This couple that was in the same train as me, left their seats to change the diaper of their little baby.
Not only did they go away from their luggage, but they left two phones and a large tablet visible and unattended for quite some time!
I had all my shit stolen in Spain.
Cant spell spain without Pain
España
Ethpañyuh
What does bread have to do with it?
no one wants my shit, i have to flush it myself
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🎵Well I’ve been up to Paris
And I’ve slept in a park
Went down to Barcelona
Someone broke in my car🎶
Yeah, it’s not the same there as in Scandinavia. My big sister lived in Spain for about 10 years and got robbed several times, while she has lived in Sweden the rest of her life and had never been robbed. I realise this can partially be because she didn’t know what to do right in Spain to not get robbed, but the simple fact that it’s something she (and mostly everyone else) in Scandinavia never need to learn or think about says something about the difference. I’m in no way saying Spain or anywhere else is a worse place or that the people there are worse, it’s just a fact and there’s no other meaning behind it.
This is one of the fundamental things in danish society. We live in a society.
I love denmark 🇩🇰
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Extra plot twist: OP took the photo with the phone he stole from the seat before.
This thread is the perfect alibi for OP, AKA the mobile bandit, the name being a reference to the items they steal and the fact that they only steal items while travelling
when I went to Denmark this year, my train was full of my fellow Londoners.
Tip from me, don’t leave anything unattended as long as you allow tourists.
Thanks for your clever solution
Who says everyone on the train is from Denmark? Leaving expensive items unattended in public is a stupid thing to do, no matter where you are.
How do you feel about the danish standard of leaving babies outside in their stroller to sleep?
Nobody wants to steal your noisy shit machine.
Exactly.
Norway does that too.
A believe all of Scandinavia does.
It sure streamlines the adoption process.
How often do you think something bad happens?
Like 7 times. At least.
Per nap. At least.
I think it’s great. Normalize children being left alone.
You mean like school shootings has been normalized in a certain police state?
Nah, it can be totally fine.
I don’t want to pack my entire train setup everytime I need to take a piss, especially when there is a close to zero chance that anything will get stolen.
Sure
It’s like this in (non-major city) Germany, with one exception: if you blink before locking your bike up, it’s gone. I’ve seen laptops in public areas sit undisturbed for hours, but almost everyone I know has had at least one bike stolen.
One lady saw me locking my bike up with 12mm thick chain and expressed sadness that we have to go to such lengths as a society just to keep others from touching things that aren’t theirs. I sometimes think of her now when I’m locking up my bike.
Doubly sad too, since some people don’t have cars, and bikes are their primary means of transit.
Not uncommon here in Japan, either. People leave phones/handbags to reserve a table when they go to order at the counter (at a cafe etc). It’s nice not to have to constantly worry about theft as much as other some countries. Not to say that there is no crime because that’s not true.
Yeah and then they visit Paris or London and their belongings get robbed right from under their noses, because they are so naive. Thanks to these dewy-eyed Asian tourists, Asians living in Europe always get targeted when they visit a touristy area.
Denmark is an extremely high trust society. Babies left in the carriage outside a shop, let yourself into the library after hours with your card, often things on the street that are for sale you can just take and mobile pay (like Venmo
but from the government) someone on the honor policy.It’s nice
like Venmo but from the government
I don’t think Mobilepay is from the goverment. It was originally created by a bank, and actually there were several competing options to start with. This one won out, and is indeed the dominant mobile payment option, but as far as i know, it still is a separate and private company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobilePay
Oh, duh, danske bank made it. Good call!
It’s really pretty simple, happy people don’t tend to be assholes. Politicians, if you want less crime don’t build more prisons, make life better. I mean, that’s your job isn’t it?
Yes, but consider that too many people in power have no fucking clue how to run a country and they see public funds like a cookie jar.
Yep. Just basic trust in human decency in action. This shouldn’t be news worthy. It’s theft that’s unusual and immoral and should be the cause for concern.
They seem to have erected some crude red force fields around their belongings.
Many parts of Asia are also like this
I live in Denmark but felt even more at ease visiting Taiwan. Their bike locks are a polite reminder and not real security and yet it seems to work.
Maybe the value of the digital stuff is nothing compared to the heroin being transported in the bags!
Trains are pretty safe but we’re currently experiencing a bike crime epidemic. Which I suppose is itself very Danish.
ew! a reddit link!?
This post stress me the hell out.
Steal everything, leave the electronics.
TBF on a train, there aren’t a lot of places anything could disappear to unless there’s a stop in between.
Sleep deprivation can make people do stupid things. Also a baby can sometimes demand all your attention so you forget everything else.
It’s nice that this turned out to be a safe situation!
(And also that there wasn’t a bomb in those bags, just possibly a used diaper.)
How chaotic are peoples lives in other countries. From a lot of these comments it sounds like there must be thieves and terrorists everywhere.
You get one experience getting something expensive/cared about stolen and it sticks with you. It’s part of how our brains are wired.
Just a few thieves in one area can quickly change a culture.
When i was a kid no one in the neighborhood locked their house, garages would be left open. Then thefts started happening. Garages were closed, doors started being locked. The thieves were eventually caught (teenagers turned in by their parents) but the garages have stayed shut and houses locked and it’s been a couple decades.
Kind of depends on where you are in other countries. If you’re in a crowded major metro area, stuff gets stolen. My office has three badged doors, and once a year someone ghosts in behind an employee and jacks a bunch of laptops.
The social safety net in many countries is shit, so people get desperate and try to make ends meet by selling your shit.
Yeah, my home country isn’t exactly known for being safe from theft. But where I grew up, it was pretty normal for people to just leave stuff outside since everyone knew everyone. I rode motorbikes a lot and I rarely put it in the garage. I mostly just left it unlocked, unless it was overnight. Similar during college and stuff but only inside the campus. Outside was a metro area, and there will be thieves.
I think it’s directly proportional to the number of disenfranchised and homeless people. There’s a severe lack of support from the government, so I can’t even blame them in good conscience.
