NHdisneylover
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2007
That's interesting. We will stick with what works for us, especially, like Halo says, everything we have heard is not what the police told your father. It is hard to be 100% sure though, that is for sure.My Dad has traveled all over the world to some very poor and scary countries, but the only place he was ever pickpocketed in was Rome. He also had his wallet in his front pocket and took his hand out for just a second and it was gone as was his friends that they were travelling with. While on the way to the police station to report the theft the friends wife had her purse unzipped but they didn't have time to steal anything as she had let go of her zipper just to grab the bar on the subway to steady herself then right back to her purse. It was amazing how fast they were!
When the got to the police station to report the theft the officer said, "Let me guess, you had your wallet in your front pocket." Whenthey agreed they had all the officers around just rolled their eyes and he was informed that the police think that the pickpockets put out to keep your wallet in your front pocket as it is a much easier pocket to pick.
Take what you want from it but we don't keep wallets in the front pocket anymore and I bought a purse and a backpack from pacsafe for the trip as I don't want to go through what they did!
Ironically, what we heard a few times was that pacsafe bags are NOT good because most purses thefts are simple snatches--which doesn't matter the bag and only matters how cautious you are with it. We were told in both Rome and Barcelona and thieves see that brand as a signal that you likely have a lot of cash and are more likely to snatch it if given the opportunity than a more generic bag. Yet, I know other articles and people swear by them. SO I guess you can never really know
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