In case Atom is not around to rescue you
At a media launch yesterday the topic at our table was the Ipit Taxi Gang. We heard of at least two colleagues who had encountered these muggers who prey on taxi riders. Crime is terrifying to think about, but it is ten times more terrifying when it happens to people who know people you know. It moves out of the realm of the abstract—stuff that happens to other people—and becomes a real threat.
Our friend was particularly irritated at the police advising people to guard against the Ipit Taxi Gang by checking the child locks before entering a taxi (You roll down the window and see if you can open the door from outside). Yeah, shift the onus of safety (i.e. not getting mugged) onto the passengers. In the first place, does anyone have time to do that? By the time you’ve rolled down the window, the taxi will have driven away. Usually we’re just so glad to find an available taxi that we’ll take it, even if it’s dilapidated and smelly.
In this video, Atom Araullo shows you what to do in case the Ipit Taxi Gang strikes.
Okay, but you’ll probably need Atom’s muscles to do that right. Some may even be too distracted by the T-shirt to remember those tips.
It might help to sit directly behind the driver, and then make a phone call to a friend giving the plate number and name of the taxi company. This way the driver knows that someone knows you’re in the vehicle.
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September 6th, 2014 at 09:30
I have some close-to-irrational spite for this guy. It mostly stems from the fact that he was a pseudo-activist during his undergraduate days, pretending to be all for the plight of workers and laborers. And now he has sold out and become a TV talking head.
September 7th, 2014 at 16:34
Edrie: Irrational is correct when you consider that the executive ranks of big corporations and even government agencies contain many former officials of the communist party.
September 7th, 2014 at 23:56
Aye, but these former officials of the communist party were true believers once who discovered that the money is on the other side of the line. This guy, well, during my undergrad days he was fielded by STAND-UP as University Student Council Chairperson not because he was a true believer but because he was physically attractive and sure to rake in votes. STAND-UP lost any moral high ground when it came to condemning the electoral system.
September 8th, 2014 at 00:11
Edrie: So the problem is not belief, the problem is pogi siya. You have to have had principles in order to sell out.
September 12th, 2014 at 14:52
He’s a sell out? *burns Atom Araullo CDs*
Edrie, wasn’t he a kiddie reporter for Probe Productions back in the early 90s? Didn’t he peddle an energy malt drink too? I see no conflict.