I do the night shops, but select the locations carefully and go as early as possible. I don't go to the "hood" or anywhere near it in the dark.
I was watching the news one night and there was a station I had been to that afternoon on the TV. It had been robbed at gunpoint that night. Another time I went to a station I did several times over the years, but not in quite a while. I asked where the fellows were that used to work there. One was shot and killed in a robbery and the other was hit by a car and killed while riding his bike on the highway shoulder after leaving work. Then I noticed the cameras all over the forecourt.
I've had many near misses at banks and gas stations and malls. Ya just never know. It's scary. I feel like I float through life naively going about my business and then hear about things after the fact.
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The more I learn about people...the more I like my dog..
Mark Twain