tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450176.post114403789444796538..comments2022-10-31T02:26:17.320-05:00Comments on Travel Versus...: Surviving a Subway Pickpockettheunicycleguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16313915483075503802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450176.post-1144098921078104242006-04-03T16:15:00.000-05:002006-04-03T16:15:00.000-05:00Hi James,Glad to hear you made it back safely. Tha...Hi James,<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear you made it back safely. That was a scary experience, but it sounds like you did just fine. Not that you did anything wrong, but what I would have done differently would have been to keep my passport in my money belt and maybe put my cash in the daypack and hold onto it tightly with both hands, even though I know that can be tough to do in a subway car.<BR/><BR/>It sure was nice not to have to worry about theft for two weeks on that cruise, wasn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14450176.post-1144082827746269192006-04-03T11:47:00.000-05:002006-04-03T11:47:00.000-05:00WOW! -- I am thinking....is this James Peters talk...WOW! -- I am thinking....is this James Peters talking?!?! What badass! I am totally impressed, and yes you should have hit the guy...he needs a memory of a fist in his face the next time he feels like stealing. <BR/><BR/>This happened to me in NYC. I was crammed in a train next to a client of mine and his fiancé. The Subway was silent; I had my purse on my shoulder and felt something strange...<BR/><BR/>I looked at my purse and my wallet (a very long check book wallet) was almost completely out of my purse. He had been working on it the entire way. It was uncomfortable because he was about 6 inches from my face when I noticed it and he was the ONLY likely suspect. He was a tall intimidating large man. I quickly put the wallet back in my purse and changed shoulders clutching it ever so tightly, thinking ... OMG... the guy that was trying to steal from me is literally so close to me we are touching arms! VERY SCARY! <BR/><BR/>I didn't say a word and just waited till we got to our stop. Losing an ID when you are 2,000 miles from home along with credit cards and all your cash; talk about total devastation! Can't get on a plane, get back into your hotel or buy anything, including food! Very scary that everything we need to survive is in that stupid wallet. <BR/><BR/>James, thank you for not telling us this story until you returned safe. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com