So today I found out I hadn´t quite been fully aware of what happened the other night when I was robbed - clearly reflecting my not so hot Portuguese listening skills.
Apparently when we were robbed the other night I hadn´t heard the guy say "mobile" straight away and I had only handed over the money. This looked like I was trying to avoid giving them what they wanted. After they had taken our money and mobiles they started walking and at the same time as I fiddled with my bag a packet of tissues fell out. I could see that the three people were looking our way and I got nervous thinking they were going to think that I had hidden something valuable, so shouted "it´s just a packet of tissues." Looking back my tone probably wasn´t appropriate for the situation, as it was more of a, "they´re just tissues - are you going to take them away from me as well?!" sort of tone.
It was apparently at this point that my friend wanted to kill me herself for speaking to them like that and also when the three of them turned around and the one with the gun asked his friends "can I shoot her?" It must have been my lucky night because his friends said no and they carried on walking. I know people have killed over less.
After the whole incident I was fairly calm about it all as as I said before, at the time it was non violent but after my friend told me this I was in a shock for a while. I spent the day feeling guilty at what must have been going through Bea´s mind at this point and the fact that I was rather oblivious to it all and the potential danger I was putting us in. Everyday I learn something here either about myself or the environment and today´s lesson was - in this kind of situation, you give them what they want and you keep your mouth shut.
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