4 posts tagged “mugged”
Thank you,
Everyone who's called to ask if I'm okay. I am, thanks to all of you.
MJ, Glenda, and Kevin, for driving up to rescue me and take me out, get me drunk, and drive me home.
Kristen, for calling and keeping me phone company in the minutes after.
Everyone who offered rides and help in the last 24 hours. Leecher that I am, I wish I could take you all up on it. (But seriously, if you offer to pay for lunch or dinner this week while I'm waiting for my new ATM card, I will not protest.)
The cops who took down my info. I think they know that it's more to help the victim calm down than to actually find the perps. Those two assholes could have been anyone.
Everyone who knows me through my work and treated me more kindly than I've treated them.
You are all beautiful people and I love you.
Here's what I told SF Chronicle writer Alan Saracevic about getting mugged last night:
Right after Chris Anderson's "Long Tail" book release party at Varnish, I was at the 14-line bus stop on Mission and 3rd, and one guy was already there. Then this other dude came over and started talking to him, and they suddenly said something like "We gonna do this?"
Guy 1 yells at me, "What've you got?" while Guy 2 backs me into the corner of the little bus stop shelter and punches my face three times, banging my head against the MUNI map. Guy 1 forcibly grabbed my wallet from my back pocket and walked off with Guy 2.
The whole time, I was yelling at passerby across the street, "I'm being mugged! Call the cops!" People just vaguely looked up and went on walking.
Afterward, I called 911, the cops were very kind, and some friends picked me up and bought me beer.
I'm posting slowly today, and my jaw aches, but I'll be fine. They only nabbed a hundred bucks and some easily cancelled cards. If they'd taken the phone, I could've pulled the same trick that kid with the stolen Sidekick pulled this summer.
The straight dope from Valleywag [SFGate.com]
The morning after the mugging, the right side of my head (where I got punched three times) is gently throbbing. My temple is tender to the touch, and my jaw hurts when I move it. So on the plus side, if you buy me a drink this weekend, I won't talk your ear off.
I haven't eaten yet, so I'm about to find out whether that will hurt. Stay tuned for more news about my head.
So I finally got mugged. Just my wallet, with about $140 in cash, two cards (already cancelled), and my old expired license. I still have my phone, which is great.
It happened a couple hours ago, at 3rd and Mission in San Francisco. Two guys banged my face up; it'll be bruised and tender tomorrow, but nothing's broken or bleeding.
Anyway, I immediately Dodgeballed my friends, and a team of said friends raced out in a car to rescue me and buy me drinks. So I'm posting from Club Lamia, feeling achey in the jaw but ohterwise fantastic, and I'll get over the stupid wallet.
So which of my friends have gotten mugged?
