I came back from work pretty early today and to be frank I miss the old times of coming home at 6.15 pm. Since my sister has promoted to a new position, I have been coming home late. The latest is 9 pm.

But today mum was telling me that she saw one of the lady guards below my apartment unit was bashed/ kicked/ punched by another male colleague. Mum was showing me how the guy was pulling her uniform bla bla. She said she was shocked to see that and she pitied the girl being beaten up. Nobody came to her rescue despite her colleagues from nearby post saw the bashing event. The male residents who were yakking downstairs were just looking on the guy bullying her.

Yes I said it is a bully. No matter, how wrong she could be, there's always no reason to result to violence. And why I wonder why she didn't retaliate. Sometimes I know it's not about being fighting back but didn't have the chance to do so. When you are punched in the face, we need time to bring ourselve back from those dizziness. In short, time is needed to clear the fuggy mind. But seriously I don't know what was her case. Mum said she saw everything and she said she was afraid of doing anything. The excuse she gave was "I need to fetch you from LRT" so she left the lady guard to her fate.

I began to question myself. What will I do if I were in my mum's shoe. Would I stop the fight? Would I just cheer the beating which I mean just standing there not helplessly but just don't want to help. I think it's a dilemma. And I think I won't ended up doing neither because I would just freeze on the spot. At least I admit it. It's much better to admit my cowardice then boast of saying "I would do this and that" and when I'm in a real problem, I just chicken out.

If I dig my cretin further, there's nothing as an outsider like me could do. To stop the fight, it has to be the staff and manager. My reason is if I saw them fighting and I tried to stop the fight ... the bully didn't hear my demand. What should I do? Go in between them? Take my trustee umbrella and whack him? Oh I just point my umbrella and say "Hands up or I shoot"? If the staff came to the rescue at least the manager could solve the problem without external distractions.

But to think of it, I feel sad at the solutions: neither is helpful. What would I feel if I was the victim? I must feel so bad and so sick to my guts at the thought of people watching me being beaten up as though it's a sport. Why no one came to my help? Especially there were people watching me??? This is so wrong...

Where is my stand? I just know I'm neutral but I take my stand when the time is needed. Oh it reminded me to take revenge on someone in office one day for being "neutral". It's high time to show that jerk what it means to be neutral... and what it means to be a psychologist that could not evaluate his own personality.

Bah ... I'm so revengeful ... yea I am ... so better get me birthday presents!!! Just kidding and I was seriously kidding.

I'd probably be too much of a coward to stop them so I'll go to the police.. if there's any nearby.

Sure I'll get you a muffin with a candle, just tell me when's your birthday. I know it's soon.
» Nuttz on 2007-08-30 06:23:01

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