brighton/hove people are so honest!

[desprateseagull]

last night i cycled home from work, left the bike o/side tescos to get some shopping (unlocked)

as it started raining, i went straight home, and totally forgot about the bike, until a couple hourslater, when i locked up to go the bed..

wheres the bike? DOH!

rushed back to the shop, and it was still there, untouched!

what worries me though, is that i was unchallenged when i walked off with it
(perhaps they know me there, too well now!)

 

[sullyupthewing]

Think yourself lucky if this had happened in Croydon (Pikeyville) the bike would have been nicked and when you got back home your house would have been turned over.

 

[e77]

I once almost left my car at a garage when I started walking home.

 

[Zeitgeist]

I came back from an Albion game a few months ago, got off at West Worthing and started to walk home. Around two minutes up the road, I remembered. I'd left my car at Worthing Central!

 

[Rangdo]

last night i cycled home from work, left the bike o/side tescos to get some shopping (unlocked)

as it started raining, i went straight home, and totally forgot about the bike, until a couple hourslater, when i locked up to go the bed..

wheres the bike? DOH!

rushed back to the shop, and it was still there, untouched!

what worries me though, is that i was unchallenged when i walked off with it
(perhaps they know me there, too well now!)

A bit of a generalisation I think. You were just lucky. I've had a bike nicked from Churchill square (lock cut) and two bikes nicked from garage break ins. These people were't so honest.

 

[desprateseagull]

in the past i have had 2 nicked, from King Alfred- now i beleive there's a disclaimer notice up, but no cctv to catch the buggers at it??

 

[Bluejuice]

I stopped my car at traffic lights in Reading and it was nicked before they turned green.

 

[SussexSpur]

Think yourself lucky if this had happened in Croydon (Pikeyville) the bike would have been nicked and when you got back home your house would have been turned over.

Nah, too obvious.
The bike would still be there - just burnt-out, with its wheels gone, and propped up on bricks.