With increased local armed robberies, I’m no longer wearing Rolexes

The SF incident had nothing to do with targeting a Rolex watch and everything to do with targeting the wearer. It was known he would be there, he was the target along with whatever he had with him. If he was an AP guy we would be hearing about an AP theft. If he didn’t wear a watch it would be his chains, car or whatever.

Big difference between this and random street crime.

Not sure I agree with that statement. Rolex watches are a public statement of wealth and easy pickings for both sophisticated and unsophisticated criminals.


I believe that kid knew exactly what a Rolex looked like and would have no clue about an Omega, AP or any other fine watch. It’s the dark side of being one of the best marketed products on Earth.

If Ricky Pearsall was wearing a black rubber Casio G-shock, or no watch at all, I highly doubt this incident would have happened. That kid would have targeted the next unfortunate tourist wearing a gold Rolex, who likely would have turned it over without a fight.

gatorcpa

If that kid was there randomly, I agree with you 100%. But this was a scheduled appearance, publicly announced time and location. If he would have been wearing a gshock they would have taken something else. They know a rookie pro will have bling.

If so, then shame on the organizers of the appearance, as they obviously did not have appropriate security.


Usually the teams vet security arrangements before they will allow a player to attend such an event. Players have clauses in their contracts requiring this. Maybe the 49ers blew it too.

That’s why I jumped to the conclusion that while he may have been on the way to event, he had not yet arrived and this was a random targeting based on visible bling.

gatorcpa

I think it quite the opposite. Facepalm seems to be one of the more often used emojis here. Perhaps though with explanatory text. So far I have not seen anything that warrants it. I do not see it as annoying. More just a statement of one's feeling.

I used sad above for the first time. There does seem to be an over sensitivity to some feedback. When I was little the Bambi quote "If you can not say anything nice, don't say it." Seems to be the what the older generation did.

This thread, which I keep saying I will not bother to read and do from time to time, Does imply anger at things beyond one's control. When though is it anger at the poster and when at the subject is hard to say. This one clearly seems to be anger at the subject.

I live around 20 to 30 miles (40km) from downtown SF. So it is easy to see a local attack from such reports. That the suspect is from Tracy just shows how easy it is for people to get about in this area. Tracy is close to Modesto where American Graffiti was set, and in ways the inspiration for Mos Eisely in Star wars. The tough place were one could get shot if someone did not like the look of your face, or where you are from.

I do think that future generations will romanticize such people the way Highwaymen and Pirates are romanticized. How then does some of this not imply the shoot first attitudes of the wild west culture? Dirty Harry or the Streets of San Francisco?

The celebratory culture (of the gladiator) is also at play here in this latest indecent. While we may not be as bloodthirsty as the Romans were (Our fantasy cinema would suggest otherwise) We still do reward physicality with fame and fortune.

I personally am looking forward to seeing the facepalm used in replies.

Sorry, your post is not facepalm worthy. 😁

You're so right about the anger that this subject raises. Every theft is infuriating.