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minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up63·13 天前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.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·13 天前That’s why you gotta do a full pat down to throw them off.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·13 天前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
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18·13 天前Also 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-up12·13 天前I just do the macarena every time I see the sign.
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 天前Lmao that visual made me actually chuckle
minus-squareCrozekiel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 天前Hahah… Wait, why were you watching?? Are you a pickpocket?
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·13 天前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.
minus-squaremultifariace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 天前Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 天前What do you do if you’re naked, though?
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 天前Start digging. Make sure you clearly pull out a few hundreds and put them back in.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 天前I’d assume in that case one would be using their prison wallet.
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 天前Just stick your hands between your buttocks. That’s nature’s pocket.
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·13 天前4D chess: the pickpockets put up the warning signs.
minus-squarewurstgulasch3000@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 天前Fellow fish listener or do you just also happen to know that fact?
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 天前some 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
Hahah… Wait, why were you watching?? Are you a pickpocket?
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.
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.
Fellow fish listener or do you just also happen to know that fact?
Fish listener? Like Aquaman?
some people strapped thier wallet to a pouch under thier shirt, so its likely wont get snatched if its close to your skin.