the two Caucasus men who walked into the Starbucks at the Moscow Europeiski Shopping Center did not look or act at all like they were there for coffee.
one nodded to a third man already inside, and all three were just milling oddly around...
they observed everywhere...for a table at which to sit? unlikely.
was the tall one going to the back for the restroom?... no.
then, just beside the counter in the very center of the shop, at a stool, a Russian fellow sat absorbed in his laptop world.
the smaller thief, by chance a yard from me, lifted the arm strap of the shoulder bag, and was getting ready to walk out. I reached for the arm strap, took it from him, and put it back.
to his surprise and mine.
he then ambled out...
the bigger one spun a small pocket knife in his hands as he looked at me.
no one else even noticed that all this occurred, including the man in his computer world.
(though there was a ceiling camera directly above this.)
closer to impromptu stupid than courageous.
No comments:
Post a Comment