So I got two bullying stories. First one happened back in 6th grade. There was this bully name George. George had this crew (two other students) that would bully, beat up, steal from other students and generally the teachers wouldn't do anything about it.
Now If they actually saw it happening then they would step in and do something. Every Tuesday or Wednesday was chocolate milk day. White milk was free but chocolate milk cost 5 cents.
On chocolate milk day I would get a dime a chocolate milk for me and one for a friend. George would come a long with his crew and steal students chocolate milk money, it got to a point where we would just hand it to them.
Then one day I decided that I really wanted chocolate milk. So when George and his hench crew came calling, I decided that I was going to take a stand.
I beat the living you know what out George and his associates. I was the one who got in trouble because a teacher had seen me throw the first punch. George and his crew soon stopped asking or demanding chocolate milk money from students.
Years later I ran into George and we had a good laugh about it.
The second incident happened a few months after I got married back in 1994 we were living in Oakland.
One evening I am going to catch the bus and this guy approached me. At first he said nothing then there was the social greeting, Hi, evening, how its going. Something a long those lines. For a moments nothing, then he asked me how money I had on me? Before I could respond he goes how about I hold it for you. I said no, but thanks for offering. He stepped closer and told me to show him my pockets so he could see what I was carrying when I didn't move he got pissed and threatened to knock me out and take my jacket and everything else I had on me.
Up till that point I hadn't been taking the guy serious, but then I looked at him and remember asking dude are you trying to mug me??? I had never been mugged before, I got all happy
I even started asking questions, the guy started getting really angry ,he told me that he was going to give me one last chance to do what he said.
I look at him and told him something along the lines I had no further use for him which first confused him then absolute set him off ,but before he could do anything I grabbed his jacket and stepped to the edge of the curb and shoved him out into the bus lane and held him there.
The bus was coming and the guy kept looking at it and me. I said nothing just kept staring at the guy, smiling. About a foot or two from it hitting the guy I spun and threw him on the ground .
I got on the bus, guy got up and ran off.