Beware of snatchers!

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Let this be a warning to all of you. With the rising prices of food and energy we can only expect the number of thieves to increase. This morning I was in the bank. I was filling out a withdrawal slip. I wasn't sure of the date today so I had to take out the pocket calender that was in my wallet. After that I placed my wallet on the table just a few inches away from me. I did this mindlessly as there was no one else there on the table. But then a man came, stood beside me and started filling out a slip with his hands right next to my wallet. After just a few seconds he suddenly he grabbed all of his stuff including my wallet! To be sure I checked my back pocket and sure enough my wallet wasn't there. So I confronted him "Hey that's mine!" and immediately grabbed my wallet from his hand. Acting surprised he asks me "Oh, is that yours?". I was fuming mad I didn't want to talk to him and just went on with my business. Now he's on my other side, still filling a slip (I wonder why he had to transfer to that side). When he was finished writing he apologized to me "Hey man, sorry about that". I completely ignored him and didn't accept his apology because I wasn't convinced that it was an honest mistake on his part. He's lucky I didn't punch his nose. So what do you think? Was it an honest mistake on his part or is this guy really a snatcher/kleptomaniac? Has this ever happened to you?