What would you do in this situation?

If you are willing to sign a statement to what you saw and then go into court and tell what you saw just get the tag number off the car they drove off in and give it to the police. They will do the rest. They would get a warrant and the man would go to jail. In this case the wife has nothing to say about it.

That's a crazy situation! I love my wife and would never think about putting my hands on her but if I saw something like that I would definitely call the police, get their tag number and file a report. There is no excuse for that behavior at all.

Well like you m not a Social Welfare or Social carer, Let people kill hit and die!

Would have called the cops anyway, but not from anywhere near them. If they stayed in the store I would have gone outside, if they left I would have tried to get the liscence plate and called. But I wouldn't have interfered with them in any way shape or form directly. Domestic abuse is the worse thing to get into the middle of. My uncle is a cop and says that most cops that get hurt or killed, do so when they respond to domestic abuse calls. Of course it probably wouldn't help calling the cops since most of the time the woman defend the man and don't leave. But I like to think that if people do take the time to interfere, such as calling the cops when something happens, then maybe the people being abused may someday come to their senses.

i think don't do anything at that time. that's not mean we didn't help her, in opposite way we do a favor for her. because she was in the public, if she was really in danger,she may ask for someone's help. if someone help her at that time, that man will be enraged, even now he don't hit her in this place, he will hurt her at another place. when this thing happen, the only one can help her it herself. and hope all the woman don't be so flabby sometimes.

I'd probably do nothing, because I've spent too much time thinking about what to do, and then afterwards think of all these great things I should have done or said.....

That was really rude of him to do that. probably at that very instant I would froze to because of that incident. It is not normal for people to really do that especially in public. What would I do, since it happened in a nick of time and the two had left there is nothing much to do in that situation. Hopefully, if you would see them again doing the same thing probably you could do what you've planned to do.

the woman is being abused by the man, that is how he has been dealing with her right from home, in such a case you don't say anything because they are not close to you, they are just customers. The woman is in hell, that is what most women suffer in the hands of men. Some men hate their wife either because they have someone else as girl friend or they want the woman to leave them. i have seen such a couple that settles all the scores with fight and blows. infact, it is awkward!

oh my goodness this is so disgusting. i cannot accept a man raising his hand against a woman. size does play a part but it doesn't make it acceptable even if the woman is bigger than the man. this is worst coz the guy is huge and the woman is small. i don't know what is the culture in your country so i can't really comment. but if it happens in my country, i'll try to stop the guy and call the police. it is bad enough to be abused in a marriage. it's worse when the abusive partner find it alright to do it in public. i can't imagine what he does to her when they are at home. :(