I remember seeing a similar post in the past but I thought I’d share this incident what happened to my cousin yesterday morning.
This is in Gondar, ozzizo to be specific. My cousin was waiting for a bajaj and he immediately noticed the bajaj driver and two other guys kinda look at him odd. He then walked into the bajaj and then decided to go with his gut feeling and get out of the bajaj.
As soon as he got out, one guy intentionally spitted on my cousins pants by the leg. He then said in Amharic “let me help clean that for you” my cousin told him don’t worry about it , and put his arm blocking his pants. Then they al just walked away as if nothing happened.
My cousin knew this was his way of trying to pretend he was cleaning it and then he’d quickly steal his phone or wallet.
Apparently this is a known thing he told me. I’m travelling here on vacation so I wasn’t aware.