Well that was an interesting afternoon. I was stuck for 2 hours in an HR meeting for my company, then I went to a fabulous lunch at a fabulous restaurant with two of my wine industry friends. Yes, of COURSE we had wine.
On our way out the door we ran into another wine rep/friend and had some good convo, which led me to the thought that I hadn't talked to yet ANOTHER mutual wine rep friend lately, so I got my cell phone out of my little purse. We were walking out of the restaurant, so I slung the strap over my head and to my other shoulder. Then deciding that I wasn't going to call that friend after all, I went to put my cell phone back.
NO PURSE.
None, gone. We walked the half block back to the restaurant in a daze and the whole time my friends were asking me where I could have left it, I was thinking to myself, "but, but, but.....I put it over my shoulder!" Still, I was in shock and wasn't 110% sure, you know how habitual stuff tends to seem a lot like Groundhogs Day (THE MOVIE, DUH).
Then we step out and this hired limo driver guy asks us if one of us lost a purse, cause he saw some guy bend down and pick one up and wander off. I remember putting it over my head on the opposite shoulder, it couldn't have just slipped off, so it had to be a slash and grab thing.
How is this possible? I have travelled extensively in many countries with lots of thievery warnings; Argentina, Southern France, just recently in Spain. I haven't EVER EVER EVER ever been robbed before. How come it just happened in my own city?????????
Just a few days ago the thought was spinning in my head about those other countries and robbery and how the people in those cities weren't worried about their belongings. I was relegating all those stories into some idea of Urban Thief Legends. Speaking of urban thieves......sigh.
So I have finished calling the police (not like it matters, I never saw the guy), and cancelling credit/debit cards, I visited my bank, and now here I am, cardless, cashless, driver's license-less...............my ass is screwed for at least 5-10 business days. What an idiot! At least I tanked the car up yesterday, not that I should be driving.
BAH!
Weird side note: When you call the companies to report lost or stolen cards the customer service people always say, "Oh my gosh! I am sorry, I hope you are ok!" and all I could think was, "Hey, I was lucky. I didn't even know I was getting robbed, save your sympathy for the people who really need it."
But then I thought, "Hey! I was the victim, a little sympathy can't be such a bad thing." That was when I started to tear up, just a little. I am a little bummed and a lot pissed off. Oh yeah, when you get robbed, and you go to your bank and they ask you if you need to take any cash out for the next few days, the correct answer is, "Yes, yes I do." Because if you don't get out the cash you will find yourself driving home thinking about how you need to go get a new driver's license that day, since you intend on driving the next few days. Oops! How are you going to pay for that new driver's license? Guess what, you aren't.
So here are my two post-robbery tips: 1) Take the sympathy, and 2) Take the cash.
oh yeah one more thing - how come when you call the credit card companies about your stolen card the first thing they ask is the account number.........huh?
Posted by kerewin at December 3, 2004 03:56 PM