Has someone ever attempted to mug you?

MarkR · 10-06-2014 03:05PM

Not recently. Was as a kid in New York. Well, the lady in the elevator with me was mugged. I can tell you he was black, and had a big gun. I got out at the next floor and ran like my arse was on fire.

10-06-2014 03:06PM

anncoates wrote: »

Actually a decent idea to carry around a spare sh_t phone as a mugger decoy

Yeah, that's what I was doing.

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Valetta · 10-06-2014 03:07PM

I was approaching an ATM late one night when an innocent old lady who was at the ATM asked me if I would help check her balance.

So I pushed her over.

Dublinflyer · 10-06-2014 03:12PM

Closest I ever came was at a ATM about 10 years ago. I was taking out money and two little knackers came up behind me and pointed a knife in my direction demanding I take them max out on my card. Sadly for them they did not notice my two brothers, both guards, sitting in my car across the road. The look on their face was classic!

Alf. A. Male · 10-06-2014 03:13PM

generic2012 wrote: »

Yes. Clonskeagh of all places.

That may be the most middle-class thing anybody has ever written :pac:

anncoates · 10-06-2014 03:16PM

Candie wrote: »

I probably would have fainted.

Scary stuff.

You'd actually be surprised. I honestly didn't feel that scared at the time just a bit shocked. Remembered to press the panic button on the floor as well.

The hungry fcuker that owned the garage actually made me finish the night shift (and close up) by myself after the police had gone

Karl Stein · 10-06-2014 03:16PM

I carry a weapon with me that I've used on a number of occasions.

A set of these. Nobody can stay angry when exposed to the soothing sounds of the Andes.

In the unlikely event of the soothing sounds not having the desired effect I just bash their faces in with it.

anncoates · 10-06-2014 03:19PM

Alf. A. Male wrote: »

That may be the most middle-class thing anybody has ever written :pac:

You haven't been reading AH for long, have you?

Renegade Mechanic · 10-06-2014 03:20PM

Good few years ago. Idiot I was, I copped a few kn- people watching me but only after Id taken 600 out of an atm in Cashel. Made a beeline for Supervalue directly across the road and phoned a freind to come in unseen (they didn't follow me in) and take it. He did, I gave him my money, phone, keys and lotto tickets (just in case:D). I then left and sure enough I was approached. I told them straight out Id given everything away specifically so they could get f*ck all and started laughing at them while they beat me up. Took my knocks and that was that.

It was so f*cking worth it.

Birneybau · 10-06-2014 03:21PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Back in 1997 I was coming out of a pub on Capel Street when this wiry-looking article of about 35 decided to have a go - wallet, phone, whatever I had. I put him on his arse bawling for mama with his right arm broken in two places. Called the Sweeney Todd and waited there until they arrived and started seeing to him.

A broken arm is one thing but riding him?

jimgoose · 10-06-2014 03:23PM

Birneybau wrote: »

A broken arm is one thing but riding him?

That's Big Tick Coolshie Gards for ya! :pac:

Renegade Mechanic · 10-06-2014 03:25PM

jimgoose wrote: »

That's Big Tick Coolshie Gards for ya! :pac:

Ay hayor, now. Tis a dominance thing!

Alf. A. Male · 10-06-2014 03:25PM

anncoates wrote: »

You haven't been reading AH for long, have you?

Based on your joining date, 6 years longer than you

10-06-2014 03:26PM

Karl Stein wrote: »

I carry a weapon with me that I've used on a number of occasions.

A set of these. Nobody can stay angry when exposed to the soothing sounds of the Andes

Nothing says London Underground more than an ethnic-style poncho wearer brandishing their pan pipes like they're a Stradivarius.

razorblunt · 10-06-2014 03:27PM

Pickpocketed in Paris, my own fault, forgot to take care of my wallet, knew the dangers had been working there for a year at the time.

Replaced the wallet, someone tried to rob my bag from behind, swung my arm back , caught the guy right on the jaw and he fell down some stairs in Gare du Nord.
Locals told me to keep on walking.

anncoates · 10-06-2014 03:27PM

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

copped a few kn- people.

Understandable diplomacy, it being Cashel.

Frack · 10-06-2014 03:28PM

Two scumbags tried to mug for my phone outside The Grand Social but when they saw I had a Nokia Lumia they laughed and walked off. Pricks.

anncoates · 10-06-2014 03:29PM

Alf. A. Male wrote: »

Based on your joining date, 6 years longer than you

Been reading it for 9 years. :pac:

Renegade Mechanic · 10-06-2014 03:30PM

anncoates wrote: »

Understandable diplomacy, it being Cashel.

I think I won a scratch card on that ticket too:D

Renegade Mechanic · 10-06-2014 03:48PM

anncoates wrote: »

Got my wallet snatched in a shop in Dublin before and chased the lad. Caught the little cnut and knocked him over but he took out a syringe so I just left him to it. Hardly any money in the wallet anyway and it was found and handed into my college a few days later with the cards in it.

Also held up with a gun (turned out it was a replica as he got caught later that night but i didn't know at the time) in a petrol station I worked in during college.

That wasnt Clonmel was it?

The Pheasant2 · 10-06-2014 03:58PM

Was doing 2 weeks volunteer work at an old people's home in Shankhill when I was in TY.

On the very first day a guy tried to mug me as I walked back from the shops at lunch!

"Gimme your ****in wallet"

I didn't actually have my wallet on me but I did have my phone and I-touch. The guy was in his late teens/early 20's, unarmed and looked like a bit of junkie - I was playing a good bit of sport at the time so I knew if I could get a seconds head start I could probably out run him (at least back to the old folk's home).

So I pretended to comply by reaching into my pocket, your man relaxed noticeably as I did so.

Then as hard as I could I punched him right in the stomach; he wasn't ready for it at all and let out huge gasp and doubled over trying to catch his breath.

Immediatly I turned and sprinted the whole way back to the old people's home.

Didn't go out to lunch for the remaining two weeks because I was afraid he'd spot me again... Old people food for two weeks :P

wicklowstevo · 10-06-2014 03:58PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

I wouldnt care what age or sex they were, if a little scrote produced a knife at me I would follow it up with a swift kick to the balls/mary

lol i would genuinely love to see a female mugger get a kick in the " mary "

10-06-2014 04:06PM

yup, was coming home one night in town from training and kinda got ambushed / circled by a scumbag duo, hellbent on relieving me of my money!! they were quite scrawney and I was coming from the gym (im not huge, built like a footballer id say) but fancied knocking one out and then assuming the other would flee, make a hasty U-Turn!

anyways it all changed when one produced a bloody syringe!! I got annoyed, and they got 2 irish pound at the time. a messy tangle with the risk of being stuck, was not worth the 2 pound nor monthly rounds of drugs I would have to take, to prevent any infections, should said conduit have been filled as described " gimme yor payper muney or il fu*king stick dis needle in ye"!!!! was the kind proposition if memory serves!

EDit · 10-06-2014 04:07PM

Yes. On the top deck of a bus in Croydon in 1989. A bunch of us (all 15/16 year old white B-boy wannabes) were wearing hugely overpriced baseball caps and this older fella just walked up the central aisle helping himself to them. One of my mates started to get up to say something and this fella pulls up his t-shirt to reveal the handle of a pretty large knife and mutters the immortal line "do you wanna feel some steel?" at which point my mate sat down. Strangely enough, there was no attempt to rob anything other than the caps.

chakotha · 10-06-2014 04:11PM

2 youngish fellas in Cork city on Wood Street outside what used to be the Maltings/Earth nightclub at about 4am one Friday night while I was well plastered and strolling to a mate's place just ahead and around the corner.

One lad appears in front of me and says "Have you got any money?".

I went "No" or something and stepped up my pace past him. Then this other guy runs in from behind on my left and before I knew it had boxed me just below the left eye. Had a nice cut there for a few weeks.

I started trying to leg it up to the buddys place and the 2 lads were pulling and tearing at me like dogs. I got to the door and banged on it shouting and all the while pushing away these two lads.

One of my mates opens the letterbox and the 2 rascals scarpered just like that.

They must not have been too big or I'd have been on the ground easily. Luckily I hadn't far to go and didn't lose any cash.

10-06-2014 04:12PM

EDit wrote: »

Yes. On the top deck of a bus in Croydon in 1989. A bunch of us (all 15/16 year old white B-boy wannabes) were wearing hugely overpriced baseball caps and this older fella just walked up the central aisle helping himself to them. One of my mates started to get up to say something and this fella pulls up his t-shirt to reveal the handle of a pretty large knife and mutters the immortal line "do you wanna feel some steel?" at which point my mate sat down. Strangely enough, there was no attempt to rob anything other than the caps.

who robbed you???? lee van cleefe???? classic, ya wanna feel some steel!!!
I love that, I'd let him keep it out of respectt for having the balls to pull off such a line!!

Tombo2001 · 10-06-2014 04:16PM

Meathlass wrote: »

I was asleep in a hostel in Buenos Aires in a dorm with 3 men (didn't know any of them). We'd left the door open on to the corridor as it was so hot.

I slept with my wallet beside me on the bed and woke in the early morning to find a scumbag grabbing it out of my hand. He'd also taken my watch, and cameras, mp3s from the other guys' bags in the room.

By the time I shouted and woke everyone up he was half way down the stairs and out the front door. Security in the place was lax to say the least!

what was a scumbag doing in Buenos Aires.........?

..........its a long way from the luas stop on abbey st.

Meathlass · 10-06-2014 04:25PM

Tombo2001 wrote: »

what was a scumbag doing in Buenos Aires.........?

..........its a long way from the luas stop on abbey st.

I would have thought it was a fairly generic term for thieving lowlifes.

EDit · 10-06-2014 04:27PM

rusty cole wrote: »

I love that, I'd let him keep it out of respectt for having the balls to pull off such a line!!

Tbh, once we had got over the initial shock we did have a laugh about that line

Azwaldo55 · 10-06-2014 04:35PM

I was about to cross the Haypenny Bridge when a group scared girls told me two guys were pestering them and they wanted me to walk with them as far as O'Connell Street. Anyway as I was crossing the bridge one of the guys tried to pin my arms but I broke his hold and pushed him back. The second guy punched me in the face so I gave him a left and right and kicked him in the balls and brought my knee into his nose. The other guy swung at me and I parried the blow caught him by the wrist twisted his arm behind his back and clocked his head against the railing and gave him a few kicks into the ribs. My hands and nose were bleeding but I went with the girls to Burger King and cleaned myself up in the jacks. When I came down the stairs the girls all cheered and they bought me a free meal. I got a few numbers and kisses and I went home feeling chuffed.

Has someone ever attempted to mug you?

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