How would you react ?

[donein]

I have been working for Royal Mail since September. A couple of weeks ago I had something quite bizarre happen to me and I am just interested to know how many of you would've reacted in the same situation.
I was delivering mail to my last street which happens to be an estate set behind a college. Students occassionally use this street as a shortcut to get to a nearby train station. As I said, I only had a few doors left and one of them was a package delivery, so I knocked the door - waiting for a response. All of a sudden I hear the sound of a 'chipped stone' - I thought, possibly, that by knocking the door too hard I had disrupted some stonework or something, however, it happened again. I turned around and to my surprise I saw a student (about 18-19 years old, 5'10) stood about 15-20 metres away throwing stones at me - about the size of your standard cotswold chippings. I looked at him in utter bewilderment as he remarked ' What the f**k are you going to do about it' ?
So there's your predicament, 'what would you do about it' ? I'll let you know what happened after I've heard a few responses ..

well what did you do ?

[DOM]

I have been working for Royal Mail since September. A couple of weeks ago I had something quite bizarre happen to me and I am just interested to know how many of you would've reacted in the same situation.
I was delivering mail to my last street which happens to be an estate set behind a college. Students occassionally use this street as a shortcut to get to a nearby train station. As I said, I only had a few doors left and one of them was a package delivery, so I knocked the door - waiting for a response. All of a sudden I hear the sound of a 'chipped stone' - I thought, possibly, that by knocking the door too hard I had disrupted some stonework or something, however, it happened again. I turned around and to my surprise I saw a student (about 18-19 years old, 5'10) stood about 15-20 metres away throwing stones at me - about the size of your standard cotswold chippings. I looked at him in utter bewilderment as he remarked ' What the f**k are you going to do about it' ?
So there's your predicament, 'what would you do about it' ? I'll let you know what happened after I've heard a few responses ..



well what did you do ?

Turn the other cheek?

[Himaggen]

Would the correct procedure be to phone your Manager to let them know you're 'cutting off', remove all Royal Mail uniform, and knock seven bells out of them before 'signing back on'? If so I may have been guilty of missing out a step or two

You know what they say, noone believes a teenager

[i love mail sort]

tell them off give them your round to finish off as punishment and go down the pub

[TeeferTiger]

I'd have got my phone out and filmed them. And then phoned my manager and reported it and got them to have a word with the college.

They're responsible for their students at the end of the day and technically, it's assault. I'd also be inclined to get the police involved.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I'd have got my phone out and filmed them. And then phoned my manager and reported it and got them to have a word with the college.

They're responsible for their students at the end of the day and technically, it's assault. I'd also be inclined to get the police involved.

Thats exactly what I did when a couple of school kids started throwing stones at me and broke a window. Went straight to the school reported them and showed them the picture of the damage and the kids. Heard nothing else since and apart from name calling and Postman Pat songs had no trouble at all from the school kids.