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@Dammit
I worked in a number of different bars around London, all of which were (and probably still are) crime hot spots.
I was working in Regents Street AllBarOne when it had the dubious honour of being the top spot for bag/purse theft in the whole of London.
As part of my daily routine I would warn people not to leave their bags on the backs of chairs, and/or out of view, and that the children asking for "Money for my bradaar, he sick, he sooo sick" were thieves.
The amount of bags and mobiles that still got stolen was chilling though.
Normally during the day this was ok (for a given value of "ok"), as the people could borrow money from someone they were with, there would be someone at home to let them in, and they were in a fairly sober state.
Not so later at night- Bag gone, three sheets to the wind, unable to get home, get in the house when they got home, and also with no telephone no ability to call a friend.
I've lent so many people money that I never saw again because they (charitably) never remembered the barman that gave them £20 to get home that night.
Hey ho.