In the black streets of the world or on the station quays, it only takes a moment of inattention so that a hand slips into your handbag. Fortunately, a very easy to implement tip attracts attention to networks and dozens of Internet users are already applying it.
In Paris, Barcelona or Naples, even the most prudent tourists are sometimes being fooled. It only takes a crowded metro train, a crowd in front of a famous site or a moment of floating on a sidewalk so that a bag opens without anyone noticing. And despite frequent reminders of vigilance, the firing flights remain a common sport in tourist places.
Pickpockets work in duet or in a group. They know how to recognize an ill -closed zipper or a distracted hand. Some targets are more attractive than others. Open bags, flexible models, those hanging behind their backs. But the simplest for them is an easy to open bag without noise, without resistance, without anyone noticing the gesture. The big brands may offer anti -theft models to several tens of euros, thieves are always one step ahead.
To slow down their gesture, several options exist such as keeping your bag in front of you or avoiding putting your papers in the large central pocket. But not all these reflexes are enough. On Instagram, an account that plebisages accessories of all kinds has shared a technique seen more than 200,000 times. It is based on an object that almost everyone already has at home. An accessory that no one suspects and which, once well positioned, makes the opening of the bag more difficult, even impossible.
It was a young woman who presented the cunning in a short video. She wears a classic banana bag, with a zipper on top. She takes out a hair clip, holds it between two fingers, then inserts it into the metal loop of the closure. The clip is pretty and above all, it is good.
Thanks to this tip, the pickpocket will take longer to understand why it cannot open a bag, multiplying the chances of being spotted. And if he still tries, the noise of the clip or the resistance of the gesture will alert the victim. A gesture that is more than enough to discourage certain thieves and for whom you will no longer be an easy target.
