Night three in the guest room: I am starting to like it here but I still want my bed back.
An elderly man almost got mugged in front of my office a couple of days ago. He’s like the fourth or fifth snatch theft (almost) victim we’ve had on our street in the last year. Two guys on a motorbike pulled a knife on him and demanded his mobile phone. It was around 7.30pm and the man was just getting out of his car. The would-be robbers fled when the man honked for help.
People are really getting desperate. What you see in the newspapers, depressing as it may be, isn’t the half of it. To pull a knife on an elderly man just for his mobile phone is pathetic. I hate that we don’t feel safe and I hate that there’s nothing we can do about it. Even the cops told us so. Nobody’s going to prosecute these guys and there are simply too many cases for them to process.
I guess with the current economy situation, the robbers and all are getting more desperate. did you check out the cheras robbery? sometimes home also not safe place. u better becareful when u r leaving office. looks like tt area is a target place for robbers
Yea, I heard a lot about these snatch cases. My mum was telling me about people eyeing young exec-looking ones with back packs because they know they have laptop! Have to be very careful I guess.
(btw, just to introduce myself, I follow you on twitter! lols)
C: Ya, a friend sent me the link. Damn scary.
Karenmarie: Hi Karen, nice to meet you! :) A lot of them are targetting the elderly too. Even though they know the elderly probably don’t have a lot on them.