have you ever come across a pickpocket?

[Zebra]

I have, in Berlin.

Have you?

 

[mudwhistle]

I have, in Berlin.

Have you?

Nah....I've never cum across anyone.

Usually in them or on them.

 

[excalibur]

Congress.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I have, in Berlin.

Have you?

.

No, but my 16 year old niece did. Infuriated me that some coward could steal from a child.

.

 

[Zebra]

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No, but my 16 year old niece did. Infuriated me that some coward could steal from a child.

.

really bad!

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

I have, in Berlin.

Have you?

Adam Smith's "The Invisible Hand" Picks My Pocket Every Day

 

[alang1216]

I have, in Berlin.

Have you?

Yes, in the Madrid metro.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Yes, in the Madrid metro.

Gitano ladron

 

[DGS49]

In Madrid, outside a museum - I forget which one - my wife and I were walking in a crowd of locals. Two dark-skinned women came up behind my wife while appearing to be reading a newspaper. They were able to open my wife's backpack and remove her purse, which contained the usual stuff - thankfully not her passport - and five hundred pounds. She never knew what happened until we got to our next stop at the ticket window of the museum.

We made a complaint to the constabulary and they invited us back to the local police station, where we waited in a large room with others who had had similar experiences, all either American or English. We spent an hour or so exchanging tales of how we had been victimized. Some clever schemes were described, including ways to intimidate people using ATM machines (acting crazy), inducing the tourist to just shut down the transaction, but they were able to revive it and get money out of the account.

The police said there was nothing they could do about it, but they were happy to take our information, if it made us feel better.

My Brother-in-law was nabbed in Rome, but I don't know the details.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

A bar girl in Naples Italy attempted to lift mine. At least she appeared to be a girl. I nearly broke her arm so I didn't hang around to find out! In Naples, you cannot be too careful!

My son had his wallet lifted in China but the police officers who were standing nearby saw it happen. The captured the perp, made him return the wallet to my son, then dragged him into an alley and beat the shit out of him. Then they came came back and apologized to my son and his family.

 

[hondo 50]

I'm a pickpocket.

 

[Zebra]

In Madrid, outside a museum - I forget which one - my wife and I were walking in a crowd of locals. Two dark-skinned women came up behind my wife while appearing to be reading a newspaper. They were able to open my wife's backpack and remove her purse, which contained the usual stuff - thankfully not her passport - and five hundred pounds. She never knew what happened until we got to our next stop at the ticket window of the museum.

We made a complaint to the constabulary and they invited us back to the local police station, where we waited in a large room with others who had had similar experiences, all either American or English. We spent an hour or so exchanging tales of how we had been victimized. Some clever schemes were described, including ways to intimidate people using ATM machines (acting crazy), inducing the tourist to just shut down the transaction, but they were able to revive it and get money out of the account.

The police said there was nothing they could do about it, but they were happy to take our information, if it made us feel better.

My Brother-in-law was nabbed in Rome, but I don't know the details.

probably gypsies?

 

[DGS49]

probably gypsies?

Oh yes. The police saw it as a matter of course.

 

[Zebra]

Oh yes. The police saw it as a matter of course.

i have met those gypsy pickpockets in Spain as well