-Caveat Lector-
Last month I got mugged on my way to the train after work. I was jumped from
behind and wrestled down, wrenching my (already bad) left arm in the
process. I tried calling for the police, as a police substation is half a
block from there, but they must all have been on a doughnut break... The
thief kept yelling, "Gimme my stuff, gimme my stuff!" as he yanked my wallet
out of my trousers. Somehow I actually made my train; my pass had been in my
coat pocket, thank God... When I got home, I tried to call in a report, but
was told that I would have to come back in town and report it *in person*.
Needless to say, I did *not* go back to make the report. The next day I had
the arm looked at in the ER at the hospital--badly sprained but nothing
more--and took the rest of that day and the next off. And I never *did*
report the crime to the police. I cancelled all of my credit cards, etc.;
because my long-distance calling card was in the wallet, we had our phone
number changed to an unlisted one. Since then I have used the escort shuttle
service that the company's security guards provide. As a footnote, whenever
management decides to trim the budget, the first thing they look at is the
escort service (rather than the bloated salaries of top managers). The
union, however, keeps a log of all employees who have been mugged on the way
from work, and whenever management tries to cut the service, they show them
the list... Needless to say, none of the managers walks to work or takes the
train.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Das GOAT [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 7:13 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] Dec14 Frontline TV Snitches to reair
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
<snip> Life is cheap in a
> big city. Violent crimes don't even get reported unless it's unavoidable
> --
> because high crime rates make the politicians look bad and make the
> "business community" (especially the real estate lobby) worry about its
> profits. Here in San Francisco, no one ever sees a police car unless the
> cops are out hassling the homeless (always a big priority for City Hall)
> or
> protecting some landlord's or merchant's property. Only money matters;
> life
> is cheap.
> The "right" people (defined by incomes over $60K a year) will of course be
> kept safe. The rest of us are being left to die on the street, one way or
> another, BY DEFAULT.
>
<snip>
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