Please mind my stuff...

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OK, so you are in a busy place, and need to pop off for a few minutes, to the toilet or whatever.

Would you ask a complete stranger to 'look after' your stuff?

Has anyone ever asked you to?

Did you say yes?

What if they say they'll be back in five minutes, but haven't materialised after a half hour, and now you have to go. Do you wait? Ask someone else?

Rob_l

I leave their stuff were it is Im not responsible

Usually i half jokingly tell them not to leave it with me I will rob it

Call Me Jimmy

Rob_l wrote: »

I leave their stuff were it is Im not responsible

Usually i half jokingly tell them not to leave it with me I will rob it

ahh ROB it!! I get it !!! brilliant

r3nu4l

I've been asked at an airport but refused.

I didn't fancy the thoughts of some armed police officers asking me "Is that your bag Sir?, the one with the digital countdown timer and wires attached to it?" and then trying to explain that I was minding it for someone else!

whiskeyman

Why ask some random stanger to 'mind' something?
Isn't the whole point of minding something is so a random stranger doesn't get their paws on it in the first place?

I'd never let anyone 'mind' any of my stuff unless I knew them.
On the flip side, I wouldn't mind anything for anyone unless I knew them also.

Rob_l

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

ahh ROB it!! I get it !!! brilliant

Rob by name rob by nature.


The only thing I let stranger mind is













there own f ing business:D

azezil

No I would never ask someone to mind my stuff, people have asked me, I say yeah but if I feel like moving, I'll move without a moments hesitation... why should I care? heh

ntlbell

I'll mind your pint,your fags and your woman.

Aoife9

No I'd never ask anyone to mind my stuff, I have been asked to hold a strangers baby in the toilets at the airport and I did it because I felt sorry for the mother who was travelling alone personally I'd never leave my child with anyone I didn't know no matter how desperate for a wee I was I'd bring them into the cubicle with me and hold their nose!:D

Dave!

I did it before in Italy at the train station... some old woman asked me to help her carry her bags to the platform at (say) 3.30. I said sure, and went back to continue waiting. My mate went off to get some food, and while he was gone the old woman came over to get me to help her now. That put me in a dilly of a pickle! So I just asked a couple of reasonably respectable looking people to keep an eye on the stuff (i was a bit uneasy cos it was my mate's stuff as well!) and I promptly brought the woman's stuff to the platform and sprinted back... got a kiss on each cheek for my troubles booyah!

Third_Echelon

r3nu4l wrote: »

I've been asked at an airport but refused.

I didn't fancy the thoughts of some armed police officers asking me "Is that your bag Sir?, the one with the digital countdown timer and wires attached to it?" and then trying to explain that I was minding it for someone else!

If I was asked in an airport I would say no for sure... especially before security in the public area... I'd probably say no as well on flight side.

Recently I was waiting for a train from Baltimore to Philadelphia and the hottest lady ever sat down at the table (in the coffee shop) I was at and started chatting away to me while she was eating her lunch. Started chatting away anyway and she asked me to mind her bags, while she got her train ticket changed.

I thought it was a little odd at first as she left her handbag and her other travel bag with me while she went to the ticket counter. I said yes, because she was very cute .... but I thought that she was very trusting of someone that she had just met about 20 minutes previously... I wouldn't have asked a stranger to mind my bags, but I suppose I'm probably a bit more paranoid

Varkov

When me and a mate were about 15. (long hair, tatty "goth" clothes : General unsavory image) we asked some young wan to buy us smokes in the spar.
"Yeah sure, just hold my baby"!

Pighead

Depends really. If some hot chick asks Pighead to mind her suitcase while she goes for a wee wee then sure, it'll be a case of "No probs babes"

However if a stinking old tramp asks Pighead to hold his piss stained flask of whiskey while he goes for a poo then the answer will be a short sharp "Fcuk off hobo"

Actually if the hot chick asked me to mind a piss stained flask for her Pighead would probably do that. Basically its just the stinking tramps that get the negative Pighead responses.

Blitzkrieger

It's happened to me a couple of times where I've been reading a book waiting for a train or something and people have asked me to watch their stuff. TBH I should probably say no because I don't pay any attention to their stuff at all - anybody could have walked away with it.

Mr. Presentable

Pighead wrote: »

Depends really. If some hot chick asks Pighead to mind her suitcase while she goes for a wee wee then sure, it'll be a case of "No probs babes"

However if a stinking old tramp asks Pighead to hold his piss stained flask of whiskey while he goes for a poo then the answer will be a short sharp "Fcuk off hobo"

Actually if the hot chick asked him to mind a piss stained flask for her Pighead would probably do that. Basically its just the stinking tramps that get the negative Pighead responses.

Fixed it for you

Deliverance XXV

That reminds me of a Spanish Naked-Camera-like-show
where the prankster asks someone to hold his bike while he uses
a public portaloo across the street.

The camera from the back of the portaloo shows a secret door
where the prankster jumps out of.
They then detonated the portaloo with a small amount of explosives.
(Not to the extent of endangering an onlooker)

Should have seen the look on their faces of the pranked.
Genius.

biko

Please mind my staff

phasers

I always say yes

then wander off

Naos

Third_Echelon wrote: »

If I was asked in an airport I would say no for sure... especially before security in the public area... I'd probably say no as well on flight side.

Recently I was waiting for a train from Baltimore to Philadelphia and the hottest lady ever sat down at the table (in the coffee shop) I was at and started chatting away to me while she was eating her lunch. Started chatting away anyway and she asked me to mind her bags, while she got her train ticket changed.

I thought it was a little odd at first as she left her handbag and her other travel bag with me while she went to the ticket counter. I said yes, because she was very cute .... but I thought that she was very trusting of someone that she had just met about 20 minutes previously... I wouldn't have asked a stranger to mind my bags, but I suppose I'm probably a bit more paranoid

Well... Did you?

Malteaser!

When i worked in a pool loads of people would ask me to mind their jewellery/armbands/kids as they went down slides and stuff, I always said no, the last thing I wanted was some knacker accusing me of stealing off them!!!

humbert

Last time I was in Dublin airport some middle aged guy asked me to mind his stuff, broken English, Arab looking. I paused for a second and then said yes with a smile thinking to myself I've been watching too much sky news.

ceidefields

This is why you ALWAYS divide your stuff into two - stuff you don't mind losing and the stuff you couldn't live without. The stuff you don't mind losing gets checked for air travel or popped just outside the cubicle when going to the toilets. The rest stays with you at all times (babies included in this).

I used to travel 40 weeks out of the year for work and learned that the hard way.

I don't mind looking after people's stuff for them but if the flight or train is called, then it's adios amigos.

TheBeach

I would politely decline 'nope, I'm gonna be moving in a few minutes, sorry buddy'. Wouldn't take the chance, especially not in an airport. However if it was an old granny or somebody totally safe looking I might mind it

watsgone

Yeah I have done it, like could you keep an eye on my trolley of shopping while I pop out to get my bags from the boot

cazzy

people have asked me to look after their bags in a queue in heuston station

On a few occasions

I must have a trusting face

Numina

DesF wrote: »

OK, so you are in a busy place, and need to pop off for a few minutes, to the toilet or whatever.

Would you ask a complete stranger to 'look after' your stuff?

Has anyone ever asked you to?

Did you say yes?

What if they say they'll be back in five minutes, but haven't materialised after a half hour, and now you have to go. Do you wait? Ask someone else?

Yes and yes.

I was watching a street performer in Grafton St. (a bloody good one) and was filming it also (because you never know when something incredible might happen), after he had finished he came over to ask me would I mind watching his stuff (money and objects used his performance) while he pops into Mcdonalds for a you know what.....a Megamac.....not actually, just a piss. I was sort of surprised he asked a complete stranger to mind the money he had made from that day, was happy to do it for him though.

if he didn't come back for a while, I probably would've just walked off and left his stuff there for any old scavenger to take advantage of, probably would've felt bad about it, but I don't have time to be waiting around for a complete stranger who can't keep his word.

star-pants

Yeh I've had people in train / coach Qs asking if I'll keep an eye on their bag whilst they nip to the bathroom / to the shop.. usually I'll say yes, just keep an eye like.

Twinkle-star15

I've never been asked, but I've asked people to watch my stuff for me before on the train. They've always said yes, and no-one's wandered off on me... though it's harder to do that on a train .

bangersandmash

Varkov wrote: »

When me and a mate were about 15. (long hair, tatty "goth" clothes : General unsavory image) we asked some young wan to buy us smokes in the spar.
"Yeah sure, just hold my baby"!

Naos

Malteaser! wrote: »

When i worked in a pool loads of people would ask me to mind their jewellery/armbands/kids as they went down slides and stuff, I always said no, the last thing I wanted was some knacker accusing me of stealing off them!!!

Was that the NAC?

Malteaser!

Mear wrote: »

Was that the NAC?

Yeah, how'd you know???

cormie

I've often thought it would be fun to ask a complete stranger queuing in the bank to lodge a grand in cash into my account that I have to run off, yet to have the money or the guts to do it though:D

Third_Echelon

Mear wrote: »

Well... Did you?

Unfortunately not, but my god I wish i did....

Naos

Third Echelon, at least you tried goddamnit, at least you done that

Third_Echelon

Mear wrote: »

Third Echelon, at least you tried goddamnit, at least you done that

Bloody right I tried!