As if in an old black and white movie it all happened in slow motion…

I was driving (very carefully on the right side of the road) around the corner at my house, to offload my new IKEA purchases, when I saw his face. Pure determination as he ran past my right door. Seconds later a slick Turkish-looking man followed at about the same speed. After him, a suited-up sales person from V&D Department Store. Frame-by-frame we followed with our eyes down the pavement, and watched (not having a clue what is going on) as man number one tripped and fell. Unfortunately man number two was not close enough and he got away. However, he dropped a smart-looking leather jacket with fur collar in the process. Satisfied that they got the loot back, men numbers two and three picked up the jacket and returned to the store under wild cheers and high-fives. Even though it was my first encounter with any criminal activity whilst in The Netherlands, it was peaceful, even funny.