Ethical cleansing

A colleague of mine narrated an incident that occurred to him recently. He takes a bus to the office everyday. That day he was seated & was reading a newspaper to kill time during his bus-ride. Just then someone prodded him. The fellow standing next to him urged him to lend his seat to a lady who too was standing nearby. A thorough gentleman, he immediately obliged. My friend was then pick-pocketed by the same guy :D