Nobody likes their car stolen, but NO JUST NO..

[Brian37]

Not sure what you mean by this.

In theory you should be able to leave you car or house unlocked, but that is not reality.

I have empathy for her reaction I think any rational person would, but it simply was not the best idea.

I think people are very shitty and judgmental to each other. She was right there, pumping gas. There is nothing "incredibly casual" about it.
We apparently disagree on this.

I think it's very shitty of you to partially blame her for this incident.

Did you even check the link in this thread where even SHE admits it was NOT the best idea?

I was NOT judging her intent. I get the feeling of it, I get the emotion of it, but it remains that she got lucky, and most of the time when you try to physically confront someone trying to take something from you you raise the risk of injury.

I was NOT blaming her. I was warning that the math is against an untrained professional and she merely got lucky.

NOBODY was victim blaming. There is no shame, even for a man, when someone tries to rob EVEN A MAN, there is no shame in giving up your object to survive. Again, objects can be replaced, your life cannot be replaced.

The asshole who attempted it was 100% WRONG. 

I get really sick of people thinking survival is always about fight. Survival most of the time is finding the path of least resistance. I would say the same thing even if it were a guy jumping on the hood. No kid was in the car and it was not an attempted rape. To me it would be no different if someone stuck a gun to my head demanding my wallet. I can stop my credit card and checks by calling the police. I can have GPS track my vehicle if it is stolen. I cannot replace my life if the perp shoots me for resisting. 

If she didn't jump on the hood, guess what, THE GAS STATION HAD VIDEO and it made local news, and I am sure they called the police. I am quite sure by now the perp already ditched it and or the police because of the other vehicle know who the suspects are.

Even police will back off a chase if it gets too risky to the public.

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If a woman or man falls for a Nigerian lottery scam they are NOT to blame, but it does help to tell people to HANG UP when people call you and you don't know who they are.

She got lucky, her gender is not the issue. If a man had done the same thing I would say the same thing. At the time it started the victim did not know the perp, they did not know if they were aggressive, or high on anything or had a weapon. Any cop who makes traffic stops will tell you not to assume. She merely reacted, WHILE UNDERSTANDABLE was not the best idea.

I am sure when the cops showed up to take the report they probably said the same thing, and those cops would have said the same thing to a man if they had been the victim.