Gilda

I've been the witness to a crime one time that I can remember. I was in a convenience store when a couple of college age guys did a "beer run". It's a pretty simple, straightforward form of theft. A goes in and gets a case of beer or two if he can handle that, and B loiters near the door. A wanders over near the door, B opens it, and they both run. The clerk can either chase and abandon the store, or let it go and call the police.

I happened to be standing at the counter near the front door with my diet Pepsi when one college-aged boy hanging out near the door opened it and the other came running our way. I stepped aside not feeling that the cost of a case of beer was worth risking my safety, and the store clerk yelled at me for getting out of the way.

If I had spider powers, sure, I'd stop the thief, but I'm not risking my physical health for ten dollars worth of beer.

My brother would have ensured that a clean exit was not achieved. I don't know about Grace--her thing is always protect the physical safety of any person at the expense of property, so I'm thinking she'd have let it go also.

Gilda