r/interestingasfuck • u/Due_Yesterday_2850 • 1h ago
Well that is one way how to deal with pickpockets
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u/Linusami 56m ago
Not phased at all.
Pickpocket screams in her face…
“I’ve got 8 kids, you’re not getting to me!” 🤣🤣
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u/CatCountess 38m ago
That lil girl is lucky she didn't get smacked in the mouth too when she did that!
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u/kilobrew 59m ago
I say this as an American who’s been abroad many times. We are just easy targets sometimes. But it’s a dangerous game that backfires for the pickpockets against Americans.
My father-in-law first time abroad got pickpocketed in Italy by a guy that jumped on a bike and took off. I had been telling him that the way he was active would attract pickpockets.
What the poor kid didn’t know is that my father-in-law was a retired NFL player. His wine-drunk ass ran that dude down and straight tackled him on a moving bike. Never seen anyone move that fast before. He got his wallet back and left that guy in a pile.
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u/SiderisG 39m ago
we aren’t trained how to not be pickpocketing targets here since generally it doesn’t happen because you can get straight up killed if you do it, we much rather prefer the classic and sophisticated robbery.
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u/Blasphemiee 27m ago
Fr you would think a pickpocket would look at an American like a robber looks at a house with 2A signs and dogs. At this point our reputation should be enough to know there’s a chance you might have fucked w the wrong American. I’ve seen it online too many times too, idk what they’re thinking lol I’d be pickpocketing people wearing red maple leaves instead if I where them
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u/Old-Tip-69 23m ago
The stuff you see online are the rare exceptions. In most cases they get away with it
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u/ShinySalamancaBravo 16m ago
Yeah most Americans aren’t linebackers.. let’s remember who is topping the obesity charts
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u/Darkrhoads 44m ago
I would love to know who your father in law is
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u/Astrocreep_1 15m ago
It’s not Payton Manning. He was slow, and never tackled anyone, even in high school. I know, because I played with him at Newman in Metairie, La.
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u/I-Love-Cosplay 1h ago
Americans will straight up fight pickpockets
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u/East-Travel984 58m ago
Do you know how insulting it is to an american to try to rob them with anything less than a 9mm.
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u/darkoopz43 50m ago
We are physically immune to .22s nowdays. We start training from an early age by shooting each other with bb and pellet guns.
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u/AngryCrustation 47m ago
You joke but I've seen a guy get shot in the face and walk it off.
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u/Jmb9893 36m ago
My boy got shot in the face while driving and just drove himself to the hospital.
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u/Futuramadude 44m ago
Fuck this hit too close to home with the BB guns. I laughed until I realized I did indeed do that as a kid.
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u/bluesshark 53m ago
It's like a Brazilian skit I saw where an Argentinian tried to pickpocket a guy and he got super upset and insulted that he "doesn't even think he deserves to be robbed at gunpoint" lol
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u/serrated_edge321 56m ago
Dude no kidding!
I ran after one with my boyfriend once (in Brussels), when I realized that's what the guy was up to! He turned around, saw us running after him (we were in our 20s, two people, and very fit... He was in his 40s+ and not fit lol)...
He threw my bf's stolen wallet back, and we lost nothing. Phew. Close call, but yeah I wasn't having any of that on our first weekend of a whole summer abroad. 🤣
(Also: it was daylight, and there were plenty of people around.)
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u/spam__likely 30m ago
A no kidding 80yo lady tried to steal my husband's wallet in Spain. Then acted offended when he blocked her hand into his pocket.
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u/Y0uCanTellItsAnAspen 1h ago
i mean - in America, you would never get charged for punching a pickpocket in the face....
This is different from many European countries (not placing value judgements here -- it's just a stark difference).
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u/Due_Yesterday_2850 1h ago
I would say if proven most place in Europe would not prosecute neither
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u/Armored_Cocrane 30m ago
Not in France tought. I love my country, but, sometimes, it's stupid.
You can't punch a thieve, you can't shot someone breaking in your house and treathning your kids, you can't put anti-personal mine field benath your welcome Mat... sigh.../s
Street justice is not good, yeah, true, but it's feel so good when a pickpocket get one punch, man.
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u/pretendperson1776 28m ago
There's a lot of unexploded ordinance in Europe. Who's to say that claymore wasn't there all along?
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BUG5 1h ago
You wont get charged for popping a pickpocket in the jaw in the UK
You will get charged for beating him/her to the ground and stamping on their head.
It's about proportionality
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u/knockingdownbodies 1h ago
They just fell down some stairs though, honest officer!
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u/Overall_Lavishness46 38m ago
Proportionate force is usually allowed in the US as well. If someone steals from your person, they are committing the act of assault. Putting hands on someone is battery. Battery charges are often dropped if committed in response to an assault as long as the response is not escalated.
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u/AliveJohnnyFive 58m ago
Well, that's really a matter of perspective. What's proportional to taking someone's money, passport, and credit cards and leaving them stranded in a foreign country? A little jaw pop? Maybe not a crushed skull but hospital is probably in order.
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u/Accurate-Donkey5789 45m ago
The UK justice system is very geared up to the basis of not turning a non-violent crime into a violent one. It all kind of hinges on that. If someone tries to steal your car while you are sleeping safe in your house, leaving your house and beating them with a baseball bat would be considered a crime, because effectively the theft was happening in a non-violent way and you injected yourself into the situation and created a new violent crime.
Not here to talk about the ethicacy of if that is the right stance or wrong, just clearing up exactly how the UK positioned its laws on this stuff. The justice system also tends to be quite forgiving as long as you don't cut someone's arm off for stealing you're chewing gum, but they still don't want non-violent crime turned into violent crime as the basic premise.
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u/CapN-Judaism 53m ago
Usually it’s not great if you use more than whatever amount of force is necessary to get your things back
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u/Timofmars 27m ago
The proportionality here isn't about deciding what is suitable punishment/vengeance. It's about what is the proper amount of force needed for the victim to subdue the pickpocket or protect themselves.
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u/NlghtmanCometh 59m ago
Same in Japan. There are actual pickpockets in Japan but they aren’t Japanese, and if you get super confrontational after having your item stolen, everybody looks at you weird
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u/EveryCrime 55m ago
Why? (Genuinely)
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u/NlghtmanCometh 54m ago
Just a very, very different culture from the US. People are generally much more passive.
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u/Cucumber_Cucumber670 46m ago edited 43m ago
In truth.. you will not be charged in Italy either. People are simply scared to react. But there is nothing prohibiting it.
I punched several people for similar reasons in the past (here in italy). Someone called the police. The police arrived.. asked me if I punched the guy. I said yes. They asked me why, I calmly explained why. Then they said that I have a good punch. And that is it. Nothing ever happened. Because I had good reasons to do it and they knew it.
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u/AWzdShouldKnowBetta 43m ago
Yeah this sounds like a Reddit myth that Europeans will punish you defending your passport. That shit is important and worth scrapping over.
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u/Vaktaren 1h ago
In some ways I wish we were more like America. In others not so much.
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u/BrickGlum9579 58m ago
I think this is a nuanced take. As an American in a lot of ways I wish we were like European countries in some ways I’m thankful for the way things are here.
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u/Krolebear 37m ago
Are you saying if you punch someone who stole your passport you might be in trouble? Passports are pretty much the most important form of ID 😂
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u/Maleficent-Drive4056 55m ago
I don't think many European countries would prosecute someone defending themselves against a thief.
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u/DontGetTheShow 1h ago
Especially in Europe where you’re pretty confident the other person doesn’t have a gun. Yeah, Americans are going to grab them and get their stuff back
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u/Squ33dily-Sp00ch 25m ago
Don't rob people and people won't beat the shit out of you for robbing them, pretty simple
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u/redditbdum 1h ago edited 32m ago
I've never understood the rationale for tolerating pickpockets.
Just crack down on them and your country will be less shitty.
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u/Spirited_Comedian225 1h ago
I was in Italy and these scammers lay fake paintings on the side walk for people to accidentally step on. Why don’t the police just arrest them. They literally just stand there.
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u/ReadditMan 41m ago
It's probably because it's not worth the effort.
Most of these scammers run in groups, they wear earpieces and have lookouts that warn them when the police are approaching. They can easily pack everything up and blend into the crowd if they need to.
If the police do manage to catch one they get charged with some low-level petty crime and then they're right back on the street.
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u/OncorhynchusMykiss1 7m ago
It is because the amount of cash they scame is right under the limit for crime so it is misdemeanor. When they get close to the tipping point they pack it.
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u/HuckleberryUpbeat518 1h ago
Those aren't random people who just decide to pickpocket one day. It is an organized crime network with protections.
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u/redditbdum 1h ago
That's even more reason to prosecute them harshly.
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u/VittorioNobile 59m ago
Sadly it is Italy and there isn't punishment
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u/pichael289 57m ago
France, especially paris, is pretty well known for this too. It's surprisingly not very common in the US, probabaly because we don't tend to bunch up as much.
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u/Tusen_Takk 16m ago
In the U.S. you pickpocket the wrong person and you’re dead.
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u/panic_ye_not 23m ago
And Americans carry weapons. That's why there are fewer pickpockets and more armed robberies.
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u/Remote-Cause755 1h ago
It's not like drugs where there will always be a demand for it.
If you crack down on cases and surveillance their profits will shrivel and they will stop being organized
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u/MonsterRider80 55m ago
I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of certain criminal organizations in Italy….. I hear they’re quite powerful.
And yes, before you ask, they’re involved in everything, from politics to major corporations to drug dealing to fucking pickpockets. It’s a big problem.
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u/Wonderful-Teach8210 44m ago
True, but let's not pretend there isn't a cultural element to this too. There are some countries where, even with organized crime existing, pickpocketing is not tolerated. It is not tolerated because the general public is willing to cause a ruckus in the moment whenever they see it happening. Organized crime didn't take over Italy by accident.
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u/Mob_cleaner 59m ago
I mean I live in Venice and Europeans definitely do fight back against pickpockets I promise you, they don't just accept having their stuff stolen and do nothing ahaha. I agree Americans are maybe more willing to make a scene (meant as a compliment btw, just to be clear), but Europeans do not tolerate this either.
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u/SleepyLi 22m ago
Americans: “I am used to not having healthcare, paid time off, sick time off, family time off, and I have to pay for everything out of pocket. I’ll be damned if you ruin this trip for me.”
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u/redditbdum 48m ago
Honestly, I think it's the government's fault more than the citizen's. If they cracked down on it they'd make way more of a difference than the citizens beating up pickpockets.
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u/Rocinante24 53m ago
There is no rationale. Its just terrible parenting and culture.
Go to Southeast Asia, go to some poor towns, and you'll have a hard time finding thieves like this. They don't tolerate it even though they're overrun with tourists.
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u/glycophosphate 58m ago
It's the same as the rationale for tolerating ludicrous levels of gun crime: those with the power to crack down have been subverted.
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u/Curious_Bike_4292 1h ago
She probably wants her passport! Talk about how much of a crimp to your vacation do you want. That would be terrible!😢
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u/New_Court_6011 55m ago
When I was traveling in Italy, I was told to yell if you’re getting pickpocketed. I noticed someone pickpocketing me on the bus, and I did exactly that I drew attention to them and they were handled promptly and efficiently, and I got my money they stole from me back.
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u/SystemPython1 1h ago
Can we talk about those 8 kids?
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u/ChandrikaMoon 50m ago
They trained their mom not to care if she’s got someone screaming bloody murder in her face, that’s for sure.
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u/kaitlinrawr 33m ago
is that what she said ?? I couldn’t understand her
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u/nonnumousetail 22m ago
I believe she said, “little girl I’ve got eight kids, you’re not getting to me.”
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u/kingston-twelve 55m ago
So did she get her stuff back or not?? Videos like this suck
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u/Tubey- 30m ago
The video ended without a resolution, but she got her passport back.
- The standoff: The woman, a North Carolina mother of eight, was in Venice in August 2025 before a cruise. Her daughter, Karis McElroy, said that for about 50 minutes the teen screamed and cursed at her while she pulled harder on the girl’s hair. She let go only when the police arrived. mothershipmothership
- The arrest: After the police arrived, the two girls reportedly went wild, kicking and fighting the officers. The family told WSOC that police arrested the girl she had been holding. mothershipatlantablackstar
- What she got back: She eventually recovered her passport and credit cards, though her AirPods and roughly $200 in cash were still missing. mothership
- How she found them: Some outlets report that the family got word that her belongings, including the passport and credit cards, were at the airport in Italy. Other accounts say the mother tracked the thieves using the location of her stolen AirPods. foxla
- The crew: The family’s Airbnb host recognized the trio as well-known Venice pickpockets and stayed with the tourist until police arrived. traveltomorrow
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u/Rocinante24 1h ago
Pro tip: When travelling abroad, wear a money belt under your shirt. No one can steal it, and you can't lose it. Keep your passport and money literally strapped to you.
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u/LordOdin99 30m ago
Is that like a fanny pack?
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u/Rocinante24 24m ago
Yeah, just a really thin fanny pack. I kept it under my tank top for 5 weeks in Thailand.
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u/LeoLaDawg 1h ago
If this were a movie, she'd have given the stuff back then there would be a scene where she reveals all the other stuff she stole.
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u/NYLotteGiants 1h ago edited 1h ago
Sentencing for pickpockets in Europe should be they get sent to Texas, and they can go back to Europe when they pickpocket $100 from Texans. The problem will solve itself
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u/Y0uCanTellItsAnAspen 1h ago
The downside, is that most Americans are very easy to pickpocket from, because they aren't particularly aware of how pickpockets function, and aren't good at securing valuable belongings.
The other side, of course, is that they are quite likely to fight a pickpocket if given the chance.
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u/Yearn4Mecha 1h ago
These hands are free they say
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u/chiree 58m ago
I wonder if differences in the American and European sense of personal space comes into play. Someone brushing up on you might be unnoticed in one culture and very much noticed by another.
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u/shawn1213 55m ago
Exactly if you bump into someone in America their gonna notice and fucking say something about it right away mostly
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u/anniecet 40m ago
Definitely. I (American) lived in South America as a teenager years ago. One of the things that always made me so uncomfortable was how close people would stand to you. Like … dude, you are about 3 inches away from my asshole - back the fuck up. I never said anything, of course, but it’s a notable cultural difference.
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u/FrontLifeguard1962 1h ago
Especially in a country with no guns, you can easily throw down with some shit thief, beat him upand get your stuff back. Someone who sticks their hands in others pockets to steal is surely a coward at heart. It's the American way, don't let someone punk you like that without a fight
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u/jamwin 43m ago
What if I told you there was someone in plain sight stealing from the american people right now? Virtually picking all your pockets at once?
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u/Rickylie2012 57m ago
20 years ago I was in London on the tube and had one guy try to pickpocket me 2 separate times on the same train. The first time he bumped into my right back pocket where I would usually keep my wallet, but I didn’t have a wallet on me because I was smart enough not to carry one. I looked back at him and told him to fuck off, and he did. 5 minutes later after I had moved farther down the train, the same guy had followed me and proceeded to do the exact same think to my left back pocket…I reached around and grabbed his wrist and broke 3 of his fingers at 45 degree angles. Americans don’t fuck with that shit.
Edit: 20* years ago
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u/pichael289 56m ago
I feel like we have less pickpockets here because we don't like people as close to us as people in other countries
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u/SpookyghostL34T 43m ago
Lol bro wym. If anyone gets close to me I'm instantly suspicious of them. If anything, you don't pickpocket here because the downside is you get shot and die.
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u/Popular_Tomorrow_204 39m ago
Texas would be a playground for pickpockets.
Its just if one gets caught, they will probably be dead
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u/Zuckerberga 1h ago
Most would get shipped back to Europe in a casket tho
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u/MajorPaper4169 1h ago
Then it’ll serve as a reminder to get a job and keep your hands off stuff that doesn’t belong to you.
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u/MaddoxGoodwin 57m ago edited 36m ago
Whils I have never been to Europe, it seems like the locals hate pick pockets just as much the tourist hate pick pockets
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u/immasayyes 38m ago
For sure we do! But we are also very used to them existing so we grow up learning all the tricks, which is why they target the tourists/americans. It sucks!!!
Edit: oh wait or did you mean we hate tourists?? Cause we don’t lol
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u/MaddoxGoodwin 35m ago
Lol i fixed my statement haha i didn't mean locals hating the actual tourist
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u/HotelDisastrous288 50m ago
What was the ending? That purse likely changed hands 4 times before she even grabbed her.
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u/DontGetTheShow 1h ago
Reminds me of this at the Paris Olympics
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u/luvslilah 54m ago
My friend was in Paris last summer with her husband. Guy tried grabbing her husbands backpack at a train station stop. She straight up jumped on him and started beating his ass. I don't think the thief was expecting a woman to fight. Husband was able to hang onto his bag. Thief ran off train. Americans will fight back if you try to steal their stuff.
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u/nomnomsquirrel 45m ago
I had a guy in Paris grab me by the wrist and put a bracelet on it and demand 35 euros. I ripped the thing off and threw it in his face and kept walking. He was lucky he didn't get slapped, but I was honestly taken off guard. The last time a guy had grabbed my wrist, though, it was a drunk Japanese man who told me he was going to take me home to become his new wife in front of his wife while I was waiting in the Japanese countryside to transfer trains. She luckily grabbed him and dragged him off after profusely apologizing (and I spoke Japanese enough to understand since I was living there at the time). Next time some guy tries that, which luckily nobody has yet, they're getting punched.
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u/NoninflammatoryFun 31m ago
I had a guy grab my leg on the train in Austria this summer. He’s extremely lucky I was sick at the time because I was ready to kick his drunk ass. The train conductors did not seem to care about him.
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u/EarnYourBoneSpurs 40m ago
We Americans have been trained from a young age that property is more important than life
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u/alex206 1h ago edited 45m ago
OP left out the part where they beat the lady with her own water bottle (that they also stole)
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u/nonnumousetail 18m ago
“But before officers could intervene, the situation turned violent. One of the girls swung the stolen bag, striking the tourist in the head. Inside was the heavy metal water bottle that had been taken earlier, which caused a deep gash and a black eye. Bloodied and injured, the woman had to be taken to the hospital for stitches. Despite her injuries, police apprehended the teenagers, and the tourist’s passport and credit cards were eventually recovered. The cash and AirPods, however, were never returned.”
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u/DisorderlyAqueduct 51m ago
Not often on the American tourist's side in Internet videos xD
go lady! get 'er! 🤘
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u/Jordan_1424 56m ago
Credit cards can easily be solved.
Passport is a different matter and that is a totally valid reaction.
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u/Throwawayaccountdell 17m ago
It was a valid reaction regardless of what they took and she had every right to stand up to these thieves trying to take her things away and try to get away with it! Those thieves belong in the slammer!
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u/Ryno-Mac 1h ago
That's why I keep all my valuables in a money belt tucked in my pants
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u/UAintMyFriendPalooka 56m ago
I just put my valuables in my butt as it’s much more secure. Even when I’m at home. Especially at home.
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u/Fit-Programmer-6162 38m ago
Pickpocket: temper-tantrum screams
Lady: “Little girl, I have eight kids. You’re not getting to me.”
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u/chronicarrythmia 43m ago
Since no one else is asking, did she get the purse back?
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u/chillylint 29m ago
For anyone else wondering, here is a longer video of the incident https://youtu.be/kSqY1MaNoCc?is=YLPYwgdcQhBi_xrH
Or, in summary, they stole her purse, she found them using find friends, held on to the 14-year-old until police arrived, and she got back her passport and credit cards (but not cash and AirPods).
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u/skikoko 33m ago
Hope she (the pickpocket) got what she deserved.
pickpocketing is disgusting
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u/DAggerYNWA 27m ago
*vitriolic scream
“I got eight kids, you aren’t getting to me”
Lmfaoooooooooooo she’s funny as fuck
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u/iforgot69 50m ago
"This is a robbery"
With what? Do you have a gun?
"No"
Ahh I see, well we are all tickled pink to hear you say that.
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u/rilestyles 40m ago
That kind of thing terrifies me about traveling to other countries. So much is dependent on these little paper things that could so easily be lost, stolen, or destroyed. I'm sure there's avenues for sorting out a missing passport that are probably easier than I'd expect, but it's so expensive to vacation somewhere far away and the thought of having to waste that time and spoil my good mood, it would ruin the trip for me.
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u/IBitePrettyPeople 24m ago
How to get emergency assistance if you are in a foreign country
Pain in the ass with bureaucratic bullshit, but manageable with an embassy's help
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u/jemenake 59m ago
When touring Spain, my dad asked my mom how hard it would be for her to sew razor blades into his jacket pocket with the blades facing downward and inward, in pairs, so that they’d work kinda like Chinese handcuffs. A pickpocket’s hand would slide in easily, but out would be an entirely different matter.
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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 23m ago
Arabians made myths about desert women that had razors in their vaginas (I assume not actual razor blades since they are relatively new, I think - probably invented in the late 1800s), I'm assuming to scare people into not raping the women (or maybe just to prevent them from premarital sex).
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u/SitInCorner_Yo2 21m ago
Peaky blinder—— defense edition.
But seriously what in Home Alone is this, how many wallets your father lost to make him came up with this idea.
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u/SleepyLi 15m ago
What kind of personal Saw III shit is this lmfaoooooo.
“I want to play a game. You are a known pickpocket, therefore I have trapped your hands with razors. To free yourself, you must give up three fingers. You have two minutes. Begin.”
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u/confusedsquirrel 53m ago
Step 1. I'll hold your pony tail Step 2. You'll meet a wall fast face first.
If you don't want to see step 2, give my shit back. It's that easy.
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u/Calgary_Calico 45m ago
Why I always have everything important on my person in zippered pockets when traveling. No purses or open pockets!
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u/Tee_Hee_Wat 23m ago
There's a guy who goes out in Florence and spray-paints known pickpockets with red paint as soon as he sees them. He'll also follow them, pointing and shouting at them. Whole Instagram dedicated to it.
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u/PaxNova 46m ago
I'm an American. While I was in Italy on honeymoon, on a train near a station, i put my hand in my pocket and held hands with the person next to me. We look at each other for a second, then she dropped my wife's passport on the floor and left while I picked it up. Thankfully, I lost nothing.
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u/International-Fig971 41m ago
That scream 😱 she has not meet a true American that face would have been destroyed lol 😂
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u/StretchResIsCheating 18m ago
Girl: *high pitched screaming*
Woman: “little girl I have 8 kids, you ain’t gettin’ to me”
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u/Ok-Collection-1296 1h ago
Bit of dick wagging in the comments here about Texans and whatnot and I get it, we want to feel validated. But, did she get her stuff back? And was that person she was holding onto actually the pickpocket? It’s a weird video…
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u/zendetta 1h ago
Agreed. The fact that her friend was interested in blocking the camera rather than inviting it made me think it was a pick pocket. Just a guess, obv.
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u/Dddddddfried 51m ago
This woman's a legend. She handled that with all the force and grace required. Not too much, not too little. Just a firm demand and a tight grip
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u/Real-Document-6577 51m ago
You stole fizzy lifting drinks!….
https://giphy.com/gifs/10h8CdMQUWoZ8Y
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u/JLimGarfield 24m ago
"This may be how you pickpockets behave in Italy, but this is how we deal with pickpockets in 'Muirca!"
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u/spectra2000_ 9m ago
It will always baffle me why European authorities have such a weak stance against pickpockets, especially in tourist areas. Feels just as lazy as the NYPD browsing their phones in the subway for extra overtime pay.
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u/Slacker_The_Dog 40m ago
No matter what other countries believe about their superiority to Americans, believe this, we will jack you up over dumb shit. You know why pickpockets aren't super prevalent in the US? Cause anyone gets caught with their hand in someone's stuff is getting fucked up probably 99.9% of the time. Other people not involved will get involved just to whoop your ass here.
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u/ScaredTemporary 51m ago
Not Americans, but this makes me remember a story of some Mexican guy who some guys in Germany tried to rob and the Mexican guys instead beat them up after chasing after them .
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u/AdBackground7748 54m ago
In India, when caught, people stone the pickpocket to death till police arrives whichever is earlier. I have seen flesh being cut and falling off with impact of stone hitting exposing a giant piece of bone. It's mango republic for most parts
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u/markuus99 48m ago
In the early 2000s I went to Paris with my family. A young pickpocket tried to grab my mom's purse TWICE within a few minutes. She hit him over the head with it and he was shocked and ran away.
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u/-Tasear- 16m ago
They are too passive about the thieves. What a bunch of cowards.
😂 Wtf did she think her whining scream would do.
Letting pickpockets roam like that is👍 is just pathetic
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u/13Thunders 1h ago
Good. Let's not side with thieves. A passport, wallet, money are all even more important when you're in a foreign country.