If someone tried to rob you on a dark street what would you do?

Hand over your wallet 414
Scream 94
Run away 264
Stand and fight 594
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  • Uzzie101

    "STAND AND FIGHT COS I'M SO FUCKING COOL!"
    Oh wait, real life isn't a movie. I'd run...duh.

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    • epic562

      Fact is I've been in this situation and fuck running. If the guy hasn't stabbed you or shot you already, if there are words exchanged at all, that person doesn't want to hurt you. I'd just stand my ground and fight if necessary.
      If they really want your money they'll just shoot you and take it, at which point I'd rather be facing my enemy then taking a bullet to the back.

      Better yet act like your going for your wallet and pull out your phone. Take their picture, tell them to back off or you'll hit "Send"

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  • I'd hand over my wallet. I only keep change in it, I keep the big bucks in a hidden pocket in my jacket. Just in case.

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    • 1000yrVampireKing

      smart

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  • anarchy-is-glory

    Well, if you resist or try to reason they would probably stab a knife in your chest.

    I rather give my wallet than my life.

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  • feelsbadman

    Do they have a knife? Slowly reach for your wallet and then roundhouse them to the face or break their wrist.

    Do they have a gun? Slowly reach for your wallet and then break their wrist with your other hand.

    Are you a college student? You don't have money. Do nothing.

    Are you carrying a gun? Shoot them.

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  • Holmes723

    most people saying they would stand and fight would shit a brick when a knife is pulled out...I got ambushed by a gang once...i just ran like there was no tomorrow!

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    • Morgan_Freeman

      Ive had it happen before....i pointed a .44 at him and he fucked off.

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      • Really?

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        • Morgan_Freeman

          yep.

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  • harrypotters

    Yeah you are not that smart unless you are willing to risk your life over some money. It does not make you cool to stand and fight think before you act.

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  • norcalbuddha

    note to self: track down averagejoe and pat down his jacket for those big bucks...i too keep only change in my wallet, but that's all i have

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  • I'd look over their shoulder and say HELLO! and when they turned to look I'd run like a rabbit (forgot it was my poll sorry) Good Poll BTW

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    • megadriver

      Normally I am a calm person and rarely go up to the boiling point... but...
      A dude tried to rob me and my girlfriend, while we were on holiday. I got really pissed when he told us to give him money and I lost it. So I beat up the bastard! He did have a pocket knife of some sort.
      I did get a nasty cut on my left arm, but I kicked his pathetic ass to the ground! At the end I told him: (mockingly) "Hand over the money bitch!"
      Later on I did go to a hospital to treat the wound, but I felt damn proud! Man it hurt like hell. Next time I'm getting a knife too!
      I really, really hate thieves! I could kick a thief's face all damn day and still smile every time!
      If it was a vandal... Man, then I would ruin his fucking life! I hate vandals and thieves more than anything!

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      • that's some story, i like it! thanks

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        • megadriver

          The worst things about that encounter were:
          The pain.
          The blood on my favorite blue shirt.

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  • timebobbu

    first, I'd say 'umad bro?' then id take out my phone with a recorded message which said 'lol hemad'. Then I'd run away and drop a banana peel for him to slip on.

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  • Treynine

    Give him my wallet and then pull out my gun and shoot him and rob him

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  • 1000yrVampireKing

    secretly dial 911 in pocket and talk to person till they arrive.

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  • Corleone

    206 people would stand and fight?

    Either you're acting tough, or you're extremely stupid.

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  • IrishPotato

    I would...
    Make two hand-pistols and say
    "No, you're being robbed! ;D"

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  • SoccerStud88

    the people who said "stand up and fight" are the ones who get hurt.

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  • Maldetete

    Late to the party, but the answer is yelling "SAVE ME CHUCK NORRIS"

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    • It's never too late for a good answer :)

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  • KokoroComplex

    Me: does it look like I have money?!

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  • Give him whatever he wanted.

    Then let my father's security chief (ex-SAS) hire someone to track him down and kill his family one by one while he watches before they killed him.

    Of course they would video this so I could watch it with friends over popcorn.

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    • gulp

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  • DUUUUUDE!

    Look at them and SAY "THIS IS FOR YOU OSAMA AND ALLAH!!!" and pull out my TV REMOTE AND PRETEND ITS A BOMB TRIGGER.

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  • OliviaMist

    I'd go into a fetal position. WHY WAS THAT NOT AN OPTION?

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    • Do you mean play dead? That made me laugh.

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  • TripMonster

    I carry a switch blade hooked to my belt. So I'd just stab the fucker.

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  • Complex4

    lol, If i see the guy with the knife, i will probably start running, dont know what shadyass person he is,
    whether he wants the wallet or is some psycho creep who wants to mutilate u,like in that SAW movie..

    cos if i give him the wallet and if he finds out theres nothing in it,or STILL
    wants something more, dont know what else he will try on u.....

    after running away....If i m at a safe distance away from him, then YAY.....

    or else...i will still probably run away, throw the wallet at him and scream and say "take the wallet, take the wallet , I dont want it" and after he takes the wallet, i will still continue running , like theres no tommorrow,till i reach home.......

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    • Funny

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  • That_Guy_From_The_Party

    and thats why i carry a gun.
    no,srsly, i have a gun.

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    • ru4real

      I agree it would be best to have a gun ! I could shoot if I sensed they were crazy enough to kill me or maim me for life. I would hate to be put in that position!

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  • MeSoBig

    I WOULD FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE. (FIGHT CRIME WITH CRIME)

    I WOULD HAND OVER MY WALLET. THEN, AS HE'S RUNNING AWAY, I WOULD KNOCK HIM OUT WITH THE BUTT OF MY PISTOL AND I WOULD RAPE HIM. I WOULD FUCK HIM IN THE ASS SOOOO FUCKING HARD, HE WOULD HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT FOR THE REST OF HIS PATHETIC THEIVING ASS!!!!!!

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    • 1000yrVampireKing

      What the fuck? New brand of crazy.

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  • mrkrule

    Depends, like do they have a gun? Am I physically restrained? If they just wanted my money I would probably hand the wallet over. If I felt like I was in danger of getting raped or beaten I would fight hard and fight dirty.

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    • Maybe they do have a gun and they want your money, your body AND your life. How would you fight dirty? Pull their hair or kick their groins maybe?

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      • mrkrule

        Or stab them in the neck or eyes with my keys, basically just whatever it takes.

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  • Incomplet

    Awkward moment if you're a cop.

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  • GarlicOlive

    Punch them right between the eyes with my super cool brass knuckles purse!

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals

    Kill the motherfucker.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    I carry a rucksack everywhere i go.

    "Didn't think i'd die tonight but i am taking you with me"

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    • friendly and menacing, hahah

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  • michaels4p5

    and tell them why i did what i did to him

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  • 1000yrVampireKing

    Hit on them and tell them how wonderful they look and when I can grab the gun and hold it to them. That would confuse the hell out of them. Call 911 and walk away.

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    • VioletTrees

      That's going to get you shot or stabbed, particularly if the person mugging you is me.

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      • 1000yrVampireKing

        As you see my scrabbling answers I really could not think of a good response. I was taught how to disarm someone in marshal arts however. That might serve useful.

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      • 1000yrVampireKing

        Why are you going to mug me? I did not know you were that kind of person? Given your medical issues why would you go out of your way to mug someone. I do not mean to be offensive but if you do have the things you say you do I am not going to feel very threatened. Also might feel guilty hurting you. Though if I had to I would gladly do so.

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  • michaels4p5

    if i could not run away take out the 8inch knife and go to town on them and then call the police.

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  • 1000yrVampireKing

    No better pull out some to chop off head. Scream fatality and run away.

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  • 1000yrVampireKing

    Pull out a weapon or what is perceived to be a weapon. Slowly back up till I can scream for help. Stab them in the eye maybe. Depends what type of weapon they have on me.

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  • NocturnePonyFan

    I'd fight! No dumbass bum is getting their hands on MY money!

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  • Steve92

    Last year, when my best friend Samuel and I were returning from a party, I was driving, three motorcycled high jackers (2 on one and 1 on the other)blocked or car. We got out, and they begun demanding money, and all three had metal rods on their hands. At first we tried to reason with them, but then one of them punched me on the face, and I started to brawl him while Samuel who plays rugby, rugby tackled the other two. I won against my opponent, whoes face hit hard on the wall and I dashed to assist Samuel and we took down the other two, but I got hit hard on the left hand with the rod, and Samuel had to drive me to the hospital. That was the only time so far that I encountered these son of a bitch muggers!

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    • Good you won! Bad for your hand tho:(

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      • Steve92

        It was a lucky call really. Samuel is twice as strong as me. But when I get angry, I feel like the most dangerous person on the planet!

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  • stab till they die.

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  • VikingWolf

    In Texas we have Concealed Handgun Licenses which allow people to carry a handgun on their person. If this were me and I had my pistol with me, I might un-holster it and aim the pistol at them. I would then say:

    "You had better stop right there before I shoot you!"

    If they didn't, I would likely unload the clip. Texas allows for the use of deadly force when it comes to self defense and the threat of bodily harm.

    I was nearly robbed by a man at a gas station late at night. He had stepped between the gas pump and my pickup and between my driver's side door and the fuel door. This man had a tire tool behind his back and stepped over the filler hose on the gas pump while I was preoccupied with writing the mileage down in a diary I keep for my pickup to keep track of maintenance. Had I not noticed him the in the reflection on the extended cab window, I would have been clobbered. He did not expect me to have my .44 Magnum revolver. I had it in my pocket with hollow point rounds. I surprised him because I said simply

    "Drop the iron and get back! I will grease you if you try it!"

    Then I dropped the diary and pulled my pistol. The man did not break eye contact with me, stepped back over the filler hose, backwards, reached the end of my pickup truck bed, turned and ran. I have NEVER been back to that gas station and I get shivers up my spine every time I think about it.

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  • randomguy111

    I would creep them out. Apprantly I am verrry good at that

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  • seabird_71

    Laugh at them for choosing a broke-ass, poor white girl with not a cent to her name. Or even a friggin' smart phone.

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  • dazedandconfused85

    Depends if they were attractive or not. Maybe I'd offer to fuck him instead? If fugly, I'd run like hell and scream.

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    • What if they are ugly, fast and deaf? uh oh

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      • dazedandconfused85

        I wouldn't be screaming for their benefit - it would be in hopes someone else would hear and come to my rescue.

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  • Short&2thepoint

    Honestly, if someone wanted to try and rob me, their loss. It's my hard-earned money, my wallet, and my stuff. I always have at least an 8 inch knife on me, if they've a gun, go ahead and shoot me, i'll chase your ass down as long as i'm still concious and cut you down...

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  • marjhoyry

    I WULD KICK HIM IN THE HANDS AND FEET AND THEN HE WULD BE LIKE NO DONT IT HRUTS ME A LOT AND THEN I WOLD SAY TO HIM LIKE HEY U BETER WSTART TO BEIN NICE TO ME AND THEN I WOLD CHOP HIM IN THE NECK TIL DEAD AND THEN I WOULD WIN IT AN EVERYONE WOUD BE MY FREINDS TOO NOW AND THEN HE WOUL BE ME FRIENDS TO NOW

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  • DhGlory

    It really depends on the size of the person trying to rob me and if they had a gun or not. If they were smaller than myself and only had a knife I wouldn't hesitate to attempt to beat the living shit out of them, I'd rather go out fighting than running away like a frightened little girl, if you do that 'the terrorists win'... Not really but you're giving them the funds and mental power to rob someone else if you just give in, if they had a gun though, fuck that; I would run away like a little girl after shitting my hard earned cash all over the concrete :)

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  • MrsEdGein

    Kick them in the groin then they will be in too much pain to rob you and you can make a getaway.

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  • Flowers

    Probably grab the nearest trashcan and pummel the robber with it. (or fling it at them and run away as fast as possible.)

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  • instazombiinaboxx

    I would tell him/her to go fuck themselves and keep on walking, unless said robber had a gun to my head. If they had a weapon, I would let them use it. Why should I care? I'm going to die someday anyway. Why not be responsible for adding murder to someone's convictions in court? It's a more interesting death than overdosing on tylenol LOL

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  • jamesmitchell29486

    wheres the option "rip out their neck with my teeth"?

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    • that's on the vampire poll :O)

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      • jamesmitchell29486

        Werewolf not vamp vamps bite then lap up the blood werewolf rip you to shreds.

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  • prolovegirl

    I would throw my wallet towards him and say "Catch!" Then I'd run as fast as I could, hopefully towards other people, if they were around.

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  • TheLogicalJew

    Well, at this point in time I would try to reason with them. But, if all goes according to plan someday, I will have a concealed weapons permit, and I will be prepared.

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  • kissmeiou

    Does this person have a gun?

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  • ssA

    Just offer to jerk them off I'm sure they will leave u alone.

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  • GiannCarl08

    Since I am a very good martial artist, I was eager to fight him off and quickly knock him down.

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  • misamisa654

    Fight them off.

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  • Daniel(66531)

    I would give him my wallet and when he turns around I'll get a crowbar and beat the sh*t out of them then get my wallet back

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  • illwill

    I would tell them 7

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  • i would give a right left jab right cross to his face lol

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  • mr.M

    they have i reverted back to my days as a teen when i would punch some guy with brass knuckles and take his wallet..yep the tables was turned and i was the victim this time..so i gave over nothing i called his bluff the dude was a fucking crack head with a rusted old .25 the fuck hammer was rusted shut..i found this out after i snatched that shit out his hand he tweaked and bailed i took aim squezzed the trigger and is didn't budge was all rusted shut

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  • stillwondering

    Pretend to be homeless and that he is taking everything I have.

    Or pretend to be deaf. Pretend not to understand what is happening. Bite their flesh off.

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  • Yiu113

    I'd quietly hand over my wallet to them, and then go into a philisophical discussion of why they rob people anyways, until eventually, he hands me back my wallet. Win.

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  • jessicia16

    id give it to them ... but i would report to the police that he sexually asulted me to the point of penetration after , and if he ever got caught later he would go to jail for lots worse than robbing me.

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  • Alexrider103

    I'd run man! No hesitation! This is LIFE or DEATH! fuck them

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  • xino00

    well it depends.

    if you are ready to die, you fight!

    if you have nothing to lose you still fight!

    if the person is holding a gun I wouldn't find but find a way to disarm and fight him.

    if he is holding a knife, same as above ^

    if other, definitely fight!

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  • Riker300

    HelterSkelter has a strong point but the legal problems and costs that come with going all Charles Bronson on the scum of the earth is not worth the 99-cent dummy wallet I used to keep on me when I lived in the crime infested cities. Hand them over the dummy wallet filled with fake cards and cash and be done with it. These puck ass fools don't tend to stick around long enough to check the contents.

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  • caspeRy78

    punh em in the face before they could do shit

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  • skeletonman92

    i dont think that people could really know what they would do unless it actually happened. the fear from it might cause you to do something that you wouldn't think you would do.

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  • ladyluck31

    It depends what kind of weapon they have.

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  • Yeh, havent really thought that one through...

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  • bowakawa

    I'd try and reason with them and treat them friendly (so they didn't attack me after) then give them my wallet.

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  • HelterSkelter

    pull out my concealed carry .357 magnum snub nose revolver and put some holes in their stupid ass.

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  • Burton1104

    id pull out a glock and pop a few caps up their ass

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  • faint like a goat at their feet:) with concelaled blade cut the hammies, slash slash, then roll quickly away, think i saw that in mission impossible

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