Some people like stories about winners. It gives them something to aspire to. Some of us prefer stories about losers. Losers help us feel better about our own lives.
Like Mrs. Dora Wilson, an English housewife. On February 18, 1981, Mrs. Wilson looked out her window in Harlow, Essex, and saw a group of men loading her neighbors' priceless collection of Persian carpets into a moving van.
"What are you doing?" she called, knowing her neighbors were on vacation.
"We're taking them to be cleaned, madam," the men replied. Quick as a flash Mrs. Wilson decided to take advantage of the service they offered.
"Will you please take mine, too?" she asked. The men obliged. They, of course, were burglars. (1)
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