I posted this anecdote because I found it amusing and I thought some of you might find it amusing too. And I genuinely admired the skill involved.
Yes, carrying a wallet in a back pocket could be seen as stupid. But know what? I'm only prepared to go so far in tailoring my life to cater for the risks of crime. We don't set our burglar alarm at home (and have avoided insurance policies that give discounts for doing so) because we don't want to get sucked into the mentality of thinking of our home as a fortress. I mostly use a cheap cable lock for my bike. And, whilst I take some basic steps like having a different credit card and some cash in a different place and my passport (harder to replace) in an inside pocket, I am loath to sacrifice the convenience of an easily accessible wallet. Life is for enjoying not fearing?
I do acknowledge, however, (
@colly and others) that my ability to be relatively sanguine about the loss of a hundred euro is largely contingent on my having arrived at a fortunate stage in life where that sum is less critical to me (or me just caring less about money) than it was for many years.
Finally, although this wasn't intended to be a political thread, I do just note in passing that it probably does all of us, for whom it is rarer experience, good now and again to experience victimhood, however superficially.
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