Lacy waited tables at a hip little bistro a few blocks from her apartment. Though she loved her neighborhood, she always prepared for the unexpected.

One night, one of the diners got a little out of hand. She could put up with rude customers, and she could even tolerate patrons who had a little too much to drink. She and her boss agreed that anyone who tried to lay hands on her or on any of the wait staff would end up enjoying the rest of their meal "to go."

So her boss ejected a customer who looked like a rumpled college professor after he tried to pinch Lacy’s bottom. The guy created a huge stink, but the customers applauded when he fell down the steps and landed on the sidewalk with a thud.

Later that night, after Lacy banked out and counted her tip money, she headed back down the street to her place. She thought she heard footsteps behind her, but saw nobody when she swung around.

Another block away from the restaurant, she thought she heard a trash can rattle. Still, she couldn’t see anyone in the shadows.

Only a few steps away from her building’s front door, Lacy heard someone sneeze. She whipped around to see the drunken customer from earlier that night.

He lunged at her, shouting, "I’ll show you!"

Instead of bolting for the door - she wouldn’t have made it in time, anyway - she pulled out her keys. Instead of a usual keychain, Lacy carries a Mace Pepper Baton. It’s small enough to fit in a purse, and durable enough to inflict pain on an attacker.

As the drunken patron grabbed for her hair, Lacy ducked down and slammed the Pepper Baton across his kneecap. Wincing in pain, he buckled over and made another swipe at her. She retaliated by holding onto the baton and swinging her keys against his face.

Stumbling, the attacker made one last grab. Lacy pointed the baton at him, unleashing its secret weapon - a blast of debilitating pepper spray.

Lacy’s attacker crouched on the sidewalk while she dialed 9-1-1 on her cell phone.

"Next time," Lacy said, "stick to what’s on the menu."

Yours in safety, Mitch McDonald

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Karen poured everything she had into her little gift shop. She rented a little building at the edge of a trendy neighborhood and converted the upstairs into a small apartment for herself.

Although she wished she had more money in her budget for a more elaborate security system, Karen figured she’d be able to reinvest some of the profits from her business into a high-tech solution pretty quickly.

In the meantime, she picked up a few Mace Motion Alert devices.

For a fraction of the cost of a hard-wired security system, Karen installed wireless Mace Motion Alert stations throughout the building. Each one includes a keypad that Karen could use to switch between a chime, which would help her keep track of customers moving through the store, to an alarm, which would sound if someone attempted to sneak into her upstairs living space. She installed each one in just a few minutes, using only a screwdriver.

A few days after her grand opening, traffic in the store evened out a little bit, but kept Karen pretty busy. Every time a new customer would enter the shop, the Mace Motion Alert at the front door would welcome them with a discreet chime. Karen could glance up from whatever she was doing to welcome her guests. Even if she were helping someone else, she would notice the chime from the back room, which sounded when her second Mace Motion Alert observed someone checking out Karen’s higher priced gifts.

One afternoon, a few of the neighborhood kids stopped in after school. Karen wondered why kids would be interested in her shop, but hoped they’d at least tell their parents about it. When one of the kids started asking lots and lots of questions, Karen wondered if she was being set up.

Sure enough, she heard the wail from the Mace Motion Alert she installed by her apartment. A second later, a petrified teenager bolted down the stairs out the door. His buddies hustled after him. Not only did the Mace Motion Alert prevent them from stealing any of her personal belongings, but she was sure that word would get out that her shop was off limits to thieves.

"Now," she thought, "I can take some of the money I was going to spend on upgrading that security system and hire myself an assistant!"

Yours in safety, Mitch McDonald

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