SKnight wrote:
Liz's recent post about pick-pockets in Europe reminded me of my own
experience while waiting for a subway train in a tube station on my way
home from school in London while I lived there.
It was rush hour, hence a lot of people crammed the platform. I became
aware of hovering and sensed that something was wrong. As my arms came
down protectively around my body, I yelled, "Get away from my bag," at
the top of my voice to the crowd. They immediately acted in unison and
moved as if one organism to surround me and push away the two
intruders. One man accused one of them of trying to take my purse. The
other man had been swarming nearby as if to await the pick-pocket when
he was to have grabbed my stuff.
The two perps immediately yelled out that they had done nothing wrong,
effectively damning themselves, as they moved away and lost themselves
in the crowd. The crowd stayed around me protectively while we waited
for the next train on the Victoria Line. I caught an eye from several
people there and smiled back with faint tears. Then the train arrived
and we entered the compartment.
I was standing on a crowded bus, in rome, years ago, when an
attempt was made to lift my wallet. I felt 'something' at my
back pocket and whipped around, just in time to see the
guy's empty hand snap back inside the folded trench coat he
had draped over his arm. I was FURIOUS. I started pointing
at him and yelling GUASTA FESTA! GUASTA FESTA! (PICK-POCKET)
but nothing happened, nobody did anything. so I got off the
bus and it wasn't until I was back in the states that I
realized I had been calling him a PARTY-POOPER.
anyway, that was rome.
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