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minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up62·2 months 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-up20·2 months agoThat’s why you gotta do a full pat down to throw them off.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·2 months 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-up18·2 months 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-up12·2 months agoI just do the macarena every time I see the sign.
minus-squareMrShankles@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoLmao that visual made me actually chuckle
minus-squareCrozekiel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoHahah… Wait, why were you watching?? Are you a pickpocket?
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoSpectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWhat do you do if you’re naked, though?
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoStart digging. Make sure you clearly pull out a few hundreds and put them back in.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI’d assume in that case one would be using their prison wallet.
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoJust stick your hands between your buttocks. That’s nature’s pocket.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWant to pickpocket me? 😏
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months ago4D chess: the pickpockets put up the warning signs.
minus-squarewurstgulasch3000@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoFellow fish listener or do you just also happen to know that fact?
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoFish listener? Like Aquaman?
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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
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.