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Back in my wild partying days and nights, at the bars I learned quickly how to use kindness to disarm what I determined to be possible threats. These poss. threats would start with some idiot staring at me from across the bar, usually when I was talking to a pretty woman. I would keep an eye on them and if the potential threat continued, I would wait until they turned to take another drink or order one, and walk up (on their blind side) tap them on the shoulder, say "Hey Mike"! I have not seen you since high school, stick my hand out to shake his and say I thought that was you! About 99.9% they would have a shocked look on their face and shake my hand and tell me their name was Dan, or George or something. I would apologize, and say they looked just like Mike so & so! They would be so shocked we would have a beer together (they usually bought the beer). By doing this I could go about picking up on the babes without worrying about these idiots starting something with me,or blindsiding me. The other .1% well, it did not end well for them, I was already ready for them by having my hand extended to shake his hand. Never had to go to jail like them either. I was just being nice!

Sounds like I how I got rid of a psycho bully. This girl kept making late night calls and really kept bugging me. Said she would be my worst nightmare. She followed me to a non-school class. Talked her mom into signing her and her sister up for this class. She would be very nice to other girls. Finally I decided I wouldn’t be scared of her anymore. She was alone in a room where my bag was. I walked in, smiled, said, “How ya doin’?” and got my bag. She tried to whisper, “Nightmare.” I kept smiling and left. The next week her sister said she had been sent to a local short term psychiatric hospital. Probably had nothing to do with me, but the look on her face was priceless.