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People Warned Me About Pickpockets In Barcelona. So I Made This…
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While planning a trip to Barcelona, numerous people told me to watch out for the large number of pickpockets that inhabit the city. Thinking of ways to avoid theft, I devised a way to exact sweet revenge on anyone audacious enough to try and steal my hard-earned money.
The result is this decoy wallet that has a couple of diabolical secrets hidden inside. This idea is just one of many in my ongoing project called Obvious Plant.
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What makes the glitter "vintage". This is really bugging me
It was taken from the bodies of strippers from the 1920's
Lul of the day.
Are you sure???
It's really old special, arsenic laced glitter!
Ann Ros'a haha
it's taken from old cards :P
Vintage and sparkle are the company branding the glitter you retard
if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all!
Actually says "Vintage & Sparkle Glitter." So it's vintage on one side and sparkly on the other?! WHAT?
I'd just make a thermite bomb. Fuck your thieving fingers.
Pedro is right. The main thing is not to dress like a tourist because tourists are the target. Try and dress like a local, it is not so difficult. Take with you every day no more money than you will need. And, incidentally, in Barcelona there are no more pickpockets than in any other city of the world.
"No more pickpockets than in any other city of the world" - OK, so why is it in the top 5 in Europe? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3423066/The-five-European-cities-likely-pickpocketed-avoid-victim.html
Why would you believe ANYTHING published on the daily mail????
Elliott: I take everything the Daily Mail with a grain of salt, but I trust it more than some random Internet post making a vague non-point. In this case, the data is based on a 2009 TripAdvisor study as mentioned in the article. And Jamie: No, actually I won't know the real deal if I live somewhere because statistics are objective and my day-to-day experiences (even if I try to inform myself from friends and acquaintances) are quite unreliable. Even people who live in a city for many years will be potentially worse informed about its crime rates than someone who spends about 5 minutes researching the topic. And no, I don't believe everything on FB too, and I am not sure why you are attacking my post (which contained a source, for better or for worse)rather than Ana's which just pulled the concept of Barcelona having "no more pickpockets than in any other city of the world" out of thin air. Why do you choose to believe her post and not mine?
You are quite right though that I should have checked more in depth about the list. In fact, the original source has the Top 10 cities in the world (not Europe): Top 10 cities worldwide to be on alert for pickpockets 1. Barcelona, Spain 2. Rome, Italy 3. Prague, Czech Republic 4. Madrid, Spain 5. Paris, France 6. Florence, Italy 7. Buenos Aires, Argentina 8. Amsterdam, Netherlands 9. Athens, Greece 10. Hanoi, Vietnam Hmmm, interesting.
Wayne, and a dash of “GTFOH with that shit” as well. LOL
Daily mail is fear mongering bullshit - take their negative nastiness with a pinch of salt
Thanks Wayne, I never thought of that! It's not like I wrote almost literally the same thing in my next post and then carried on and quoted the ranked original list (not compiled by the Daily Mail - you will have to read my post to find out!) where Barcelona is number one.
Julian, the same exact story has been published in many different publications. In fact, the original list is ranked, Barcelona being number 1.
Because it is in the Daily Mail doesn't make it true! They have a track record of racist anti foreigner discrimination.
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there is no such thing as wallet got stolen - there is a thing - person can't fucking focus on his belongings)
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Who cares that it was in the top 5 whatever! Do you know what other countries rate states in the US? States that I would never be afraid to walk around in! You don't know the real deal until you live somewhere,, but then again you probably believe everything on fb too.....
I've been in Barcelona for over 5 years and it's true. If you really want to get rid of your wallet walk on the Ramblas between 10 pm and 5 am. Or, Take the metro from Barceloneta station, guaranteed loss of stuff.
Barcelona is one of the less secure cities in the world. Most of criminals are out of jail because government don't want to invest in expensive jails and judicial system is extremely slow, most of pickpockets that are caught by police are in the streets again the next day. That's why more and more criminals go to Spain.
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In which way Barcelona represents aaaaaaall Spain?
I dressed like a local and went to La Sagrada Familia. Guess what? They took my camera from inside my backpack.
Dressing like locals ... i prefer to be robbed lol
LOL good one!! They dress that bad huh? 🤣🤣🤣
That is not true on a trip to Barcelona one guy in our group from college was mugged 3 times in a week ...he had nothing left to give them ! 3 other people we're mugged and I was strangled !
Hmm, I find that statement rather sweeping. I'm from Singapore and neither me nor anyone around me has ever been pickpocketed a day in our lives. Maybe if it has not happened to jus me, I've no case, but no one ard me, acquaintance, close Friend or family has ever been subjected to that. We have been really blessed. So the situation is not that bleak, there are countries where u can still walk around safely, regardless of the amt of money in ur pocket, wallet, bag, etc. :)
was it stolen
That's what I want to know too!
I prefer the idea of wearing a handbag full of actual shit. THAT is genius.
:D
they honestly wouldn't give a crap and just trash this and go for the next victim
I see you have never encountered glitter before. There were some at a new years eve party at my house seven years ago and although I moved twice since then I still find fragments of that shit here and there.
It’s like sand, it gets in ever Crack and Crevice!
they still wouldn't care, and continue doing what they do. Also,they will be opening it right here in the street and not in their house.
maybe an exploding dye bomb that coats the thieving scoundrels in hard to remove ink..
I do not understand the purpose of the author: he wants to donate a purse with a musical greeting card? Or what? Give it to me!
but if they don't take the crappy one and take my real wallet?
Mousetrap in the pocket - problem solved.
Clever. Wish I was clever.
Awesome!!! Hide the real wallet in your sock!
Customs will love that at the airport!
Awesome, but I don't see myself eing bothered to do any of this
being*
Brilliant. And funny! Good one ;)
Love this..!!!! :''''''''''''''''''''D
Lol. They'll be finding glitter forever 😂 NICE prank for pickpockets
and then you picked out the wrong wallet to pay "EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!!!!"
and then you accidentally pick out the wrong wallet.... "EVERYBODY DANCE NOW"
it's called common sense...went to New Orleans during Mardi Gras a few years ago... phone and wallet in one pocket and underneath my palm. they'd have to hold my hand to get it. not a single cent was stolen from me, although i could feel someone pawing at my backpack at one point (only had a spare change of clothes and umbrella and cheap things like that in it so nothing of value could have been taken)
Make one with a c4 detonator and I'll give it a whirl.
OMG xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD THIS IS THE BEST IDEA EVER!!!!
This is great!
Brilliant!
so you're telling me I should go around with my pockets full of glitter living in terror of being robbed come on guys get your shit together.... you make Barcelona sounds like dangerous or something I never felt safer and I can say I've been in few places in my life
Have a spring loaded ejector for the glitter and when the crook opens it it will shoot those tiny shards of glass in his her eyes and they will instinctively try to rub them which will permanently damage their eyes and cause permanent damage. But you have to get the kind that is made from glass, the kid friendly glitter is less harmful
I meant to say permanent blindness
I DO NOT FIND ANY NEED TO SAY BARCELONA, THE CORRECT WOULD BE "CITIES WHERE YOU ARE TOURIST". TOURISTS IN GREAT ABUNDANCE ATTRACT THE PRESENCE OF PROFESSIONAL THIEVES AND THEY ARE FROM INTERNATIONAL GROUPS OF SLAVES, OBLIGATED TO THE MENDICITY, PROSTITUTION AND SALE OF DRUGS THAT ARE IN ALL THE CITIES OF EUROPE.
I absolutely love this!
This is absolutely genuis! You are so creative and intellegent. This was the best thing. Now I want to use this to pull pranks on people. Just set it down, wait for someone to pick it up and see what is inside...
Get hold of some cyanide powder and sprinkle that on the inside of the wallet, they are bond to put their hand to their mouth some time in the day, that should teach the light fingered bastards.
I have been living in Barcelona for almost 10 years now, and have never been pickpocketed, and from safety point of view I can and have walked in many types of neighbourhoods even after midnight without any problem or fear whatsoever, and last: I read that pickpocketing has been addressed more intensively and strictly in the past 2 years and it has been decreased by 40 %.
Did it work?
Brilliant !!!!
So was the cheap glitter wallet lifted by pickpockets?
I do not understand the purpose of the author: he wants to donate a purse with a musical greeting card? Or what?
Detonate a purse you mean 😂😂😂
They will steal your wallet,and open it only when they are far away in a safe place,never around you!
I don't think any of them understand a word of english. Just avoid gypsies (men and women) and try to don't look so tourist. Pay special attention in Ramblas and in public transportation.
Bet pickpockets go after the locals as well.
Or a mouse trap in the wallet. :D Can still add the bunnies and music.
Same principle as marbles in a medicine cabinet.
We now need a demonstration video. That would be interesting...
Very genius and simple solution!
I'm from Barcelona, and pickpokers don't speak english
I like the song 'Everybody dance now' by C and C Music Factory though.
Creator is assuming that a pickpocket will open the wallet as soon as they pick it. They won't, they'll put it in their own pocket and casually walk away until they find a safe place to open it. No use at all
Doesn't matter when they open it. Just that they do.
time well spent.............................not
I doubt any of them understand a word of english, just avoid gypsy women (the dark-skin ones with a bad smell).
Hope it doesnt piss them off and they come after you.
maybe they shouldn't take things that don't belong to them in the first place...and if anyone deserves to be 'piss' it's the person whose personal items were stolen
What makes the glitter "vintage". This is really bugging me
It was taken from the bodies of strippers from the 1920's
Lul of the day.
Are you sure???
It's really old special, arsenic laced glitter!
Ann Ros'a haha
it's taken from old cards :P
Vintage and sparkle are the company branding the glitter you retard
if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all!
Actually says "Vintage & Sparkle Glitter." So it's vintage on one side and sparkly on the other?! WHAT?
I'd just make a thermite bomb. Fuck your thieving fingers.
Pedro is right. The main thing is not to dress like a tourist because tourists are the target. Try and dress like a local, it is not so difficult. Take with you every day no more money than you will need. And, incidentally, in Barcelona there are no more pickpockets than in any other city of the world.
"No more pickpockets than in any other city of the world" - OK, so why is it in the top 5 in Europe? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3423066/The-five-European-cities-likely-pickpocketed-avoid-victim.html
Why would you believe ANYTHING published on the daily mail????
Elliott: I take everything the Daily Mail with a grain of salt, but I trust it more than some random Internet post making a vague non-point. In this case, the data is based on a 2009 TripAdvisor study as mentioned in the article. And Jamie: No, actually I won't know the real deal if I live somewhere because statistics are objective and my day-to-day experiences (even if I try to inform myself from friends and acquaintances) are quite unreliable. Even people who live in a city for many years will be potentially worse informed about its crime rates than someone who spends about 5 minutes researching the topic. And no, I don't believe everything on FB too, and I am not sure why you are attacking my post (which contained a source, for better or for worse)rather than Ana's which just pulled the concept of Barcelona having "no more pickpockets than in any other city of the world" out of thin air. Why do you choose to believe her post and not mine?
You are quite right though that I should have checked more in depth about the list. In fact, the original source has the Top 10 cities in the world (not Europe): Top 10 cities worldwide to be on alert for pickpockets 1. Barcelona, Spain 2. Rome, Italy 3. Prague, Czech Republic 4. Madrid, Spain 5. Paris, France 6. Florence, Italy 7. Buenos Aires, Argentina 8. Amsterdam, Netherlands 9. Athens, Greece 10. Hanoi, Vietnam Hmmm, interesting.
Wayne, and a dash of “GTFOH with that shit” as well. LOL
Daily mail is fear mongering bullshit - take their negative nastiness with a pinch of salt
Thanks Wayne, I never thought of that! It's not like I wrote almost literally the same thing in my next post and then carried on and quoted the ranked original list (not compiled by the Daily Mail - you will have to read my post to find out!) where Barcelona is number one.
Julian, the same exact story has been published in many different publications. In fact, the original list is ranked, Barcelona being number 1.
Because it is in the Daily Mail doesn't make it true! They have a track record of racist anti foreigner discrimination.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
there is no such thing as wallet got stolen - there is a thing - person can't fucking focus on his belongings)
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Who cares that it was in the top 5 whatever! Do you know what other countries rate states in the US? States that I would never be afraid to walk around in! You don't know the real deal until you live somewhere,, but then again you probably believe everything on fb too.....
I've been in Barcelona for over 5 years and it's true. If you really want to get rid of your wallet walk on the Ramblas between 10 pm and 5 am. Or, Take the metro from Barceloneta station, guaranteed loss of stuff.
Barcelona is one of the less secure cities in the world. Most of criminals are out of jail because government don't want to invest in expensive jails and judicial system is extremely slow, most of pickpockets that are caught by police are in the streets again the next day. That's why more and more criminals go to Spain.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
In which way Barcelona represents aaaaaaall Spain?
I dressed like a local and went to La Sagrada Familia. Guess what? They took my camera from inside my backpack.
Dressing like locals ... i prefer to be robbed lol
LOL good one!! They dress that bad huh? 🤣🤣🤣
That is not true on a trip to Barcelona one guy in our group from college was mugged 3 times in a week ...he had nothing left to give them ! 3 other people we're mugged and I was strangled !
Hmm, I find that statement rather sweeping. I'm from Singapore and neither me nor anyone around me has ever been pickpocketed a day in our lives. Maybe if it has not happened to jus me, I've no case, but no one ard me, acquaintance, close Friend or family has ever been subjected to that. We have been really blessed. So the situation is not that bleak, there are countries where u can still walk around safely, regardless of the amt of money in ur pocket, wallet, bag, etc. :)
was it stolen
That's what I want to know too!
I prefer the idea of wearing a handbag full of actual shit. THAT is genius.
:D
they honestly wouldn't give a crap and just trash this and go for the next victim
I see you have never encountered glitter before. There were some at a new years eve party at my house seven years ago and although I moved twice since then I still find fragments of that shit here and there.
It’s like sand, it gets in ever Crack and Crevice!
they still wouldn't care, and continue doing what they do. Also,they will be opening it right here in the street and not in their house.
maybe an exploding dye bomb that coats the thieving scoundrels in hard to remove ink..
I do not understand the purpose of the author: he wants to donate a purse with a musical greeting card? Or what? Give it to me!
but if they don't take the crappy one and take my real wallet?
Mousetrap in the pocket - problem solved.
Clever. Wish I was clever.
Awesome!!! Hide the real wallet in your sock!
Customs will love that at the airport!
Awesome, but I don't see myself eing bothered to do any of this
being*
Brilliant. And funny! Good one ;)
Love this..!!!! :''''''''''''''''''''D
Lol. They'll be finding glitter forever 😂 NICE prank for pickpockets
and then you picked out the wrong wallet to pay "EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!!!!"
and then you accidentally pick out the wrong wallet.... "EVERYBODY DANCE NOW"
it's called common sense...went to New Orleans during Mardi Gras a few years ago... phone and wallet in one pocket and underneath my palm. they'd have to hold my hand to get it. not a single cent was stolen from me, although i could feel someone pawing at my backpack at one point (only had a spare change of clothes and umbrella and cheap things like that in it so nothing of value could have been taken)
Make one with a c4 detonator and I'll give it a whirl.
OMG xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD THIS IS THE BEST IDEA EVER!!!!
This is great!
Brilliant!
so you're telling me I should go around with my pockets full of glitter living in terror of being robbed come on guys get your shit together.... you make Barcelona sounds like dangerous or something I never felt safer and I can say I've been in few places in my life
Have a spring loaded ejector for the glitter and when the crook opens it it will shoot those tiny shards of glass in his her eyes and they will instinctively try to rub them which will permanently damage their eyes and cause permanent damage. But you have to get the kind that is made from glass, the kid friendly glitter is less harmful
I meant to say permanent blindness
I DO NOT FIND ANY NEED TO SAY BARCELONA, THE CORRECT WOULD BE "CITIES WHERE YOU ARE TOURIST". TOURISTS IN GREAT ABUNDANCE ATTRACT THE PRESENCE OF PROFESSIONAL THIEVES AND THEY ARE FROM INTERNATIONAL GROUPS OF SLAVES, OBLIGATED TO THE MENDICITY, PROSTITUTION AND SALE OF DRUGS THAT ARE IN ALL THE CITIES OF EUROPE.
I absolutely love this!
This is absolutely genuis! You are so creative and intellegent. This was the best thing. Now I want to use this to pull pranks on people. Just set it down, wait for someone to pick it up and see what is inside...
Get hold of some cyanide powder and sprinkle that on the inside of the wallet, they are bond to put their hand to their mouth some time in the day, that should teach the light fingered bastards.
I have been living in Barcelona for almost 10 years now, and have never been pickpocketed, and from safety point of view I can and have walked in many types of neighbourhoods even after midnight without any problem or fear whatsoever, and last: I read that pickpocketing has been addressed more intensively and strictly in the past 2 years and it has been decreased by 40 %.
Did it work?
Brilliant !!!!
So was the cheap glitter wallet lifted by pickpockets?
I do not understand the purpose of the author: he wants to donate a purse with a musical greeting card? Or what?
Detonate a purse you mean 😂😂😂
They will steal your wallet,and open it only when they are far away in a safe place,never around you!
I don't think any of them understand a word of english. Just avoid gypsies (men and women) and try to don't look so tourist. Pay special attention in Ramblas and in public transportation.
Bet pickpockets go after the locals as well.
Or a mouse trap in the wallet. :D Can still add the bunnies and music.
Same principle as marbles in a medicine cabinet.
We now need a demonstration video. That would be interesting...
Very genius and simple solution!
I'm from Barcelona, and pickpokers don't speak english
I like the song 'Everybody dance now' by C and C Music Factory though.
Creator is assuming that a pickpocket will open the wallet as soon as they pick it. They won't, they'll put it in their own pocket and casually walk away until they find a safe place to open it. No use at all
Doesn't matter when they open it. Just that they do.
time well spent.............................not
I doubt any of them understand a word of english, just avoid gypsy women (the dark-skin ones with a bad smell).
Hope it doesnt piss them off and they come after you.
maybe they shouldn't take things that don't belong to them in the first place...and if anyone deserves to be 'piss' it's the person whose personal items were stolen