Thursday, April 27, 2006
Burgled ...
I had a small shock at my health club yesterday. When I returned to the locker room after my workout, I saw the first sign that something was wrong: my lock was hanging off the door and one of the fixtures attaching it to my locker door had been ripped out.
I opened the door to find my clothes lying in a heap and my wallet -- which had been in my rear pants pocket -- sitting on top of my pants (Brit friends note: we Yanks call trousers pants).
Fearing the worst, I opened my wallet to find that every single dollar had been removed. There had been more than $160 in my wallet.
It could have been much worse. The thief could have taken my credit cards or -- worse -- taken the wallet and my driver's license.
The folks at the gym were upset and sympathetic. After I pointed out that I should be compensated in some way, they waived my fee for the next month.
A colleague who also uses the gym told me there has been about one such theft a month for the last three months or so.
Like him, I'm going to start leaving my wallet and watch behind when I go to the gym.
I opened the door to find my clothes lying in a heap and my wallet -- which had been in my rear pants pocket -- sitting on top of my pants (Brit friends note: we Yanks call trousers pants).
Fearing the worst, I opened my wallet to find that every single dollar had been removed. There had been more than $160 in my wallet.
It could have been much worse. The thief could have taken my credit cards or -- worse -- taken the wallet and my driver's license.
The folks at the gym were upset and sympathetic. After I pointed out that I should be compensated in some way, they waived my fee for the next month.
A colleague who also uses the gym told me there has been about one such theft a month for the last three months or so.
Like him, I'm going to start leaving my wallet and watch behind when I go to the gym.
