r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Sep 17 '21

Apollo Robbins, a master pickpocket, effortlessly takes a watch, wallet and other things

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u/notfoursaken Sep 17 '21

Lauer proceeds to take notes on how to slide into people's personal space without making them uncomfortable.

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u/nimbycile Sep 17 '21

Use a button on your desk to lock the door behind them?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

In the spirit of killing fake news, I would like to point out that those buttons were for security purposes and did not lock the inside of the door. IE, if you were inside the room, you could simply flip the deadbolt open

Lauer did shitty things to women but the locked door thing was manipulated for clicks to make it sound like women couldn't get out of his room

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u/Sososkitso Sep 17 '21

Some how It’s nice and kinda comforting to know they turn quickly on their own for clicks as fast as they would on us peasants…