A few years ago i too had lost my bus pass which i kept separate from my wallet, and went shopping , well i don't use my bus pass on a daily basis so i hadn't noticed it had been dropped on the floor of the bus , my coat has a number of pockets , well ten days later the postman called and i had some mail there was a letter from the bus company and inside the envelope was my bus pass which i hadn't up till that point realised i had even lost it,
i phone the bus company to thank them as i assume some alert driver must have seen it , luckily enough for me , i don't keep money in it nothing at all for just that reason,
when we go shopping i always mention to my wife and daughter of either keeping their hand bags inside their coats or keep their hand bags in front of them , which they do with their hand on the bag, iv seen many women walking along with their bags on their sides and seem oblivious as to the dangers of some unscrupulous thief doing a quick slashing of the strap and a quick exit, even dipping into the bag pick pocket style,
sadly you cant be too careful where ever you go even to a restaurant as some people have left items in their coat pockets although rare but you cant take chances what ever and where ever you go,