Do you fake cell phone calls so you don't get mugged?

In My Humble Opinion
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It’s a nonsensical premise. The best way to avoid getting mugged is to avoid situations where you are at risk of getting mugged. If those situations are unavoidable, then the next best option is to be alert to your surroundings and walk confidently with a purpose.

Carrying a weapon might give you a sense of confidence, but I think it is a falsoe one. If you are surprised by an armed mugger, chances are you aren’t going to have time to draw on them and would you want to anyway?

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I’ve always wondered this. People talk about putting a weapon in your purse or pocket and I figure, by the time you’re surprised are you really going to have the chance to pull it out? Things happen pretty fast when you are attacked…

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I don’t fake phone calls. I turn around and look like a scary black dude who, because of deep self-loathing and fears of inadequacy, has serious rage issues and might himself be a mugger.

Hit submit too soon. Sorry. Anyway, my wife, stepdaughter, and at least one of my sisters have called me and talked loudly so that the persons they fear will know someone’s on the line. I find this…troublesome.

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I used to do it when I was in college. It was mostly during my senior year when I had to walk back to my house from work at 10:00 at night. My house was just a five minute walk away but it was off an alley road that was poorly lit at night. My house was around the beginning of the shady area at Kalamazoo so after hearing about all of the muggings, break-ins, and robberies it was scary to walk home alone at night. Nobody at the security office could help me as the usually only had one person staffed for a college of 1200 students :rolleyes:. During the day there were always weird people hanging out at the end of my street and I just really didn’t want to be talked to by strangers. My viewpoint was that a person would be less likely to mess with you if they believed you were busy talking to someone and you could signal distress to the other person if the stranger tried anything; it seemed a bit better than just dawdling around and seeming alone and vulnerable. At the least having my phone out gave me peace of mind and provided a distraction.