Are you ready to get your hands dirty? Or would you rather watch?

[flyingcrocodile46]

It's difficult for sure but policy or not if you can stand back and do nothing when a woman is being beat senseless or a young lad is being thrashed by a group of yobs then you have to ask yourself where your place is in a decent society

Having said that, you have to be aware that you could be walking into a world of shit legally and physically. In good old blighty nearly all youth are tooled up and would think nothing of sticking you just for having the gall to interfere in their business.

I did in fact step in between a man and a woman once upon a time, he was beating her mercilessly, no plee reason or threat would deter him from his task. In the end he turned on me but fortunately, unlike him, I wasn't pissed out of my tree so was able to dispatch him relatively easily. The real pisser of this sorry tale is when the woman saw her attacker unconscious, the bloody cow turned on me for hitting her Husband.

so yeah, stepping in, fraught with peril but sometimes you have to make that call. Do I regret putting myself in the firing line? too right but the fucker was gonna kill her, what do ya do, what do ya do?

LOL. Been there myself with exact same result and seen it twice more besides. It has made me think twice and walk once

[tigertim20]

The real pisser of this sorry tale is when the woman saw her attacker unconscious, the bloody cow turned on me for hitting her Husband.

WAY more common than you would think.

[iYRe]

I kinda agree with tigertim's first coupla posts.
I'm an ex pub bouncer myself, and I voted to step in.. but i would be stepping in with "experience" - there are some situations you just dont get into. I once worked with a pro boxer, who had multiple black belts blah blah blah.. he could fight.. but he lost his confidence when he stepped into a fight and got smashed over the head with a piece of wood from behind, by someone he didnt even know was there.

A couple of points, firstly, as mentioned, its not in your job contract, and worse, if you get injured the company you work for is liable under OSH, or some such thing. Technically, you are "at work" from when you leave home, until you return.. although this might have changed in recent years. Definitely if you are work, and you get injured in a fight.. its a work related accident and that can mean big problems.
Secondly, you just dont know these days what is going to happen.. I dont do security any more, since people started turning up to pubs with weapons..

Anyway, kudos to you for doing something... it takes some testicular fortitude these days.. but still.. if something happens it can be bad for you, your family, AND your employer. Just be careful.. hell careful.

[Oblivion]

Depends what is happening to be honest. If there is a couple of guys beating up the one guy, I'd step in and help, after yelling at them saying "Wtf do you think your doing" at them. If they throw a punch at me, They can expect one back.

If is a group fight, then its not my problem to deal with. If they want to fight in among themselves, then they can go right ahead. I'll be the one cheering them on. Cops arriving is just the icing on the cake.