There are no bad encounters. Only people attempting to kill you, mostly thru distraction. They don't know you. I try to avoid putting myself in the situation. Mostly thru daft avoidance. Some keep trying. I take a different way. Some follow. I try to get to public place and take a break. Some people are just LowIQ. Mostly I hope that soon enough they will come across somebody that's bigger, meaner and has less to lose, than I. I am trying to smile more, antagonize less as I age.