Originally Posted by b-ride

another courier from van told me a great story about catching a thief in the act. he's one of the guys here that ride full on mountain bikes for work, i'm talking knobby tires, disc brakes, 5 inches of travel... the whole deal. i don't know if this is just a vancouver thing, cause the shore is so close or what... but anyways. dude has a pretty nice rocky mtn, like, brand new. locks up to the rack, goes inside, drops package, comes out sees a guy at his bike prying on the lock with a crowbar or something. instead of freaking out, he just walks up to the thief and says, "that's a nice bike, eh?"

the thief and him start talking, thief saying about how his key is effed up or something and he can't unlock the bike. well, courier guy just plays along for a bit, then says to the guy, "well, let me try my key...". reaches down, unlocks his lock right in front of this laughably idiotic thief. drops the lock, pulls the thief's hoody over his head and pummels him for a bit before sending him on his bruised and bleeding way.

i thought that was great, the way the courier dude was so nonchalant and totally suckered the idiot in for a bit before he beat his head in.