How do you react to annoying 'chavvy' types?

Manchester and Bolton accents aren't even remotely similar...

I don't see why everyone gets all worked about swearing.

I think it's perfectly fine, they're just words. I don't understand why people choose to be offended by swearing, attention seeking, I guess?

Stop being such a judgemental prat.

You're a cutie.

I don't mind swearing. But when there's a young kid right next to you, people should have a bit of respect and at least try not to swear in front of them. It's only decent.

Lol how?

I just found it a little amusing that you find him a judgmental prat for feeling whatever behaviour is inappropriate on public transport, but you're not being a judgmental prat for not respecting how he feels about it

They're just annoyingly squirmish who whine about 'creepy crawlies' or like to over analyse everything. The best thing to do is ignore those types of people, there's no reasoning with them. They choose to be offended by a few words. Pathetic.

I'm not even a 'chav' and I don't like that word because it degrades the working class. If someone's behaving badly then they are a thug, don't bring their 'social class' into it.

There's nothing inherently wrong with swear words, it's just that using them loudly on a bus or around children isn't considered appropriate. It doesn't matter that there's no good reason why it shouldn't be appropriate. There's no good reason why it should be considered inappropriate not to wear clothes in public, either, but you wear them. They know that that's how it comes across and do it anyway. It's disrespectful.

No, a thug is just someone who is violent. A chav is someone who is usually violent but who is characterised more by this kind of behaviour in public.

Like these chaps.



(I should say that I think if you are calling someone a chav just because of their accent or how they're dressed then it is fair to say that you're demonising the working class.)

Children aren't delicate little flowers that need to be protected for swear words. My dad used to swear in front of me all the time (I said my first swear word when I was about 3), it never did me any harm (or him because he has a successful job). I hate the attitude that you should change your behaviour because think of the children! while they are around.

It's not 'think of the children', it's 'show respect to everyone else on the bus who is thinking of the children'. As I said, there's nothing wrong with swear words, it's just that swearing loudly in public offends a lot of people and there's no need to do that. If you want to swear around your kids at home, I don't care -- I'm sure they've heard it all before* -- but around others' on the bus is a different matter.

The comedy sketch was just there as an illustration. That's how people look at you when you get on a bus and start shouting swear words (or playing music loudly, etc). It's just inconsiderate.

edit: *I mean kids in general have heard it all before.

Stop being such a judgemental prat.

I don't see it that way. Nobody has a right to tell others to control what comes out of their mouths. Someone being offended by something isn't an excuse to censor what is and what isn't allowed on buses.

Says the chav.