Follow my words for a moment and picture this.
After a long shift at work, the gentleman that sits in the cubicle next to you asks if you would like to grab a drink. You have plans to attend a yoga class, go grocery shopping, or complete some array of errands, so you politely decline. Instead, you propose getting drinks tomorrow. Drinks tomorrow turn into dinner tomorrow. No worries, right?
It’s the next evening. You’re at dinner. You’ve ordered an appetizer and a bottle of wine. Sounds like a perfect recipe for relaxation! After ordering entrées, you excuse yourself to the restroom. You have no reason to be nervous because you’re out to dinner with someone you work with daily and know quite well.
The bathroom trip conducts as a normal bathroom trip would until you try to wash your hands and some woman is awkwardly standing nearby.
"Hey!” she says to you. “Um, this is kind of weird, but, uh, we saw the guy you were with put something in your drink."
Now you have a reason to be nervous, and shocked, because you have been planted in every girl’s nightmare.
This is a true story, but it gets much more heroic than horrific. Monica Kenyon, Sonia Ulrich, and Marla Saltzer watched as Michael Hsu slipped drugs into his date’s drink. Something a little more dangerous than a straw.
What makes this worse? This was not a first date. After being warned in the restroom, the woman said that she was good friends with Hsu, and they have worked together for over a year. What’s even worse? After returning to her table, Hsu repeatedly prompted the woman to drink her drugged-drink. Trying to keep her cool, the woman ordered a sparkling water.
Fortunately, this woman avoided the aftermath of her date’s intentions with the help of these three woman. The story has spread across the depths of the internet, accompanied with a photo of the trio in a “Charlie’s Angel’s” pose. The photo, posted by Ulrich, is captioned, “Guess who stopped a rape last night? These gals!”
Unfortunately, drinking a “roofied” drink is not uncommon, and it is happening more and more. Among humor, Ulrich mentions the dangers and realities of being roofied. Rohypnol, the most common drug used to roofie an individual, is addictive and dangerous. If an individual ingests the drug, they become impaired or unconscious. It is often referred to as the “date-rape drug.”
Nail polishes, color-changing cups, and coasters hve been invented to detect substances in drinks. These inventions were created with the intention to eliminate the concept of “date-rape,” or protect those that have been targeted.
The three women in this California restaurant were better than an invention. After confronting the victim in the restroom, the women notified security at a restaurant. When the waiter claimed that there were “computer problems” that would cause a delay with the dates’ bill, security reviewed video footage and contacted police. If convicted, Hsu could spend up to six years in a state prison. The case is currently under investigation.
What this world needs are more women like these “Charlie’s Angels” and less men like this desperate co-worker.
