. They ended up leaving, but we stayed at the table for a while waiting for them to be out of site just incase they decided to jump us later. They didn't, but it's depressing that I, a grown adult, had to even be wary of them later as we walked back to out car.

I'm sorry this happened to you, OP. I hope you are able to get help with the possible PSTD you may have. Please be safe out there.

tacocollector2 t1_iw7uehg wrote on November 13, 2022 at 5:08 PM

I lived in Fells for a couple years before the pandemic and moved out like 6 months into it (move was unrelated to what I’m about to say). In those 6 months, Fells changed A LOT. It got a lot more dangerous as a whole new crowd from other areas started showing up while the Fells residents were quarantined.

call_me_ping t1_iw7xkxo wrote on November 13, 2022 at 5:30 PM

>"oh they got a dog y'all..."

[Disclaimer: I would never encourage ANYONE to feign that their pet could be aggressive, cause no matter the situation, in most, the dog will be held at fault in the end]

It isn't uncommon for people from different communities to associate dogs with guard/attack dogs. Many friends and acquaintances that grew up rough or in underserved areas are wary of any dog cause most pets in their neighborhoods were used as defense weapons.