Someone slaps you in the public due to mistaken identity...what will you do?

In this country (England), what you describe would be an offence and it would be appropriate to call the police and have the person arrested, brought to court and charged with unprovoked assault. It would still be criminal assault, whether it was justified or because of mistaken identity and the court would take into account whether the person were sorry or not. Actually, it wouldn't make a great deal of difference because it would be the 'intent to cause harm' and the lack of provocation that would matter, not whether it was the right person or not.

Well, even if i am a good person and wants peace in life, if that happens, i am sure to unleash all the evil that is hidden on me, especially if it is a man, for sure i will hit him back harder than the slap he gave me and even do it several times, and not only that, i will also file a lawsuit for him to learn his lessons much! It is not only because of slapping me in public but also because of him being to be educated of the things that he did.

I would probably freeze up. then I'd tell them they had the wrong person. And if they got nasty with me, I'd either yell back or walk away. Not really sure...

Hi didi, i have no patience to tolerate all these. I m too more aggresive to my rivals. Be sure that i am not much aggresive to my heart beats. Hehehe.. U can assump what i can do in that stage. Lol

Slaping ones face is one of the less serious offense under some countries criminal laws.face represents your whole being,for me I will rather sue that person on a crime of slander by deed. Damages will be asked thereafter.

In all honesty no matter who, i know some find it insulting but, i would laugh. Just as them to step away from you. not kool move though.

we only can just smile about that and what better ways we can by just they took me by mistake as we are look like some else who they knows? though slap on the face is not that kindness and easy to accept. if the person apologize for that later we can just say nothing and walk away or say something to him.

hello Jaiho, I was Like, What the?! that would be embarassing, getting into scandal in which you had no idea about. usually in my case, reaction would always be negative because it could my face, imagine, having that red hand mark in your face skin. unless the person apologize or walks away, if it's a guy and does more than that i would ran to the nearest security and have him apprehended. why not fight? well, am not as stupid as that person is, i won't go down to their level.

I'm ashamed to say that even with an apology I would punch them in the face. In fact, I would have probably hit them way before they got a chance to apologize. I have been playing sports and taking martial arts for most of my life, so my reaction time is fast and I would react before I could actually see what was really going on. After I hit the person and everything settled, then I would inquire as to why they slapped me.

if i were to face this situation some six months back then he would have ended up on a hospital bed with so many fractures.if i had to face the same these days then i would have a look at him and try to analyse if he has done that wantedly or that was an mistake and if he seems to be an innocent one then i would leave him else i would beat him up like anything.gud day

Hm... I think I will demand for more than a sorry. It isn't as if the person steps on your leg, it's a public humiliation being slapped in public. One doesn't get away with saying sorry. I would call the police and would only settle for monetary compensation. It's really a lesson to the person that one shouldn't be slapping people as it is a crime to and you have to pay a price if you want to. And who knows if the person was carrying out a prank or something and thought he/she could get away with it by giving a lame excuse. The harm has been done thus it's not a simple sorry can settle. However, if the person has problem paying, for example an old person who already is penniless, or someone who actually has mental illness, then I will let the matter rest.

haha it's hard to response. i will be very angry and can not control myself. the aftermath will be serious.

kyabaat karti ho yaar.... Well . i read your message on mylot and about your topic i would like say something that if someone slaps me becoz od mistaken identity, i at that time reply in my own way.First of all i slaps him/her two to three time and then after ask him that have there any problem?.... why you slap me?,,, becoz this is his mistake, without looking at someone, you don't have right to slap someone.If mistake is not yours, then you also slaps them kindly.

If I do not loose my sense, I am going to ask him or her, why is he or she slapped me. If I see, he made a mistake then I am not going to do anything. I will shake my hand and offer him\her a coffee together. I won't care what the public thought. It'll be important for me to make a new friend. Peace brings happiness. Not Revenge, Not Violence. Though I'm going to advice him\her, not to slap, hit or abuse anyone in public without being confirmed.

if someone slaps me ... first my reaction will be anger and I might even yell back at him.... i will get back to state as soon as he/she apologizes.... All this can happen only if the person doesnt slap with such force that i faint .. lol :)

That is not a good scene. Have you experienced this? me, fortunately I haven't experienced it. But if someone will do this to me, it will cause an anger and fright inside me. I will be angry because this person hurts me and I can file a complain against her of physical abuse. If she feel sorry for what she had done I can forgive her but I still would want to file a complain for what he or she done to me. And I will never do it to other people, I will surely check if that is the person I want to slap before doing it.

I don`t think such an incident will ever happen to me because nobody slaps a crippled and wheelchairbound person, since i am one.Anyway, hypothetically if someone does give me a slap and realizes that they had mistaken me for somebody else, i will laugh it off and of course forgive them and become friends with them. Also i will be curious as to whom i resemble and ask them to show me that person.

WOW!!!! That is not fair and very serious! I will definitely react violently!!!! Okay, she was cheated and very emotional but, HELLO!!!! She must use her head first before approaching somebody else!!! I will slap her too and tell her next time to be sure if she is dealing with the right person... Then will say after I slpa her that "her apology is accepted". HAHAHA I must get even!

If he/she will say afterwards that its a practical joke, then I would punch him/her right-away. If its in the case as you have said, then I'll wait for his/her explanation. If its good enough for me and convince me that it is indeed a honest mistake then, I'll let him/her go. But if not, then there's always the nearest precinct to report to. It rude and immoral to have a person humiliated in public and then say sorry just because he/she taught you slept with his/her wife.

to be true if it would be man then my reply will be a slap without knowing that why he hit because i like my privacy and i care about myself in public and get little angry if anyone tries to disturb it and if she will be a woman then i will just hold my anger and say who the hell are you and what was this all for what reason?