Arthur
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Weirdly, I can't decide whether I agree with you or not.
Whilst it definitely should be expected that stewarding any event provides a fairly high chance of running into a moron or two, that very mentality ('it's expected') is probably part of the reasons that those causing problems do it in the first place, similar to those that create an almighty mess at the workplace then shrug it off as 'there are cleaners'.
It's not technically 'wrong', but there should be a degree of human decency in there somewhere, rather than just acting up because you can.
Likewise I don't disagree with you BUT peoples interpretation of human decency differs wildly from person to person. As Buzzer points out when you throw booze into the mix then that interpretation can change even more wildly where people who wouldn't say boo to a goose when sober might become slightly more animated and do stuff they wouldn't do in their every day lives. I'm not saying its right but if you put yourself in that position you've got to expect it.
I can't speak of any of the incidents the OP is talking about as I wasn't there. I've no doubt some fans did act like pricks but having been watching football for the last 30 years I've also seen some incredibly inept and disgraceful behaviour from stewards that has done little more than enflame the situation rather than calming it down. The original post and then the follow up boasting that the perpetrators will be dealt with at the turnstiles during the next game is quite frankly one of those situations and very unnecessary IMO.