Dumb:
So, I went over to the gym to play basketball at lunch today. This is normal — I play almost every work day. I get there, put my stuff in an er (which is what I have to assume that a locker sans lock is called), and hit the court.
First, I decided along the way that I was going to try to actually play post against the 6’6″ kid who usually lifts weights instead of playing basketball. (You know, the one who warms up his dunk before he plays.) Needless to say, this didn’t go well. And at some point, while being manhandled, my left foot planted wrong and my knee hyperextended. So, now I have a slight gimp in my left leg.
I came off the court, showered, changed, and discovered that while I was playing someone had lifted a credit card and $125 or so in cash from my wallet. Which, granted, is my own damn fault. Because I’m dumb. (But at least thief-guy was nice enough to leave my cash card, cell phone, other credit card, MBTA pass…you know, the important stuff.)
Dumber:
I got back to the office and called the credit card company. They canceled the card, and mentioned along the way that it had been used at a gas station on Arsenal Street at 1:07PM, and again at the CVS on Arsenal Street at 1:22PM. (At the moment that they said this, it was about 1:28PM.) Fortunately, Chase has one of those no-liability things with their cards, so I’m off the hook for the charges.
My second call was to the Watertown Police, who (patrolling a rather quiet town and all) sent someone over to fill out a report right away. By 1:45PM, I was talking to a cop, giving him the details. Including the times and places that the card had been used.
Suddenly, the cop got a very curious look on his face. Because, it seems, the gas station where the card had been used has surveillance cameras — they record the license plate of everyone who drives up so that they can prosecute drive-offs. And the CVS also has cameras.
So, I’m thinking that whoever it was who lifted my card might have done something really, really stupid, like getting their license plate and face filmed while in the act of using a stolen credit card.
Let’s hope.
And with that, I’m off to have a well-deserved mug of something cold and stout-like. And maybe to buy a lock.