Attacked at work?

[Mikey D]

Hi guys,

 

I've spent the last week around Portsmouth university doing some routine crown lifts, deadwoods and the ever loved street light clearance.

 

It seemed another standard day on an otherwise standard tree, as I put my harness on, until we had four 16-20 year olds throwing tennis ball sized lump stones at us.

 

It was kind of comical as none of them could throw further than 30 yards and didn't have the bottle to come closer. But pretty shocking as it was a pretty unprovoked attack.

 

We approached and asked them politely to move on to a torrent of abuse. Followed by more stones and reinforcements.

 

What would you do in the scenario:

Follow your professional morales and pack up and leave??

Down tools and take your gloves off??

Or call the police and watch them run off??

 

Cheers, Mike

 

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[TGB]

Call the police and if camera/video camera were available, take photos, especially their faces, (and if vehicles were in evidence, models and reg. numbers too).

[delabodge]

Call the police and if camera/video camera were available, take photos, especially their faces, (and if vehicles were in evidence, models and reg. numbers too).

 

whilst the inner me,,would like to hurl the rocks back:001_cool: the sensible and correct thing too do is as above!

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Call the police and if camera/video camera were available, take photos, especially their faces, (and if vehicles were in evidence, models and reg. numbers too).

 

I'd do this.

 

However, a good arborist should be effective with a BigShot!

[easy-lift guy]

Here in Florida I believe that would be considered assault. I have no time for this stupidity.

I leave this matter up to law enforcement, usually after 10 or 15 minutes the law shows

up and the issue is under control.

easy-lift guy

[humpo48]

Over the years I have had people have a go at me for work that I am doing and they don't agree with, and at a certain point I would call the police. In this instance I would call the police without hesitation, that's what the police are for and paid to do. Don't take crap off people imagine if one of those stones hit you or your team?

[Gary Prentice]

Initial reaction ? Fire up a twenty and go on the offensive, but they 're not for ground use:lol:

 

Phone the police.

[Dan Lacey]

That's what you get for working in Pompey!!

 

 

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[MattyF]

Film them call the police ... Or shown them the wrath of the tree surgeon , the possibilities are endless but you will end up banged up.

 

 

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[kevinjohnsonmbe]

That's what you get for working in Pompey!!

 

 

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DSC as it's more commonly known (you'll have to work the acronym out for yourselves but another way of putting it would be canine excrement metropolis)