On my way to a bar...As you walk on the streets in Merida you tend to greet strangers.

"Buenos dias/tardes o noches"

They usually always answer back...Although there's been times they don't and that's rude, but okay.

Nothing says you have to answer back.

As I walked past an older gentleman, I made room for him and wished him a good afternoon...He then told me to "Fuck off and go back to my own country" in Spanish.

I stood there frozen for a second...Then that beautiful feeling of rage swelled up in me from my chest to my head I felt the blood rush and I said "What the fuck did you say to me???"

He turned around and I tossed my backpack and walked straight to him...He said some bullshit about leaving his country.

I told him I was Mexican...IN SPANISH...NO ACCENT.

He looked confused...I told him to watch his mouth or I would fuck him up.

Then he said something else and I roared at him and he looked scared...He backed up and quietly whispered "Fuck you" in Spanish and for a second...I was going to pick him up and dump him or slap him across the face.

But I held...He was about 65, maybe 140lbs, about 5'7" and by his slurring drunk to boot...I could literally hurt him bad.

I wanted to...But I held.

That was the only thing that stopped me...If he was bigger or younger, I would have knocked him out.

I stepped forward, he stumbled back, dropped his belongings in a big ass puddle, I laughed and went to my bar.

I'm still trying to think if I should have just slapped him into 2023...I have really heavy hands...But it wouldn't have been anything to brag about.

Me:  "Hey guys!  I beat up an old poor drunk man who's like 50 lbs lighter than me!"

But not going to lie...That rage felt sooooooo good...I clicked it on in a split second and I was ready to go.

His scared face was what gave away his tell...He assumed I hadn't heard what he said...This wasn't the first time he did this...But this was the first time someone CHECKED him on it and it scared him.

I already had it pictured exactly what I was going to do and it would have been stupid of me...Who would bail me out?

What if dude hit his head?

What if the neighbors came out and saw this 6' 200lbs dude with tats and shaved head beating up some little old man?

 Lol I still wish I had slapped him...Not punched cus I'll break something, but a nice respectful "Mind your manners" slap.