Today, I felt a tug on my backpack and found my wallet missing. A nice stranger pointed to a guy running down the stairs and said "There goes the guy who took your wallet!" I ran to catch the supposed offender. The 'nice' stranger was the actual offender distracting me as he got away. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while being robbed, a man heroically chased down the robber and got my purse back. He then looked at the distance between us, turned the other way and ran off with it. FML
Today, I saw a woman drop her wallet in the grocery store. Being a good citizen, I sprinted after her to return it. She heard me running, panicked and took off. I ended up chasing her through three aisles saying, “Wait! I have your wallet!” Security got involved. FML
Today, on the way home, a guy yelled "Hey, YOU!" from behind me, so I walked faster. He ran up to me, shouting, "I said stop, asshole!" I almost pissed myself in fear, thinking I was being mugged. Turns out I'd left my wallet at the grocery store, and he was just trying to return it. FML
Today, I after getting off the bus, I realized that the man I was talking to was distracting me so his "buddy" could steal my wallet. FML
Today, I was walking down the street, when a little old lady bumped into me and fell over. I helped her up and she thanked me for being "such a nice young man". It was only an hour later as I was in line at the store that I realized she'd pickpocketed my wallet. FML
Today, I saw a cute guy on the bus. I smiled at him and he smiled back. After a couple of stops, he got off the bus. He bumped into me, turned around, apologized, and winked. I stood there feeling good about myself. Then I realized he stole my wallet. FML
Today, I had to chase down and tackle a boy (around 11 or 12) at my workplace after I caught him snatching someone's wallet and trying to quickly sneak out with it. Now everyone thinks I have something against children, even after I returned the stranger's wallet and explained that the little brat is a thief. FML
Today, I was walking through a rough part of town, when a woman screamed that I'd stolen her bag. I was tackled to the ground by a large guy, who then gave my bag to her. FML
Today, while I was walking home from work, it started to rain. Clutching my bag in one hand, I started to run so I wouldn't get too wet. I saw a man running towards me and all of a sudden he tackled me to the ground. He thought I had stolen someone's handbag. FML
Today, I had gone to the store and bought a new wallet. 5 minutes later a security guard asks for my receipt. Turns out I had dropped my receipt. Some guy had picked it up and pretended I had stole his wallet. The guard confiscated my wallet because the guy had "his" receipt to prove it. FML
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Top comments
Synnie 0
Smart guy. Crap. There goes our only advantage.
allmidnighteyes 11
YDI for keeping your wallet in your backpack.
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Sp1tfire 0
YDI in my honest opinion. If you had any street smarts you would know that the guy RIGHT NEXT TO YOU probably stole that wallet, nobody runs that fast, you would have seen him run past you. Out of the corner of your eye or otherwise, unless you move at the speed of a rock. Either you see him, or you turn around to see him fairly close to you and running away.
Yawn823 0
hilarious that you fell for such a trick, its like something out of family guy XD
Six_and_the_Moon 3
@ 37 Really? I'd suspect mercury-laced flowers and razor-bladed lollies. I must be overly jaded.
b5200 0
Pickpockets are smarter then people give them credit. I once spent a few weeks studying techniques so I could mess with my friend, I don't even remember how many times I took his wallet in one day.
ithedarkone 0
Damn that dude is a pro. WOOT. You got to admit he owned you very well. Just to pull that off right on the spot takes a lot of skills and street smart.
Intoxicunt 6
Mercy, you ignorant ****! I'm kidding. I love you. ****. NO! Wonderful lady. Look the point is, you changed your pic. WHY!?
jess_seventy 0
I feel compelled to say that this offender was extremely clever. Also, that sucks. One more thing, If he'd been stealing my wallet, I'd probably be in awe.. LOL.
qwertyone 0
Wow, I do feel bad for you but on the other hand... OWNED!
DeathShad0 1
Thief 1, You 0.
piano993 0
sorry, it's like bugs bunny (he ran that way!). don't fall for it, elmer fudd. then again, I feel bad for you. I'd be pissed, so I hope you didn't have like more than 20 bucks.