Last night I was looking for something to eat, so I was walking through a mall and into a food court. As I passed a Turkish guy and a tall blonde I heard a bit of shouting and turned around in time to see a hamburger hit the floor.
The woman was about 3 metres away and the guy had apparently lost his temper and threw his hamburger at her. This could be a funny story, but unfortunately it wasn't. There was this air of violence and anger which was very threatening and I felt that I should do something.
The girl, then returned to the table and continued to talk to him. I walked away and kept my eyes on them. Later she was leaving and he started yelling at her.
... at this point I should point out I have no clue what they were saying as I don't speak any Finnish ...
She then started to sprint across the floor of the mall. He jumped up out of his chair and started sprinting after her. Like I implied before this was not a 'ha ha' chase through the mall, but rather a someone is going to get violent kind of chase.
She ducked into a pharmacy, which fooled him for a bit. I asked the clerk to call the police, but she and on reflection I did not even know if that was the right thing to do. Basically I and imagine the rest of the pharmacy was waiting for some sort of signal from the girl to see if she needed help. After a few minutes I slowly wandered through the mall and upstairs and waited a bit more to see if there would be something to do.
Anyway, this was a bit upsetting and again (like the seizure in New York) where you just try and be available for help, but things are really outside of your control. It would have been easier if this conflict would have been in English.
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