Some drunk tried to '"mug'" me this morning, on me

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Mug is an exageration, but it was still quite a worry at the time.


4:35am, riding my motorbike to work, got my royal mail hi-vis coat on, and all my kit in a delivery pouch over my shoulder.

See in the distance someone staggering about picking things up off of the road, assumed it was some homeless guy looking for dog ends.

Person then staggered back and forth across the road, before coming to stop on the pavement leaning against a lampost.

Thought no more of it, (by this time I was to far down the road to turn off, and not easy to do a u-turn in a hurry.)

Then, just as I got near him, he started waving his arm at me i a "stop" gesute.

So, I accelerated to 30mph, even though I was approaching a junction. He then basically ran in front of me, and wich ever way I went, followed, fucking idiot, so I had slowed down a bit and all by then

I was almost at walking speed when he lunged at me, causing me to swerve to the pavement on the wrong side of the road, and then made an inept grab at me, as I screamed FUCK OFF, opened the throttle and got away.

I was momentary worried at the time, but I'd got away, then there was the matter of the junction. Lights were red. I decided to jump them in case this drunken idiot was tyring to chase me. Typically there was traffice coming, but I didn't interfer with their progress. I noticed a few other people lurking about.

I don't think he was trying to "mug" me in a steal my wallet type of way, but whatever he was up to it could have resulted in a nasty accident

So, after finishing work I phone the police station. They wanted to know why I didn't report it earlier. So I explained that there wasn't actually an accident just very nearly -- and we had mountains of mail to deliver cos it was Xmas.

Anyway, guess what. There have been a few incidents of this nature*, and it happened just by....... some pubs that have got 24 hour licenses.......


*Alotugh she did wonder if it was related to the Royal Mail, and bag snatches, which I doubted.


Anyway. It was one of those non-incidents, which was also very worrying albeit briefly, and it pissed me off. I shall in the future, make a 1 mile detour of the entire town centre. I ride a motorbike, rather than cycle, to avoid the loonies - who usually shout abuse, now I am going to ride right around the entire town.

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Should have stopped and battered him. You in bike gear Vs Unco-ordinated piss head. Easy and might have taught the prick a lesson.

[kawakid]

Yeahh, Kevlar gloves, body armour, helmet.

I know what i'd have done.
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[Wave2k]

hahahaha posite crew
its a shit job aint it
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[riichy]

i would have give him a good smack
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[colin1]

drunks lack social skills, it cd be he just wanted to say hello and went about it all wrong
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