Have you ever been scolded in public?
@chenxiaoyue_713 (2165)
China
March 11, 2010 1:56am CST
Hi, friends. I start this discussion because something happened today reminds me of my first experience of being scolded in public since i grown up. It was the time right after the college entrance examination. According to the requirements of the university i applied for, i needed to take an oral english test. The test was held at the university where my elder brother studied. I went there with several of my friends. The test was supposed to start at 2pm. During the morning of that test day, i was persuaded by my friends to go shopping with them and we had a good time. In the afternoon, as i was about to take the test, i suddenly found that my admission card for the test was missing. I searched all over my bag but didn't find it. I was so worried that i almost bursted into cry. To make the matter worse, my brother began to scold me pitilessly with all my friends and passers-by around. I dared not speak anything but crying. Fortunately, the admission card was found later. But i could never forget that experience. That's the first time i was being scolded in public. I wonder have you ever been scolded by someone in public. How did you feel about it? Every response will be appreciated.
6 responses
@farkirikofar (140)
• Indonesia
16 Apr 10
thankfully, i have never scolded in public. my mother never do such thing, and my father are really quiet. but i do have a friend that i have seen him scolded publicly. it was the day when the report cards are given to the parents, and this guy (i think) had a really bad score, so with his friends and parents there, his mom scolded him for having such a bad score but never do anything about it. i know that he's at fault too, but i think the mother can wait to scold, or to talk to him later at home.
@chenxiaoyue_713 (2165)
• China
16 Apr 10
I never think it wise to scold a person in public, especially when it is only due to some trivial matters. A bad score, in my eyes, is no big deal and certainly not to the extent of being scolded in front of others. I believe it hurts a lot. Your friend's mom should have waited for a little while to have a private talk with her son, which may work better than scold her son in public.
@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
14 Mar 10
Yeah, when I was younger. A lot of time my mother would do that. Which was really embarrassing, humiliating, unethical. I got tired of it and eventually learned to yell back at my mom whenever she would start to nag ESPECIALLY in public. It's something that I know I'm not supposed to do, but I've had it with her a long time ago. I'm just sick and tired of that antic so she better learn to stop doing nagging especially when in front of my friends or other people outside. I don't really mind being scolded for something I really deserve scolding for. But for her to be nagging about something I didn't even mean to do, that's really irritating.
@chenxiaoyue_713 (2165)
• China
14 Mar 10
Being scolded in public can be very embarrassing and humiliating. My first experience of being done that almost drove me crazy. I was mad at my brother afterwards and requested for an apology for many times before he actually apolized to me.
@raynejasper (2322)
• Philippines
11 Mar 10
..hi.. I have been scolded by my own father in public when I was 9 year old.. that was during the graduation of my elder sister and I was really embarrassed.. I still remember how I feel that day.. I don't know whether I'm going to cry or shout.. I feel bad and mad at the same time.. My father was drunk that time and I was very young.. However, later on, I tried to forget what happened so that I'm not going to hold any grudge against my father..
@chenxiaoyue_713 (2165)
• China
11 Mar 10
Though i still remember that experience clearly, i'm also trying to forget all about it and forgive my brother. After all, he didn't do it on purpose, nor your father as he was drunk and didn't know what he was doing at that time.
@chenxiaoyue_713 (2165)
• China
13 Mar 10
It's okay with me to be scolded inside a room, too. But being done that publicly is something i can't bear. It's really a disrespect to be scolded in front of other people. We all have dignity and deserve respect from others.
@MrKennedy (1978)
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11 Mar 10
The last time I was scolded was when I was 17 by some old hag at a local super-market
I was out shopping, buying food for a dinner party my parents were having. Me being my clumsy self, I accidentally knocked down a cardboard pillar that had some leaflets attached. Embarassed, I scooped up the leaflets and put them back in the pillar whilst standing it back up. Some old lady obviously saw me and proceeded to give me a scolding on how youngsters today have a lack of respect for society and how I was a common vandal. Me being 17, I was having none of it and told her to "go away" but in less polite, more foul-mouthed terms (you can probably guess what I said) She walked away muttering under her breath, but the trick worked I guess.
I was out shopping, buying food for a dinner party my parents were having. Me being my clumsy self, I accidentally knocked down a cardboard pillar that had some leaflets attached. Embarassed, I scooped up the leaflets and put them back in the pillar whilst standing it back up. Some old lady obviously saw me and proceeded to give me a scolding on how youngsters today have a lack of respect for society and how I was a common vandal. Me being 17, I was having none of it and told her to "go away" but in less polite, more foul-mouthed terms (you can probably guess what I said) She walked away muttering under her breath, but the trick worked I guess.@chenxiaoyue_713 (2165)
• China
11 Mar 10
Yeah, i can guess what you said. She must have been shocked by your words and suffered a lot. It seems people are aways complaining about young people. It's a kind of prejudice, i think.
@chenxiaoyue_713 (2165)
• China
11 Mar 10
Yes. Being scolded in public is an experience that can happen to everyone and there is nothing to be laughed at. I've been remembering my experience all the time because it was the first time that i was scolded in front of other people.
