Mizter T wrote:
On 17 Feb, 15:52, "Stevo" wrote:
Rob Hamadi wrote:
On Feb 16, 11:07 pm, Dave A wrote:
The gateline staff didn't seem too interested.

Last time I confronted a guy for squeezing through behind me he
threatened to stab me.

Tip for the future. In London NEVER confront anybody! Let him
squeeze through, and the authorities deal with him if they see him.
As you really could end up getting stabbed by a nutter.


I disagree. If your policy is to never confront anyone (and when I say
confront this can merely mean a polite and queit word with someone)
then it's carte blanche for anyone who feels like it to take the ****
with no come. Obviously any one situation has to be addressed
individually according to specific circumstances - note that I'm not
saying one should *always* confront the person(s), just saying that I
think it's a bit pathetic to decide that one will *never* confront
anyone.

How you act is up to you. But I wouldn't confront anyone just becuase
they were slipping through a barrier behind me at a train station!

On 18 Feb, 01:32, "Stevo" wrote:
Mizter T wrote:
On 17 Feb, 15:52, "Stevo" wrote:
Rob Hamadi wrote:
On Feb 16, 11:07 pm, Dave A wrote:
The gateline staff didn't seem too interested.

Last time I confronted a guy for squeezing through behind me he
threatened to stab me.

Tip for the future. In London NEVER confront anybody! Let him
squeeze through, and the authorities deal with him if they see him.
As you really could end up getting stabbed by a nutter.

I disagree. If your policy is to never confront anyone (and when I say
confront this can merely mean a polite and queit word with someone)
then it's carte blanche for anyone who feels like it to take the ****
with no come. Obviously any one situation has to be addressed
individually according to specific circumstances - note that I'm not
saying one should *always* confront the person(s), just saying that I
think it's a bit pathetic to decide that one will *never* confront
anyone.

How you act is up to you. But I wouldn't confront anyone just becuase
they were slipping through a barrier behind me at a train station!


Of course it's not really something to get that worked up about given
the bigger picture, and yes I would probably leave it be (not least
because it a few moments to actually realise what happened, if you
realise at all - that said it's only happened to me a couple of times,
probably because I'm not really a suitably diminutive target!).

Nonetheless though, as I said earlier I quite disagree with operating
a blanket policy of non-intervention and non-confrontation in public,
but I'll just leave it at that.

To finish on a lighter note - I have had a guy trying to bustle
through the gates *in front* of me (i.e. using my ticket) - they ended
up on the floor behind me, though I dare say on that occasion I was
assisted somewhat by a liberal dose of dutch courage. Quite satisfying
though!

Mizter T wrote:

Nonetheless though, as I said earlier I quite disagree with operating
a blanket policy of non-intervention and non-confrontation in public,
but I'll just leave it at that.

I agree. Such a policy is bad for one's self and society.
--
Michael Hoffman