I was in Dublin, Ireland for a short time. In Dublin, the crime is generally concentrated just north of the river Liffey. I was walking just a little bit north of the river in broad daylight when I saw three dirty looking guys who were maybe in their late teens, hassling the guy in front of me. The guy put his head down and just took their abuse. At this point, I realized that I was too close to them to turn around and that there was nowhere else to go, so I just made sure that I was walking upright and showing no fear, but the adrenaline was starting to pump.
I had a pair of sunglasses on and when they got close, the youngest, dirtiest looking one reaches to grab them off my face saying "gimme the glasses mate". I swatted his hand away and shoved him and made sure that my stance was set up properly in the event that I needed to throw a punch. The kid starts cussing at me, but I stayed in place, fully expecting to fight and probably get hurt because there were three of them.
The oldest one must have seen that it wasn't worth fighting and maybe getting hurt over, so he said to me "come on, mate, just walk off". I took that option and I got to leave with my dignity intact, as well as my sunglasses. They also were able to save face, since I walked away. When I was about 10 meters away, one of them said "Yeah, walk the fuck off, mate before you get yourself hurt!". Whatever, I let him have that one.
They probably went off and hassled another person after that.
I had a pair of sunglasses on and when they got close, the youngest, dirtiest looking one reaches to grab them off my face saying "gimme the glasses mate". I swatted his hand away and shoved him and made sure that my stance was set up properly in the event that I needed to throw a punch. The kid starts cussing at me, but I stayed in place, fully expecting to fight and probably get hurt because there were three of them.
The oldest one must have seen that it wasn't worth fighting and maybe getting hurt over, so he said to me "come on, mate, just walk off". I took that option and I got to leave with my dignity intact, as well as my sunglasses. They also were able to save face, since I walked away. When I was about 10 meters away, one of them said "Yeah, walk the fuck off, mate before you get yourself hurt!". Whatever, I let him have that one.
They probably went off and hassled another person after that.