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*Updated* So upset - purse stolen this afternoon

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  • CosmoCat
    CosmoCat Posts: 681 Forumite
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    oh dear

    (((((((hugs))))))) to you. i'm so sorry this has happened to you. i know how violated you feel when somebody takes something of yours from a place where you're supposed to feel safe.

    sending good positive thoughts to you.
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  • Just wanted to add what the others had said, hugs to you and I hope they recover your purse - I am rather attached to mine (it matches my personal organiser ;) ) And lucky there were no transactions and like you I would be keeping my eye on the online banking!
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  • MinnieSpender
    MinnieSpender Posts: 2,975 Forumite
    Poor you ... same has happened to me and it's wretched.

    His willy probably dropped off a long time ago due to misuse. He clearly stole to go and buy himself a new one.

    But that's no excuse!!!

    Best of luck with the boys in blue tomorrow xxx
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  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    Awww I'm so sorry to read your news. I can empathise (was broken in to this year as well) and sending a massive hug out to you.

    Really really really well done for the common sense and questioning him though - especially under those circumstances.

    I also hope his willy drops off....
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  • ozzyfan_2
    ozzyfan_2 Posts: 599 Forumite
    what a lowlife scumbag :mad:

    big hugs to you too & really sorry this happened to you (((((((hugs))))))))

    well done for handling it so well though & hope you feel a bit better after a nice glass or two of wine.

    xx
  • pattiemay
    pattiemay Posts: 238 Forumite
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    You poor thing, I hope they catch the low life
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  • annie-c
    annie-c Posts: 2,542 Forumite
    So thank you all, and I hope his willy develops some vile disease and drops off.

    Go Girl! Well done for fighting him off (so to speak!) and for giving us a laugh at his expense with this fabulous wish for him....

    Personally I'd not be too hard on the Receptionist... this man was clearly a practised criminal and he was the one that needs to be held to account - hope the police catch up with him... after you-know-what has happened to his you-know-what, of course!
  • gerretl
    gerretl Posts: 427 Forumite
    Hi
    i dont want to spoil this thread, but I feel I must make a couple of points.
    Theft hits us in two ways, emotional, and financial.
    In my wallet is thirty pounds, some credit cards, a couple of pictures of my beautiful girlfriend, and a two dollar bill given to me in Cuzco by a guy called Juan.
    If it was stolen, I would be affected in a number of ways. Firstly, I would feel stupid, for letting a scumbag take something, while I wasn't looking. Secondly, I would worry that the !!!!!!! that took my money and my cards would be using it to have a good night out. I need to work an extra shift to make up that money. I resent working so others can !!!!!!/ stoned at my expense.
    The third part is emotional.
    To me, the picture of my girlfriend is irreplaceable. For a thief to throw it away, because it is worth nothing makes me feel sick to the pit of my stomach. The same goes with the two dollar bill. It reminds me of the best time I have ever had in my life. To a skag head, it is just one twentieth of their next fix.
    Littlemiss-lotsofdebt, I truly don't mean to trivialise what happened to you. The anger welling in you is insurmountable. The people who did it see it as a living. Just hold your head high, and think that you will never stoop to their level.
    "Don't critisise what people look like, how they speak, where they are from, and what they are called. They cannot help it.
    Do critisise what they say, and what they do, especially if what they say is different to what they do. They can help that"

    Anon

    "Life is the three weeks and six days between paydays" - gerretl

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  • I agree with the comment about emotional value. My dad was 47 when I was born, and I only ever knew him with grey hair. He did have some photos of himself when he was a young man, but they were in the wallet stolen from him at work when I was about two. I'd so much like to have seen those.

    I hope that nothing of emotional value was stolen from you, and hope too that your thief's willy drops off. Twice :)
    Eek! Someone's stolen my signature! :eek:
  • mrsr
    mrsr Posts: 476 Forumite
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    so sorry he will get whats coming to him
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