the 80-20 rule...

there's a theory that 20% of people out there are respectful, decent people who are intelligent and have at the very least a desire to get-along with others in society and "play nice". the other 80% are morons, who think only of themselves and could care less about you, and take no responsibilty for their actions. it seems i ran into 2 idiots from that 80% yesterday afternoon. me, the wife, my kids and my neice were enjoying an afternoon swimming at a local beach when 2 afore mentioned morons thought it would be a good idea to throw a football around in the swimming area filled with people (mostly kids). now yesterday was hot...really hot and the swimming area was more crowded than it probably would be normally. the 2 morons could not toss the football, say 10-15 yards apart. they had to throw it as far as they could to each other (presumably to try an impress the girls?). anyway, the ball landed around us a couple of times. realizing that they were too stupid to stop, (or move somewhere else) we tried to move our crew out of the way. like a magnet, moron A and moron B drifted back into our area. invariably one of their errant throws ended up hitting my daughter on the shoulder and arm, causing her to cry. when this still didn't cause them to stop or move i decided to take it up with the lifeguard, who saw what was happening and told them to stop. well, dumb and dumber decided to confront me on the matter. "you know it was an accident, right?". yes, so? "accidents will happen". i know, now leave". moron A continued to stare me down and flip me the bird from the shore. i did not respond as i really wanted it to just end there. later on when i was done swimming, he approached me again and wanted to re-live the whole thing, again explaining that he had been going to that beach for years and sometimes accidents happen. i told him that their ball landed near us 3 times, they were too stupid to move somewhere else and that it took it hitting one of my kids before they were told to stop. the conversation ended with him telling me to "**** off", which i did not respond to. a very likeable person! sort of ruined the day for me, but hey. you can't really reason with a moron.