mr_nice!

that was terrible. seriously.

retired_boppa

Some money? Why didn't they take all of your money? </BLOCKQUOTE>


As I said, we tried to reason them out of it and it worked to some extent. We had a train to catch so they were "nice" to us I guess. They live in a bad part of town and in reality they need the money to "survive". Being not wealthy ourselves, we got down to their level and they understood our point. They usually only mug wealthy people (who normally spend their time around the area we were at).

buffdaddy110

Personally, no... but I have many friends and acquaintances in Salford who have been mugged.

One of my mates, when leaving a pub, was accosted by two knife-wielding thugs demanding his cash card and PIN AND directions to the nearest cashpoint!
While one thug went off to withdraw the cash, the other stood guard over my mate - just in case the PIN was wrong.
After a while, the guarding mugger began to get agitated and asked my mate how far away the cashpoint was. That it was only a couple of minutes around the corner wasn't the answer the mugger wanted to hear - it turned out the muggers had only met each other that night and is 'mate' had clearly done a runner with the loot!

Scallies eh!



A less funny story is that of a student in Manchester who got so wasted he was easy pickings for a mugger.
Drunk, bloodied and now broke he appealed to some passersby to take pity and help him home.
He awoke the next morning to find his flat had been emptied!
Double - whammy !

retired_kilo

Yes. I have been.