Serena Williams Thwarts Phone Theft, Complete With Highlight Video
Serena Williams is a world-class athlete and is seen as a living embodiment of the phrase “girl power,” but it appears that a man who seemed to try to steal her phone on Tuesday was due for a reminder. Even so, surveillance video suggests the encounter was not quite as dramatic as Ms. Williams’s widely shared tale on Facebook.
In that account, Ms. Williams, 34, the top-ranked tennis player in women’s singles, posted a picture of herself in a superhero outfit and described a dramatic ordeal that she said took place at a Chinese restaurant, where a man stood next to her and lingered a bit too close to her table for comfort.
“My phone was sitting in the chair but I just didn’t feel right,” she wrote. “He was there too long. ‘Is he a customer?’ I thought ‘Is he waiting on the bathroom?’ ”
READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/magazine...
In that account, Ms. Williams, 34, the top-ranked tennis player in women’s singles, posted a picture of herself in a superhero outfit and described a dramatic ordeal that she said took place at a Chinese restaurant, where a man stood next to her and lingered a bit too close to her table for comfort.
“My phone was sitting in the chair but I just didn’t feel right,” she wrote. “He was there too long. ‘Is he a customer?’ I thought ‘Is he waiting on the bathroom?’ ”
READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/magazine...
I heard about this, but this could have gone horribly wrong like the guy that tracked his phone down with the tracking app and was shot and killed. Serena should know better and encouraging women / girls to take matters into their own hands thus potentially putting themselves in harms way is DANGEROUS, WRECKLESS, and STUPID. Phones can be replaced, but a life can't!