On Saturday on busy West St in Crewe at 3:15 a pensioner was walking on the foot path opposite the late shop close to the edge of the pavement due to the ice conditions. Two hoodies aged about 17 years walked towards the man and for no reason whatsoever shoulder barged the man to try and knock him into the road. The two yobs seemed to think it was funny. If the old man had fallen into the ice road he could easily have been run over by a passing car. The old man may have had medical conditions like a bad heart.
Its a sad sick world when yobs like this make it unsafe for us to walk the street in peace and its more sickening that this can happen in the middle of the day on a main street. so much for Xmas spirit. If by chance anyone knows these yobs report who they are as next time it may be an old cripple lady as they may think that is funnier.
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The story of the elderly man and the "hoodies" is indeed shocking,and yet sadly, it doesnt surprise me at all.Thankfully,incidents like this are not all that common in Crewe but one cant help feeling that they are on the increase.As for Christmas spirit,that seems to be a thing of the past!The increasing commercialisation of Christmas,and of society in general, over the last 30 years,means that qualities such as kindness,empathy and patience are increasingly rare.Unfortunately,some people who are old enough to know better, behave just as badly,if not worse,than teenagers! Just take a look at the aggressive way they behave in busy car-parks or shops in the run-up to Christmas!I often see drivers parking in disabled parking spaces,for example,because they want a space near the shops,and they are often in expensive cars,which suggests that they are "respectable" people with good jobs. Lets not forget that many young people are very good;they are not all mindless thugs,by any means.So when we hear a story like this one,however shocking it is,lets not forget that it is not always teenagers who behave in an unacceptable way and that perhaps we older people need to look carefully at our own beahviour on occasions.
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