I couldn't believe what I saw at ... of all things.. a picnic sponsored by the neighborhood association this past weekend.

Two guys, both AFAIK in their 70's.... one guy was fairly gregarious and perhaps going a little bit too far making another guy the butt of too many jokes. The other guy was fairly quiet but big in stature. He finally spoke up and said "You disrespecting me in front of these people here??" The other guy just chuckled and said something like "what's you're problem?" to which the quiet/big guy just reached out and slapped the other guy HARD across his face. Everybody went silent, but nobody criticized because deep down we knew the first guy was crossing the line with his insulting jokes. He just turned tail and walked away.

Thoughts anyone?

Myself, I think this was a pretty good tactic. Simply say "You disrespecting me in front of these people here??" and if the answer isn't apologetic, go in for an unexpected face-slap, but not a punch. What do you guys think?