Tuesday, February 16, 2010

pick pocketing in madrid

camera, ipod, wallet with full salary in cash and credit cards, coin purse with 1.50 euros. i was the victim of a couple of pick pocketers one february evening. but jokes on them, they only took my coin purse with 1.50 euros - suckers!

Ok, so the full story. Lupo (visiting us from Panama that week), Cynthia (Morra), Kim and I were on the metro home during rush hour. we were huddled around one pole in the middle of the train. there was this sketchy couple that were speaking russian or something (and the chick DEFINITELY had a mustache). this is what it looked like: the guy went to hug his mustached girlfriend and i felt something near my purse. i moved it and mouthed to Morra, "I think they are trying to pick pocket me". at the next stop, when people got off, they moved and sandwiched Morra. She only had dirty tupperware in her bag, so they wouldnt have gotten anything good at all. then at the next stop, they moved to kimmie. when our stop came, Morra, lupo and i started to get off the train. we noticed kimmie wasnt following us so we turn around to see that the mustached lady had opened the button on kimmie's coat to take her wallet out. When kimmie turned around (she felt something in her pocket), the mustached lady dropped the wallet and kimmie grabbed it. at this point, lupo and i are trying to reopen the metro doors so kimmie could get off and morra had jumped back on the train from the other entrance, ready to drop kick the mustached lady's ass. the pick pocketers ran down the train. Kim and morra reported them at the next station but i doubt they caught them (although i dont know how many mustached ladies ride the metro nowadays).

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