i was walking home alone last night at around 4am, and about 10 minutes from my place i saw a guy getting mugged by 2 others. as soon as i realised what happened i gave chase but a third guy came out of nowhere and pushed me against the wall, warning me to back off. i did, got the victim up and told him to come with me and get his shit back (we could still see them) but he was still in panic. asked 2 guys passing by to come with me and they just said sorry and moved on.
gave him my phone so he could call the cops, by then the others were out of sight. cops came soon and we drove around a bit trying to find them but to no avail. the guy calmed down in the end, at least he didn't get stabbed or something, they just took his phone.
dunno. should have stood up to the guy who pushed. he was bigger than me but half the time bullies become pussies if you stand up to them. should have just gone for it instead of stopping to think, just like i started running without even thinking about it. rather disappointed that in a street full of people no one did anything, even after it became clear that the guy was mugged and the people who did it were STANDING RIGHT THERE and i explicitly called out for help!
it's also as i said close to my place and i've walked up and down that road at night many times, but now i can't shake the feeling that it could have been me getting mugged. the place looks a bit dodgy but until now it was just that, looks.
in other news i think i'm going to Dundee, Scotland on wednesday or thursday. work stuff. going to stay there indefinitely but probably just a week or two. it's about an hour from Edinburgh so i know where i'm spending my weekend.