Chelsea
01-22-2005, 10:40 PM
I was originally going to write a lengthy post on my trip to the Presidential Inaugural this past week, however, something happened yesterday that's changed what I'm about to post.
Yesterday evening, after stopping off for a quickie snack at a gas station in West Hyattsville, MD., I got back onto the DC MetroRail, not noticing that something was missing. I got back to the hotel in College Park, MD (Home of the Univ. of MD, FWIW), when I noticed that my right coat pocket, where I've kept my wallet for quite sometime, was unusually light.
I reach into my pocket...and my wallet was gone. I searched the rest of my pockets...everything in those pockets, cell phone and room key included, were still there...but my wallet was gone.
I spent the last twelve hours of my trip retracing every last footstep I made in College Park and West Hyattsville...No luck.
Since my Photo ID was in the Wallet, I had the priveledge of trying out the TSA's security procedures for return ticketers with no ID. (It's a rather Advanced screening).
Anyway, to get to the point of the post...I got back to WKU, and almost immediately (Had to plug up the Lappy to get the numbers first) called the providers of my two cards (one credit, one debit). Here's what was spent in the last 24 hours (since the disappearance)
Debit Card:
$60 in Fare for DC Metrorail
Credit Card:
$40 Car Part
$60 in various other expenses.
The Metro purchase happened when I was ASLEEP, and the rest happened more than 50 miles from me - I was stuck in Baltimore-Washington International at the time.
I got the two cards cancelled, and the two companies fraud departments are working on it. Also missing are my:
KY Drivers License
WKU Student ID
Social Security Card
...and then my local library card, but that's bigtime irrelevant.
Guys, if you ever go to an area outside of a place you know incredibly well, please, watch yourself.
Yesterday evening, after stopping off for a quickie snack at a gas station in West Hyattsville, MD., I got back onto the DC MetroRail, not noticing that something was missing. I got back to the hotel in College Park, MD (Home of the Univ. of MD, FWIW), when I noticed that my right coat pocket, where I've kept my wallet for quite sometime, was unusually light.
I reach into my pocket...and my wallet was gone. I searched the rest of my pockets...everything in those pockets, cell phone and room key included, were still there...but my wallet was gone.
I spent the last twelve hours of my trip retracing every last footstep I made in College Park and West Hyattsville...No luck.
Since my Photo ID was in the Wallet, I had the priveledge of trying out the TSA's security procedures for return ticketers with no ID. (It's a rather Advanced screening).
Anyway, to get to the point of the post...I got back to WKU, and almost immediately (Had to plug up the Lappy to get the numbers first) called the providers of my two cards (one credit, one debit). Here's what was spent in the last 24 hours (since the disappearance)
Debit Card:
$60 in Fare for DC Metrorail
Credit Card:
$40 Car Part
$60 in various other expenses.
The Metro purchase happened when I was ASLEEP, and the rest happened more than 50 miles from me - I was stuck in Baltimore-Washington International at the time.
I got the two cards cancelled, and the two companies fraud departments are working on it. Also missing are my:
KY Drivers License
WKU Student ID
Social Security Card
...and then my local library card, but that's bigtime irrelevant.
Guys, if you ever go to an area outside of a place you know incredibly well, please, watch yourself.