28084: Stidham (comment) Re: re 28080 Labrom re pickpockets in Jacmel (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

> From David Stidham  (stiddemdavid@aol.com)

I've been pickpocketed so many time in  Port-au-Prince I think I now know
when it is happening.  I am always amazed  how graceful and polite Haitians
walk--never bumping or brushing against  anyone--even in the narrow, crowded
 passageways through the cramped vendor  stalls along major streets.  If I 
am even
the slightest bumped or brushed  by someone in those conditions, I
 automatically know it is a pickpocket.   Once I was bumped into by a guy 
who apologized,
and I walked on.  After a  few steps, I had this funny feeling.  I reached for
my front jeans pocket  in which I had placed a few bills and had stuffed a
handkerchief.  The  handkerchief was gone, along with a few US dollars. The one
goud note I had in  my pocket was still there.  I figured the pickpocket kept
what he thought  was of value, but returned the worthless goud to my pocket.