For years I've followed the same routine of catching the bus and train to arrive at work and back home. One evening on my ay back home, as I was walking from the bus stop, a man ran up to me and grabbed at my bag. I wouldn't let go of it, and neither would he. He overpowered me and sprinted across the road with the purse.

The good thing is somebody was able to stop the person before he ran too far. To prevent yet another theft such as that, I got some pepper spray. The spray carries a lock on it to avoid an accident prone individual just like me from setting it of all of the sudden. The spray is often in my pocket thus only I could get to it.