Pickpockets and thieves in GTO

[DonJuane]

Here's my observation about expats contributions on Mexico in social media. Perhaps outside of seeing what they call "fan-boys" defending the iPhone or Apple products against any criticism online, Mexico has to be the world's second worst at this "product loyalty" issue, whereby if you bring up any point to criticize Mexico, such as like here with warnings about pickpockets - it always meets with a response that there's something wrong with you personally, how you are foolish or how you have made an obvious mistake, and on top of that you are criticized for bringing up a precautionary point in an attempt to help others.

In reality the internet-wide social media "fan-boys" of Mexico and their combing the social media forums to demean people who have suffered some mishap in this country are doing as much of a disservice as the people who are picking pockets. By constantly saying that issues encountered are the victim's fault, this will cause people not to report issues and therefore this leaves us all more exposed. (I speak not only of here but more-so to other offerings such as those found on Facebook where any person bringing up a limitation or issue with Mexico is pounced upon like a pack of wolves on a fresh kill.)

Product loyalty in terms of Mexico is great for individual's own self esteem but please don't try to force the "aura" of it over people's actual experiences. Mexico is great, otherwise all of us wouldn't be living here, but not everything that happens to someone is their own fault. Thanks.

***** I haven't had my pocket picked but it's not for it not having been tried, and that's on the MX City subway and on a recent standing room only and very tight GTO bus I've felt hands around my pockets. The problem is that I haven't bought jeans in years and the ones I wear are so tight that I have to unbuckle my belt to get my own wallet out. That won't deter someone with a sharp knife or razor, so I say always have your guard up and thank those who have broken my own illusion that petty theft doesn't occur here. I appreciate the alert. Having lost two expensive cameras here in GTO, one to workers hired to repair things around the house and another taken by one of two furniture delivery guys, I feel your pain. When there's two or more on the job, which one do you accuse? Now this was my fault and while it's clearly my fault, it's difficult to walk through and secure every item in your house every time you have someone come in to do a job or small repair, especially when you are not planning on a delivery and it happens. For piece of mind I often do my own repairs and as much of my own work these days as I can, just so I don't have to worry about walking through the entire house to determine what is of value and trying to figure out where to hide it.