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Originally Posted by milliecorrales I have been the victim of assault on three different occasions. I had a man get in my parked car, which I did not discover until I was driving. He had a mask on, a knife, a length of rope and some bath towels in my car. I jumped while the car was moving, got scraped up, but scared me to death. On another occasion, I was leaving a grocery store at 9:00 pm, had just cashed my Xmas bonus check and was held up at gunpoint and my money taken. Further, I went out to empty the trash the day after Thanksgiving and a man entered my apartment, hid in my room and when I discovered him there, attacked me. I know the feeling of fear. The car incident happened 29 years ago and to this day, I will not leave my car unlocked while I run into 7-11 for acup of coffee and I never enter my car without checking the backseat. I do not leave my apartmetn unlocked to walk the 50 feet to the mailbox or to take the dogs for a ten minute walk. All I can tell you is to be aware. Look around you all the time, (don't the windows lock for gods sake) and if you feel that something is wrong, it is! The police told me that if you feel that something is wrong that it is your basic human animal sense protecting you and telling you to flee. I listen to my instincts nowadays, if I don't feel comfortable if a man gets on the elevator with me alone, I get off. If I feel uncomfortable walking to my car across the street from my night job, I either get a security guard or I call the police to escort me. The cops told me that they would rather come out and escort someone to their car than to come out and find a dead body later. Listen to your instincts, talk to your boss about hiring a security guard. Have the police come out and check out your so-called security systems. And by the way, my mom was in a nursing home for 18 years, and CNAs are the unsung heroes, but no patient should be keeping any valuables especially money in their rooms! |
Oh my god, that is horrible! I can't believe all of that has happened to you! It so weird, because I see this kind of stuff on TV ALL THE TIME, but you never think it could happen to you? Ya know? There are some weirdos out there!
I've never been attacked before...but this one time, up in Michigan where my parents live, I went to Walgreens to pick up a few things... and while I was sitting in my car, this lady walked up to the passenger window. So I rolled down my window and she was like "Would you please give me a ride to my house, my car is broke down here in the parking lot"... At first I was like No, because I am not the type to just believe anyones "story" or whatever, but she seemed okay, so I let her in my car. Well I was getting ready to leave, and I had noticed there was a two police cars parked in the parking lot. And I was like "Okay, somethings a little weird"... cause the lady was acting kinda strange about seeing the cops sitting there. So I just looked at her and was like "Are they (the cops) looking for you, are you in some kind of trouble??" and she told me yes. The one cop pulled behind my car real fast and turned on his lights. Well it just so happened, that this lady had just tried to rob a bank, and while the cop was searching her purse infront of me, he also found a crack pipe, and bunch of other things she had stolen. I was in shock!!! I told the cops I didn't know her, and that I was just gonna give her a ride. When I finally got home and called my mom at work to tell her, she was SOO mad at me!! And she brought up a good point, what would of happened if I would of gotten this lady to her "house" and she tried to rob me, or steal my car, or tried to hurt me? After that, I will NEVER pick anyone up, no matter how helpless they look. It was so weird that this happened to me, because I am usually good at detecting if people are lying or something weird is going on... but this lady definantly had me fooled. And her being a woman probably had a lot to do with it also... cause I'd be more likely to give a woman a ride in my car than a man.... Cause you hear more about men doing things like this, not woman. But you can't trust anyone nowadays, and looks are very, very decieving!
I learned my lesson! Big time. Scared me to death!