YES, 11:40 am to be exact. I had just alighted from the car and heading towards the ATM machine and the next sensation was a vicious tug. But I had the last laugh. The snatcher snatched only the strap to my handbag! Yes, the gods were smiling at me. My handbag was tugged under my arm, safe. Just a nasty bruise on my inner elbow that some Savlon will heal.
So a couple of tips from this victim might help:
+ Before getting out of your car, look at rear mirror. Snatchers work in a pair.
+ Hang your handbag on your left shoulder away from traffic flow.
+ Never keep your wallet in your handbag....your pocket is definitely safer.
Dear Uncle Zorro
ReplyDeleteIndeed, the gods and your guardian angel(s) are smiling on you.
Get a good rest Uncle Zorro and take care ok?
Snatch thieves
ReplyDeleteAnd the economy woes
Desperate people
Desperate needs
Feeding the hunger
Some lazy to find work
Living on the hard earned money
Of honest people living
Some are drug addicts
Way beyond redemption
Finding victims to feed habits
The wastages of lives
The society feels the losses
So we must be careful
Full of alert on the streets
It happened to me years ago
In the cinema in Klang
Got 6 stitches on my stomach
When I made my police report
I got shouted at by a female police officer
It was my second time dealing with the police
Though through the years I met OCPDs and CPOs
I was the victim
Yet I got no sympathy
It became a talk in the village
The news travelled fast those years ago
Now of course I am always alert
Driving and walking on the streets
Time has not changed much to these years
We will live to tell our tales won't we?
el Zor, you carried handbag ah !!??
ReplyDeleteDear unker...
ReplyDeleteGreetings...Glad to know u were okey...
Luckily stengahs belum masuk dalam sistem at that hour kot....1140 am..? Too early..?
Otherwise kalau fully beefed up, steamed...consequences could have been different...
You are very precious to us Malaysians, a highly conscienable retired ex teacher...please take good care of yourself.
Just wish there were more of us Malaysians like your goodself around...
May Almighty always look over you. Ameeeeen
take care yeahhhhh....
taru
2 June 2009
Was it, as they say in the UK, a man-bag?
ReplyDeleteYou mean clutch bag? You're lucky you didn't lose your arm.
ReplyDeleteAiseyman, no time to give a flying helicopter kick ka? 2 or 3 years ago my wife fell victim.
ReplyDeleteYes, keep the handbag on the inside, not outside.
Hand bag or man-bag. Just a bag with a strap with all my necessary rubbish in it.....but not a clutch bag.
ReplyDeletePlease learn from the women: Don use hand-bag nowadays. Keep money in small purse/wallet that fit jeans/pants/skirt's pocket.
ReplyDeleteStay poor! That's even safer!
ReplyDeleteCoz you then have no reason to be walking into or out of banks and become easy prey for snatchers.
How poor, yer might say.
Divide RM12 billion with 26 million, amortized over the next 3 decades, works out to approx RM46 million per pax on our collective future impoverishment.
Thank you BN for keeping us peasants safe from the clutches of snatch thieves with this brilliant strategy which nobody else in this world could ever think of, let alone implement.
Geeez.. I gotta stop smoking funny ciggies.
P.S. Yer sure it wasn't a cop, Z?
Uncle Zorro,
ReplyDeleteFortunately,you are not hurt.As for me, I carry a baton made from special hard-wood in my car placed next to my seat. Underneath my car seat, I have a Custom Made parang in case the baton failed me. On the top of that, I carry a Walther PPK (German-made) hand-gun, 9mm caliber tucked at my waist, just in case, both failed me.Nowadays, we have to protect ourselves. Cannot rely on the police. Kill or be Killed!! As I will always
remember the famous saying by my guru - "It's BETTER TO BE JUDGED BY NINE,(Jury)than CARRIED BY SIX(coffin)". If you NEED TO SHOOT, SHOOT TO KILL!! I have killed many, adding one or two more would NOT give me any nightmares. After all, these criminals are the scums of society.
Getting in & out of your car is the most critical moment where one is prone to attack. Alertness- is the key word when going to and leaving you car. Be aware of your surroundings at all times. Call it colour 'AMBER' when you are expose in the open. Change to 'RED' when for e.g going into the lift(day or night), or parking your car in secluded parking area(day or night). Practise this system as a HABIT and you will be okay. Green - will be when you are safely settled down at home. If there is a suspicious group of people near your car or waiting near a elevator, MOVE AWAY IMMEDIATELY for alternative route.
What the f*** are the police doing about this!?? Damn sick of all this snatch thiefs. And the police are not doing their job at all and for years this have been happenning.
ReplyDeleteGlad that you are all right Guru.
Take care and be safe in this crime infested society of ours all bcoz of BN.
Thanks guys/gals.
ReplyDeleteFrank....I have an allumium baseball bat. Used it only once on somebody's head and panicked. He did not die fortunately. I would love to have a Glock to shoot at snatchers.
Hawk....police are mostly at mamak stalls.
This is what happens when police ttoo busy making police reports on politics. Zorro, good to know that you are ok.
ReplyDeletePeace, Admiral Tojo
tangkap tangkap tangkap = for opposition members only !!
ReplyDeleteIf you had worn black, the copsy would be watching you and the snatch theft would not have occured, no?
ReplyDeleteThis is the trouble with Bohonland, when you need the blue uniform baboons, they are no near to be seen. It is safer to wear black, we can baboons see baboons working very vigorously... wear Black, zorro...this is your additional tip!
ReplyDeleteYo Guru,
ReplyDeleteI borrow your picture for my related post on crime. Ha ha without permission...
Bro Zorro
ReplyDeleteThe police are Goverment staff. They paid by the govermentfrom the pocket money and personnel accaunts of the ministers and teir cronies. They didnt draw their salary from the public tax.Thats what on their mind.Sofor them manteri dulu tahn kalau ada masa lebih and boring tak da kerja , than only public. Am i right?
Is it that times are so bad that more people are getting hit?
ReplyDeleteOr are you a target, as you were a target in Ipoh not so long ago? (smile). Just a theory, feeling Holmes-ish at the moment!
Whatever, do take care!
Hi Zorro,
ReplyDeleteGlad you are ok with just bruises!
I was once a victim but I managed to pull back my handbag, just a reflex action, and the two nearly lost control of the bike, so the pillion had to release his grip of the handbag strap. Mat rempits wants the easy way out, who else!
Happy to hear nothing happened to your person or possessions apart from having to get a new strap for your bag. I dream of being a successful snatch thief... sneaking up to every purty gal on the street... and pinching their snatches! ;-)
ReplyDeletethat's right. blame everything on the police and BN.
ReplyDeletestupid people making stupid comments.
- sam
Thank god u'r alright,Zorro
ReplyDeleteTake care of urself
Uncle Zorro,
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are ok except for the bruise.
Just a couple of days ago a friend of mine was similarly attacked in an attempted robbery while boarding her car in front of a restaurant in SS2 - in broad daylight.
Luckily she and her kids got away unharmed, though the would-be robber bashed and damaged her car.
If the frickin' police could arrest criminals at the same rate that they've been arresting ordinary citizens and Pakatan lawmakers (160 in 3 weeks), we'd be safer than Singapore in no time. Notch up another outstanding achievement for the frickin' police.
They are getting very daring nowadays...!!!
ReplyDeleteAll these only happens when there's "no" police in sight...!!!
Aren't the police also suppose to walk the streets...???
Don't see them doing that.
Must be very nice & cooling to just cruise around in their cars. You can see most of them in the stations too......!!!
Let's all be careful yah.......!
They are everywhere , anytime and anywhere.
ReplyDeletethank goodness nothing serious to uncle Zorro .
I have to stop typing now as if i continues i will f*ck the IGP or PIG again.
Thank God they didn't harm you, Z.
ReplyDelete-vanitha-
Thank Life we lost nothing to these
ReplyDeletemoron,infact my wife just happen morning in old kuchai lama just beside the church.While she is lucky nothing is lost but very rich in experiance and fear.Now she know i right because i always maintain a fear on motorist like walk here or there because we man use purse which it inside our pocket unlike those ladies more nicely look and a safe victim to them.
Why would they wanna snatch from a retiree?
ReplyDeleteUncle, your Prada handbag, clutch bag, man bag or whatsoever, is worth much more than its content aside from your pipe and tobacco bag.
Am surprise that you didn't use your 3-sequence moe to break their head.
Unker Z,
ReplyDeleteGlad to know that u didn't get hurt or lost ur bag to the snatcher...
Happened to my fren in front of my eyes 2 yrs ago, his laptop got snatched by a Mat-Rempit, it all happened in a split second, when we woke up from the stun n gave chase to him, he sped off on his cup-cai he very skillfully controlled n balanced his bike with only 1 hand on the handle, the other hand still holding the laptop bag's sling, it's easy to guess that he's a Mat-Rempit.
keep going back to the same places!
ReplyDeletePlease be more careful, Uncle Bernard. We all have to. No surprise to see our social fabric being torn to bits. Economic fabric torn to bits. Political fabric torn to bits. Well, see you at Uncle Raju's house for Deepavali this year.
ReplyDeleteWhat snatch thief?
ReplyDeleteWhere we stand in crime statistics - we are even better then Hong Kong and where else?
Our country is BLISSFULLY free of crime !
If you ask Lee Lam Thye - we can't hold the government overly responsible for the peace & security.
We as ordinary rakyats has to be personally responsible - so, Zorro have you been careless and given the snatch thief the opportunity?
P.S. I hope you detected my attempt at sarcasm, I am glad you are unhurt.
Gan, oh yes that sarcasm cuts deep. Don't you think Baghdad is much safer, no?
ReplyDeleteYes, I committed the capital sin of taking things for granted and that they target only women. I have learnt my lesson, thus the three precautions I posted about. Thanks for caring.
anon June 3, 2009 12:21 AM
ReplyDeletetalking about yourself, huh?