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| It was quite disgusting to see a Murphy’s labourer sneering at a vulnerable lady (picture for illustrative purposes only). |
One morning at about 07:30am in the latter half of August I witnessed a Murphy’s employee ridiculing and sneering at a mentally fragile lady just outside King’s Cross station.
This lady who has obvious mental health problems can occasionally be seen around King’s Cross station asking people for money. Some of those she asked would give her some change while others fobbed her off but either way there was no harm done or distress caused.
On this particular morning she was moving from person to person making requests for money and as she passed by the Irish labourer he started to mimic her in a theatrical and loud manner. She hadn’t asked him for money (who’d be dumb enough to ask a Guinness loving Irish labourer for money?) or, as far as I could see, said anything to him; it seemed that he just wanted to impress his colleagues and bystanders with his wit.
He sneeringly danced back and forth around her affecting that he was afraid of her and this quite obviously caused her upset. And then he looked around searchingly at others as if expecting a round of applause and cheering. Though he didn’t get any claps or cheers from those who had seen his antics; instead he was given a few cutting looks and he subsequently slunk off.
I suppose the constant sight of professionals going about their business at King’s Cross station made this uneducated Irish labourer feel inadequate. And to redress this perceived problem he cowardly pounced on someone he believed to be lower on the social spectrum than he. All in all the actions of an ignoramus.
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