Sometimes, life just sucks....
So, I'm not even home for 2 weeks after the Greece trip, and I'm robbed! WTF!
I'm safer walking the streets of Athens at 3:00 a.m., with its population of 6 million people, than I am sitting in my favorite coffee house in downtown Boston in the early evening. The kicker is... said robbery happened right under my feet--literally. How friggin embarrassing! Some homeless guy sat behind me and started kicking my chair, or so I thought. Turns out he was reaching for my purse, which was on the floor by my feet, with his foot. He stole my wallet, but left the relatively new iPod with headphones and all.
It gets better. I discover the theft fairly quickly after the crook leaves. I'm on my cell phone with the bank to block the debit/check card, and the agent informs that the guy is using my card as we speak -- 2 blocks down the street!! The manager of the reputable coffee establishment refuses to call the cops, but she graciously hands me the company phone so I can call them myself. Now I've got the bank agent on one ear, and the police on the other. I give a description of the guy and tell the cops exactly where he is, because he's still using my freakin card! In the amount of time it took the cops to respond, I could have run down the street, apprehended the thief, and returned for a free refill before heading home. All in all, he got away with almost $500, but most of it I'll get back when the claims go through.
The guy also got every piece of photo ID I have, except for my passport, which I keep at home. A friend who lives near the scene of the crime paid for a taxi to her place, and gave me some cash until I could get to the bank the next day. I don't necessarily feel violated as much as I do angry. It's going to be a pain in the ass replacing all of my various school IDs. He also has my SS card, which means I'll have to keep a very close watch for identity theft. Like I said, pain in the butt!!
Even more annoying than the theft (which happened Thursday evening) is that for the past few days my chi (or karma, or whatever) has been off balance. I almost broke the same ankle twice the day after the robbery, and everything I touch I drop. I've never thought of Friday the 13th as a bad day, but obviously I need to watch out for Thursday the 12th!!!
I think I need to lay low for awhile, until all is the way it should be once again.
I'm safer walking the streets of Athens at 3:00 a.m., with its population of 6 million people, than I am sitting in my favorite coffee house in downtown Boston in the early evening. The kicker is... said robbery happened right under my feet--literally. How friggin embarrassing! Some homeless guy sat behind me and started kicking my chair, or so I thought. Turns out he was reaching for my purse, which was on the floor by my feet, with his foot. He stole my wallet, but left the relatively new iPod with headphones and all.
It gets better. I discover the theft fairly quickly after the crook leaves. I'm on my cell phone with the bank to block the debit/check card, and the agent informs that the guy is using my card as we speak -- 2 blocks down the street!! The manager of the reputable coffee establishment refuses to call the cops, but she graciously hands me the company phone so I can call them myself. Now I've got the bank agent on one ear, and the police on the other. I give a description of the guy and tell the cops exactly where he is, because he's still using my freakin card! In the amount of time it took the cops to respond, I could have run down the street, apprehended the thief, and returned for a free refill before heading home. All in all, he got away with almost $500, but most of it I'll get back when the claims go through.
The guy also got every piece of photo ID I have, except for my passport, which I keep at home. A friend who lives near the scene of the crime paid for a taxi to her place, and gave me some cash until I could get to the bank the next day. I don't necessarily feel violated as much as I do angry. It's going to be a pain in the ass replacing all of my various school IDs. He also has my SS card, which means I'll have to keep a very close watch for identity theft. Like I said, pain in the butt!!
Even more annoying than the theft (which happened Thursday evening) is that for the past few days my chi (or karma, or whatever) has been off balance. I almost broke the same ankle twice the day after the robbery, and everything I touch I drop. I've never thought of Friday the 13th as a bad day, but obviously I need to watch out for Thursday the 12th!!!
I think I need to lay low for awhile, until all is the way it should be once again.