Anyway, it's 1:00 am and I can't sleep. For the second time in my life, I just had a lot of stuff stolen from me. The first time was in college and I left my laundry in the communal dryer for a couple of hours and almost everything was gone. That was hard. This was tougher.
I've been trying to get better about going to the gym. So today, like most days, I got off work and went straight there. It was about 5:15 pm when I left my bag in one of the lockers. It was one of the two lockers that I use almost every day. When I finished working out, my bag was gone. I went through every single locker. Twice. I alerted the manager, who called the police for a report. I went back to do one more check when it hit me. I couldn't get home. Whoever had stolen my bag had my whole life. My debit cards, credit cards, cash, and driver's license were all in my wallet. The "prep" (which will now be know as asshole) also had my SmarTrip card.
If you don't know what a SmarTrip card is, it's basically a debit card for the Metro. You load money on it, swipe it at the gates, and ride the Metro. I use that thing everyday.
Also, the asshole had my Blackberry. I couldn't call one of my friends to meet me at the Metro with either cash or another card so I could get home.
And that, my friends, is when I lost it. Fortunately for me, there was a woman in the locker room who had pity on me and gave me $20 to get home. When I tried to get her name and number so I could pay her back, she refused. I hope I get the chance to thank her.
The thing about getting all of your crap stolen from you is the effort to get it all back. Honestly, I rather you just steal cash. I was on the phone for an hour and a half canceling my cards (with a VERY patient gym manager). Getting my phone replaced is a whole other story. My work ID was in my bag, so I have to go deal with that. So were my radiation badges. Getting those replaced will be an ordeal.
The thing is, this asshole took more that just a couple of hundred dollars worth of stuff (I'm ignoring the more than $500 they had already spent on my card by the time I realized the bag was gone). They took a lot of time, effort, worry, and sleep. I had plans this weekend that were majorly compromised because of this asshole.
Getting stuff stolen really sucks.
