It wasn't at night, and he didnt' say a word to him.
WHAT SHOULD HE HAVE DONE DIFFERENT, in your EXPERT RECOMMENDATION?
Bad deal.
But this event and your post have absolutely nothing to do with anything being discussed here.
Except that it makes the same point I made in my other post.
That is that there are some things that we can not predict and probably can not avoid if we lead normal lives.
But you can learn to keep your mouth shut when in the presence of strangers thereby reducing your chances of pissing off some guy who is looking for someone to fight.
Its called commonsense..close kin to good manners.