I neglected to blog this last week but on Friday January 25 at 9 am, I was conducting a PS 321 Yearbook meeting with a group of about ten women. We were sitting in the back room at Sweet Melissa’s. One of the women had her bag stolen off of her chair.
Afterwards, quite a few of us remembered seeing a man sit down at an adjacent table. He left quickly. None of us thought anything of it until our friend realized that her bag had been stolen.
Yeah, I know. It happens all the time in NYC and it’s a big no no to leave your bag on a chair. I had two bags stolen from Fanelli’s in SoHo because I put it on my chair.
I guess it took two losses for me to get it. DUH.
But I think people in Park Slope tend to leave their purses everywhere: on chairs in restaurants, on strollers, etc.
So this is just a wake up call. Don’t leave your bag unattended or on the chair you are sitting at local restaurants. I’m sure every purse snatcher in town knows that many in Park Slope leave their bags hanging…
You always need to be careful with your handbag, expecially in the city. These days you just can’t trust anyone. Sorry to hear about the loss.
I have stopped a bad habit . I would leave my keys in the upper cup holder on the stroller during the kid and me walks. So see this..”I walk out of the house and if the bad people are watching of course they now know where I live..and the keys to the house are right there near the handle bars//.. I go to the grocery and if there is a moment of distraction the keys are visible and easy to snatch.. like duh.. didn’t I grow up in Brooklyn and realize how dumb that move is?