Welcome, gossip-loving goddesses. Everyone knows that if you travel to Italy or Spain, it is best to keep a very close watch on your belongings - especially in the metro - due to high levels of pickpocketing. That means that you should avoid putting your wallet or phone in your back pocket where they could be easily swiped when you're not paying attention. Your purse or backpack filled with important items like your phone, passport, wallet, and laptop, should be on you at all times. So, if you're sitting at a restaurant, you should keep your bag on your lap instead of on the seat next to you or hanging behind you on your chair, as you might do back home. Of course, pickpockets exist all over the world, and you should really be careful of strangers everywhere.
Apparently, one must also be careful around sticky-fingered family members. In our story today, a woman's sister steals her work laptop, causing her to miss an important deadline and consequently get passed up for a promotion. While at home with the people you love, it is easy to let your guard down and assume that everyone has your best interest in mind, but it is not always the case. Scroll down for the full story.
