Here we have the beginning stages of a fight:
And the ending:
The police and Security Guards have their hands full in Surfer’s Paradise!
Why do people start fights in the first place??? Are they alcohol induced fights? Fights of passion? Inter-male fighting for a mate? Fights for the sake of fighting? Who knows!!! Our police force have to endure them.
Is there any way to avoid fighting???
Of course there is!!!!
In fact, here is a list of ways to avoid getting yourself into unnecessary fights:
1) When queuing to enter a club or a bar, do not push or shove anybody next to you. People do not generally like to be pushed or shoved.
2)While queuing, do not fidget. Your hand may accidentally brush against the posterior of another person. Now, this person or this person’s girlfriend will not be too pleased about having their posterior brushed against… so raise your hands in a sign of surrender and leave the queue … find another club to go to.
3) The bouncers are always right. Even when they are wrong, they are right. Do not argue with them. People side with the bouncers. They are a source of power. Underage teens who want to enter the club will beat you up in the hope of attaining the bouncer’s approval!
4) Once inside the club, make your way over to the bar. Be friendly to people … nobody likes a creepy guy who looks moody and skulks over to the bar. But don’t overdo it… smiling widely at strangers as you walk by is creepy.
5) Do not bump into a semi-drunk person. A fully drunk person will topple over and dribble happily onto the carpet. A semi-drunk person will bash you with a chair.
OK, you’ve broken one of these rules and you’ve found yourself in a pickle….you are being dragged into a dark alley or pressed up against a wall by a group of unruly men with bulging biceps… what would you do? Would you try to fight? Go down like a trooper? Or would you completely throw away your dignity and avoid, what would have been, a painful beating and a possible loss of teeth? Here are several ways in which you can do this:
1) Play dead. Going limp in a person’s arms may shock the men into dropping you or letting you go. It would probably be less satisfying for them to beat you up while you are unconscious anyway.
2) Go to the bathroom … right then and there. Now that would definitely shock them.
3) Yawn! Nothing is more powerful than a yawn!
4) Just plain embarrass yourself. If there happens to be a glass of water/a taco/ a sticky bun in your hand or nearby …. dunk it on your head. You would become a laughing stock… but would probably be saved from a bashing.
5) If you are being yelled at or having accusations being thrown your way… change the subject. The only thing that will ease or redirect the tension that’s feeding a potential fight is if you learn how to change the subject to something else, whether it’s by cracking a non-threatening joke or, better yet, asking a question. This one may only delay the bashing, though, but at least it will buy you some time to think of some other way to get out of the pickle you’re in.
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