Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:

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>
> Most of my groceries, and my purse! And no, I don't worry about wiping
> it down first... if the cart looks particularly grubby I'll use a
> different one, but that's about the limit of my caring.


Never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, EVER
leave your purse in the grocery cart unless you are inviting someone
to steal the purse or your wallet from it.

This week in two very far-flung areas of Denver there have been men
in grocery stores stealing valuables from shoppers' carts. In addition,
they have been reaching into the passenger's side of cars and stealing
purses when women return grocery carts to the "corrals" or when they
put their purse inside and unload groceries into the trunk. In at least
one local parking lot there has been a duo, thief and lookout, and they
have worked the parking lots on both of the stores on opposite corners.

The bad economy is spawning many more scams.

gloria p