On: Julio Diaz remembers being robbed

[mrcharles]

I have never been robbed, but, living in the largest city in Canada, I know that eventually it will happen.

I've always felt that in such a situation, I would refuse to be a victim, and so in my mind, that always meant resisting, fighting back, and convincing them that it was a bad idea to rob me.

It wasn't until listening to this that I realized that you don't have to be the victim even if you do give them your wallet.

[mrtron → mrcharles]

Living in Toronto you know you will eventually get robbed? I don't feel that way at all.

http://www.toronto.ca/quality_of_life/safety.htm

We seem to have a much higher comparative rate for break-ins. Hell we have half the robberies of Winnipeg per capita!

I still don't know how I would react in that type of robbery situation. I have been lucky and talked my way out of a few tight spots before.

[mrcharles → mrtron]

I work in one of the bad areas of the city. It gets real shady after dark, so once I'm working some OT my chances will increase, I expect.

And still, a 1 in 1000 chance isn't actually all that low. Seems likely that it'll happen at some point.