First post from sometime Lurker so please be kind. I have just had a horrid encounter with a guy delivering leaflets. I had a whole bunch pushed through the door as I was standing beside it i have a notice by the door politely but clearly requesting no Chuggers , (work from home and sick of being disturbed) or leaflets etc as they all end up in the tiny recycling bin. I just went down the road and politely offered to give them back and he just glared at me. He put his hand out to take them and then dropped them on the ground. I said you "just cant do that" He turned his back to me and his rusksack (in which said leaflets came from) was wide open so I just posted them back in (without touching his person in any way). This man (who towered over my 5.3 in flip flops , ) then swung around with his clenched fist to take a pot shot at me. He did stop himself thankfully before he lobbed a blow (I have no idea if it was the car which went by which stopped him). I was a bit shaken but managed to say " so that is your response is it? Hitting a woman in the street, as I left I told him I would be reporting him . His response was "An I"ll report you too you f..... bitch"....Nice
I DID START TO DIAL 101 when I got in but cancelled it as this guy could be unstable and I dont need a revenge attack etc And what could the Police do. I am pretty upset as no one has taken a swing like that since fight with siblings when I was small (about 40 years ago). Am I wrong and should. I at least tell the PCSO. The guy clearly has anger control issues. But I was polite and not abusive
AIBU?
To call the Police on this man
worstinshow76 · 09/05/2016 12:45
So I get deleted but the post I quoted and agreed with doesn't? Ok 
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This thread is pretty funny 
I am imagining OP like a shrill female victor meldrew!
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OP - you seem to have been rude to most people who disagree with you and seem determined to get sympathy / support but that isn't always the way it works when you ask for opinions. Describing people as snarky, nasty etc when they have been nothing for the sort. You sayiing he is obviosky violent or the other person who says he probably has form for fitting women, well, that's clearly not based on fact. You being told by the person who you telephoned to "tell him to do one" suggests he isn't actually a threat, doesn't it?
You were following him and acting inappropriately. Being older and smaller than him means you probably aren't a threat and if he'd hit you then I feel it would have been unreasonable. Swearing and making a threatening display seems like reasonable force (force doesn't actually have to mean contact).
You're obviously "depressed" 
about the junk mail younger OP. He may have nealy lost his temper and done something illegal (besides dropping litter!) But he didn't despite your actions. Your depression (poor you) doesn't mean you should have been so passive aggressive and caused this.
another time maybe I don't think my children would have been poor, frightened and feeling vulnerable if they'd followed him down the road. I'd say that to do that they were feeling cocky / confident / on a righteous mission to prove a point.
If a elderly lady grabbed my rugsack as I was walking away, I'd feel threatened. Because as it is often touted on MN, ageism isn't tolerated.
The bloke shouldn't have reacted the way he did and he's clearly little more than a thug...but OP - you've surely been around long enough to have acquired some sense of self-preservation?
When he dropped them onto the floor I would've read that as a definite signal not to pursue him further - at that point you should have simply walked away. It's all very well to stand up for yourself but you also have to be able to recognise when it's inadvisable to do that.
It sounds as though you put yourself at risk over something very trivial 
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