7) UK: "Putpockets" give a little extra cash
Reuters
"Visitors to London always have to be on the look out for pickpockets,
but now there's another, more positive phenomenon on the loose --
putpockets. Aware that people are suffering in the economic crisis, 20
former pickpockets have turned over a new leaf and are now trawling
London's tourist sites slipping money back into unsuspecting
pockets. .... The initiative, which runs until the end of August in
London before being rolled out countrywide, is being funded by a
broadbrand provider, which says it wants to brighten up people's lives
in unusual ways." (08/19/09)
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57I45C20090819