...you hear on the news almost every weekend that someone gets attacked or hurt or stabbed. On Friday night, on his way home from work, Rob got assaulted. He's fine - don't worry it wasn't newsworthy - but it scared and infuriated both of us.
He'd lost his back light on his bike so he was half riding, half walking it home on the pavement. 2 young lads were there and said something to him he didn't catch - he said pardon and then the larger of the two called him a prick and punched him in the mouth. Now Rob is 6ft 4 - they probably didn't realise that as he was hunched over his bike - and Rob has a very scary temper. I have only seen him lose it a handful of times in 18 years but as our mate Trace says - he goes HULK. So they picked the wrong guy. He hit one of them with his bike and shouted at them - who do you think you are? Asked them if their mums knew what they were doing and gave chase. They ran off but the younger one dropped something and Rob thought it was a knife.
It could have been so much worse. I don't think they expected a reaction like they got - they probably thought they could kick some poor blokes head in for a laugh. I hope Rob scared the shit out of them. We reported it to the police and they've rung us three times over the weekend to take more statements from Rob but we haven't seen anyone in person and I think they're just form filling.
Rob just didn't want some other poor bugger to get a knife rather than a punch. He's fine -his lip is a bit bashed. He was FURIOUS though and it took a long time to calm down.
The world outside that we see on the news doesn't often touch us - but it feels like it has now. Maybe this is our time to be a statistic and I'm grateful that it's just a punch. That I'm not one of those people shocked and grieving - like the father stabbed in front of his daughter just half an hour away from us in Croydon. I do love living in London - we're off to the Chinese New Year celebrations this afteroon - but there is a darker side and it came a bit too close this time.....
2 comments:
Oh hon - how bloody scary!!! Really glad that Rob's okay. I seriously hope he gave those little scrotes the fright of their lives. How dare people encroach on other people's lives like that. I read the story about the dad who got stabbed in front of his 3 year old and it's stuff like that that really makes me question living in London. Hugs to you all babe. xxxxx
Eek! I've only just seen this (damn broken laptop!)
Glad he's ok, but how scary!
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