Bullies never prosper
Glenn A
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I got a fair bit of grief at school for being unathletic, more into Dr Who than Derby County, and not being considered hard. I often look back and think what happened to my bullying foes. One, a real nutter who was expelled from school for hitting someone with a hammer, hasn't worked in his life, shuffles around Morrisons aimlessly all day and looks about as threatening as a tortoise now. Another one is now serving 16 years in jail for a string of offences and has lost everything. It does make you wonder if the old saying of bullies never prosper is true.
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I know another one who is now a very successful chartered surveyor in Edinburgh, probably because he had the gift of the gab and played rugby union( considered more of a middle class game here than league, could have opened some doors in later life). Still a nasty piece of work to me and when I saw him two years ago, he looked wasted and very skinny.
Yet hammer boy is an interesting case. He was expelled a week before his A levels, then spun a yarn about retaking them at the local college and being accepted for university to read history, which was a complete myth as he was always wandering the town centre when he should have been darn sarf. Then I can remember overhearing him in the early 90s in the local library telling a couple he was a journalist with The Scotsman, when again he was nothing og the sort and probably tried to impress them as they seemed educated. Strange chap to say the least, but a terrifying one when I was at school
One of the surprises was the girl who was always sloping off school and who was expelled for getting drunk in the town precinct during the school day and swearing at a local councillor. She's a senior Social Worker now!
I agree some people are just *****.
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Bullies do indeed prosper - take a look throughout human history.
The biggest shits often have a wonderful life.
A good modern example?
Ian Duncan Heydrich.
I tend to find most bullies are actually cowards , but to say bullies never prosper sadly is just not true, it is good to see those that regret their actions, it is good to see those that do not regret them fall flat on their face, but all too often far too many bullies do prosper and generally at the expense of others.
Good people suffer.
Bad people prosper.
Bad people suffer.
If your own prospering or suffering is your motivation to do good rather than it being in-built then I wonder how good that person really is.
(Ignoring the questions about what 'good' and 'bad' are.)
Exactly.
Exactly. Some bullies will end up as high flyers, and some will end up on the Jeremy Kyle show. Some victims will work in a call centre all their lives, and some will become property developers. C'est la vie.
That's life
I've known a few unpleasant people like that but no matter what the material gain is, it's often poor relationships and a lack of contentment in their lives that makes it less than prosperous.
Indeed - and whilst I might like to think that they know their actions are wrong and are riven by guilt, I know that is unlikely to be true either. I cannot honestly say I understand what goes on in their heads when they bully or cheat, but I am just grateful I am not in there with them.
Now I'm grown up and 45 years later, I'd still want to smash her face in should our paths cross.
It's half and half, one I remember from school is serving 16 years for some very serious criminal offences, yet another, who actually apologised for his actions and turned into a friend after school, now is a successful trader of cars on EBAY. The guy who got 16 years didn't surprise me, tho.
Life is a funny old thing.
The bully's get away scot free most of the time and the bullied have to live with it for the rest of their lives.