Greenwich - January 2008
Was at Greenwich station a in January this year on the way home from work (can't remember why I'd changed trains there - can't have been important).

Two chaps were apparently being friendly, generally "joshing" with each other when one glassed the other - in public.

Attempting to get involved proved to be a foolish idea, although I did try to face the bottle holding chap down in an non-confrontational fashion when someone else on the platform called the police and an ambulance. It's as easy as it sounds.

Everything seemed to slow down. Me grabbing my scarf and giving it to the bleeding bloke and at the same time trying to keep the bottle holder apart from him to avoid his (and I quote) "f---ing finish the c--t".

Ambulance arrives. Police arrive. Victim treated and driven off; ambulance team try to give me my scarf back - erm, no thanks.

Police start to chill the drunk / stoned (never did find out which) bloke, although they did have the advantage of holding a baton over their shoulders ready to thump him. Didn't have one of those myself.

Never heard anything else about it but did throw up later on that evening when I'd phoned my friend to tell him about it who called me a "stupid bastard" and that I "shouldn't have gotten involved". What was I going to do, let one guy kill the other?

Apologies for lack of funny.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 29 May 2008, 15:34, 5 replies)

Have A Click
Just for getting involved.

Takes, if you'll excuse the pun, "bottle"..

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Thu 29 May 2008, 15:36, closed)

I agree
you should be very proud of yourself. My girlfriend always runs away from any potential trouble in case we end up getting involved.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 May 2008, 15:43, closed)

Yep it takes a lot to step in in situations like that, don't know if I would have.
He was unlikely to be stoned, incidentally. Stoned people aren't generally violent people.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 30 May 2008, 10:13, closed)

*click*
Well done for stepping in. Everyone should be like that. You'd want someone to step in and help if you were the one getting attacked.

And right about the stoned thing. Being stoned makes you the very opposite of violent.
(Musuko, Fri 30 May 2008, 12:01, closed)

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Well done - most people wouldn't have had the stones to get involved. Have a click.
(resurrection_mary cannibal_ferox, Sat 31 May 2008, 0:25, closed)