Vodkaholic: I was travelling back from NY on CO with the rest of my family when a 'sold out cigarette' incident similar to the one you mention happened. This time it was the woman sat next to me in one of the inner seats - worse is that she was talking across me. She clearly thought she was able to launch a volley of appalling abuse at the poor girl. Just because she'd run out of fags...
I couldn't stand it and asked her not to talk across me in that manner, who did she think she was to talk to another person like that etc etc. Well, the look on her face....and then the mouthful I got...threats of violence from her, threats that I should watch my back when we got to LGW...
Anyway, to cut a long story short, she was met by the police at LGW and escorted away. CO took the view that she was a disruptive passenger as she had been abusive and threatening to both their member of staff and me. I'm led to believe she got away with a police caution and a life ban from CO. I'd have been happy to give evidence but the police insisted she'd accepted the caution and was totally contrite and that therefore there would be nothing to gain from pursuing her.
I'm not so sure - surely some folk need to be made examples of if we are to have any chance of stopping the antisocial behaviour spiralling out of control?
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