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minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up60·1 month agoThis is sort of a real thing: in touristy areas they sometimes have signs warning of pickpockets, which causes people to check their wallet location and alerts the pickpockets where the wallet is for easier snatching.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 month agoThat’s why you gotta do a full pat down to throw them off.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·1 month agoPretend your wallet is missing. Start freaking out and accusing others around you of stealing jt. No sense trying to pickpocket the guy with no wallet
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 month agoAlso makes the actual pickpockets wonder if someone is working the area and better than them, since they didn’t see it happen.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoI just do the macarena every time I see the sign.
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoLmao that visual made me actually chuckle
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month agoWrist watch…wedding band… Nothing in my hands…nothing up my sleeves… Headphones, cap… Phone…keys…wallet…empty… (Casually adjust wedgie hoping nobody notices) HEY MACARENA.
minus-squaremultifariace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoSpectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch.
minus-squareCrozekiel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoHahah… Wait, why were you watching?? Are you a pickpocket?
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhat do you do if you’re naked, though?
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoStart digging. Make sure you clearly pull out a few hundreds and put them back in.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI’d assume in that case one would be using their prison wallet.
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoJust stick your hands between your buttocks. That’s nature’s pocket.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWant to pickpocket me? 😏
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month ago4D chess: the pickpockets put up the warning signs.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agosome people strapped thier wallet to a pouch under thier shirt, so its likely wont get snatched if its close to your skin.
This is sort of a real thing: in touristy areas they sometimes have signs warning of pickpockets, which causes people to check their wallet location and alerts the pickpockets where the wallet is for easier snatching.
That’s why you gotta do a full pat down to throw them off.
Pretend your wallet is missing. Start freaking out and accusing others around you of stealing jt.
No sense trying to pickpocket the guy with no wallet
Also makes the actual pickpockets wonder if someone is working the area and better than them, since they didn’t see it happen.
I just do the macarena every time I see the sign.
Lmao that visual made me actually chuckle
Wrist watch…wedding band…
Nothing in my hands…nothing up my sleeves…
Headphones, cap…
Phone…keys…wallet…empty…
(Casually adjust wedgie hoping nobody notices)
HEY MACARENA.
Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch.
Hahah… Wait, why were you watching?? Are you a pickpocket?
What do you do if you’re naked, though?
Start digging. Make sure you clearly pull out a few hundreds and put them back in.
I’d assume in that case one would be using their prison wallet.
Just stick your hands between your buttocks. That’s nature’s pocket.
Want to pickpocket me? 😏
4D chess: the pickpockets put up the warning signs.
some people strapped thier wallet to a pouch under thier shirt, so its likely wont get snatched if its close to your skin.