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I feel like this has happene before to other TL users. Well I was hanging out with a family friend of mine in Paris and we were walking around somewhere (Im not even too sure where it was...) ... needless to say, it was kind of cold so I gave my jacket to my friend (because Im a super nice gentelman). Anyways I was a dumbass and I had stuff in my jacket pockets.
Some African guy runs up and takes the jacket from my friends shoulders and runs off. He must have been Usain Bolts cousin or something. Needless to say, GG drivers lisence, credit card, dads credit card (ruh roh Im dead), bank card, hotel card, phone card, and money. Most importantly though, I lost my notebook in which I had written over 40 pages of poems since I got to France.
Lesson learned: dont leave stuff in jacket pockets, and dont give your jackets to girls. Lol.
Luckily, her dad owns a market and gave me enough food to last me a day and my dad Western Uniond me money. But ya.
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. End of story.
 
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dude that totally sucks 
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did anyone help you? I hate that shit, when people clearly see some robbery happening but they pretend they don't.
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damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro
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On August 23 2009 18:54 stanley_ wrote:
did anyone help you? I hate that shit, when people clearly see some robbery happening but they pretend they don't.
Are you stupid? Would you, the macho internet tough guy just run off into the night after a criminal who may or may not be armed for someone else's jacket?
If I see a robbery in progress, I'll call the police, but when someone does a hit and run, going after them to be a "hero" is really fucking dumb.
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haha, macho internet tough guy D:
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internet tough guys are tough for a reason
WE HAVE THE INTERNET
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Osaka27132 Posts
That really sucks dude, I'm sorry. When I was in Paris I was gripping everything because of all the shady people around the tourist spots.
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On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro
i'm sure this stuff only happens in europe!
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On August 23 2009 18:57 Sadistx wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 18:54 stanley_ wrote:
did anyone help you? I hate that shit, when people clearly see some robbery happening but they pretend they don't. Are you stupid? Would you, the macho internet tough guy just run off into the night after a criminal who may or may not be armed for someone else's jacket? If I see a robbery in progress, I'll call the police, but when someone does a hit and run, going after them to be a "hero" is really fucking dumb.
People don't have guns in Europe. Maybe knives, though.
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damn i hope you get your poems back
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On August 23 2009 19:00 Nitrogen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro i'm sure this stuff only happens in europe!
it's pretty common from what i hear
ur funny
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it sucks because it was the only day that I didnt keep my stuff in my direct pockets (ie my front shirt pocket is where i usually kept my notebook)... bad timing for the lose. plus it was a 250 jacket. I mainly care about the poems tho.
Ah well, I went to the modern art museum with my cousin and I wrote for about 10 hours yesterday.
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When I went to France I found it quite intimidating seeing 20+ black youths standing in a group. Then I saw they were all eating breadsticks and laughed.
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Wow that sucks, if only Edward Norton was there to sort out your problem
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konadora
Singapore66131 Posts
Holy shit, nobody gave chase?
And quick, call your bank to cancel your cards!
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On August 23 2009 19:06 clazziquai wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:00 Nitrogen wrote:On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro i'm sure this stuff only happens in europe! it's pretty common from what i hear ur funny
"from what I hear" isn't really a reliable source, mostly because no one says "I was walking down the street one day, and I didn't get robed", ie the evidence bias that comes from people more likely to remember robbery than the lack of it.
Also, as a European, some guy have only tried to mug me once, 3 guys on the train nearly stole my calculator, so I don't think that really counts as a mugging/theft/robbery/whatever.
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On August 23 2009 19:06 clazziquai wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:00 Nitrogen wrote:On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro i'm sure this stuff only happens in europe! it's pretty common from what i hear ur funny
as it is in most tourist spots... regardless of continent. in fact, i wouldn't be surprised if it happens in europe less than in most other places.
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On August 23 2009 18:57 Sadistx wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 18:54 stanley_ wrote:
did anyone help you? I hate that shit, when people clearly see some robbery happening but they pretend they don't. Are you stupid? Would you, the macho internet tough guy just run off into the night after a criminal who may or may not be armed for someone else's jacket? If I see a robbery in progress, I'll call the police, but when someone does a hit and run, going after them to be a "hero" is really fucking dumb.
Just because you are a coward doesn't mean that everyone else is too.
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that sucks, dude. at least you didnt get hurt
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On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro
LOL
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Austin10831 Posts
My parents recently traveled to Italy. My father had just come off surgery for his right foot, and one evening while walking alone in Venice he was accosted by two thieves who made off with his wallet. On one foot he followed them, crying Police, Polizia at every breath. The thief ended up pulling the cash out of his wallet and tossing the rest into the air to slow my hobbled father from pursuing him.
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On August 23 2009 19:00 TS-Rupbar wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 18:57 Sadistx wrote:On August 23 2009 18:54 stanley_ wrote:
did anyone help you? I hate that shit, when people clearly see some robbery happening but they pretend they don't. Are you stupid? Would you, the macho internet tough guy just run off into the night after a criminal who may or may not be armed for someone else's jacket? If I see a robbery in progress, I'll call the police, but when someone does a hit and run, going after them to be a "hero" is really fucking dumb. People don't have guns in Europe. Maybe knives, though.
U never read the news do you?
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On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro
lol Europe is pretty much the safest place on earth, well most of it anyway.
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On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro
Back at ya, all those criminals you see in Cops... wow, no way I'm going to US 
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On August 23 2009 19:12 stroggos wrote:
Wow that sucks, if only Edward Norton was there to sort out your problem
Lol
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Canada9720 Posts
only a european would start a story with "i've only been mugged once", to end with "so i think that doesn't count"
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Canada9720 Posts
On August 23 2009 19:58 jello_biafra wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro lol Europe is pretty much the safest place on earth, well most of it anyway.
yeah, belfast is the bomb 
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On August 23 2009 20:34 CTStalker wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:58 jello_biafra wrote:On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro lol Europe is pretty much the safest place on earth, well most of it anyway. yeah, belfast is the bomb
That shit hasn't been going down in any serious fashion for years now, and notice the most of europe part. Plus I meant overall safety not just crime, very few natural disasters or ferocious beasts to contend with.
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On August 23 2009 19:06 clazziquai wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:00 Nitrogen wrote:On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro i'm sure this stuff only happens in europe! it's pretty common from what i hear ur funny
In somewhere like France, yes. In Finland, not so.
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On August 23 2009 19:06 clazziquai wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:00 Nitrogen wrote:On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro i'm sure this stuff only happens in europe! it's pretty common from what i hear ur funny
So what do you expect, topics like "hey, i was in France and didn't get robbed"? :| THAT would mean that there's something wrong about Europe, because it would sound like being not robbed = something normal. However it is not normal, that's why you see such topics and no "hi, I haven't been robbed, bye" topics.
TBH in every major city you really should be aware of pickpocketers, especially when you look like tourist - because this implies you are do have money/camera/anything with you and that you're unfamiliar with city...
P.S. I'm 23 years old, study in Gdańsk (aka Danzig) - one of major Polish cities and have never been robbed, plus almost every year i visit my friends in UK and nobody robbed me, neither my friends there, so heres example if you want to find single person from Europe who didn't have this problem.
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Well Paris is still safer than Port Moresby. I guess you run the chance of getting robbed in most larger cities in europe. Especially those with alot of newly arrived immigrants. Poverty brings that out in people I guess.
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On August 23 2009 20:32 CTStalker wrote:
only a european would start a story with "i've only been mugged once", to end with "so i think that doesn't count"
Well if you want to be specific, they attempted to mug me, but they failed and not in a Kennigit, "I nearly killed the mugger" way but in a, "I had nothing valuable on me, so they gave up" way.
Also I wanted to say that it was an attempted mugging, but I was struggling with the wording at the time, because as we all know, all Europeans are inbred retards.
To keep you happy, I'l change it.
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On August 23 2009 19:06 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro
Nice troll.
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Most hurtful, I think, is the 40 pages of poems. Sorry for you Xeris, I can't imagine losing my notebook.
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I think most reasonable people will agree that france is a much safer place than the US.
But maybe we shouldn't derail the thread too much.
Really sucks youre notebook got stolen on top of all the other stuff... 40 pages... I'd imagine that is similar to if somebody stole all the music ive made the last few years, I'd go berserk if I didn't have a backup of it :/
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On August 23 2009 19:16 Kerotan wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:06 clazziquai wrote:On August 23 2009 19:00 Nitrogen wrote:On August 23 2009 18:56 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro i'm sure this stuff only happens in europe! it's pretty common from what i hear ur funny "from what I hear" isn't really a reliable source, mostly because no one says "I was walking down the street one day, and I didn't get robed", ie the evidence bias that comes from people more likely to remember robbery than the lack of it. Also, as a European, some guy have only tried to mug me once, 3 guys on the train nearly stole my calculator, so I don't think that really counts as a mugging/theft/robbery/whatever.
Wait, it took three guys to almost get your calculator? You are badass.
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that must be one sick calculator you have.
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On August 23 2009 21:50 foeffa wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:06 clazziquai wrote:
damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro Nice troll.
how is this a troll?
lol just saying what i hear from other people's experience.
oh well im sorry if i offended anyone
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United States32036 Posts
this is why you have one of those $$ belts that goes under your shirt when traveling
its also why you never ever put all of your $/belongings in one spot on you, whether at home or on vacation. some shit in your wallet, some in your pocket, some in your back pocket and enough $ for a cab in your shoe
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On August 23 2009 23:14 SnowFantasy wrote:
that must be one sick calculator you have.
in europe, thieves calculate every move
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On August 24 2009 00:53 food wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 23:14 SnowFantasy wrote:
that must be one sick calculator you have. in europe, thieves calculate every move
haha
sucks about getting your shit stolen, but maybe you'll be the rare case of being lucky and having it all turn up.
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On August 23 2009 19:17 Shauni wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 18:57 Sadistx wrote:On August 23 2009 18:54 stanley_ wrote:
did anyone help you? I hate that shit, when people clearly see some robbery happening but they pretend they don't. Are you stupid? Would you, the macho internet tough guy just run off into the night after a criminal who may or may not be armed for someone else's jacket? If I see a robbery in progress, I'll call the police, but when someone does a hit and run, going after them to be a "hero" is really fucking dumb. Just because you are a coward doesn't mean that everyone else is too.
I thought it would be beyond a veteran TL member to be a dick and start with the personal attacks. Good to know that being good at starcraft doesn't make you good at common sense.
Maybe you played too much SC as toss and now think you're a 3-3-3 up zealot who can kill 10 people in a knife fight.
Then again, you'd probably try to chase and embarass yourself when the guy outruns you.
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On August 24 2009 01:54 Sadistx wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:17 Shauni wrote:On August 23 2009 18:57 Sadistx wrote:On August 23 2009 18:54 stanley_ wrote:
did anyone help you? I hate that shit, when people clearly see some robbery happening but they pretend they don't. Are you stupid? Would you, the macho internet tough guy just run off into the night after a criminal who may or may not be armed for someone else's jacket? If I see a robbery in progress, I'll call the police, but when someone does a hit and run, going after them to be a "hero" is really fucking dumb. Just because you are a coward doesn't mean that everyone else is too. I thought it would be beyond a veteran TL member to be a dick and start with the personal attacks. Good to know that being good at starcraft doesn't make you good at common sense. Maybe you played too much SC as toss and now think you're a 3-3-3 up zealot who can kill 10 people in a knife fight.
Then again, you'd probably try to chase and embarass yourself when the guy outruns you.
what the fuck! Shauni is too good not to forget leg speed yo!
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On August 24 2009 02:03 Licmyobelisk wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2009 01:54 Sadistx wrote:On August 23 2009 19:17 Shauni wrote:On August 23 2009 18:57 Sadistx wrote:On August 23 2009 18:54 stanley_ wrote:
did anyone help you? I hate that shit, when people clearly see some robbery happening but they pretend they don't. Are you stupid? Would you, the macho internet tough guy just run off into the night after a criminal who may or may not be armed for someone else's jacket? If I see a robbery in progress, I'll call the police, but when someone does a hit and run, going after them to be a "hero" is really fucking dumb. Just because you are a coward doesn't mean that everyone else is too. I thought it would be beyond a veteran TL member to be a dick and start with the personal attacks. Good to know that being good at starcraft doesn't make you good at common sense. Maybe you played too much SC as toss and now think you're a 3-3-3 up zealot who can kill 10 people in a knife fight.
Then again, you'd probably try to chase and embarass yourself when the guy outruns you. what the fuck! Shauni is too good not to forget leg speed yo!
Yup, he is indeed too good to not forget leg speed.
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On August 23 2009 22:55 7mk wrote:
I think most reasonable people will agree that france is a much safer place than the US.
But maybe we shouldn't derail the thread too much.
I think that's bullshit as well.
Anyways, obvious tourists (esp. non-native speakers) are always at risk in big cities. Sorry about the stuff, Xeris. :/
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Put stuff in pants. I'd love to see them try robbing someones pants.
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On August 24 2009 02:30 Navane wrote:
Put stuff in pants. I'd love to see them try robbing someones pants.
It's been known to happen
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On August 23 2009 20:10 JohnColtrane wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:12 stroggos wrote:
Wow that sucks, if only Edward Norton was there to sort out your problem Lol
I was wondering wtf he meant by that but it soon hit me.
Bro that sucks to hear about your shit getting stolen. I've had things stolen in my life(1k-8k, once being a car that I had my wallet in it as well) and it doesn't ever feel good.
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On August 23 2009 18:46 Xeris wrote:
He must have been Usain Bolts cousin or something.
I assume the OP tried to chase after his jacket but the black guy was just faster.
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:/
Big cities = tourists + lot of poor people and/or thugs ---> you can get robbed.
I highly doubt it is better in the big American cities.
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Shit, that sucks.
My dad was on a work trip to Spain and he got his laptop bag robbed... it was too heavy for the thief so while he was being chased, he threw it on the ground and ran away. Fail.
You're right, it happens in very crowded places popular with tourists.
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Summer and big cities are always dangerous, i travel a lot but still it never happend to me that i get robbed, but i never bring all i have when i walk arround, as a tourist i would be carefull to sit in park with notebook or iphone :D. I am sry that happend to you Xeris.
But it´s really funny how all the US guys here pretand that the United States are so more save then Europe
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I love it how people refer to Europe as one big unit where everything is the same.
Harsh Duran, bit too far away to help you out =/
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On August 23 2009 20:10 JohnColtrane wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:12 stroggos wrote:
Wow that sucks, if only Edward Norton was there to sort out your problem Lol
LOL
on topic: that sucks happens quite a lot in Paris depending on the sectors
thankfully since I'm french/canadian and often very loud when I go there they're scared as fuck as to even approach me lololol
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Actually, it never happened to me but I guess they target tourists very well.
I don't think France is such a safe place, you won't get killed in a gunfight here, but if you're a tourist, your money ain't safe. Also, people are taking as much from tourists as they can. If they notice you have no clue about french, the bills won't be the same...
When I come back from work, I use the metro line that runs past the Eiffel tower, very crowded with tourists. Every day I see backpacks open, cameras / ipods in an open purse etc.
I guess it's a big temptation for all the african / "eastern european" people coming to Paris to make cash.
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Sorry for you, that's sucks.
To others people please stop generalize a fact with the entire country or more, the continent xd
"damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro" <--- rofl.
And stop saying that this country is better than this country because of this fact. That's so stupid..
There's these things in every country in the world.
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On August 24 2009 23:46 Glioburd wrote:
Sorry for you, that's sucks.
To others people please stop generalize a fact with the entire country or more, the continent xd
"damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro" <--- rofl.
And stop saying that this country is better than this country because of this fact. That's so stupid..
There's these things in every country in the world.
+1111111100000000000000
i been so many places in mainland europe, never been robbed.
any small amount of common sense and you can spot where is unsafe and who to avoid.
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On August 24 2009 01:54 Sadistx wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2009 19:17 Shauni wrote:On August 23 2009 18:57 Sadistx wrote:On August 23 2009 18:54 stanley_ wrote:
did anyone help you? I hate that shit, when people clearly see some robbery happening but they pretend they don't. Are you stupid? Would you, the macho internet tough guy just run off into the night after a criminal who may or may not be armed for someone else's jacket? If I see a robbery in progress, I'll call the police, but when someone does a hit and run, going after them to be a "hero" is really fucking dumb. Just because you are a coward doesn't mean that everyone else is too. I thought it would be beyond a veteran TL member to be a dick and start with the personal attacks. Good to know that being good at starcraft doesn't make you good at common sense. Maybe you played too much SC as toss and now think you're a 3-3-3 up zealot who can kill 10 people in a knife fight. Then again, you'd probably try to chase and embarass yourself when the guy outruns you.
I'm not a violent person, but if you calculate your honor and lost things against the value of your life, in certain situations it can be worth it. To count on the police to get your things back from pickpockets is just plain stupid.
Also, I wasn't being a dick, I just stated that you come off as a coward. Be more self conscious and stand for it instead of making lame jokes and trying to act defensive, unrelated to this story.
That last remark, haha? If someone steals something very precious to you, I believe being embarassed is last thing you'd worry about.
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On August 25 2009 00:26 Vex wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2009 23:46 Glioburd wrote:
Sorry for you, that's sucks.
To others people please stop generalize a fact with the entire country or more, the continent xd
"damn, this is one of the reasons im sort of scared to go to euro" <--- rofl.
And stop saying that this country is better than this country because of this fact. That's so stupid..
There's these things in every country in the world. +1111111100000000000000 i been so many places in mainland europe, never been robbed. any small amount of common sense and you can spot where is unsafe and who to avoid.
word
though it is different. in europe, theyll try to pickpocket you. in the states, youll just get your ass kicked and robbed
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haha oh boy
Being robbed sucks so much, principally when you lost all of your documents.
You aren't safe anywhere, even in the capital of love you could get you belongings stolen by some scum
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On August 23 2009 19:23 29 fps wrote:
that sucks, dude. at least you didnt get hurt
I'd rather be beaten to a pulp then have my money, credits cards, (possibly identity), jacket, and personal notepad taken away.
I know you're trying to help but I just hate it when people say things like, "that's ok! You still have your health!"
Anyways, sorry to hear. Shoulda came to blizzcon instead lol
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Trust me you wouldn't get hurt in paris especially near the Seine St Denis.
To the op, suck to be you, but paris and tourist places are really common to pickpockets. Actually if you watch carefully some of them are really creative and you can't help but laugh.
Oh well, now that you got robbed once, hope you won't experience it twice !
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I always keep my passport, money, cards etc in a neckpouch under my shirt. For added unexpectedness I wear it backwards, so the pouch is between my back and my shirt (no visible lump, fits nicely in the small of my back). To do anything else when travelling is asking for it^H^H^H^H^H not doing all you can to protect yourself, especially in a city where snatch and grabs are endemic.
I don't mean this like "haha you moron", just some advice for next time, or for anyone else planning on travelling. Whenever the local french teacher takes a group of students over there, at leat one of them loses a wallet. Hide that shit.
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On August 23 2009 18:46 Xeris wrote:
I feel like this has happene before to other TL users. Well I was hanging out with a family friend of mine in Paris and we were walking around somewhere (Im not even too sure where it was...) ... needless to say, it was kind of cold so I gave my jacket to my friend (because Im a super nice gentelman). Anyways I was a dumbass and I had stuff in my jacket pockets.
Some African guy runs up and takes the jacket from my friends shoulders and runs off. He must have been Usain Bolts cousin or something. Needless to say, GG drivers lisence, credit card, dads credit card (ruh roh Im dead), bank card, hotel card, phone card, and money. Most importantly though, I lost my notebook in which I had written over 40 pages of poems since I got to France.
Lesson learned: dont leave stuff in jacket pockets, and dont give your jackets to girls. Lol.
Luckily, her dad owns a market and gave me enough food to last me a day and my dad Western Uniond me money. But ya.
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. End of story.
I was in Paris two weeks ago and was having a ridiculously overpriced Bulmer's cider in a pub, when all of a sudden from a table not far away from me, a black guy jumps up, grabs a cell phone/ipod or similar and runs like Bolt down the street (it was at Grands Boulevard). Then the apparent owner this said device tried to catch him but he had to return without anything at all because the guy was so fast.
This all happened in a mere second and it seemed to me that these gents were actually sitting at the same table for a while having a chat, so I was really confused after this incident. o_O
Lesson: be extra cautious with your valuables in Paris (and don't talk to the Romanian women asking you if you spoke English^^)!
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that too, they're probably whores =P
actually two of them I talked to were really hot though... I didn't give them any money though and they got mad lool.
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