[Closed] Punched in the smacker!

So you rock up at his front door and **** him in the face, I doubt he will just stand there and take it, more likley it will end in a fight.

If the police then show up, your defence will be "he hit me a few days back, so I came back to hit him" 😕

The time to hit him was when he attacked you, in self defence. Not now. Court and all that is a waste of time IMO. Have a biscuit and a cup of tea - shiz happens 🙂

What you need to do is, buy a car with anti-lock brakes. 😀

So youre driving along a narrow road from your house, where your kids may be playing outside, along with a neighbours kids,and see a car approaching, the approaching car stops sudenly skidding to a halt on the gravel ,inflamed you jump out, and punch the driver, more in shock than anger, you then relaise what youve done, apologise profusely, and then you find out your mate is a mate of the other driver, and you apologise to him as well.

Youre now sitting in the house waiting for the ineveitable knock on the door from the police and the thought of being charged with assault, you want to ring the other chap up, to apologise, but are affraid of his reaction.

Ah balls, Project saw right through my story... 😉

I havn't bothered reading anybody else's posts.

Report him. If you don't you will regret doing so.

Who the hell does he think he is doing that.

i agree that the moment for a return punch has clearly evaporated.

surely the right thing to do would be to go knock on this guys house, and surprise the crap out him by suggesting he start a 'slow down' campaign for the kids who live on the road?

clearly the trolls who say 'go and speak to him, chat about his problems' 'knock on his door and beat the shit out of him' are having some fun this evening.

anyone who can just jump out of a car and hit someone without warning is not the kind of person that wants to chat about their problems with a complete stranger or take a slapping from on their doorstep with good grace.

anything that happens after mr punchys door gets knocked on will be the fault of smogmonster.

the old bill will surely see it as premeditated, mr punchy will claim that he didnt jump out of his car and give anyone a slap earlier in the day (unless there are witnesses, which i assume not)

a world of shit awaits on the other side of mr punchys door.

report the ****er and let the bill frighten him a bit

Oh. My. God. I'm gutted for this country that nearly half the posts here say report him, and worse, a significant proportion seem to be seriously suggesting some old testament eye for an eye shit. (I'm hoping that they're kidding) by his immediate realisation that his behaviour was out of order the bloke had demonstrated that he's far from all bad, so what sort of almighty mother of all bad days must this chap be having?

Where's your empathy people? Jeez, take a look at yourselves...

Does the perp have a wife and what does she look like? can you come to some sort of 'arrangement' if she's a looker?
😉

The time for retaliation has passed. Personally I'd pop round his house just to clear things up. By that I mean have a chat and clear the air. He'll feel a prick I'd imagine.

A long time ago, when i as a student, at a college, me and one of the lecturers didnt agree, he accused me of stealing something, which i hadnt and punched out at me,when i got annoyed, (a sackable ofence for him) i pushed him back and he fell into a plastic bin, he wasnt hurt, but i had a bruised face.

A lot of fellow students saw what happened, and wanted him reported, i persuaded them not to and we covered it up, a few days latter after the weekend, the lecturer asked me why i hadnt reported him, i just said WHY, you [b]didnt[/b] hit me, i pushed you, He said thankyou and i said thankyou, end of story.

How friendly is your mate with the neighbour? If you report him will it have any repercussions for your mate? Are you any good at forgiving and forgetting?

It's obviously too late for retaliation on the grounds of self defence, but if you can't forgive and forget it'll eat you up that you never 'did' anything about it. (Speaking from experience, I've only recently let go the feeling of self loathing after being confronted by three youths, one armed with a hammer)

Speak to your mate about reporting him to the police, if he's happy it'll not have any effect on his position of something of a piggy in the middle. Report him, let them know you don't want to press charges (If you don't) Hopefully it'll give him a wake up call, and make him realise no matter how bad a day he's having he can't take it out on someone else.

[i]Does the perp have a wife and what does she look like? can you come to some sort of 'arrangement' if she's a looker?[/i]

Unless he's a STWer in which case he'll agree to come to some sort of arrangement and then totally renage on the deal.

When I read the OP I thought pretty much what v8ninety wrote.

Report him!!! I mean wtf-you just don't go round punching people! As for he must have been having a bad day, I have had several bad days recently, and just before xmas had a couple of days that will be filed as the lowest I've felt in my life-I made it through them without punching anyone though and did a fair bit of driving in that time too 8)

Be aware that these days, with crime recording rules and what not, the police might be unable to record an assault and then deal with it by way of 'a chat'. It's not that the local bobbies won't want to, but the bosses in the ivory tower won't like an undetected crime on the books, and would insist every effort is made to get a detection.

clearly the trolls who say 'go and speak to him, chat about his problems' 'knock on his door and beat the shit out of him' are having some fun this evening

The rest is what I'd do - but I'd let my mate arrange the conversation since
a) he knows the guy so is a bit neutral in this
b) he presumably wants to remain on good terms with the guy, whilst I don't have to live there
c) me just turning up unexpectedly at the door might just provoke an odd reaction from a guy who's clearly been quite wound up
d) it'd be daft to go round at all if the guy's going to be hostile

Go with your mate around to the neighbour, and say the first rule of fight club is not to skid in your car and that you forgot and your sorry, then punch him, if your scared get your mate to hold him while you punch him.

Sometimes leaving matters alone are best for the greater good - it's difficult to judge. You have to balance that with the risk of living in a society where indecorous behaviour of the nature the OP describes increases because it's tolerated and goes unaddressed. Perhaps the cops firing a warning shot over his bows at least is a proportionate response? I don't mean niking him and referring it to the CPS - just check him out on his doorstep and for a few words of advice to be dispensed. If he is a reasonable man as his early apology is suggestive of, this could have the desired effect.

thegreatape - I don't think it's got that ridiculous yet. Not for allegations like this.

I think you should report him - the moment has passed to pay him a visit and whack him (which is what he deserves)

Report him! Report him! Ommmm I'm telling... Miss, johnny bit me... FFS people, grow up and stop whinging. There are times when you should be very glad of the decent police and criminal justice system in this country, and there's times when you should just MTFU and shrug, chalk it up to experience and move on. Don't waste police time.

I mean, really.

target the wife 😈 "revenge is a dish best served cold"

Wait a few hours, then sneak out in the dead of night, graffiti MURDERER on his door in red paint then sneak home. You never know, he sounds pretty crackers, he may well be! You even know where he lives.

I suppose it varies from place to place. When I worked in Nottingham we had to i/v suspects even if the complainer refused to give a statement, just in case they admitted it. Complete waste of time.

think you need to say something even its only for your mate to have a chat with this guy, you just cant punch someone cause your having a bad day, hell we all have bad days but i dont usually go round punching people when i do dont know about you lot. think this guy needs to be told it bang out of order, no need to get police involved unless he turns out to be a complete ****.

v8ninety

i expect you'd let it lie if he smacked anyone dear to you?

just chalk it up to a bad day huh?

dont want to waste police time now, do we?

I suppose it varies from place to place. When I worked in Nottingham we had to i/v suspects even if the complainer refused to give a statement, just in case they admitted it. Complete waste of time.

Really? I can understand Domestic Violence cases where there's a positive arrest policy etc but for the above? I guess you're glad you've transferred?

I agree with the above... 'own' his wife 🙂

Or just put it down to experience.

I once had a guy go friggin mental at me in tescos car park when I asked what he was doing in a parent and child space when he was not with children (I had a my 1 and 2 yr old and could have done with said space).

The guy went ballastic and frightened both my youngsters to tears.

He was a total cock. But he will get his dues in time.

Yes, really. May have changed I suppose, but that's the way it was. You're right though, I don't miss Nottingham!

clearly the trolls who say 'go and speak to him, chat about his problems' 'knock on his door and beat the shit out of him' are having some fun this evening

I wasn't trolling either.. what kind of isolated insular anal hell do we live in if you can't chat about a blokes problems..
as said before.. he doesn't sound like a hardnosed thug and he's a part of your wider circle whether you like it or not..

where's the community spirit gone..?
where's the ****ing love..!?

people are so quick to blame everyone else for societies problems but it's patently obvious that the causes are inside all of us..

drop him or report him ffs

Just post a pair of squirrels through his door when he next goes out.

That'll learn him!!

Report him.

*Middle class wimp thread alert*

"people are so quick to blame everyone else for societies problems but it's patently obvious that the causes are inside all of us.."

Aye.

If the incident is still bothering you, and you think it is safe to do so, you could ask to talk. It might help him, and you.

Obviously, if he's a proper nutter, shop him.

Go back and wait for him to drive up the country lane then skid towards him again, then leap out if your car (N:B need to be quicker than him) open his door and chin him then apologize. Job done.

I wonder who he will hit next time he has a bad day. Obviously he felt safe hitting some random stranger maybe next time he wont stop at one punch, maybe it will be someones missus, the OPs even. Your conscience will dictate your choice, lets hope its a good one.

yunki talks sense.

If you don't do anything about it, every time you see him he will remind you what a pussy you are, and he won't even have to say/do anything.

Skywalker +1

The world would be a better place with the more liberal use of some furious fists, I'm not talking beating someone to a pulp, just the odd slap. You witness the pent up frustration and anger people carry and the fear they won't own up to reading this forum on a daily basis. The fear, which saddens me the most, is usually wrapped up in the passive aggressive use of over moralising. If folk let off some good honest steam and chanced their arm a bit, I'm sure the overall balance of things would be better.

I really don't understand all these "talk to him" suggestions. This guy is a complete stranger to the OP, it's not the OP's responsibility to talk to him. If the geezer needs to talk to someone other than his friends and family, then there are professional people who can provide this service.

IMO the OP has two choices, either forget it, or report it. Decking the geezer or offering him a hug are not options imo.

Compassion for a fellow human being. It's in short supply these days.

smogmonster - Member

it was full on bunch of fives, i have the swollen cheek and cut lip

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There you go smogmonster, knock on his door and politely ask him whether he would mind very much punching you on the other cheek.

It's what Jesus would have done.

I never had you pegged as so shallow ernest..

The world would be a better place with the more liberal use of some furious fists, I'm not talking beating someone to a pulp, just the odd slap.

I'm sensing this is exactly what happened - bloke came into the neighbourhood he didn't recognise driving too fast/erratically and he gave him a slap in a neighbourhoodwatch kind of way shortly followed by some middle class angst at the potential consequences and a swift apology.

My vote is for the op driving more poorly than his description indicates as the most logical reason for that sort of reaction.