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• GL that just brought a smile to my face! - 430cruz 11:38:54 04/20/15 (0)
  In Reply to: Re: "Watch your wallet and tell your wife to keep nothing valuable in her purse". posted by 15945 on April 14, 2015 at 20:51:39

  Our second vacation as Newley Weds was to Jamaica back in the mid 90's. The bus ride to Negril was rather longish and they announced a mid point stop for bathroom break and drinks. We pulled into a small off road area with a few shacks and tables for the fleecing of the tourists. Let the harassment begin as soon as we step off the bus. I warned my wife to keep her bag close and that we are not buying anything here, I know my way around this island and will take you to the nice places with the nice islanders. These two guys kept bothering us trying to drag us around and buy some crap for good money. I politely told them "no thank you" several times but this was to be a 30 min stop and they were not happy with my negativity to purchasing. About 10 minutes in one guy puts a scarf over my wife's shoulders and says "so crisp mon, you look crisp in this" as I see the other guy lean towards my wife and reach into her bag. That group of hucksters never saw a wrist lock turned arm bar before. That dude released her purse and yelped like a lamb in a bear trap. Every passenger on our bus saw it go down so needless to say we were back on the road to Negril in minutes. :)
  
  Wife says "What the F... was that move you did back there?" I laughed and said "I told you to watch your bag but you made me watch it instead, so next time listen to me!"
  I still laugh about it to this day but she looks petrified when we are traveling now and I say "watch your bag."
  
  

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• Re:i can give a good guess why you nearly got your green lantern torched.... - wangmr 05:40:48 04/18/15 (0)
  In Reply to: Re: "Watch your wallet and tell your wife to keep nothing valuable in her purse". posted by Green Lantern on April 14, 2015 at 20:51:39

  that is, robbed: the previous customer TIPPED like you did and that just encouraged the robber conduct. hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
  
  roger wang
  

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• Re: "Watch your wallet and tell your wife to keep nothing valuable in her purse". - Inmate51 08:02:00 04/15/15 (0)
  In Reply to: Re: "Watch your wallet and tell your wife to keep nothing valuable in her purse". posted by Green Lantern on April 14, 2015 at 20:51:39

  Wow, interesting story! With the extreme poverty in which many of those people live, there's a lot of scamming and shenanigans like that going on, 'cause people are just trying to make some money, but they want to keep a low profile and don't want trouble. Your threat was obviously enough for them to wait for a more docile target.
  
  Years ago, I was in Florence, Italy, at their huge outdoor market, with vendors selling all kinds of things. One stand had some really cool chess sets. For whatever reason, the kind I wanted he didn't have at the stand, but he said he had some in his warehouse, so he told to walk with him over to it. Well, we're walking down some street and then down another, and then into some desolate almost alley-like little street, and I'm starting to get the heebee-geebees. I was ready to bolt on a moment's notice. We stopped at a non-descript door which he unlocked and we went in. And what was waiting for me in there? All kinds of chess sets and other wares! Whew! I bought a nice metal set of men (no board) for a ridiculously low price of about $10 (this was back when the dollar was actually worth something). Then we walked back to the market.
  
  :)
  
  

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