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[cincan19]

I thought this day was too good to last. Usually when we get to work, the women put their purses and bags in a closed cupboard behind the counter. Today, I put my purse in the office in the back and I put my change purse/wallet in the cupboard up front because I needed it. Sometime around 7:30 or so, by my approximation (because I did not discover it until closer to 9), someone took advantage of the five seconds that neither Jon nor I was behind the counter and stole it. It had my driver's license in it, all my credit cards and, thankfully, only about $13-15 in cash. Ack!

There are two things that really upset me, though, about the whole incident. First, a woman and her son bought a water bottle with his name on it after I discovered the change purse missing, and I was very calm and collected. I rang her up, took her money and put the bottle and the receipt in the bag. They left. She came back a few minutes later and asked if I would cut the cable tie on the strap to the bottle. No problem. I did that and they left, and I locked the door behind them because I realized it was after closing time. I tried to close the drawers of the registers and they came back and knocked on the door. Jon asked them what they wanted - she wanted her receipt, and even after we said it had gone in the bag, she insisted we were wrong and she was right. I lost it. I was standing behind the counter and Jon was at the door and I started screaming that I did not care about her receipt, I had more important things to worry about, having been robbed that evening. Did she care? No, she cursed us in some Asian language, or what sounded like a curse, Jon said. He said it was not very nice.

I went in the back room and cried. I had been doing so well up to that point, but her total unconcern for my dilemma and her insistence that I give her a receipt for $10.64 put me right over the edge. I should have ignored her when she came back to the door later, but stupid me, I was still fuming. I opened the door, told her I had given her the receipt earlier and there was nothing I could do to print her a duplicate, everything Jon had told her. She threatened me. She said I would be sorry the next day. I gave her a business card and told her to call the owner and complain about me.

Second, I cancelled all my credit cards. And the account where someone could possibly get any real money out of was the one bank that was closed and did not have a 24/7 service to report stolen cards. This is the bank that has my tuition money in it, and I pray that it has either gone to the college already. It is also the bank that has the rest of my available money in it, and I have decided to take that all out tomorrow and close the account. Because this is not the first time in a week that bank has pissed me off. They held my retirement fund check two days longer than they assured me they would and I had no access to funds last week to order text books until that cleared. I was furious! Fortunately, the books I need tomorrow for my first class finally arrived by UPS early this evening. But it was still cutting it a little close. I had to leave a message on the bank's national customer service center line to call me ASAP on Tuesday to deal with this. A national customer service line! Imagine!

So here I am, at midnight, unable to wind down long enough to go to sleep. And I have to get a new driver's license tomorrow morning, because I am already scheduled to spend the afternoon and evening in Tampa. You can bet the bank will be seeing me first - how else will I be able to pay for a replacement license?

Comments

Oh no! *hug*

[alysonl.livejournal.com]

Was yours the only thing in that cupboard? Or did whomever it was only take yours? (Because that latter would seem suspicious to me, if it were the case.)

Sorry for the horrid inconvenience, and the worry. Even if you're out only $10-15, it's still going to take many hours to set to rights, and that's not fair to you. :(

Re: Oh no! *hug*

[cincan19.livejournal.com]

Mine was the only one in the cupboard, because Jon's wallet was in his pocket and he was the only other one working. And thank goodness my purse was in the office, otherwise, my car keys and the store key, and my checkbook would have been taken, too.

[adventurat.livejournal.com]

Oh no, Cindles! That sucks. Horribly inconvenient, and so violating. I shall hope that whomever nicked it gets no further with cards and bank accounts. *sending positive vibes*

[cincan19.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ladysusan.livejournal.com]

*hug* I hope you've been able to sort everything out to your satisfaction. Good luck with school today!

[cincan19.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[brightly-woven.livejournal.com]

I'm so very sorry.

I too hope and pray everything turns out well and that there is no fall out from the crazy lady.