I spent about 30 years in NYC and was never mugged, assaulted, robbed, etc.
Things are different now with much unemployment and desperate people.
Growing up on LI you were sort of sheltered. I don't
want to go to visit you in a hospital or worse so:
Walk in well-lit areas.
Don't walk alone.
Avoid late night travel: bus, train, streets.
Don't dress as an attractive target with jewelery, shoes, nice clothes, etc.
If a guy wants a handout give the universal sign of both palms open, palms
facing up and say "sorry". If you ignore the guy they sometimes get pissed.
If you are faced with with a mugger or robber DON'T BE A HERO; GIVE THEM WHAT
THEY WANT. Material things are replaced; your health and life aren't worth
losing over things.
Avoid eye contact w/passersby.
If you are in the company of dicks looking for a fight leave them. He who
doesn't fight today lives to fight another day.
Add your own caveats. The aforementioned have served me well over the
decades.
Have situational awareness: building construction, stairway hazards,
traffic and sidewalk hazards (grates, covers, doors, breaks) overhead dangers,
wires, odors (hydrocarbons, naturtal gas, smoke), sounds, building vibrations.
Look before walking into elevators.
Run and yell.
Bra
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@HB- Don’t forget to avoid Republicans on sidewalks. They may want you to buy a copy of Sarah Palin’s new book, and risking my health and well-being for that is NOT worth it.
ReplyDeleteGAGA OHH LALA WATCH OUT BAD ROMANCE!!!!!!!
@GM- "If you are in the company of dicks looking for a fight leave them. He who doesn't fight today lives to fight another day."
Well here is an interesting theory. What if fighting is regarded as foreplay for you? And you dream about being in an LTR with a possessive piggy, wealthy, daddy who is incapable of emotion, expresses it through material objects and throws you against a wall as 'BAD ROMANCE' is on repeat? He who doesn't fight may live another day, but he will be flacid that day.