Hypothetical Scenario: Asshole Bouncers

[Dedicated_Dad]

Despite being one of the smaller guys, I've done my stint too. Most of the time I was behind the bar, but would wade in to help or "cover" for someone as needed.

All the good advice vice "bouncers" has already been shared, but I think some personal experiences may still aid someone...

Lesson: Chivalry/honor/etc are dead. Forget this and YOU might be.

Illustration 1 -- Chivalry: Our Hero is attending a large "state fair." He notices an argument between a couple which seems to be escalating, so he maneuvers himself through the crowd to a position where he could intervene if necessary.

She - an incredibly well-stacked blonde - seems not to notice how angry the young [strike]man[/strike] male is becoming. When he grabs a handfull of the top of her hair in his left fist, and draws back his right one to punch, Our Hero decides it's time for him to step in. He grabs the miscreant's fist in his right hand, and a light grip on his elbow - in a position to pull an arm-bar if necessary - before saying "Let 'er go, man!"

The miscreant - failing to appreciate Our Hero's intervention - snatches his hand loose while saying "Mind your own f***ing business!"

Our Hero expected - and was prepared for - such a reaction from the miscreant -- but Our Hero had utterly failed to consider the possibility that there might be more than one potential attacker.

What Our Hero failed to anticipate was the pretty young [strike]lady[/strike] female ALSO telling him to mind his "own f***ing business" (which didn't really register) and kneeing him squarely in his n()ts (which ABSOLUTELY did!)!

Thankfully, the couple then returned to their regular mutual slug-fest, thus allowing Our Hero to eventually regain full consciousness and a vertical position from which he could move to greener pastures.

Sadly, he failed to learn his lesson about such women - as his later adventures amply prove - but this is a topic for another day...

Illustration 2 -- Honor: Our Hero has a seat next to the dance-floor. Suddenly, out of NOWHERE, these 4 HUGE guys come rolling in and commence to kick the snot out of some poor guy who was just dancing, bothering noone.

Our Hero thinks to himself:

"Well, now! THAT is not only unfair, it's also *HIGHLY* un-civilized!"

Then he hops the railing and wades in to the fray. He succeeds in diverting the attackers' assault -- just long enough for "the victim" to run like a scared little girl.

RUN is the keyword - all Our Hero saw was @$$hole-and-shoe-soles heading in the other direction.

Naturally, this leaves Our Hero to absorb the assault intended for the aforementioned victim - plus (no doubt) a bit extra for his trouble. What it did NOT leave him was a single soul in the whole place stupid enough to jump to HIS defense.

Oh - and I should probably mention that Our Hero's situational-awareness was lacking as sorely as his judgment: The "attackers" were in fact the club's bouncers.

Oops.

OTOH, Our Hero got to join a rather elite Fraternity: Those who have experienced the infamous "back stairs" which exit from the rear of the aforementioned club.

Yes indeed, he experienced said stairs -- ALL of them.

Face-first.

At least that's what he THINKS happened -- it all gets a little fuzzy right about then...

Our Hero also got to keep a fitting souvenir -- a cheek-bone that still (some ~25 years later) gets a little twingy when the weather starts getting cold.

So... yeah.

To all the previous advice, I'd have to add "don't volunteer to accept someone else's trouble" -- no matter who they are. The odds are overwhelming that you'll regret it...

DD

[Combat Controller]

Me a four teammates jumped into a a situation where some guy was beating the crap out of his woman at the next table. She jumped on my back and removed a large amount of hair and skin from my head before she got peeled off of me. I couldn't even throw her off, she was on like a tick.

[Termite]

Me a four teammates jumped into a a situation where some guy was beating the crap out of his woman at the next table. She jumped on my back and removed a large amount of hair and skin from my head before she got peeled off of me. I couldn't even throw her off, she was on like a tick.

There are those type of women who stay with a man even when he beats the shit out of her on a semi-regular basis, for little or no reason. And they will often apologise for/defend the man, as you found out CC.

I think such women are screwed up in their head, and he can keep on beating her for all I care.

[skb12172]

Me a four teammates jumped into a a situation where some guy was beating the crap out of his woman at the next table. She jumped on my back and removed a large amount of hair and skin from my head before she got peeled off of me. I couldn't even throw her off, she was on like a tick.

There are those type of women who stay with a man even when he beats the shit out of her on a semi-regular basis, for little or no reason. And they will often apologise for/defend the man, as you found out CC.

I think such women are screwed up in their head, and he can keep on beating her for all I care.

+1 to what he said.

[308Mike]

Me a four teammates jumped into a a situation where some guy was beating the crap out of his woman at the next table. She jumped on my back and removed a large amount of hair and skin from my head before she got peeled off of me. I couldn't even throw her off, she was on like a tick.

AYUP - one of the BIG reasons DV calls carry such a potential for violence against the responding officers. Even the "victims" have been known to attack and on occasion KILL an officer who was trying to help them from getting the snot kicked out of them.

They frequently flip when they see the cuffs being put on their attacker and suddenly realize that he's heading for jail.

[AZMARK]

My uncle gave me sound advice when as I became "legal" to enter drinking establishments, "If you go toe to toe with a man in a bar, keep one eye out for his date."

[Windy Wilson]

What about a place that checks everybody with metal detecters before they go in?

I have to go to court. That's my job.