BETTER TO BE SAFE THEN SORRY

[Deborah]

BETTER TO BE SAFE THEN SORRY.. THOUGHT I'D SEND THIS ONE AROUND
Scary to think about - please pass it on.
About a month ago there was a woman standing by the mall entrance
passing out flyers to all the women going in.
The woman had written the flyer herself to tell about an experience she
had, so that she might warn other women.
The previous day, this woman had finished shopping, went out to her car
and discovered that she had a flat.
She got the jack out of the trunk and began to change the flat.

A nice man dressed in business suit and carrying a briefcase walked up
ther and said, "I noticed you're changing a flat tire.
Would you like me totake care of it for you?"
The woman was grateful for his offer and accepted his help.
They chatted amiably while the man changed the flat, and then put the
flat tyre and the jack in the trunk, shut it and dusted his hands off.

The woman thanked him profusely, and as she was about to get in her
car,the man told her that he left his car around on the other side of
the mall,and asked if she would mind giving him a lift to his car.

She was a little surprised and she asked him why his car was on other
side.

He explained that he had seen an old friend in the mall that he hadn't
seen for some time and they had a bite to eat and visited for a while.
He got turned around in the mall and left through the wrong exit, and
now he was running late and his car was clear around on the other side
of the mall.
The woman hated to tell him "no" because he had just rescued her from
having to change her flat tyre all by herself, but she felt uneasy.
Then she remembered seeing the man put his briefcase in her trunk before
shutting it and before he asked her for a ride to his car.

She told him that she'd be happy to drive him around to his car, but she
just remembered one last thing she needed to buy. She told the man that
he could wait for her; she would be as quick as she could be.

She hurried into the mall, and told a security guard what had happened;
the guard came out to her car with her, but the man had left.

They opened the trunk, took out his locked briefcase and took it down to
the police station.

The police opened it (ostensibly to look for ID so they could return it
to the man).

What they found was rope, duct tape, and knives.

When the police checked her "flat" tyre, there was nothing wrong with
it; the air had simply been let out.

It was obvious what the man's intention was, and obvious that he had
carefully thought it out in advance.

The woman was blessed to have escaped harm.
How much worse it would have
been if she had children with her and had them wait in the car while
the man fixed the tyre, or if she had a baby strapped into a car seat.

Or if she'd gone against her judgment and given him a lift.

I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know.
It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle.

I was going to send this to the ladies only; but guys, if you love your
mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it on to
them, as well.

Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the
world we live in has a lot of crazies in it......
better safe than sorry.

PLEASE BE SAFE AND NOT SORRY!
JUST A WARNING TO ALWAYS BE ALERT AND USE YOUR HEAD!!!!

[ochotseat]

Yet, some people on this board are okay with that dude walking the streets or living off tax payers' money. That guy should be gassed or worked to death in the big house.

[BavarianWheels]

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Does this story never go away? It's been on the net since Gore invented the internet!
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