Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been stabbed by another inmate at a federal prison in Arizona where he's serving time for the murder of George Floyd.
When I was a teenager, I sat down and wrote out a list of rules for myself. One of which was “Act as would choose to when lying in bed later that night.” Meaning, don’t do something you’ll regret a few hours from now.
I didn’t feel the need to write that as “Don’t do anything that’ll get you shivved by a fellow inmate.”
It’s one of those fundamental rules in life. Don’t piss off the person making your food. Don’t piss off the person doing work in your house with power tools. Don’t piss off the doctor right before a surgery.
When I was a teenager, I sat down and wrote out a list of rules for myself. One of which was “Act as would choose to when lying in bed later that night.” Meaning, don’t do something you’ll regret a few hours from now.
I didn’t feel the need to write that as “Don’t do anything that’ll get you shivved by a fellow inmate.”
And apparently neither did Chauvin.
It’s one of those fundamental rules in life. Don’t piss off the person making your food. Don’t piss off the person doing work in your house with power tools. Don’t piss off the doctor right before a surgery.