r/SipsTea • u/SunnSaiyaan • 3h ago
Wait a damn minute! Yall gonna stop playing with us. We only get 2 weeks of vacation per year and you not making us spend it at the embassy getting a new passport and cards.
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u/otto1228 3h ago
There's a small difference between Karen's & Kathy's.
Don't fuck with Kathy.
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u/Accomplished_Mind792 3h ago
We love Kathy. Fuck Karen
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u/DagnyTheSpencer 2h ago
"Girl, I've got 8 kids, you ain't gettin to me."
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u/active_ignoring 1h ago
The audacity of the thief to be complaining though, just give it back you’re clearly terrible at this
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u/taupeareolas 2h ago
Thats no lie. Every Kathy I've met is cool af!
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u/bigdaddydopeskies131 2h ago
I still miss that Kathy that I grew up with. A no fs given and she was sweet but mean when needed to. She bailed me out on the group project. Long live Kathy, wherever you are you will be remembered
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u/Several-Opposite-746 2h ago
I love Kats
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u/TheMonkeyInCharge 2h ago
The only Kat I ever knew borrowed money off of all of us got signed off work for depression then rocked up three weeks later with giant fake tits.
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u/jackrabbit323 2h ago
Kathy gets the check at the restaurant right for the group when we definitely didn't order the extra round of martinis. They want to charge mandatory tip and service charge? Not on Kathy's watch.
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u/angrydeuce 1h ago
They want to charge mandatory tip and service charge? Not on Kathy's watch.
You know how you read something so relatable that you're like "is this someone I know personally?" Im having one of those moments lol.
I am the nephew of an Aunt Kathy. I have witnessed Aunt Kathy hone in on some shady restaurant shenanigans on the check of a group meal more than once. Aunt Kathy will line those empty bottles of wine up right across the table and make the manager count out loud together with her and ask where the extra 2 on the check went and will not budge until those bottles are off that damn check. Aunt Kathy will make a scene. Aunt Kathy does not give a single fuck. Aunt Kathy has raised three kids not to mention her goddamn husband and all her siblings and her parents and she is not suffering any bullshit. She's not merely a mom, she's the mom, the mother of all mothers, and god help you if you don't play her straight and try to fuck around.
I love aunt Kathy! Im also terrified of aunt Kathy, but Im glad she's on my team lmao.
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u/Tricky-Engineering59 1h ago
A Karen demands to speak to the manager, A Kathy can manage things her damn self.
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u/txberafl 2h ago
Kathy will tie you to a bed and break your ankles.
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u/Acceptable-Owl-2070 3h ago
I like the people going around with spray-paint and marking them...Fuck pick pockets.
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u/Typical2sday 3h ago
No one commenting on my lady throwing out a “little girl I got eight kids…” to the whining thief
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u/The-Wind-It-Howls 1h ago
Yeah the tactic of screaming like a banshee is enough to have 95% of tourists/people let go, even when they’ve been clearly wronged. They’re in a foreign country, they don’t know the customs and rules or how the crowd will react, especially in a place where pickpocketing is common and police basically don’t give a shit.
Good for her and fuck these pickpocketing scum. Wonder if it worked out for her or what transpired .
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u/The_VideoGame_Lawyer 1h ago
As much as it sounds good to get revenge on a pickpocket, as a grown man, I'd absolutely let go as soon as this younger girl started wailing like a banshee and screaming for help to the crowd. I think maybe this mom can socially get away with things that maybe many grown men couldn't.
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u/ScreamSmart 1h ago
That's exactly why the pickpockets are women. A younger man would be punted by every available passerby if caught.
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u/internal_l0gging 2h ago
Yeah the kid is lucky she didn't get spanked. You know a lady with that many kids doesn't gentle parent. 😄
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u/TheRedIguana 2h ago
Adjustments were made to her parenting based on what worked and what didnt. What you see is the result of much trial and error. Don't blame the Kathy, blame the game.
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u/internal_l0gging 2h ago
9h I don't judge her. I had to figure out what worked best with my two kids too. They laughed when I'd gentle parent them into time out so adjustments were made. 🤷
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u/Sehrli_Magic 1h ago
gentle parenting is for gentle kids....when i realised i am trying to talk while someone is giving me slaps left and right, we transitioned to more of a "real world prep" and in real word, people hit ya back. slapping stopped real fast, who would have thought 🤔 (and no i did not smack crap out of my kids. but slapping me in the face resulted in their fingers getting a corrective slap. the sheer shock of me daring to do it was more than enough, no need to actually hurt)
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u/Nemphiz 1h ago
Your second kid will usually teach that to you. I didn't believe in the whole 2nd child thing til we got Lucifer over here. He's either going to become one of humanities greatest assets or it's destroyer. We'll see.
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u/Sehrli_Magic 1h ago
yeah...i got my first and was very judgy of other parents. cuz it felt like i am nailing it and how are others just not capable to do this and that? i admit it made me quite cocky. birth was also easy (all natural) like i was just tired and wanted 5 min to take quick nap but otherwise, at once when he was out i laughed "see ya next year" at the midwife. said i want big family. like 8-11 kids type of family..... got my second. regreted it since before she was even born, birth was torture and my husband didnt dare to look at me cuz he was scared i will murder him. i very clearly yelled "never again" and post partum was TORTURE. felt like i kept giving birth for 5 days after -.- and babygirl has been humbling me ever since. i now admit i know NOTHING about parenting, i do NOT "got it" and i apologise to every parent i judged, it is not as simple as my boy made it seem 😭 S.O.S
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u/Legitimate_Cut_6254 2h ago
She was giving, "you can whine all you want little girl I have eight kids and they don't get away with shit like this, you definitely wont".
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u/missing_Palantir 2h ago
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u/SleepingWillows 2h ago
I think the full story was that a group of teenagers crowded the family on a narrow bridge as a distraction and the purse was stolen out of her backpack. They managed to track it down by tracing her AirPods that were still in the bag. They had noticed these two gals earlier and when they saw them again at the AirPod location, they knew it was them.
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u/hstmqrqe 2h ago
And the lady forced the girl to call her associates who she had already handed the items to and for them to bring them back? Is this the same incident?
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u/DogCold5505 2h ago
Did she get her bag back?
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u/Fantastic_List3029 1h ago
this is the full story. Got her bag back w everything except cash and airpods. But got assaulted by the 14 y/o in the process
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u/Vindicativa 1h ago
They still had the audacity to smack Kathy upside the head with her own stolen purse containing a metal water bottle!? Are you kidding? Poor woman had to go get stitches.
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u/SkamyBoy 37m ago
The article says they got released on bail 2 days later. Doesn't seem like justice was done, they can go back on the streets to continue pickpocketing.
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u/Dazzling_Employer_11 2h ago
"I have 8 kids, you ain't getting to me" Holy shit. This pick pocket didn't know, but she's undefeated. It'd be like picking a fight with a UFC champ, unbeknownst.
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u/Cold-Ad-1978 2h ago
I caught pick-pocketer in Rome and held onto her until police came. She pulled my crappy “gold” timex off my wrist and I was pissed. This was two days into my semester abroad and I was traveling alone at 20. The cops rounded up about 6 of them and we all got into their van and went to the police station, afterwards, the policemen all wanted to come visit me in Florence. It was bizarre and I don’t get to tell the story often. Also, got my watch back!
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u/PurpleCosmos4 2h ago
I was wondering if this woman would get in trouble for laying hands on the pickpocket, even though she was the victim.
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u/Cr0wn_M3 2h ago
It's the same two bitches thieves that appear in all the pickpocket videos. They been there for years!
Literally all the traveling youtubers who go hunting pickpocketers stumble upon them
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u/ReincarnatedRadiator 2h ago
Same with the cups and ball scam, all the same groups every day. Even IF the police does something they get released the same day.
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u/sandwichcandy 53m ago
It’s wild to me that those cup and ball people still get suckers when it was famously a scam when I was a kid 30 years ago. I spent 10 days in Rome this year and they were working people outside of my Airbnb every night.
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u/financial_learner123 1h ago
I wish someone plaster their face all over town for period visiting from outside.
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u/cockypock_aioli 2h ago
She wants the police called because she knows they won't do anything
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u/jag-engr 2h ago
I believe this happened in Venice and she at least got her passport back. The pick pocket whose hair she is not holding did assault her with a metal water bottle, though. The police eventually came, arrested the two girls, and they were back out stealing within the hour.
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u/ECHELON619 1h ago
What's funny is there is literally video of them an hour after this whole incident.
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u/ToreyJean 53m ago
I mean am I wrong for not having an issue with this woman doing what she did?
I don’t blame her.
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u/BaconReceptacle 23m ago
If she just let her go, she's not getting anything back. Her expensive vacation will now be spent calling credit card companies and filling out forms at the embassy. Thieves have it too easy in Europe. Let them suffer consequences.
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u/Special_Lawyer_6164 2h ago
My favorite is how the pickpocket went from crazy screaming victim to saying “calm down” in 2 seconds flat. To me, a sign of a chameleon caught in a trap willing to be whatever it takes to survive
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u/PurpleCosmos4 2h ago
That’s a tactic- it didn’t work with her victim though and it won’t work with me either.
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u/Guy_who_loves_milfs 3h ago
“I have 8 kids, you ain’t getting to me!” Hahahahhaa hell yea lady pull that ponytail off her head 😂😂
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u/EquipmentFew882 2h ago
Did they get their Passport and Wallets back from the Thieves ?
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u/Roxybird 2h ago
This is what I found when I googled:
- The Scuffle: During the struggle, one of the pickpockets swung a metal water bottle (stolen from the bag) and hit the mother in the head, leaving a large gash and a black eye that required hospital stitches.
- The Outcome: Local police and their Airbnb host intervened. The teenage girls were arrested, and her passport and credit cards were recovered, though the cash and AirPods were not.
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u/nocapnonerf 3h ago
The panic on her friend’s face..priceless
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u/Effective_Golf_3311 3h ago
“She didn’t do anything” sounds infinitely better coming from her though, I guarantee it
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u/CrabPurple7224 2h ago
I remember when I was in Cambodian this French guy was talking to me I nodded a bit and moved to the bar. I felt a tug on my pocket and the same guy was trying to take my wallet.
A threw a punch and we got broken up quickly.
I was there with friends, I managed to find one of girls with us and I told her some French guy tried to rob me. She said where and when we turned around he had his hand in one of the other girls, we were with, handbag. So fight two kicked off but my friends were close this time so we managed to get some footwork in.
The bar staff were really nice, there wasn’t a bouncer, the women at the bar asked us to stop because the police would have to come.
I still see his face when I tell this story. Fuck this guy.
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u/theImplication69 2h ago
Catching a pickpocket should legally entitle you to collecting whatever they have on them. Take 100 bucks from me? I should be entitled to any valuables currently on your person.
When I was straight out of highschool I had saved enough money for a trip. Went to Barcelona. Gotta budget for my last 2 days stolen from me by a pickpocket. I know exactly who it was, a group of 3 ladies working together who successfully confused and distracted me. I cornered 2 of them and was trying to get police to come to no success. Ended up getting away. Wish I had just took her purse cause clearly the police weren’t even around
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u/EaseLeft6266 2h ago
Until you wind up with someone elses stolen items
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u/theImplication69 2h ago
It’s like a jackpot. First to catch em gets the treasures!
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u/Adaphion 1h ago
Who cares? Not like the police are gonna do anything about it, clearly.
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u/doc_skinner 2h ago
The good pickpockets work in teams and they hand off the items as soon as they can so if they get caught they have nothing on them.
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u/Carefree_Highway 1h ago
Had an attempt in Barcelona as well. Waist pack had slid to my side. Going up escalator I felt a tug on the zipper. Slapped the dudes hand away told him to F off. Of course he and his partner repeatedly told us to go home - we don’t want you here. Which I kinda get.
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u/Any-Power-1164 3h ago
Italy better start doing something or these pickpockets are going to start getting their asses beat by tourists.
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u/Whole_Mongoose1854 3h ago
Part of what lets them get away with this is most people don’t want to roll the dice on a justice system in a foreign country they aren’t familiar with. It’s also why they tend not to target locals.
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u/shirt_bro 2h ago
The Italian justice system ? That shining beacon of due process ?
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u/DirtyRoller 2h ago
I had a pickpocket try to get into my backpack on a train in Copenhagen last year. I was watching him through a reflection on the window I was standing next to, and when he started to open my zipper I turned around and went off on him. I cornered him and just yelled at him. I was at least 6" taller than him, twice his size, and I know how to project my voice, he was fucking trembling. If he had put his hands on me I was fully prepared to smash him into the ground. He ran off the train at the next stop so fucking fast, and the people on the train looked at me like I was the asshole.
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u/Binji_the_dog 2h ago
Being loud in public in Northern Europe is one of the most heinous offenses imaginable. In Germany you can even get fined for being too loud in your own home on Sunday.
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u/DirtyRoller 2h ago
Yeah I know that, I generally do a good job of not offending locals when I travel, but I can't tolerate thieves. I worked in retail loss prevention and security for a long time, but I was rarely bothered by it, because it's hard to feel bad for a multi billion dollar company. Stealing directly from hard working people is a different story though, that absolutely infuriates me.
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u/that_dutch_dude 3h ago
they tried it with me like decade ago in venice. i dont know how but the pickpocket fell down like half a dozen times and landed with his face first on the ground every time. weirdly nobody saw or said anything.
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u/RikkiLostMyNumber 2h ago
I got rid of a whole fucking pack of them in Florence many years ago just by yelling at them, in English no less. They don't like hard targets.
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u/that_dutch_dude 2h ago
no they dont. cops also dont do anything either way. if you caught one they wont do anything with them as they are mostly roaming gangs from eastern europe but if you kick their ass they also dont care.
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u/SailorGone 3h ago
Did she get her stuff back?
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u/Roxybird 2h ago
This is what came up when I googled:
- The Scuffle: During the struggle, one of the pickpockets swung a metal water bottle (stolen from the bag) and hit the mother in the head, leaving a large gash and a black eye that required hospital stitches.
- The Outcome: Local police and their Airbnb host intervened. The teenage girls were arrested, and her passport and credit cards were recovered, though the cash and AirPods were not.
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u/RealMccoy13x 2h ago
During the France Olympics, the police were getting mad at American tourists fighting pick pockets. If memory is correct, the law is similar to Italy where you cannot pursue, or physical contact.
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u/ThanosSnapsSlimJims 2h ago
I'd be ignoring it and getting my stuff back.
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u/RealMccoy13x 2h ago
Well, that is exactly what happened. You cannot convince an American to sit idly and not chase and fight a person stealing items. I think it is more of a shock that the law is telling the victim they're wrong for trying to not become a victim.
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u/Heavy_Record8704 2h ago
so what happens if my passport gets pick pocketed?
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u/LalaLaraSophie 2h ago
Legally, don't lose sight of them and call police.
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u/Legal_Dimension_ 1h ago
Stand on their fingers until it mysteriously appears or the police inform you that their fingers resemble burgers.
At which point you pretend to have extreme tinnitus and you thought that screaming was the ringing you normally fall asleep to.
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u/rossmosh85 2h ago
France is a shit hole for events. A few years ago the CL final was held there and they maced Liverpool supporters holding their tickets while they let Parisian youths jump the fence and run into the stadium.
Every country has their problems, but Paris definitely doesn't do a good job with this sort of bullshit.
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u/jackrabbit323 2h ago
Fuck that, you steal from me or mine, we're now on American soil.
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u/kelsobjammin 2h ago
The second the girl started squealing I would have gone up a notch this lady kept her cool lol
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u/LordByronApplestash 2h ago
Yeah well Americans neither care nor can read the law of another country so if you pick-pocket an American expect serious bodily injury.
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u/Worth-Industry8336 1h ago
As an American fuck you. If someone steals an extremely valuable item (passport) right in front of me they are being physically dealt with until I get it back.
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u/ScreamSmart 1h ago
The pickpockets are women for this exact reason. Here the person who grabbed her is also a woman. But usually if a man confronts them, the public perception is way different.
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u/Sufficient_Roof_6699 1h ago
As an American I believe in equal rights without exception and will drill a lady straight in the face if they pickpocket me.
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u/p5yron 1h ago
Let me introduce you all to the next level, India, where if you get caught pickpocketing, better cover your head with your hands and pray you survive because everyone around you is going to take out their lifetime of frustations on you simultaneously within the next five minutes.
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u/Sufficient_Roof_6699 1h ago
Good! France and Italy could learn something from India.
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u/Dr_knowitall69 1h ago
Americans don't care about their own laws and rules. A famous quote from a WWII German officer: “One of the serious problems in planning the fight against American doctrine, is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine.”
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u/Significant-Hour4171 1h ago edited 1h ago
This is real. American operational flexibility was/is a major strength of the US military. When this isn't part of the military culture you get things like the start of Ukrainian full scale invasion, where commanders sent their Russian soldiers to their entirely predictable doom because they didn't have any authority to do anything different.
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u/ban-me-harder-dadddy 1h ago
It's no coincidence that many of our favorite movies from Die Hard to Top Gun are around protagonists throwing the rule book out the window.
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u/dudload1000 1h ago
If the Germans fire, the British duck. If the British fire, the Germans duck. If the Americans fire, everybody ducks!
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u/AIGrammarBot 1h ago
Who would follow a law that says if you get pick pocketed you can’t physically restrain the person that did the pick pocketing.
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u/trump_epstein_jr 1h ago
The law of not doing shit about pickpocketing in whatever country can kiss all of our asses. We don't fuck around with that and europe needs to stop being little pussies about it too.
You are a certified dumbass if you think I'm just going to shrug my shoulders after some piece of shit clown walks off with my passport and wallet. People who pickpocket ruin people's lives and deserve everything bad coming their way.
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u/ProbablySlacking 55m ago
Yeah. We do a lot of stuff wrong… but standing up for yourself in the face of injustice is something America does right.
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u/mallettsmallett 1h ago
Thats not a uniquely us attitude. Im British and i don't give a fuck about those laws. Someone takes my shit ill be grabbing them too.
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u/shimmerygold- 2h ago
"Americans neither care nor can read the law of another country" LMAO as an American
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u/Vessbot 1h ago
Some times 2 wrongs do make a right
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u/BookkeeperBoobs 1h ago
Who’s looking for “right?”
I want “FAIR”
Two wrongs wont make a right but they might make it fair.
“Right” went out the window when they decided to pickpocket
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u/MagicBez 2h ago edited 2h ago
I saw this a lot online during the Olympics but never saw a source for it beyond American social media and never found any statements from French police or government about it.
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u/ArctcMnkyBshLickr 2h ago
I’m Latino but born and raised in the us and was in France during the Olympics when someone tried to simultaneously scam my wife into “donating” to kids in Africa while also pickpocketing her. I was far from my wife so I couldn’t stop it before it started.
I quickly took the woman’s clipboard and bonked her husband on the head very very hard to the point where they got cops involved. Nothing happened and they let everyone go but the cops told me that Americans were causing so many issues by fighting back against pickpockets. So it happened enough times to these cops to get annoyed.
In most US cities these pick pockets would absolutely get stomped out by the general public. In the sunbelt cities these guys get killed and it’s not an exaggeration at all how desperately Americans hope to use their guns on criminals.
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u/releasetheshutter 1h ago
Imagine blaming people for fighting back instead of trying to stop the thieves.
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u/Gallienus91 2h ago
Can only speak of Austria and you are allowed to physically defend your property.
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u/zubairhamed 1h ago
Used to be a lot of 'em in Berlin then they all got cleaned up. Dunno why the eff France and Italy still gives them such latitude.
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u/ponderosa-osa 40m ago
My relatives visited Rome and saw a thief grab a purse from a woman. She shouted to nearby police officers who successfully caught the thief. The police handed the purse back to the woman BUT they also immediately let the thief go free.
My relatives were disgusted by the lack of any punishment for thieves --so much so that they stayed on their cruise ship the next day instead of returning to Rome for a planned second day of sightseeing.
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u/IlGnomo_Frocio 1h ago
“Girl, I have eight kids. You’re not getting to me.”
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Savage
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u/Fancy_Stress_9039 3h ago
they deserve a kick in the crotch as well
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u/Aegean8485 2h ago
Yes typical pickpocketing scheme with 3 people. 2 pretty girls with a map asking questions and an experienced pickpocketer steals stuff while tourist is occupied with the girls.
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u/Hamilton-Beckett 2h ago
She’s lucky the woman only held her hair. I’d have to fight every instinct to not turn that piece of shit thief’s face into a pulp.
Can’t stand a fucking pickpocket. One of the lowest forms of thievery.
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u/bitpartmozart13 2h ago
That's a good Kathy. I had to knock out a thief who took my wallet and held him until the popo came.
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u/Brendan11204 3h ago
Certain parts of Italy are absolutely teeming with thieves. In an alternative reality I would be tempted to make little bombs that fit inside camera bags and then just sit around at Cafes with the bag hanging off the back. There would be a boom before my coffee is finished.
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u/amzwC137 2h ago
Reminds me of a YouTuber, Mark Rober. He had a problem with people steeling packages off of porches, so he created a glitter bomb that went off when the package was opened. IIRC there was also a camera, tracker, and maybe some fart spray?
It was a while ago, but it was satisfying.
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u/Distwalker 2h ago
In big cities in Europe I carry important stuff in an interior pocket. I also deploy a decoy billfold in my back pocket that has nothing but a folded paper on which is printed "FUCK YOU". A dozen years ago Paris I got pushed out a train door at a stop just as the door was closing. The dude who pushed me picked my pocket as I stumbled out. He got my decoy wallet.
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u/SleepingWillows 2h ago
A bomb might be a bit much. Now one of those exploding dye packs like at the bank…
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u/Intelligent_Box_8247 3h ago
the pickpocket had a rough business day
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u/Laymanao 3h ago
I do not have any sympathy for these pickpocket targeting tourists. One of our Tour group had passport, wallet and hotel keycard taken. It ruined a supposed trip of a lifetime. As there was not consular services in that region, we had to courier temporary passports through three collection points over three days. An experience that was majorly the pits.
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u/Tacosconsalsaylimon 2h ago
That stupid ass fanned map. Dead giveaway they're likely the culprits. They use these to shield the action of the theft.
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u/Key-Monk6159 2h ago
The tourist was way more gentle than I would have been.
Weird how many are trying to justify or whatsboutism this as just a minor issue.
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u/StructureIll4946 2h ago
I fantasize about catching someone like that and instead of reporting them to authorities, I make them give me their shoes and I throw them in a river. The shame of walking home barefoot would be far worse than any petty crime punishment.
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u/Doodiewater 2h ago
I dunno… I’d much rather lose my shoes than spend a day dealing with cops and have a record.
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u/ChainsawBBQ 1h ago
They only fine them and let them go in minutes. Pick pocketing is the equivalent of jaywalking in Europe in their eyes. Taking their shoes and throwing them in the river is a more severe punishment than European police.
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u/No-Rip6323 2h ago
Used to be a headshop in my city that would punish thieves by giving them the choice: We call the cops or you give us your shoes.
They had half a dozen pairs on the top shelf above the checkout counter.
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u/iffyClyro 2h ago
A girl like this tried to dip my bag when I was buying train tickets in Bologna and my mate shoulder barged her into kind of perspex window causing an almighty racket which sprung all the adults that “mind” these kids into action.
Wee fucked off, three vs ten or more wasn’t worth a fight.
I love that the woman in the video is holding her own and not being swarmed.
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u/Duke_Of_Halifax 1h ago
The only scenario in which being a loud, brash American tourist has ever had a positive outcome
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u/Foreign-Collar8845 2h ago
Moral of the story. “Don’t go to war and pickpocketing with long and loose hair.”
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u/Representative-Pop72 2h ago
The difference between how we handle it is that they’re often pregnant and we can get charged if we physically attack them or restrain them. It’s different when you’re an American tourist
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u/Renhoek2099 2h ago
Damn, she got 8 kids, going to an Italian jail for murder would be a vacation for her
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u/Sisoflex 2h ago
Back in the 70s in Italy, when I was 6, my Mum felt something and her keys were gone. She grabbed a young boy no older than me and he held the keys out apologetically and looked scared. She yelled "He took my keys!" and slapped him hard across his face. I'll never forget that.
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u/ippleing 55m ago
Gypsies use young girls as pickpockets because they are less likely to get hurt physically if caught.
Once the women have kids they get moved on to beg on street corners.
The police for the most part are in on it, getting a small cut to look the other way.
Downvote me all you want, is not going to change these facts.
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u/poop19907643 2h ago
That was my favorite story of the Paris Olympics. The pickpockets weren't prepared for American-style justice.
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u/Guy_who_loves_milfs 3h ago
Next time just absolutely wreck her shit or trip them into the brick walls lol
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u/External-Test4279 2h ago edited 1h ago
The choice of words is hilarious btw.
"Lasciateci fuggire" roughly translates as "Let us escape"
Like she's demanding to get away with it, rofl.
(They're not fluent in Italian)
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u/Bubsy7979 3h ago
You get two weeks of vacation?! Luckyyyy
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u/internal_l0gging 3h ago
My company gives us 4 to lure us in then makes us work so much we don't have time to take the vacation
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u/Revolutionary_Law742 1h ago
I do not understand the negative judgement from locals in Europe when it comes to this stuff. The tsk tsk stuff.
If they really don't care when it happens to them ok but are they not putting themselves in the place of someone thousands of miles away from home? Getting pickpocketed like that can cause major major problems for an American tourist or anyone tourist very far from home that worked hard and saved up for that trip. Where is the empathy for the victim? The victim that also brings money to spend into your country and is there to appreciate your country.
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u/foley800 2h ago
There was a report about a year ago that the Italian specifically warned the pickpockets about not targeting Americans because it was dangerous as “they won’t put up with it”!
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u/leeloocal 2h ago
My dad legit threw a potential pick pocket off the Metro in Paris and told the people who were tsking to shove it. He does not swear and is not a violent man, but he was PISSED.
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u/Neweggdotcom 2h ago
Its always these three bitches too. How are they not in prison?
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u/The-Dudemeister 1h ago
I never had an issue with pickpockets in Italy. The closest thing was down an alley a couple of locals starts yelling pickpocket! Pickpocket! at someone and a bunch of people helped get the clutch back for some woman. Seems like the locals don’t like it either.
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u/NotSoSuperNova8 1h ago
As an American, most of our cities don’t have rampant pickpockets. They’re from every state, but they all work in Washington DC.
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u/mad_mang45 2h ago
I always hear of pick pockets in Europe, but not the U.S.
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u/-Copenhagen 1h ago
And I hear of carjackings in the US but not in Europe.
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u/Sad-Rooster2474 38m ago
Lol carjacking? What about school shootings? They are notoriously loving these!
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