Recently one of my neighbours near my work place, a dentist, was robbed by machete wielding 'patients' who came in broad daylight on the pretence of improving their oral health!
The robbers had the audacity to come a day before the incident on the pretext of wanting urgent dental care. As his appointment was full and the dental clinic was packed, the 'patient' and his 'chaperone' made an appointment to be the last patient on the following day.
Like eternally obliging patients, they returned the following day. The 'patient' filled in his particulars for registration, bold enough to display his identification card (?fake). As he sat on the dentist's chair, like clockwork, both he and his accomplice brandished their parang (machete) to the dentist and staff respectively. All these happened under intense monitoring of close circuit monitoring facilities and excellent alarm system. I suppose all these come to naught when someone puts a knife at your throat! So, my friend, told them to just leave them unharmed but take the days' collection which they gladly took and said 'Thank you very much'.
Shaken, stirred and downtrodden, he went down to the mini police booth that was collectively suggested and put up by the residents' association to boost security in the ever expanding 'Taman' to make a police report so that the man with the badge can apprehend the son-of-a-gun.
After finishing his dutiful duties of a moral citizen, the dentist waited for the man in blue to show up at scene of crime the following day. He cancelled all appointments for the day and gave his staff a few days off. And he waited and waited the whole day in vain for the police to show up to possibly pick up some forensic evidence before it was contaminated. He was not expecting Columbo, Inspector Poirot or CSI to turn up. They could at least send a police constable to collect the CCTV recordings and take some finger prints. Alas, no one turned up. Upon contacting the station, he was told that they were too busy handling other 'bigger' cases!
Thanks a lot. How can ordinary citizens sleep in peace knowing that their eye closure could their last and their hard earned savings of a life time may just vanish in a jiffy and nobody (I mean nobody) can do anything about it. Guess, we all must bring the justice of the Wild Wild West to our urban living, that every man has a right to protect his property at whatever cost, even it means carry firearms and killing another man to care for his belongings.
We are all just putting various sophisticated gizmos to get us the feel of security and comfort that we are safe. In actual we are just as vulnerable as a snail without a shell to wriggle into. Just like the residents, thinking that they will be safe and protected with a police station in their precinct, what they get instead are only parking tickets for double parking their cars near the bank!
The robbers had the audacity to come a day before the incident on the pretext of wanting urgent dental care. As his appointment was full and the dental clinic was packed, the 'patient' and his 'chaperone' made an appointment to be the last patient on the following day.
Like eternally obliging patients, they returned the following day. The 'patient' filled in his particulars for registration, bold enough to display his identification card (?fake). As he sat on the dentist's chair, like clockwork, both he and his accomplice brandished their parang (machete) to the dentist and staff respectively. All these happened under intense monitoring of close circuit monitoring facilities and excellent alarm system. I suppose all these come to naught when someone puts a knife at your throat! So, my friend, told them to just leave them unharmed but take the days' collection which they gladly took and said 'Thank you very much'.
Shaken, stirred and downtrodden, he went down to the mini police booth that was collectively suggested and put up by the residents' association to boost security in the ever expanding 'Taman' to make a police report so that the man with the badge can apprehend the son-of-a-gun.
After finishing his dutiful duties of a moral citizen, the dentist waited for the man in blue to show up at scene of crime the following day. He cancelled all appointments for the day and gave his staff a few days off. And he waited and waited the whole day in vain for the police to show up to possibly pick up some forensic evidence before it was contaminated. He was not expecting Columbo, Inspector Poirot or CSI to turn up. They could at least send a police constable to collect the CCTV recordings and take some finger prints. Alas, no one turned up. Upon contacting the station, he was told that they were too busy handling other 'bigger' cases!
Thanks a lot. How can ordinary citizens sleep in peace knowing that their eye closure could their last and their hard earned savings of a life time may just vanish in a jiffy and nobody (I mean nobody) can do anything about it. Guess, we all must bring the justice of the Wild Wild West to our urban living, that every man has a right to protect his property at whatever cost, even it means carry firearms and killing another man to care for his belongings.We are all just putting various sophisticated gizmos to get us the feel of security and comfort that we are safe. In actual we are just as vulnerable as a snail without a shell to wriggle into. Just like the residents, thinking that they will be safe and protected with a police station in their precinct, what they get instead are only parking tickets for double parking their cars near the bank!
This CSI knowledge has really make us laugh to our bones. We now know that we really need The Wild West in the urban areas everywhere.Another great subject which has made the people realise! See you at the 2011 Annual Blogging Awards!
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