Well, sometimes things have gone wrong from my not walking away from drunk angry people, and instead arguing back, escalting the situation to the point at which I have needed to use physical violence to defend myself.
But in this case, yes I should not have walked away, as there was too much to lose by walking away.
Basically I agree with Pimgd—walk away only if you don’t need to interact with that person again, and there is nothing at stake, or if you certainly can’t win the conflict.
Well, sometimes things have gone wrong from my not walking away from drunk angry people, and instead arguing back, escalting the situation to the point at which I have needed to use physical violence to defend myself.
But in this case, yes I should not have walked away, as there was too much to lose by walking away.
Basically I agree with Pimgd—walk away only if you don’t need to interact with that person again, and there is nothing at stake, or if you certainly can’t win the conflict.