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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/throwawayyyduck321 on 2023-06-26 01:19:38+00:00.
I feel like there's no way I could be the ahole in this situation, but here I am.
Walking my dog this evening (who is terrified of fireworks), someone was lighting off fireworks. As we continue walking, I can tell we're getting closer and closer... Til I see a fully grown man, surrounded by 4-5 kids, ranging in age from wearing diapers to probably 8 or 10, lighting bottle rockets at the end of his driveway. Literally lighting them, not really stepping back at all, with kids all around him
My dog is beside himself at this point, so I'm carrying him to try and calm him down and get home as quickly as possible. We are across the street, when the man decides to light another one and it TIPS OVER and shoots in my direction. It hit the ground before hitting us, luckily.
I asked the guy why he couldn't have waited until we walked by to light it, to which he replied "maybe I would've if you had asked nicely!"
There was a bit more of an exchange of words as we continued walking away, but I thought what I said was totally reasonable after having been almost shot with a firework.
Fireworks are illegal where I live, so I reported the incident to the non emergency line. I was on the fence about reporting it, but decided to since I had almost gotten shot by the guy... AITA?