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Interesting bit relatively early in the video: the thief asks someone to watch her bag. I'm assuming the idea is that the person would then ask back, "and boom".

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That's clever. Whenever I get asked to watch another person's stuff in a cafe, I wonder to myself why they think I'm so worthy of their trust. Recent laptops which suspend quickly and lack delicate hard drives are easier than ever to move with you at all times, so the problem is easy to obviate.

> Whenever I get asked to watch another person's stuff in a cafe, I wonder to myself why they think I'm so worthy of their trust.

Because by asking you, they are trusting you. By not asking anyone, they have to trust every single person around.

Plus, if their stuff goes missing, they can be pretty much certain who the culprit is, in terms of offering some kind of description to the police.

In college a thief used the tactic you describe, establishing trust by asking to watch his stuff, to a girl in finals week at Starbucks. I think she flunked that semester.

Thank you, Simone.

Simone??

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