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How do Europeans react to pickpockets?
I caught a pickpocket in Madrid with his hand in my girlfriend’s purse. He was directly behind us on the escalator. We just kind of were like “hey not cool,” then had an awkward escalator ride. We were late for a flight, so didn’t really have time to do much anyway.
I have had stuff stolen in Paris. Mostly, you have no idea it happened until they’re long gone.
You caught a man with his hand in your girlfriend's purse, and his punishment was a "hey, not cool" and 15 seconds of awkward escalator?
No fucking wonder that happens CONSTANTLY when an awkward 15 second escalator ride is the punishment for getting caught.
What do you suggest they should've done instead in that situation? Assault him and get arrested? Report him to the police or airport security and miss the flight while getting the bureaucratic run-around?
Cause a scene. Be obnoxious and in their face. You don't have to throw a punch to be scary.
Sounds like your police protect criminals and not the victims if what you're describing is true.
To be fair ours in the US mostly do this, too.
Nah, I suggest they should try aggressively shitting their pants, synchronized with their girlfriend.
Surely the sound + smell will attract the authority figure they so need, and the situation will resolve itself quickly. Much more effective than a stern look!
God what a bunch of pussies.
Correct me if I am wrong but isn't average American scared to walk to church without a gun of there are 80 year old homeless people on the way?
Stand corrected, as you are quite wrong.
Nah. There’s a subset sure but not really. I don’t carry anything and I feel no fear. I even lived in Detroit and walked around at night. It was fine.
I haven’t even seen a gun in years. You’re out of touch with reality.
I'm an American and I see guns literally every day. Are you not counting cops, security guards, and soldiers?
I have no reason to come into contact with cops, security guards, or soldiers on a regular basis. I can only assume your “literally” is facetious as well because literally every day is absurd.
And in the context of replying to someone making claims against the “average American” carrying guns, I think it’s appropriate to omit people carrying for work, yes.
Do you not see the guns on people carrying for work? I do in fact literally see guns every single day.
Do you not see the guns on people carrying for work?
I didn’t say I don’t see them, I said I would omit them. As in not count them. In direct response to your question.
I do in fact literally see guns every single day.
Literally every day? Literally every. Single. Day?
Even if there’s a cop on every street corner waving his gun in the air, you’ve never stayed home on a saturday? You’ve never gone camping? Never spent the day anywhere where there weren’t guns?
I've been in a situation like that. Street perfomance, many a people. Some guy bumped behind me. I somehow quickly noticed a lack of phone. I told my dad, soon as I realised. He went up to the guy, the guy was all like "eh, he dropped it" or whatever. Feels like they just be awkward
It usually isn't worth the time to call the police and wait for them while trying to retain the person(s). If the stolen value is under 400 euros they can only get a fine.
Yeah when I was robbed in Paris, the police did nothing.
So no one calls the police and no one beats the shit out of them? No wonder you have a problem with pickpockets. You want to be robbed as a society.
I have never been robbed. I have only seen it a couple of times in the metro, so it isn't really a problem here.
I think you destroyed him emotionally.
warn other people of their presence, publicly shame them
Has public shame worked so far?
Evidently not
Sounds like they just shrug it off like wusses. “Ope don’t get to own that anymore “