I am so angry.
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@postman, I'm glad that at least your son hasn't ended up out of pocket and hope that the inconvenience wasn't too bad.
I can thoroughly understand your upset and anger - he has been a victim of a crime. Maybe it is a relatively 'petty' opportunistic crime and of course it is entirely possible that the person who committed it has fallen/been pushed into such 'petty' crime as a result of hardship or whatever - but it still stinks to be a victim of a crime or for someone you love to be a victim of crime.
We were burgled once in 2002 and again in the summer of 2011. Yes, the insurance meant that we got most stuff replaced or whatever and weren't, in the long term particularly worse off. Yes, there's a possibility, maybe even a probability, that the person/people who burgled us did so because of something like deprivation or addiction. Funnily enough I do kind of have some degree of sympathy for those people whose circumstances are that shitty - I'd certainly much rather be the victim of their 'petty' crime than actually be them. But it still sucks.
It also sucks whenever we are reminded that some people in the world aren't mostly good, fair and honest - just remember that most people actually are, overall, mostly decent. And that you should 'live by your own lights' because, as a wise woman once told me, the view is always better from the moral high ground.
I can thoroughly understand your upset and anger - he has been a victim of a crime. Maybe it is a relatively 'petty' opportunistic crime and of course it is entirely possible that the person who committed it has fallen/been pushed into such 'petty' crime as a result of hardship or whatever - but it still stinks to be a victim of a crime or for someone you love to be a victim of crime.
We were burgled once in 2002 and again in the summer of 2011. Yes, the insurance meant that we got most stuff replaced or whatever and weren't, in the long term particularly worse off. Yes, there's a possibility, maybe even a probability, that the person/people who burgled us did so because of something like deprivation or addiction. Funnily enough I do kind of have some degree of sympathy for those people whose circumstances are that shitty - I'd certainly much rather be the victim of their 'petty' crime than actually be them. But it still sucks.
It also sucks whenever we are reminded that some people in the world aren't mostly good, fair and honest - just remember that most people actually are, overall, mostly decent. And that you should 'live by your own lights' because, as a wise woman once told me, the view is always better from the moral high ground.
ozboz
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Some banks have a safety net , for instance , on the CC Monopoly ride before Xmas , we ended the ride in LMNH cafe , I made 3 contactless payments in the shop, the 3rd declined , I had to put my pin in the machine ,
It's not the first time that this has happened either
It's not the first time that this has happened either
keithmac
Guru
You are right to be fuming, too many low life theiving scummers about nowadays.
As you say for people with any form of moral compass the only thought would be how to get the wallet back to it's rightful owner..
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
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- The hills of Accrington
I don't suppose now's the time to tell you all about me drawing a tenner out an ATM on Saturday and forgetting to take it from the machine. Anyway,i've been told the machine takes it back in after 10 seconds so i should be ok.
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That's because the bank were aghast you had to pay that much for a not awfully good sausage sandwich.
ozboz
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Your not wrong about that butty Tim !!
s7ephanie
middle of nowhere in France
Had mine stolen a couple of years ago, they run up over 1000 euros but police caught them as they had used it to pay thier elec bill and amazon prime ! I didnt go to court bht i do wonder what their sentence was, how stupid they must be, lucky for me, but it took ages before bank paid it back
Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Sorry to hear the news Postie.
About 5 years ago I dropped my wallet. Fortunately, a female (darent say lady any more!), found the warrant card and immediately reported it to the police. Even more fortunate, the duty control room inspector was a friend of Mrs D, so she phoned us right quick, and I was reunited with it swiftly.
If some scumbag had found it then apart from the loss I could have been in right doo doo's for losing a warrant card.
About 5 years ago I dropped my wallet. Fortunately, a female (darent say lady any more!), found the warrant card and immediately reported it to the police. Even more fortunate, the duty control room inspector was a friend of Mrs D, so she phoned us right quick, and I was reunited with it swiftly.
If some scumbag had found it then apart from the loss I could have been in right doo doo's for losing a warrant card.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
A tad unwarranted perhaps
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
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- Plymouth
On the flip side - I've had my faith restored in humanity twice now. First I left my phone in a hire car. The lady drove off, saw my phone and immediately drove back to give it to me (the phone I mean). Then whilst out on a Christmas do, I left my entire bag in a bar. I went back half an hour later and someone had handed it in. Nothing missing. Hoorah.
So @postman thankfully good poeple like you still exist - be thankfully that you are one of them and are better than those who steal
So @postman thankfully good poeple like you still exist - be thankfully that you are one of them and are better than those who steal
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
This is why i don't use a wallet. I carry cash in one pocket (on the rare occasion i carry cash), and my debit card in another pocket. I might lose one but probably not both.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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I found two wallets on bike rides and returned them to their owners (separate occasions and different areas) both a bit out of the way but what the hey. I've no idea how they got where they did by the side of the road, both wallets had cash and cards still in them.
One of them had some Viagra tablets in it too, it would have been hard on the poor guy not to hand it back.
One of them had some Viagra tablets in it too, it would have been hard on the poor guy not to hand it back.
Salad Dodger
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Postman, I am glad your son has been refunded.
Where I live, we have a Facebook page called "(Town name) lost, found and stolen", and it's amazing how many times a wallet or bus pass or bank card is found and returned intact to the rightful owner. Of course, there will be unreported losses or thefts, and some unclaimed items, but the number of successful re-unitings of property with its rightful owner suggests that there are still quite a few good and honest people about......
Where I live, we have a Facebook page called "(Town name) lost, found and stolen", and it's amazing how many times a wallet or bus pass or bank card is found and returned intact to the rightful owner. Of course, there will be unreported losses or thefts, and some unclaimed items, but the number of successful re-unitings of property with its rightful owner suggests that there are still quite a few good and honest people about......
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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[QUOTE 5111606, member: 259"]My kids seem to do all their spending with their mobile phones nowadays, so they just lose them instead of losing their wallets.[/QUOTE]
And break them.
'I need a new updated phone because this one is broken as I dropped it and hadn't bothered to put a case on it'.
Yeah right...
And break them.
'I need a new updated phone because this one is broken as I dropped it and hadn't bothered to put a case on it'.
Yeah right...
