Kopi & Pasta

LET THIS 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 the other
side. He explained that he had met an old friend in the mall whom 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 the 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 this to all
the women you know.