Tale of a (almost) robbery
Published by Esteban Glas on January 8th, 2008 | This post lacks all category except for: personal
By popular demand a short story of how I was almost robbed.
In the 10 years I have lived in Buenos Aires I was robbed a total of 4 times. This would of been the fifth. None of them were pretty experiences, but, overall, I think I came out of all of them quite easily and unharmed.
Last Thursday, while getting back home from the Office by train I saw a group of youngsters that didn’t look all that "honest". I was right. For my own demise they got off the train on the same station I did, and walked towards the same exit.
While we were all heading towards the Avenue this guys started staring at me and then asked "hey, what’s on your bag". Ugh. I knew where that was headed.
So, this guys (5 out of about 10 of them) all surround me, my mind is burning with alternatives: how can I get myself out of this most annoying situation? All I could do was to ignore them and hold tight to my stuff. So I did. I put my back against a building and mentally prepared to give battle.
It was then when I had a blow of sudden and unexpected good luck. One of the guys had crossed the avenue and shouted to the rest of the gang to go and join them. So they did, and I made it out of the situation unharmed. Not a pleasurable experience, but, overall, it turned out not so badly.
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January 9th, 2008 at 3:17 am
I’m very glad to hear you’re okay E-dog.
January 12th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Esteban: I am sure that was frightening for you. I am so glad you were unharmed. Another thinkpad we can get, another Esteban, we cannot.
January 14th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
It was sort of scary. What bugs me most is the Paranoia I feel after the event. That’s what sucks!
February 12th, 2008 at 3:12 am
How is this better than the .wordpress site? Came to that searching for Goggo.