You kept your cool, survived and learned.
But don't beat yourself up too much. We had an El Paso county commissioner who was mugged recently after making some pretty basic mistakes - if his story is true... and it sounds like the BS tell Gov. Sanford told.
His story is, he was going home at 11 p.m. and decided to get a cup of coffee.
11 p.m., going home and wanted coffee.
He went to a McDonalds that is not exactly in the best part of town. He parked and went inside.
Parked and went inside to get a cup of coffee on his way home and didn't just go through the drive-thru.
He took his laptop inside with him - to get a cup of coffee on his way home in a bad part of town at 11 p.m. Could have maybe locked it in his truck.
When he came back out, he noticed a couple of Cholo (thug) types around his truck and noticed a dent. Instead of going back inside the building and dailing 911, he walked up to them.
They mugged him and took his laptop.
Not the sharpest tack in the box.
And, in case you think I'm making this up, here's a link:
http://www.ktsm.com/news/commissioner-mugged