jonmorris wrote:
It
then heated up more, so like a fool (having had some drinks) I told
them to calm down. She then turned on me, threatening to stab me. I
said I'd call the police and things got worse. So I walked into the
next carriage and pulled the alarm.

Possibly they thought you wre a drunk who had pulled the alarm as part
of an argument with other drunks, and that by getting you off the train
they were defusing things? I'm not trying to be censorious, honest, but
how many was "some drinks"?

That aside, my sympathies. It sounds like the "anything for a quiet
life" policy which leads buffet car attendants to sell alcohol to
aggressively drunk football fans - and to hell with other passengers.

Ian

Ian wrote:
Possibly they thought you wre a drunk who had pulled the alarm as part
of an argument with other drunks, and that by getting you off the train
they were defusing things? I'm not trying to be censorious, honest, but
how many was "some drinks"?

Maybe they did, as I had probably had 5 or 6 pints since 5pm. However,
when I'm drunk I do remember everything and I don't get violent. I
spoke quite normally to them, even though I am sure I would have
slurred some words. I vividly remember my comment to the guy when we
all got off though. I hope he does too.

Jonathan

In message .com, at
08:35:34 on Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Ian remarked:
Possibly they thought you wre a drunk who had pulled the alarm as part
of an argument with other drunks, and that by getting you off the train
they were defusing things?

Even if he was, evicting them (both sets of potential combatants) from
the relatively controllable situation on the train to the uncontrolled
environment of a station late at night doesn't seem particularly
helpful.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message .com, at
08:35:34 on Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Ian remarked:
Possibly they thought you wre a drunk who had pulled the alarm as part
of an argument with other drunks, and that by getting you off the train
they were defusing things?

Even if he was, evicting them (both sets of potential combatants) from
the relatively controllable situation on the train to the uncontrolled
environment of a station late at night doesn't seem particularly
helpful.

On the other hand, if that's where they were all going, what were the
railway staff to do?

Thinks. Actually, the answer to that is probably "call the police,
particularly since a child was involved"

Ian