Daylight robbery

Let me just start my entry by saying, I hate Mondays!!!..Don't we all eh? Anyway, when I got to the office today, I was shocked when my colleague whose cubicle is next to mine told me how she was robbed on Saturday morning. I felt sorry for her and her story pretty much affected me the whole day today.

As soon as I sat in my chair I heard my colleague saying, Nour, I was robbed during the weekend. I just looked at her and went totally blank...our conversation was as follows:-

Me : What!! When?? Are you okay?

She: I am ok but the basxxxx had a long parang with him.

Me: Oh my God...must be traumatizing for you. Were you alone?

She: Yeah I was. It was at 7.30am on a Saturday morning, I dropped my kid for his replacement class and stopped by at the bank on the way back. And the worst part is I don't normally withdraw money in the early morning. Just did not know what got into me.

Me: Which bank, which area?

She: Puchong. I lost cash amounting to RM3000. The basxxxx made me withdraw 3 times.

Me: Thank God you are okay..money is not everything...glad that he didn't do anything bad towards you.

She: The only thing I was worried is that he might force me into a car after that and dont know what he will do to me...scary..

Me: Speechless...(to scared to even think abt it).

She: When he forced me to withdraw for the fourth time and the machine just rejected the card, I told myself, do or die I have to run for my life. So what I did was as soon as the ATM rejected my card, I threw the cash and my wallet at the other corner and while the basxxxx was scrambling for the notes, I just dashed for the door and ran as fast as I can and never looked back.

Me: Nasib baik, you can think straight at that crucial point......thank God, you were fast.

She: I just had to do it...I just stayed away and hide myself behind the wall till I saw the basxxxx leaving the bank. I went back to the ATM room and saw my wallet there but my credit cards were not in my wallet. Called the bank after that and was told that the bastxxx had done a few transactions at the petrol station. Damn.

Me; Still speechless..............

All this while I have been reading about robberies in the newspaper..and now it just happened to someone I really know. I hope by sharing this piece of info, you and me can be extra cautious and careful when withdrawing cash from the ATM machine. Scary eh..and I am still speechless. This incident can happen to anyone you know. So please be careful.