There was an article in our local paper today about a realtor who got attacked as she was showing a house. It was a one time incident and nothing like this has happened in our city before. Luckily she was able to get away and call for help.

Is this a new way for criminals to rob and attack people now? This is really scary especially since we live in a city with about 150,000 people. Police are telling realtors to not show houses for now until this person is caught. Police also adviced realtors to show houses in pairs.

Maybe we should start carrying mace with us now. The realtor was attacked in a corner of the basement and she said she felt uneasy about showing the basement and the man told her his wife would be along but that was a lie.

Is anyone safe anymore? I know this is scary and thank goodness it was a one time thing, but this should not deter anyone from doing their job. Just take precautions. It is a sad state of affairs when we women now need to work in pairs so we don't get attacked.

Who knows how long the realtors won't be able to show houses is anyone's guess. I'm not a realtor but a stager and we need to take precautions now too. What gets me mad is that on top of all the business details we need to remember like if we brought the stepstool or if we have enough business cards with us, we have to remember to be cautious about some yahoo attacking women.

I know being cautious is a good thing and this incident taught me to be more aware of my surroundings, but it just ticks me off to no end when we need to worry about whether or not we will be attacked on the job. Criminals are getting more and more clever. We need to think one step ahead of them.

As the captain on Hill Street Blues always said, "Let's becareful out there".