A few from me this week...
I went to a private school with my brothers. We all had problems with bullies, although only two of us were actually bullied, the other two just got in trouble for standing up for us.

When we were at the school, lunches and buses were paid for on a term basis, so we never needed to carry money with us. As a result, if we did have money, it would invariably go into the chocolate machine. My brother Ian did this one day, and had a pack of fruit pastilles, or something similar.

At breaktime, a lad 2 years above him (year 10/15 years old) decided that he wanted one, and demanded as such. Ian quite fairly told him where to stick it. This incensed the bully, who decided the intelligent thing to do would be punch Ian very hard in the face, kick him in the stomach while he was on the floor, and steal his sweets.

While Ian was getting seen to by the nurse, word reaches my eldest brother Andrew (Upper 6th/18 years old), who decides that the teachers reaction won't be satisfying enough, decides to teach the bully a lesson.

Which is why, when people were queueing up for lunch, they heard a girly scream, to look up, and see the lad being held over the bannister of the stairs by his ankles, by Andrew and one of his friends, wanting to embarrass him.

The head of 6th form comes along, and sees this. "Lads, why the hell are you dangling him over the edge of the stairs?" Quoth he.

"He smacked Ian and stole his sweets, Sir" replied Andrew.

"OK, just make sure you don't drop him" says the teacher, and walked away!

Unfortunately, when the lad told his parents that night, they weren't as forgiving, leading to Andrew getting a Saturday detention.

Strangely, the bully never bothered Ian again.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 13 May 2009, 13:13, Reply)