26Oct06

Excellent advice on aggressive disengagement from a friend who travels extensively overseas:

"Initially act as if you don't hear them. Then, when you do respond , do so while scanning all around, and respond in a different language. Bad guys want to communicate in their own language, and they quickly lose interest w hen they sense their opening line is not getting through. (when traveling overseas, speaking English, Hebrew, and German will predictably attract the

attention of predators).

Pick up your cell phone with your support hand and act as if you're receiving a call, while simultaneously waving them off with your other hand . Move away.

I routinely use these techniques and find them the most effective of all I know."

Comment: I'm not multi-lingual, but the cell-phone trick I plan on testing the first chance I get!

/John