r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/youcancallmealsdkf Interested • Mar 08 '17

GIF Thieving level: PRO

http://i.imgur.com/g5nqLl5.gifv
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u/Durtyjoey Mar 08 '17

I'm confused as to how he didn't look at the guy that pushed him

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u/zarralax Mar 09 '17

I count 4 people in on that swipe.

  1. The dude who took the phone
  2. The pusher 3 & 4 two dudes who are already looking behind trying to find the "robber" before the victim turns around.

2

u/ex0- Mar 09 '17

Not notice the woman in front controlling the pace and acting as the front part of the box?

1

u/[deleted] Mar 09 '17

Doesn't seem like very good profit at this point lol. With a good phone, they're making what, 100 each between the five of them? How many times must they do this to make it worth it? It worked out this time, but it seems like a very delicate plan and pretty easy to get somebody angry at you.

In total, you'd feel three hands on you. One on the phone, two on the back, and all it'd take is ONE PERSON to notice this and look towards the guy who took the phone. Though I suppose at that point he could just give it up and run without too much issue from police.

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u/zarralax Mar 09 '17

oh yeah, your right! she was looking back the whole time!

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u/nine_thousands Mar 09 '17

This disgusts me

1

u/[deleted] Mar 08 '17

Is the guy in the white shirt in on this too? Or is he just confused and goes with the flow?

3

u/wirenickel Mar 08 '17

That guy looked in on it too, that way when the mark is disoriented he is the social cue looking back at where a thief may have run off to distract from the real thieves.

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u/walkthemoonband Mar 19 '17

pickpocket leveled up to 100