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Started by DGuller, June 29, 2009, 07:47:15 PM

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KRonn

#30
June 30, 2009, 07:34:20 AM
Quote from: DGuller on June 29, 2009, 10:29:32 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on June 29, 2009, 10:21:04 PM
Quote from: DGuller on June 29, 2009, 09:32:39 PM
:console: That's much worse.  At least I couldn't be accidentally punched to death by a jumpy robber.
It's true, but I got pseudo-robbed like you on Atlantic Ave in Atlantic City a couple of years ago, and it was more irritating in some ways.
It certainly makes you feel like a wimp.
Can be tough to react when something like that happens all of a sudden, to people not accustomed to it. It takes you by surprise, and especially if you're not accustomed to fighting like that then it's even tougher. And if he does have a weapon that changes things.

Savonarola

#31
June 30, 2009, 07:35:42 AM
Quote from: KRonn on June 30, 2009, 07:34:20 AM
And if he does have a weapon that changes things.

He puts himself at an immediate disadvantage.
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Savonarola

#32
June 30, 2009, 07:37:32 AM
Anyhow I'm sorry to hear this, DG.
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Berkut

#33
June 30, 2009, 07:38:40 AM
Damn DG, that sucks. He slugged right in broad daylight, with people around?

Glad you are ok. Any chance he knocked some sense into you? :P
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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DGuller

#34
June 30, 2009, 07:43:53 AM
It wasn't Manhattan-crowded, but people were going by at a slow trickle.  Of course, everybody does their best to not get involved.

Berkut

#35
June 30, 2009, 07:47:46 AM
I am always rather amazed by that. My instincts are almost the exact opposite when something happens - my first move is to get involved, which used to get me in trouble somewhat regularly, at least when I was younger and more around when things happened.

Now I live in suburbia, and my penchant for sticking my nose where it potentially does not belong almost never comes up anymore. Which is probably for the best.

So the dickhead socked you, then forced you to take money from your ATM - I take it this happened as you were using the ATM to begin with?

Stand up of you to refuse to id the guy if you were not sure.
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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DGuller

#36
June 30, 2009, 07:56:10 AM
I was near the ATM when I was originally pinned, but I wasn't planning on using it.  It was considerate of the developer to create both a perfect ambush point, and an ATM right next to it.

Scipio

#37
June 30, 2009, 08:57:48 AM
That sucks, mang.
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barkdreg

#38
June 30, 2009, 10:16:19 AM
Being a coward at heart I would probably do the same thing, just hand over the cash.
That is unless the cheapskate I also am get's the upper hand, in that case I'd  break the card.

DGuller

#39
June 30, 2009, 10:29:26 AM
Nothing to do with being a coward, IMO.  If I decided to save the $60 that he told me to withdraw, then 98% of the time I'd do that successfully, simply by making a run for it.  However, 1% of the time he'll get pissed off and give me a real whack before running off, which could lead to some serious damage.  Another 1% he might have some concealed weapon on him.  Is it worth taking such a risk?  I don't think so.

Berkut

#40
June 30, 2009, 10:32:47 AM
Well, to play Devils Advocate, the $60 is not the only thing you are "losing" by acceding to his demands, is it?

It is the only *personal* loss, but there are some external costs as well.

And of course, there is also the risk that even if you give him money, he may whack you anyway.
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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Barrister

#41
June 30, 2009, 10:35:37 AM
Who the hell is stupid enough to mug you for $60?

Dammit - the stupidity of criminals never ceases to amaze me.
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alfred russel

#42
June 30, 2009, 10:35:46 AM
Quote from: DGuller on June 29, 2009, 09:29:27 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 29, 2009, 09:21:50 PM
Yikes, hope they catch the guy. :console:

There should be a camera at an ATM though, no?
I hope so too.  I felt disgusted with myself at my poor observational skills.  They actually handcuffed some guy nearby who fit my description, and the worst thing is that it may well have been him.  However, I just couldn't be sure, despite police encouraging me to be sure :unsure:.

I've heard the cops talking about the ATM camera as well, so hopefully that would do it.  The thug didn't seem to be particularly good at what he was doing, so hopefully he let his face slip on the camera, and that the camera is actually working.


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Malthus

#43
June 30, 2009, 10:40:21 AM
I honestly don't know what I would do in the same situation.

Of course, this being the Internet, I ought to say I'd pull Ninja moves and bust his ass. In reality, this 41 year old just isn't up to that.  :lol:

I'm a pretty stubborn ass, so I might just say no and take my probable beating. In a similar situation I had pretty good success with the "run into the middle of the street" strategy (on the correct assumption that the would-be beaters weren't willing to do their beating in the middle of the road with cars wizzing by). Thing is, how stupid would it be to be injured or killed for $60?
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Admiral Yi

#44
June 30, 2009, 10:46:30 AM
Did you consider yelling help?
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