stumpf@homxa.UUCP (P.STUMPF) (04/12/85)
Re:pickpockets/pursesnatchers I have seen, or experienced, or been with someone who has had such troubles in a number of large cities around the world. It's real hard to pay attention to warnings until your first bad experience, and then it's too late. But try. I wear a money belt (and I'm 6'5"); pickpockets don't care how big you are - they don't expect to be caught. In some places, "kids" on motorbikes make their bucks snatching purses from women walking near the curb. An effective means of carrying money is to wear a small purse (e.g. leather back) on a string around your neck and under your clothing. Avoid wearing gold chains (everywhere (or is that anywhere?)). On the bright side, there are honest people too: I lost a passport/wallet/money carrier in a small town in Scotland, and everything was returned to the police station before I got there to report it (this was my first trip overseas). -- Pete Stumpf ..!ihnp4!homxa!stumpf US MAIL AT&T-Labs Room WB 1L-331/Crawford Corners Road/Holmdel,NJ 07733 Phone 201-870-7368 (CORNET 266-7368)
9234dwz@houxf.UUCP (T.SIEFRING) (04/12/85)
-->On the bright side, there are honest people too:
-->I lost a passport/wallet/money carrier in a small
-->town in Scotland, and everything was returned to the police station
-->before I got there to report it (this was my first trip overseas).
-->--
-->Pete Stumpf ..!ihnp4!homxa!stumpf
-->
Pete is right and we should be thankful that they do exist, we can
re-affirm "honesty is the best policy" by making sure that we reward
honesty whenever we can.
BTW - 10% is an oft quoted reward amount although in the case of
something that you really can't put a value on 15-20% might be a
better idea.
I've been on both ends of the lost/found situation and when the
reward was less than 10% I found myself wondering if I shouldn't
have kept the item myself !!!! Think about it .
Dave Peak
@ !hotel!dxp
"I am the God of Hellfire, and I bring you fire" - CWoA Brown2141smh@rduxb.UUCP (henning) (04/12/85)
> Pete is right and we should be thankful that they do exist, we can > re-affirm "honesty is the best policy" by making sure that we reward > honesty whenever we can. > I've been on both ends of the lost/found situation and when the > reward was less than 10% I found myself wondering if I shouldn't > have kept the item myself !!!! Think about it . Personally, I would never reward someone who was "honest" so that they could get a reward. If they were genuinely "honest", they would not solicit a reward and one would have to be genuinely creative to find a way to express their thanks in an amount greater than just compensating them for their time and expense. A reward of 10% sounds like the rip-off lawyers pull on the victims they "help". :-) There are times when 200% would be more appropriate, such as keepsakes, and others when anything would be inappropriate, such as professionals who are doing their job with a smile.