Curse back. I drive in Atlanta traffic, this is an average day for me.

The best thing to do is turn around and let your two feet take you in the opposite direction.

walk on byyyyy doo doo doo doo walk on byyy

Try not to laugh.Might laugh, but then it might just make the situation worse. If I knew why they were cursing at me and I honestly caused it, depending on the situation I might apologize.

I will ignore a punk potty mouth all day long.

If I yelled profanities back at them I would be no better than they were...sticks and stones....compliment them, it will shock 'em!

Spew a few zingers at them and then flip them off once the taunting ends.

Taunt them for being so unimaginative.

i live in NYC--this happens almost twice a week to me, and usually for no good reason. usually i'm too shocked to say anything back. but sometimes, especially if i know i can take them, i'll say something.

Laugh at them, it makes them even madder!

Raise an eyebrow and continue walking.

It would depend on the situation. If I were arguing with someone and they cussed me out, I would respond in kind. If some loony-toons on the street yelled profanities at me, I would probably ignore him, and skedaddle, because I would think he was a deranged psycho.

This has happened to me several times in the past, if it is someone I know and care for, I usually just yell back and try to resolve the issue at hand. When a stranger has done it to me, I almost always get right back in there face. Most people don't expect small guys to fight back, but I almost always do depending on how psychotic the person looks that is cursing at me...I am smart enough to know when to shut up...

I'd cure profanities right back at the person. Happens almost weekly at Walmart. HAHA!

I'm not going to lie. I'd either take it to the next level and use words that would make Howard Stern weep or just tell them to shut their hole.

As with the other similar question if this started spontaneously.. that is, without any sort of catalyst.. I'd assume the person had a psychological problem and I'd get out of there.

Just simply reply Shut up, please. You are quite irritating.

I'd give them a Thesaurus and ask them to check back with me later

At me? Like called me names, etc? I don't know, depends on how it started. Most likely I've already been cussing if we've made it to that point. The profanity is probably a very small part of a much bigger issue. As far as people using profanity in front of me, its never bothered me. They're just words, and usually part of an expression.

People who curse profanities at random people in utter anger are probably in need of a laxative.

Laugh. If that's all they got, they're not worth my time.

It happens every day. My response varies according to the circumstances. Not worth getting twisted knickers over.

I would just walk away and ignore them

Most people who know me for more than a few weeks respect me enough that they do not use profanity when I am present. This includes almost all of my family (with two rare exceptions) and most of my friends. However, when people use profanity around me, I typically ignore them until they clean up their speech. If I'm in my 'save-the-day-from-evil' mood, I typically will tell them how many years it has been since I have cursed and that there are millions of family-friendly words in the dictionary!