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What would you have done in this situation?

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YorkshireLawyer · 25/06/2026 21:40

I always thought I’d have been better prepared in this situation… Passing through a major railway station tonight, a couple caught my eye. She looked sad, not crying but seemed on the verge of tears, and like she was being “steered” around by him. I went over and asked if she was OK. She nodded, I asked again if she was really OK, and she nodded again. He had an impassive but almost smirking look on his face but then walked her off. I’m not sure that English was their first language. I alerted a supermarket security guard and he took me to the railway security people who followed them outside. When they came back in they also said she’d told them she was fine, but it still looked like he was steering her away from the station, when previously they’d been stood by the ticket machines as if they were going to buy tickets to travel. I wish I could have got her on her own, but I didn’t think of how I could do that at the time. I’m really unnerved by it - I’m not naive, I go through this station every day, and you see all sorts, but something just struck me as really off. I’m not sure what the police could do now, but would you still report it further?

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WatermelonSalad1 · 25/06/2026 21:51

You can't do anything
It's just a gut feeling, isn't it?

I think we're probably all seen these situations and had a bad feeling about it, but it's not reportable

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