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flintknapper wrote:Same thing happened to our receptionist....a number of years ago. Only in a Walmart Parking lot.

She had cashed her paycheck at Walmart, done some shopping and was walking out to her vehicle. A man jumped out of a vehicle that was following behind her, grabbed her purse, knocking her to the ground. She held onto the purse, but when the man raised his fist...as if to hit her.... she let go.

He got back into the vehicle and he and driver sped off. She told police she recognized the man that took her purse as someone that was standing inside the store earlier. Her purse (less her wallet) was found in the street...just blocks away.

We all chipped in at work...to replace her money.

She said the incident really rattled her and that for some reason...it caused her to think how easily she could have been abducted.

She is a diminutive woman, standing about 5' and weighing 95 pounds at most. She readily accepted the good advice to exercise more situational awareness, but in this case...it might not have made any difference.