San Francisco
Me and a friend were having a quick smoke in Union Square at midnight after a big night out. we see two guys heading our way and get a sinking feeling, they sit either side of us and one talks to my friend whilst the other gets a wrap out of his pocket, which has some white powder on it, and pushes it under my face asking if we want to buy some gear.

we keep saying no, then suddenly they get up and go - whereupon my friend says 'they've got your wallet' - i check and realised the one next to me had draped his jacket over my leg and lifted my wallet while i was staring at this powder. being nice middle-class english boys, and being a bit mashed, we didn't think about jumping him, just followed him around the park asking for the wallet back (he wouldn't/couldn't leave because of cops outside). he kept reaching for something behind his back which i later realised was him pretending to get a gun.

eventually he owned up to having it and let us pay him 20 bucks to get it back. i thought it was money well spent, it was a very skillful, old school non-violent lift and a top buzz
( harryfreeze Ignore, Hide, I like this!, Reply, Fri 16 Jun 2006, 11:27, Reply)