Excaliber wrote:
For the guys, carrying the wallet in the front pocket is much safer than the back. New York's pickpockets can easily remove a wallet from the rear pocket and even from the inside of an open jacket without you feeling a thing. I even had one guy try it on the front pocket, but instead of him ending up with my wallet, I ended up with a tight grip on his hand and we had a brief but productive discussion on the rudeness of that maneuver.
Maybe he mistook you for someone he thought was glad to to see him?