Oxford Street words of warning !
Getting cash from an ATM one night after much alcoholic intake I had just put my card back in my wallet and slipped the wallet into my jacket pocket as the machine whirred and clanked counting my taxi fare when some scumbag runs into me knocking me away from the machine, grabs the cash that the machine has just spat out and sets off up Oxford street like a greased whippet on amphetamines. Me being of the inebreated state thinks once about setting off in pursuit but thinks better of it since our high speed assailant is already two hundred yards away. Went back to the machine and performed said transaction again looking round all the time like a scared meerkat, got me cash and taxi to my hotel. Reported it to the police who were less than disinterested. Not sure what this crime would be called but his timing of the run into me to co-incide with the ATM spitting out the cash was impeccable, bastard!
(Elnicko Nearly pub O'Clock, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 10:55, Reply)