Why do people keep their wallet in their back-pocket?

[Krouget]

@Disposable Hero

As it says in the title, I’ve never understood why people do this, men walking around with a highly visible and easily removed wallet at the rear of their trousers.

And then they seem surprised when its stolen?!?

Weak-sauce of a thread I know but its just another of those things that gives me a little internal eyebrow raise when I see it.

I rarely place my wallet or much else in my pants pockets, but when I do, I prefer the rear ones. Unless very small, like my key FOB, keeping objects in my side pockets makes it uncomfortable when I walk or sit. The rear pockets aren’t great, but they’re better.

That said, I wouldn’t consider it easy to remove in either case.

@kambuckta

Echoing the sciatica issue.

My (then) partner attended the Doc complaining of shooting pains through his buttock and down leg, and was prescribed a change of venue for his wallet. Apparently it is a very common cause of sciatica without any accompanying back issues.

Interesting, this never occurred to me. Learned something new.

[SCAdian]

@TBG

But a back pocket wallet means sitting on your wallet, which cannot be comfortable. I never use my back pockets.

If it becomes uncomfortable, that means it’s time to clear out all the old ATM chits and reminder notes to myself.

[Mama_Zappa]

@Krouget

I rarely place my wallet or much else in my pants pockets, but when I do, I prefer the rear ones. Unless very small, like my key FOB, keeping objects in my side pockets makes it uncomfortable when I walk or sit. The rear pockets aren’t great, but they’re better.

That said, I wouldn’t consider it easy to remove in either case.
Interesting, this never occurred to me. Learned something new.

Yep - I read about this 30 or so years ago. About 24 years ago, a fellow I was working with complained about sciatica pain. I looked over, saw that he carried a thick wallet in his back pocket, and suggested he move it.

Cured him, I did I told him he owed me 40 bucks for the consult. I never did get paid

[BrianJ]

@gigi

“It’s a European carryall!”

My wife calls it a purse.

[Mijin]

This is also related to the issue of wallets generally being too big IMO.

No pocket is comfortable for me to carry a full-size, leather, man-wallet stuffed with reams of cash. I don’t know how people do it*. But of the pockets to carry it in, I’d say jacket and back pocket are slightly less annoying / constricting than the front pocket.
And jacket has issues of its own – you might remove the jacket, or if it’s unbuttoned it might flap about in the wind (yeah…I actually lost a wallet that way once :smack:).

• For me, since you’re dying to know, I just keep 3 or 4 cards in one of those cheapo, plastic card-holder things now. Fits fine in a front pocket. I might put a few notes into one of the spaces but generally I’ll pay for things by card.

[RichieBoy]

I’ve learned over the years to keep my wallet in my front pocket instead of my rear pocket. I’ve never been a victim of a pick pocket and I’ve lived and worked in NYC all my Life. But as time passed and as the crime rate seemed to rise on a steady basis especially on the Subway I somehow without even thinking about it moved my Wallet from the back pocket to the left front pocket with my keys in my right front pocket. When wearing a jacket or coat that has an inside pocket I simply transfer my wallet there. If your a victim of a pick pocket you not only lose money, you also lose other important stuff such as drivers licenses and other documents!

[carnivorousplant]

So that in bars, I can tell the young lady, “I’m not really this tall. I’m sitting on my wallet.”

I need all the help I can get in those situations.