Online abuse and trolling is bad enough but this is horrible. You really need thick skin when you've been thrust into the spotlight over the last 12 months.
I'm unsure why the professor stood still for more than two seconds, making himself the backdrop to the idiotic theatre of the modern world - the phone video.
He would have retained his dignity by simply carrying on walking.
Chris Whitty gets on my wick with his miserable face and constant doom and gloom. I now avoid him like the plague. Maybe this youth felt the same way??
iluvmargie - // Chris Whitty gets on my wick with his miserable face and constant doom and gloom. I now avoid him like the plague. Maybe this youth felt the same way?? //
I doubt if the witless loon has sufficient intelligence to produce a thought one way or the other - but the simple fact ism, avoiding the professor by changing TV channels or turning over a page in the paper is one thing - accosting him and being rude to him in the street is entirely another.
andy //He would have retained his dignity by simply carrying on walking.//
He joined a queue for something and was standing well back from the person in front of him. I think the fact he was in his shirt-sleeves implied he'd just popped out for something.