the other mike
Diamond Member
Good. I was beginning to think it was a Mike thing or something.I was responding to how you were addressing me. You may be ok. But again, if you don’t like taking it — don’t do it yourself.
I had a co-worker years ago who hated my guts. He was a black dude and (I was white - still am) and we were indirectly working for the same employers at some different construction sites--so we would cross paths now and then.
This was early 80's ...Hilton Head Island , SC . was 22- 23 and he was 30 something-- had a bunch of kids, I heard, ate nasty stuff for lunch like squirrel meat on white rice....
One day, he's on me about something, like "ain't your break time over, boy ? " I got in his face stared him between the eyes and asked him
"Is this a Mike thing ? Because I can't think of any other reason for you to always be fucking with me." And I was pretty street savvy having lived in NYC from 18 to 20 after HS......a little martial arts but not a bad ass.
And I could have left it at that, but I continued " Did you have a stepdad named Mike who beat you ? Or maybe your first wife ran off with some white guy named Mike and ...." Before I could say anything else he tried to throw me down a flight of stairs .
Long story short I picked up a 2x4 and by that time some guys grabbed me ( and him) and broke it up. I quit and never saw him after that.