A True Story Serve as a Warning
To the men: warn your loved ones!
To the women: remember this!
About a month ago there was a woman standing by the Mega Mall entrance
passing out flyers to all the women going in. The woman had written the
flyer herself to tell about an experience she had, so that she might
warn other women.
The previous day, this woman had finished
shopping, went out to her car and discovered that she had a flat. She
got the jack out of the trunk and began to change the flat.
A
nice man dressed in business suit and carrying a briefcase walked up to
her and said, "I notice you're changing a flat tire. Would you like me
to take care of it for you?" The woman was grateful for his offer and
accepted his help. They chatted amiably while the man changed the flat,
and then put the flat tire and the jack in the trunk, shut it and dusted
his hands off.
The woman thanked him profusely, and as she was
about to get in her car, the man told her that he left his car around
on the other side of the mall, and asked if she would mind giving him a
lift to his car. She was a little surprised and asked him why his car
was on other side. He explained that he had seen an old friend in the
mall that he hadn't seen for some time and they had a bite to eat and
visited for a while; he got turned around in the mall and left through
the wrong exit, and now he was running late and his car was clear around
on the other side of the mall.
The woman hated to tell him
"no" because he had just rescued her from having to change her flat tire
all by herself, but she felt uneasy. Then she remembered seeing the man
put his briefcase in her trunk before shutting it and before he asked
her for a ride to his car. She told him that she'd be happy to drive him
to his car, but she just remembered one last thing she needed to buy.
She said she would only be a few minutes; he could sit down in her car
and wait for her; she would be as quick as she could be.
She
hurried into the mall, and told a security guard what had happened; the
guard came out to her car with her, but the man had left. They opened
the trunk, took out his locked briefcase and took it down to the police
station. The police opened it (ostensibly to look for ID so they could
return it to the man)... What they found was rope, duct tape and knives.
When the police checked her "flat" tire, there was nothing wrong with
it; the air had simply been let out. It was obvious what the man's
motive was, and obvious that he had carefully thought it out in advance.
The woman was blessed to have escaped harm. How much worse it would
have been had she waited in the car while the man fixed the tire, or if
she had a baby strapped into a car seat. Or if she'd gone against her
judgment and given him a lift.
I'd like you to forward/share this to all the women you know. It may save a life.
I was going to send this to the ladies only; but guys, if you love your
mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass this
messages to them, as well.