I just got robbed

[miotas]

It's an orgah crime wave! Some made off with my wallet and withdrew $800 before I could have my accounts put on hold. Now I'm gonna have to take the morning off work tomorrow to get my licence and cards replaced and fill in an incident report with the bank so I can get my money back. To top it all off I was going to go shopping this afternoon so now all I've got to eat until I get new cards is rice and stale bread.

[al Roumi]

Sorry Husar, some drunk guy and his 3 mates tried to mug me for a (fake) leather jacket once. It shook me up a fair bit because it did get violent (i resisted when 1 guy was drunkenly swinging at me (sober) but 3 was a different proposal). Seems an absurd event now -with distance and time, but there's no denying it's deeply unsettling. Louis is right that you shouldn't be the one running scared but you also did the right thing in not risking yourself.

The difficult thing in the long run is that i'd find it harder to help soemone out if they asked for it. You just have to help them in a way that is safe for you. You could do with some righteous indignation, this guy ed you over and you are not going to let that happen again!

[Vladimir]

It could have been worse. You could of got shot.





I hope you feel better soon but I’m glad you feel bad right now.

That cell phone tactic seems to be international. As I was leaving school one night a black guy and his girlfriend (sorry people, it was DC and that’s how it goes) approached me. The guy asked the same question about phoning a friend. I was in an adventurous (and stupid) mood and decided to help him call two friends; none of them answered.

Now, this was on the heals of someone else getting robbed at the same location. A good guy, but short, white, somewhat submissive, and terribly out of shape. So, yea, I basically knew what could happen. Fortunately, I was ahead of them (and a head above them) and know how to act in those situations.

Usually I would just lie and say it’s being charged at home; a long way away…but was in one of those moods where God should have taught me a little humility. Oh, and the HIV virus dies once it’s desiccated. So in less the guy would have stabbed himself first then stabbed you it would have been fine. You could have confronted him with that knowledge to distract him long enough to recover your phone. It doesn’t matter if it’s true as long as it gives you a window of opportunity.

Don’t be nice to people; be good to people.

[Beskar]

Last time some one attempted similar to be, I had some change in my pocket and pointed towards a phone booth. The door got upset and I just walked away, he was going to give chase, but there were a group of people I knew coming opposite direction anyway, so he ran off.

[Shibumi]

Husar, you met a desperate person and got out of the situation unharmed. Whatever anyone else have said, bear that in mind. That is all that matters.

With this said, Louis is right about the "push around" thing. People like these are like hyenas, they sense weakness. Grow some balls next time (I mean this in the nicest possible way), and the situation will not escalate, as there will be easier victims.

However, lessons like that will only come with experience, good for you that you got that experience so cheap - me it cost a whole lot more. Also bear that in mind!

[Husar]

Well, I did grow balls once it became obvious that he was exploiting me, and when he noticed that I wouldn't just let him walk away with my phone, he drew the needle...at which point there wasn't much I could do, following him while calling the police would be fun, with a cellphone, which I didn't have.
Again, after he took the phone from my hands, nothing was obvious, he could have sued me for assault had I done much, or poked me with the needle right away...
Or he could have come to my door and forced me into my home with his needle and robbed me there, one reason I decided whatever he wanted would be better dealt with right there on the street instead of in my personal comfort zone.
Well, I was also tired and hungry, so in general I would defend my stupidity with this:

[Fragony]

If someone holds a needle I'll give him everything he wants, phone gone too bad

[Husar]

Duh, yeah, UPDATE:

So today I went to work, talked to colleagues, calmed down a bit.
Then I went to my provider and they had a lot of understanding, tried to call a friend who works for Apple even to get it locked, but apparently not much can be done about remotely blocking it or so (the SIM is already locked). Then they let me call the insurance from the shop so I wouldn't have to pay the hotline fee myself etc.
The insurance needs some things from me of course, including the police report about the complaint (if that's the right word?) I filed with the police.
So I went to the police and talked to a really nice officer who also went a bit above his duty to talk to me(also said the criminal police may want to talk to me again to get a better description of what happened, so it's not like they do nothing it seems), afterwards I went shopping and headed into the subway to get home.

Now I've asked myself whether I'd actually notice the guy if I ever saw him again, but the question solved itself when I looked towards the other door, and, believe it or not, there he was, entering the same subway wagon! My heart was pumping really fast and he seemed to notice me as well, I pretended not to have seen him best as I could and he sat down trying not to get noticed by me.
I couldn't call the police as I obviously don't have a cellphone, thought about asking someone but then there could have been a panic or an escalation had he noticed so I slipped out at the next station and ran(walked fast) back to the police station to tell them everything.
So now they're going to get the subway camera footage and will probably notify me to come look at it.

Of course now I took a somewhat different way home which may have been a bit much but duuurn, I don't really want to get close and personal with him again, especially not if he has a needle again (yes, yes, I'd beat him up if he doesn't, but last time he did).

Calming down again now, this time it's not as bad but it doesn't look like he left the area or anything.