When people heard that I chose Italy for my birthday trip, many shared with me their horror stories about them or someone they know being pickpocketed in Italy. It didn’t deter me from coming to the land of delicious pizza and pasta because I’ve always considered myself a vigilant person.
One of the highlights of my trip was supposed to be a retail therapy at Serravalle outlet mall near Milan. I arrived after a 90 mins drive from Milan city centre as an excited girl. The dangers that loomed blared in my mind, so I hugged my bagpack IN FRONT of me and ran excitedly towards the shops.
Just 30mins in, I found myself in an Adidas outlet. The deals on offer were pretty good so much so that I was already holding a handful of clothes pretty quickly. Obviously, my bag was then getting in the way so I had to sling it backwards to continue shopping.
When the shopping was done, I reached out to grab my wallet and that was when It came crushing upon me that I am just beginning to experience a tourist’s worst nightmare! All the zips of my bag were opened, and my wallet was GONE😭!!!
I frantically informed the Adidas staff but only to be treated in nonchalant responses that the security cameras that were CLEARLY IN VIEW were actually dummies and were all not working. With a shrug of his shoulders, he carried on serving other customers immediately. I was undecided whether I was more overwhelmed with the frightening efficiency of the pick pockets or the appalling service standard of the staff. @adidasita Yes, not even a tinge of compassion. Feeling absolutely helpless, I ran out of the outlet to call the banks to cancel my cards and went to the Information centre to file a theft report. I was then advised to go to the nearest police station which was a 6 minutes drive to submit the report.@poliziadistato_officialpage
My purpose of sharing this is to warn people to not let your guard down even for a second IN 🇮🇹. The pick pockets here are frighteningly efficient- even if you still decide to come to Italy for holiday, be extra vigilant and REMEMBER to buy a travel insurance that covers theft!
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