"gloria.p" > wrote in message
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.

I had a surreal experience the other week. I was walking along the
checkouts looking for an empty one, and I saw a woman's purse (not handbag
but a purse that money is kept in. Sorry i can't remember what you call it)
just sitting at the end of the line of groceries. The woman was at the
checkout end packing. I called to her. 'Excuse me, you have left your
purse here' She just smiled and said.. 'Ok it will come through' ????

She didn't look particularly gormless
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