just got back from my shift, after this incident, i now unbuckle
before reaching destination for mobility.
no offence to poolman, but i think this incident taught me that
its not what kind of robber or fight feel pain or not.
this one is a matter of getting hurt vs losing 200 300
dollars(even less if on weekday)
i mean u fight, very best case you subdue the robber or maybe if
very lucky both of them. they will get in a few good stabs and
cuts, you get to beat them up, police come, you hand them over.
(now i am not sure of the law so this is speculation, any ex police
bros here wish to comment?) they turn around and say you beat them
up very badly, or if you all keep weapon in the taxi,
accidentally(or for that matter purposely) kill one of the useless
bum. you are looking at manslaughter? keeping weapon? aggravated
assault? i dunno also.
next step hospital, kenna stab and cuts rest at least 4-5 days
if not more. plus all the interview with IO at police station etc
etc. monetary loss due to stop work at least 500 bux if not more,
and this is factoring you get compensated for loss of rental,
hospital stay etc etc.
you can say for pride, cos you are fighter, cos this kind of
thing cannot dun retaliate or what ever excuse, bottomline is we
kena rob we are at losing end no matter what worst still we kena
injured.
now look at worst case, if i retaliate, my fucking seat belt
jam, i kena stuck. the fucking gutless malay boy who robbed me
panic, stab me in my windpipe. the accomplice also panic and stab
me in my face or chest or slash my neck, hit my jagular, slash my
tigh hit my femoral artery, slash my hand hit whatever artery, now
i am bleeding profusely, unable to retaliate, the 2 muthafuckers
panic big time, they run away immediately dun even take my money. i
am left in the fucking ulu place, now probably fatally injured and
still stuck cos my fucking seat belt jam.... for what? 300 bux? for
pride? so i can tell my decendents that i fought 2 gutless useless
malay drug addicts?
sorry but i think and this is my opinion. if kena rob, just
remain calm, tell them to take the money, take the handphone, take
whatever, dun aggrivate them, dun try to be hero. remember their
face, remember as many detail as possible and report police at
first oppurtunity.
we are out to make money, we are taxi drivers, not commando
unit. end of the day we want to go back home to our families safe
and sound.
