Have a watch of this video, and imagine yourself in Piers Morgan's shoes. Would you agree that in a situation like this the bottom line is that, if all else fails, then your choices are:
A. to sit there and take the abuse, and then take that horrible feeling home with you
B. to resort to non ideal measures
And by non ideal measures, I don't just mean giving her a slap. What makes all the difference here is that she's sitting behind him, and that's why she's so much confidence in the first place. It's non enough to just slap someone when you're seat is in front of them facing the other way. You can't just turn back around expecting nothing to happen! In this case I'd have punched her in the face, regardless of whether I was or wasn't on camera. These women were counting on the fact that he wouldn't (because he's a gentleman) and it would've been the last thing she would've expected.
How would you have handled it? And don't say that it wouldn't happen to you in the first place. Would you have left the van? Piers felt he had to leave to van as she was so out of control. But why should he be the one to leave? By leaving you'd be letting her win. The thing is, that because I'm so used to 'not hitting women' that I probably just wouldn't think to do it in a situation like this! But that's why this scene is important.
In general it's hard to win if the person is sitting behind you. I've seen this with bullies on school buses.
A. to sit there and take the abuse, and then take that horrible feeling home with you
B. to resort to non ideal measures
And by non ideal measures, I don't just mean giving her a slap. What makes all the difference here is that she's sitting behind him, and that's why she's so much confidence in the first place. It's non enough to just slap someone when you're seat is in front of them facing the other way. You can't just turn back around expecting nothing to happen! In this case I'd have punched her in the face, regardless of whether I was or wasn't on camera. These women were counting on the fact that he wouldn't (because he's a gentleman) and it would've been the last thing she would've expected.
How would you have handled it? And don't say that it wouldn't happen to you in the first place. Would you have left the van? Piers felt he had to leave to van as she was so out of control. But why should he be the one to leave? By leaving you'd be letting her win. The thing is, that because I'm so used to 'not hitting women' that I probably just wouldn't think to do it in a situation like this! But that's why this scene is important.
In general it's hard to win if the person is sitting behind you. I've seen this with bullies on school buses.
