Yesterday evening, Number Two Son was working out with the Rocket City Rowing Club (look for a future post about that little experiment) when he had his cell phone and wallet stolen.<\/p>\n
They were in a friend’s car (in plain sight–lesson learned), and although the parking lot was only located a short distance away, the thieves waited until the team was rowing on the Tennessee River before quickly picking out the only vehicle without an alarm system and smashing the window. The driver also lost his phone, wallet and an iPod (Number Two had left his at home fortunately).<\/p>\n
Number Two’s wallet contained his learner’s permit, a small amount of cash and his debit card. He called us on a friend’s phone while we were at a soccer match and told us what had happened. Eyegal immediately called Cingular and stopped service on his phone. After the match was over, we went straight home and Eyegal called the debit card company and reported it stolen. Number Two recently started a part-time job and we had just opened the account. In fact, since he has yet to receive his first paycheck, the account had a zero balance. Nevertheless, in the short time that it took us to cancel the card, the thieves had managed to swipe it twice for credit and had attempted twice more but had been denied.<\/p>\n
We got off light this time, but it did get us to thinking about how important it is to have a list of the cards and items in our wallets in case they are ever lost or stolen.<\/p>\n
What’s in your wallet? You’d better check now, before some young hoodlum uses it to purchase beer and gas at the local Texaco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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