Ways not to lock your bike

I locked my bike to a short bollard using a cable lock once. It was very easy to lift over the bollard but I was sitting RIGHT BESIDE it the whole time it was there. A drug addict saw it and went crazy!! he started shouting obscenities about the fking wker that locked their bike like that. He blamed the country's financial decline on people who would leave their bike in such an un-secure manner. He made quite a scene, many people stopped to listen to his rant. Not knowing it was mine he looked for my support in his hatred of me, (I was forced to agree with him). Needless to say I waited till he and everybody watching had gone until i sheepishly retrieved my bike. I never did it again.

hmn, left my bike unlocked once outside a supermarket and sat down about 5 meters from it. was it 2 minutes until 3 (GANGSTA) boys (with winterwests and fake chains) came around the corner talking loudly and then suddenly changing topic nodding each other and pointing at the bike as they went past... one of them coudlnt help himself to get out of the supermarket one last time to have a second look..

Funny they didnt notice me sittin there watching it all... waitrose in towerhill btw.