Last Friday my wallet was stolen. I was in a grocery store getting checked out. The cashier had finished and issued the receipt for me to sign. At the same time, she started to check out the woman next to me. I remember putting my credit card back in my wallet, and was moving my bags to the end. I must have set the wallet down when signing, and the woman's stuff was already starting to move down, and she must have had that moment that the wallet was covered, or she covered it.
I didn't realize I didn't have it until I finished loading the truck, and got in to drive away, and didn't feel it in my back pocket. I looked all around where I loaded the truck, looked in the bags thinking I may have dropped it in one of them. Not there. I headed back into the store and asked the checkout woman if someone turned in a wallet. Nope.
So I noticed that there was a security camera at each register, and asked the manager if he could take a look. He came out and said the woman right behind me took it. I'm thinking what the heck good are security cameras if they aren't monitored. It may be asking too much for those types of stores to monitor their cameras. The theft might have been caught, and stopped on the spot.
It was one of those senior moments. I've got nobody but myself to blame. I have never lost keys or a wallet in my life. What a PITA, canceling credit cards, ordering a new drivers license, health cards, etc.
But there is a good side to this, which is a stretch. I have another brand new wallet that my wife bought for me when she went to Italy 2 years ago. I haven't used it because the one I was using was still in good shape (she gave me that one too about 15 years ago). I hate to throw anything away.
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I didn't realize I didn't have it until I finished loading the truck, and got in to drive away, and didn't feel it in my back pocket. I looked all around where I loaded the truck, looked in the bags thinking I may have dropped it in one of them. Not there. I headed back into the store and asked the checkout woman if someone turned in a wallet. Nope.
So I noticed that there was a security camera at each register, and asked the manager if he could take a look. He came out and said the woman right behind me took it. I'm thinking what the heck good are security cameras if they aren't monitored. It may be asking too much for those types of stores to monitor their cameras. The theft might have been caught, and stopped on the spot.
It was one of those senior moments. I've got nobody but myself to blame. I have never lost keys or a wallet in my life. What a PITA, canceling credit cards, ordering a new drivers license, health cards, etc.
But there is a good side to this, which is a stretch. I have another brand new wallet that my wife bought for me when she went to Italy 2 years ago. I haven't used it because the one I was using was still in good shape (she gave me that one too about 15 years ago). I hate to throw anything away.
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