Meron akong nakita...

[xoom]

A few weeks ago, my wife and I were having a late night coffee at Figaro, Tomas Morato. We chose to sit at the open air tables of the shop so we can have a little chit-chat when wifey noticed from across the street a young chinese-looking couple in their mid-20's having a not so pleasant argument. We couldn't hear their conversation since we were at least about 5-10 meters away from them but from the looks of it, it looks kinda serious.

Apparently, their argument was turning out nasty. And when the girl was starting to cry, kaboom! sinapok nung guy yung girl na halos mapadapa na yung chick. The dude looks like the typical richy spoiled, jealous a-hole and was taking charge of the situation the whole time. They were already creating a scene and my wife was pushing me to stop the guy from beating up the poor girl to a plump. Ano ako bale??? I'm not about to be that girl's knight in shining armor with a warfreak bf/hubbie(?) who could be loaded with a .45 cal. at that moment. Would you?

What i did was i called the security guard of figaro and asked him to stop the freakin' rambo across the street from beating his girl, ayos di ba? hehehe Nung tumatawid na si bayaning guard sa kalsada, bigla syang dinuro ni rambo at sinigawan ng "Put*ng #%a mo, wag kang makikialam dito!!!", sabay hila dun sa babae at binalibag sa loob ng cefiro nya tsaka humataw towards the direction of e.rodriguez. Nanginginig sa galit si misis, i hope not at me, kase nakita nya ang kabaro nya kung paano gulpihin ng isang lalaki at wala kaming nagawa. Until now, it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth whenever i recall that incident. Hindi naman kase kami sanay makakita ng ganung cruelty.

TANONG: If you were there witnessing the incident, what could you have done?

[VtEC]

you did the right thing bro.tama na si rizal sa luneta park he he he.

pero kakagigil nga yong mga lalake na nananakit ng babae.

[mbeige]

If that happened here in the US I'd call the police, report the car's license plate, make and model, defining features like a particular sticker or wheel choice, etc and their intended direction.

There, there's nobody to call in times of these. You could have taken down the license plate and posted it here, at least people will know who to avoid since they're obviously not in the best mind to drive. People can also find out more information from the license plate alone, as has been done here before.

[red07]

Am sure pag kasama ko wife ko siya mismo ang aawat sa dalawa.

Pero kapag nagsalita ng hindi maganda yung lalake sa wife ko, that's my cue. May dahilan nako para makialam. Yun ay kung hindi ko talaga mapipigilan si wifey sa gagawin nya pero syempre, pipigilan ko sha sa abot ng aking makakaya.

O kaya tatawag ako sa Patrol 117 para may pulis na dumating at sila na bahala dun.

[CVT]

you did the right thing bro.tama na si rizal sa luneta park he he he.

pero kakagigil nga yong mga lalake na nananakit ng babae.

It is my opinion you did the right thing, bro. You'll never know what could have happened if you've attempted to get in between....

Remember, it wasn't only you and your wife who were witnessing that... Kawawa naman iyong babae,- sana ay lumaban siya at hindi na lang siya sumama sa lalake. Pag nagkaganoon,- baka may makialam na....

5101:pcwhack:

[salev]

same here, ganun din siguro ang gagawin ko unless manghingi na talaga ng tulong yung girl.

[seonadancing]

I've been in a similar situation and I really wanted to do something about the guy, I mean if you were the girl o kapatid mo yun babae, wouldn't you want somebody to at least help her. But I guess it's natural for most people to look after their welfare and not help. I guess it would be different if the girl shouted for help.

[bumags]

if she was my sister....ala ng patumpiktumpik...kahit ganu kalaki siya...kapatid ko e!

but in this case...and based sa situation...hindi humingi ng help yung girl...

let go situation yun...hirap na nga.

If we did get the plate number and have the police corner him, the next question would be...

will there be someone brave enough to go out of his way to testify on what he did to the girl in that incident?

just speakin' out guys...

:headache:

[artpogi]

I've witnessed that kind of scene, sa Glorietta naman. A couple was a few steps in front of me and my wife and we noticed that they are having an argument. Then a few seconds later, kaboom, dinagukan ng lalaki yung babae.

Hindi ko pinakialaman yung couple, pero naawa ako dun sa girl. Pero kung may sumita na ibang tao/lalaki dun sa guy at pumalag yung guy, makikisapak siguro ako.

Those type of guys are just pure a-holes.

[XTO]

right, mahirap mangealam sa ganyan baka sa yo mabaling ang galit ma disgrasya ka pa. but in the case na humingi ng tulong yung babae baka samahan ko pa yung guard. agree with cvt, dapat lumaban yung girl, that way maraming tutulong na me dahilan. seems matindi ang takot ng babae sa lalake dahil hindi man lang lumaban or sadyang mahina ang loob.

[shadow]

or kaya hinde lumaban yun girl is talagang meron kasalanan, malay niyo nahuli ng lalake yun asawa niya or GF na meron kasamang iba...

mahirap nga makialam sa ganyan, eh kung yun mismong binubugbog eh hinde lumalaban or humihingi ng tulong, what more tayong mga onlookers lang...

[JiggeR671]

tama ginawa mo bro.. we should always consider violent people armed and/or dangerous.. pero kawawa talaga yung babae na ginulpi..

[aga_cruz]

lupit naman nung lalaking yun


dapat ma flat ang apat na gulong nun tapos sana walang riserba at jack


hahahahahahahahahahaha

[1D4LV]

imho. tama rin yung ginawa mo.
but i would have meddled, let's say for example:

a) inawat ng wife ko, tapos minura ang wife ko.
b) or the girl is a relative or a friend.

di pa sila kasal, binubugbog na sya nung lalake.... imho, dapat natauhan na yung girl dyan. hiwalayan na nya... mas lalo syang magiging punching bag nyan pag mag-asawa na sila.

[Mguy]

This happened to me twice.

First was the guy being my friend, started to hit the girl in front of me. I stood in between them and said na ako na bugbugin mo na lang (kung kaya lang nya). He let go of the situation and parted ways na lang.

Next is quite similar to your episode pero nasa Crossing kami. Binubugbog at sinisipa pa yun babae. Syempre, since ang daming tambay doon, nung sinigawan na yun lalaki na HOY!, kinuyog sya ng mga tambay at pati ako sumali. Ayun bugbog sarado at dinala sa precinto ang guy.

I don't know lang. Malakas lang ang loob ko sa mga ganito. If I was that situation, what I would do is to grab the girl and bring her far away from the guy. Mas maganda nga lang kung may kasama ka.

[Galactus]

Most probably sisigawan ko yung nambubugbog. Pag napansin ko na mas malaki pala sa akin, sasabihin ko sa kanya na..."kumusta ka na, efren...tagal na tayong hindi nagkita...ang laki-laki mo na!" hehehe

Seriously, I wouldn't intervene unless I see na talagang sobra na yung pambubugbog or the victim asks for help. Mahirap talagang makialam sa ganyan, baka ako or misis ko pa madamay.

[shadow]

^^^tama!!! mahirap makialam we are not privy kasi kung anong reason bakit nagawa ng lalake yun sa wife/GF niya in a public place, sigurado meron big reason behind it....

siguro nga pag humingi ng tulong yun babae pero pag hinde just let it go....

OT: galactus, bro idol mo pala si Janno Gibbs...hehehehe

[awing]

Ill do the same thing bro, hirap na makigulo. Di mo sila kilala, kung magpakaHERO ka man, maraming paraan dyan.

Enough what you did when you call the guard. You saw them ride on a car, pwede mo siguro kinuha na lang yung plaka sabay tawag sa Pulis.

[chain]

tama lang ginawa.. IMO.

what if we reverse the situation:

yung babae ang nanggugulpi sa lalake? berating tapos hitting him full-on with her fists with the guy just covering himself? ano gagawin?

(actually, napanood ko sa Discovery Channel ito... bystanders who were females cheered on the girl who was doing the beating. isa lang ang actually umawat.)

[juntzo]

hehehe... just want to add my own!
this happened when i was working in an office a long time ago in makati. my pretty officemate was arguing with her boyfriend in the lobby. the argument turned nasty and the guy slapped my officemate in full view of everybody!

the girl's response was priceless though:
she removed her high heels and threw it at the guy. the first one missed but the second shoe hit him on the right eye which bled and he has to be rushed to makati med!

we were all shocked at first but then we all clapped our hands with our officemate doing exaggerated bows to acknowledge!... hahaha

on topic: you did the right thing bro!