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Chinese food as a weapon against robbers
By adamg on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 10:38pm
Conor White-Sullivan reports that when his train pulled into Park Street today, some punk grabbed his iPhone and ran out the door:
... So I take off running after him, screaming my head off, cussing like a sailor. I chase him down the platform and fling the Chinese food I had in my hand at his back. Hits him... and probably a few other people because it went flying everywhere... and he throws the phone into the wall. ...
And the phone was fine.
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I predict..
the iPad will be the most stolen item on subways everywhere!!
Transit police, where are
Transit police, where are you?
We dont need NYC level of security (dudes with machine guns rolling around) but it would be nice to see a uniformed officer in the station more than once a year.
Yes, or maybe people could
Yes, or maybe people could not stare blindly into their iPhone, checking email, texting or playing taptap revenage. I feel like this is the same warning we have to give bumpkin college students every year.
It is a train, it is a bus, it is not YOUR HOUSE. Yes it would be nice to live in a world where an overpriced piece of crap from Steve Jobs won't be stolen in the city, but until then, keep it in your pants.
Yes, we all know how cool UrbanSpoon is.
I only wished this douche's iphone was smashed. Btw if I was in the subway, I'd have you arrested for assault by your Chinese food...and I'd have stomped on your phone.
Grow a pair, and keep the phone away. The world won't end if your friend doesn't get a text back.
You sound like an angry,
You sound like an angry, petty person.
I hope the next time you're sitting reading a book on the bus, you get your face smashed in and it stolen. Oh wait, I doubt you read much.
Grow a pair?
You only WISH that you had a pair big enough to chase after and counterattack that little jerk. Heck, you probably wish you still had the phone you threw against the wall, instead of chinese food stains covering that yellow streak down your back.
Actually, I've discovered a new form of entertainment on the T.
Seeing how many twenty-somethings almost miss their stop because they're so engrossed in texting or reading e-mails.
wow
Why so angry? Because you can't get your ZUNE tattoo removed off of your forehead?
You know, they're called
You know, they're called mobile devices for a reason. I use mine to read news on the subway. I find this makes more sense than wasting that time staring into space. I suppose you suggest they should only be used in the privacy of your car while driving? And to someone else's point - yes, it would be nice to see a transit officer actually riding in the trains - there's a lot of rowdies.
I would also say this - I
I would also say this - I always put my phone away or hold it tightly when entering a station, and keep an eye on my surroundings. People need to get in the habit of doing this.
Yes, and maybe that girl
Yes, and maybe that girl shouldn't have worn the sexy clothes and gotten a little too drunk, because then she wouldn't have been raped, right?
Or is that continuation of your logic a little too much for you to handle?
Maybe your anger should be directed at the tool who decided that he had a right to someone else's property, my friend.
That's funny, you equate a
That's funny, you equate a stolen phone with rape. It goes to show where your priorities are, huh?
If you were in the middle of the crowded Green line platform at rush hour, and you decided to check to see if you had cash in your wallet, and you opened it up and decided to count it out in public and someone runs by and grabs it, and tries to run off, should it be considered entrapement? I mean, there you were, with all that money, flashing it around?
I guess I was brought up to always keep an eye on my stuff. The smartphone zombies are so engrossed in twitter they hardly notice the train has stopped.
I suppose it could be worse - some douche from Somerville could think they are saving the Earth by riding a bike, then blowing thru stoplights and nearly hitting people in crosswalks, but then again, we can't blame evrrything on Swirlygirl, right? ;)
No, I equate your blaming the
No, I equate your blaming the victim in two separate scenarios. In one, someone think they have the right to another person's property. In the other, they think they have a right to another person's body. If you can't handle the fact that one is just a different degree of the other in seriousness, maybe you should think before you blame a victim for a crime. And maybe not show so much anger towards people who are doing nothing illegal (checking their phone) and a little more towards those who ARE doing something illegal (stealing).
Not too hard, is it?
Sigh. More wonton violence
Sigh. More wonton violence on the T.
You had to gau there, didn't you?
Were you trying to egg-foo-young me on to link to this?
The way of self-defense in the 21st Century.
Everybody should carry Chinese food with them as the ride the subways.