So, I now know that a young, single, white female walking in NYC at 8:45 is a no-no.
I went to a networking event in Manhattan and was walking with another girl ONE AVENUE over to get to the subway to come home. As we were walking down the street, two bums were approaching us, one holding a white plastic bag of food.
They split up as we were approaching, the guy with the food going to my left and he purposely bumped into my arm, which "caused" him to drop his food, which "spilled" out onto the pavement. My first knee-jerk reaction was to help him and give him money for the food (I even said, "Sorry), but in a split second, I heard alarms going off in my head to get out of there. I grabbed my friend and said, "Keep moving, he's full of sh*t."
We were basically running to a better-lit area and he was chasing me. He kept saying, "Miss! That was my meal! Aren't you gonna do anything about it?! Miss! Miss! MISS!" Finally he came up on my left hand side and he said, "You think I can't catch you?" And I froze. I just put my hands up in fists in front of my face and I said, "PLEASE! DON'T!" I thought he was going to grab me or my bag or something. But we just took off running and he finally left us alone.
Under any other circumstances, I would have stopped to help, but I KNEW it was a scam. He purposefully bumped into me and dumped his food out of the bag, so it looked like it was my fault. I didn't bump into him, he bumped into me and even so, the force wasn't strong enough to send his food flying out of a plastic bag AND a styrofoam container onto the pavement.
Opening your purse in front of a bum in a dark alley would have been one of the dumber things I've done in my life.
Anyway, I was really glad to get home last night. I'm still a little anxious, but I'm better today.
Everyone, be careful out there!!
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Originally Posted by KawaFord
