This is why I hate working nights
- Thread starter VirtualAdept
- Start date
If you're worried enough to be considering things like rape alarms, may as well get a can of StoppaRed too. Load of red goo that sticks to their face (making them close their eyes or have great difficulty seeing, and it'll be quite a surprise) allowing you to escape and stains it with UV dye for days so the police can identify them under UV light.
Why do people do things like this? Following someone around randomly like that?
If they're planning on mugging or rape or whatever, surely they must know that following them around like that is blatantly suspicious, and has caused the person they're following to be on their guard?
If they're planning on mugging or rape or whatever, surely they must know that following them around like that is blatantly suspicious, and has caused the person they're following to be on their guard?
Perfume or deoderant would do the job just as well as pepper spray
Hairspray beats anything else legal that's been discussed so far. Perfume is a waste of time as it's pump action and not what you need in a situation such as this, deoderant isn't ideal either but at least it's gas based I suppose.
They're a spray that is legal here, it doesn't cause pain but it's a really strong dye + getting anything in their eyes is going to stop slow them down.
EDIT
Just continued to read the thread and see this was already mentioned, sorry!
Last edited:
- Joined
- 23 Oct 2002
- Posts
- 4,385
- Location
- North Devon
Associate
- Joined
- 24 Dec 2006
- Posts
- 1,100
- Location
- GB
Sounds corny, but teach her some self defence moves....grabbed from behind, scrape shoe down shin, backward headbutt, etc...could make all the difference.
I'd rather my missus' nicked for assault than god knows what happen to her!
I'd rather my missus' nicked for assault than god knows what happen to her!
Wouldn't want to get caught looking funny at you down a dark alleyScrew pump action, I would hit him in the face with it!
It's odd how many people think that on this forum
Haha don't take what I said the wrong way!
Soldato
- Joined
- 22 Feb 2008
- Posts
- 11,114
I've often thought about that.
Take some REALLY strong hot sauce, like "Da Bomb" or "Mad Dog 357", put some in a bit of water, mix it up, and stick it in a little water pistol for your pocket/bag. Wonder how that would go down.
Take it as a warning.
Get her some more protection, just incase the dog isnt around next time.
It is very light at night till about 9.30 at the moment, maybe thats what could have been on her side.
I hate working nights. I never got used to leaving the other half at home at night. If i dont get an answer when i phone late evening i start to panic. It doesnt help that shes normally too busy to answer straight away. Many a time i made my excuses at work and started to drive home only to have her pick up the phone and tell me shes been finishing an email (she actually has intellictual conversations with other poets so you cant just break from writing) or on the loo or dealing with the little one - she understands so she isnt normally too angery with me for phoning a few times, but thats just life - or at least thats what she tells me if something happens it happens for a reason.
I know it wouldnt end up good for either of us if anything ever happened to her when i wasnt there. Id probably lose it and start going all vigilantly on dodgy looking blokes at night.
So get her something that she can use at close quaters.
People dont really act on things straight away, victims dont beleve it will happen to them until it does. And when its happening people do not/cannot really take notice of peoples appearence, just the things that stand out, like a hoodie,cap or plaster on their face... all things that can be changed in seconds.
I also saw on Watchdog or read somewhere that its normally someone the victim knows, maybe they dont know the person out right, but may that person walks by them every day as they walk to the shop or take the kids to school.
Or maybe its that drugged up looking guy who walks past your house every day and once offered to sell some bent cds to your missis - but she never really registered who he was. Yes, there is a guy whos done that to my missis (not attacked) and ive made a point of speaking to him, letting him know i know hes there, i also know where he stays. <---- yes im para, but he is just the kind of guy who you perseve would do such a thing, and if you were in my shoes you'd do the same.
So yeh. Nights are bad, the body isnt meant to stay awake at night, you dont eat properly, you worry because your not with your loved ones... but it pays well and oh, money isnt everything eh?
Its the knowing that you could prevent something but you wouldnt be there to do that thing.
Im so glad i dont have a daughter...
Get her some more protection, just incase the dog isnt around next time.
It is very light at night till about 9.30 at the moment, maybe thats what could have been on her side.
I hate working nights. I never got used to leaving the other half at home at night. If i dont get an answer when i phone late evening i start to panic. It doesnt help that shes normally too busy to answer straight away. Many a time i made my excuses at work and started to drive home only to have her pick up the phone and tell me shes been finishing an email (she actually has intellictual conversations with other poets so you cant just break from writing) or on the loo or dealing with the little one - she understands so she isnt normally too angery with me for phoning a few times, but thats just life - or at least thats what she tells me if something happens it happens for a reason.
I know it wouldnt end up good for either of us if anything ever happened to her when i wasnt there. Id probably lose it and start going all vigilantly on dodgy looking blokes at night.
So get her something that she can use at close quaters.
People dont really act on things straight away, victims dont beleve it will happen to them until it does. And when its happening people do not/cannot really take notice of peoples appearence, just the things that stand out, like a hoodie,cap or plaster on their face... all things that can be changed in seconds.
I also saw on Watchdog or read somewhere that its normally someone the victim knows, maybe they dont know the person out right, but may that person walks by them every day as they walk to the shop or take the kids to school.
Or maybe its that drugged up looking guy who walks past your house every day and once offered to sell some bent cds to your missis - but she never really registered who he was. Yes, there is a guy whos done that to my missis (not attacked) and ive made a point of speaking to him, letting him know i know hes there, i also know where he stays. <---- yes im para, but he is just the kind of guy who you perseve would do such a thing, and if you were in my shoes you'd do the same.
So yeh. Nights are bad, the body isnt meant to stay awake at night, you dont eat properly, you worry because your not with your loved ones... but it pays well and oh, money isnt everything eh?
Its the knowing that you could prevent something but you wouldnt be there to do that thing.
Im so glad i dont have a daughter...
Last edited: