i bet it's happened at least once that someone asked a stranger to watch their laptop while they went to the bathroom and then THAT person stole their laptop
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I stopped doing that sometime in 2017 I think (asking that is, not stealing)
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I went the other way... used to just leave it, then started asking, and finally began taking the computer with me to bathroom (leaving coffee mug to save my table). Also in Seattle it seemed much more natural to ask than in LA.
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interesting. i just started assuming that if i was only gone for 3 minutes nobody would swoop in that fast...works fine until it doesn't!
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I think I was take-to-bathroom pilled when some guy's laptop was stolen right in front of me, and I didn't notice despite being just a table away while he was gone. Still, struck me how easy it is for thieves and how little people notice if not prompted

