Re: Beware pointers for us women
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 29 May 2003 23:59:34 EDT
Subject: FW: Be Safe
> Please take the time to read this. I know you are smart enough to know
these pointers, but there will be some where you will go "Hmm, I must >
> remember that" After reading, forward it to someone you care about. It never hurts
> to be careful in this crazy world we live in.
>
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your > body. If
> you are close enough to use it, do!
>
2. Learned this from a tourist guide to New Orleans: If a robber > asks for
> your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you ...
> chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than in you
> and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION!
>
> 3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car: Kick out the
> back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like
> crazy.
> The driver won't see you but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
>
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, > eating,
> working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.
> DON'T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect
> opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your
> head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE
> DOORS AND DRIVE AWAY.
>
> 5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking
> garage:
> a. Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger
> side floor, and in the back seat.
> b. If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the
> passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them
> into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
> c. Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the
> passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car,
> you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman
> to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better
> paranoid than dead.)
>
> 6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.(Stairwells are
> horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).
>
> 7. If the predator has a gun and you are NOT under his control, ALWAYS
> RUN! The predator can only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And
> even
> then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!
>
> 8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT! It
> may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a
> good-looking,
> well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting
> women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his
>
> vehicle or with his vehicle, and that is when he abducted his next victim.
>
> Forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A
> candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this to
> the
> ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters,
> daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well.
>
> Send this to any woman you know, that may need to be reminded that
> the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better to be safe
> than sorry.
>
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