In broad daylight

I've heard several bizarre stories about people stealing everything in CZ, from roads to ATM machines, in broad daylight. You have to hand it to the thieves here for being smart. If you would steal a part of the road in broad daylight, clueless witnesses would only assume you're doing your profession to give the otherwise abused tires a relatively easy life. If you steal an ATM machine, well, maybe smart isn't the word for it. It's either stupidity or sheer courage.

But in the least chance that you would steal with people milling around you, would you steal flowers? One woman certainly did. This narrative, however hilarious it may sound, is in no way embellished.

A and I were quite early for out apointment at the realty last week so we decided to kill the time outside the building. A few meters from where we stood was an ordinary flower shop with some potted plants displayed on the sidewalk. I remember this woman coming from the opposite side as she passed us by because I actually thought she worked at the realty. She certainly dressed the part; black suit and pants, white inner blouse, black bag, and black heels. She walked past us without any hurry. Next thing we saw she was dashing past us again like the devil was upon her, gripping a tray of potted tulips as if her whole life depended on it. A's immediate thought was she must have wanted to catch the tram desperately but I immediately thought otherwise when I saw the commotion tailing her. The shop owner was screaming with all her might behind the madly running woman, backed up by a few witnesses of the crime. It took the owner several seconds to get her bearing and run after the tulip snatcher who already vanished around the corner.

So what do you think, was she able to catch her? Of course she was. The greatest lesson I learned from this incident was never wear heels when you intend to steal something-- especially when you do it from someone who is wearing trainers.

But seriously....Tulips?! In broad daylight?