He And His Wife Almost Got Robbed In Rome When Two Strange Men Came Up To Them At The Colosseum, Claiming To Have Gifts
Four years ago, this man and his wife took a vacation to Italy.
They booked the trip through a travel agency, so there were several popular tourist attractions included.
One day, they went to the Colosseum in Rome. After purchasing their tickets, there was a half-hour wait before their tour started. While waiting, they took a walk around the area.
As they wandered around, they saw some makeshift souvenir shops that are common in Rome.
“People will try to sell you small trinkets and knockoff merchandise out of smaller wooden stands or spread out on wool blankets, ready to make a run for it if the police come in sight,” he explained.
He and his wife walked away from the huge crowd waiting for the Colosseum tour at the entrance, so they were now in a more sparsely populated area.
The very moment that they were on their own and away from the crowd, two men approached them. At first, the men were nice and conversational and asked him and his wife where they were from.
“And while they are talking, they are gifting us all sorts of smaller trinkets. A bracelet, a small chain, and a wooden figure (supposedly hand-carved). ‘It’s a gift, it’s a gift,’ they overenthusiastically ensure us,” he shared.
As this was happening, he noticed that his wife was extremely uneasy, so he knew they had to get away from these men and back to the crowd at the entrance to the Colosseum.
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“But as the words ‘We really need to go now, our tour is about to start’ leave my mouth, the tone does a sharp 180. They get up really close, blocking our path. My brain immediately goes into fight-or-flight mode. Now (obviously part of their scheme), they demand a gift in return,” he said.
The two men claimed that the gifts they had given them were handmade by their relatives from their home country.
Understandably, his main priority was his and his wife’s safety. He tried to stay calm and gave back each of the “gifts” the two men had given them. Then, he said that it was kind of them to offer gifts, but he didn’t want to make a trade.
At first, it seemed like the men were thinking about doing something. Later, when he had time to reflect on the situation, he believed that the men were probably debating on robbing them since their con didn’t work.
However, the men ended up leaving. Since he doesn’t think he’s physically intimidating or like he could have been able to fight the two men if he had to, he thought that the men most likely left because they thought that police officers were nearby and didn’t want to risk getting arrested.
Once the men were gone, he comforted his wife, who was near tears, and they returned to the large crowd to wait for the tour. During the rest of their vacation, they stayed close to the crowd and didn’t wander off on their own.
What would you have done if you were in his shoes?
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