If you left your wallet in public,what would you do?
By libertywave
@libertywave (61)
China
October 29, 2012 7:22am CST
Several days ago,my wallet was stealed in bus stop.At that time,I was waiting for a bus.Before it ,I went to visit a friend.And after having dinner,I must go home.There ware many people waiting for the bus.Of course,I am the one of them.I looked around for it's too boring.Fortunately,here was coming a bus.
Nearly half an hour,I got off.And I ready to supermarket to buy some lifethings.However,when it's time to pay,I found my wallet was stealed.I was very embarrased and annoyed.Finally,I had to call my friends to bring me some money.But,to my surprise,my mobile was still in my pocket.Haha...
What would you do if your wallet was stealed?
Will you be worried,annoied or distress?
3 people like this
14 responses
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
30 Oct 12
Are you sure it was stolen?
Lucky for you to still have your mobile on your pocket.
Oh well, maybe because of too many people around and squeezing on the bus, your wallet has fallen from your pocket and you didn't notice it...
I think this can really be an embarrassing moment if you are in the supermarket and fallen in line then when you reached the cashier it's only moment you search for your wallet... Next time you eneter supermarket, check on your wallet first cause you may disturb others in line with that...
If ever I would find my wallet lost in public, I would really be sad cause of course, I have been irresponsible for such act. I would blame myself why did I let this happen. But thinking also if I have dropped it somewhere and hoping I can still recover it...
@libertywave (61)
• China
1 Nov 12
My wallet must be stolen .Because when I got on the bus,there were not so many people.And I chosed a seet to sit down.After a few minutes,I realised my wallet was gone.I think before I got on the bus ,my wallet had been stolen.And that then,people were everythere.
In a word,I have to be careful when I go out in the future.That's enough.
@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
• Philippines
29 Oct 12
I would really panic if that would happened to me. I can't imagine what I'm gonna do if my wallet lost somewhere in the crowd. Because there's is a big possibility that I could no longer find it. :)
@libertywave (61)
• China
30 Oct 12
In generally,if we left wallet in public.There is no possibility to find it again.After all,nearly everyone wouldn't have it back to you if he piched up your wallet.He must possess himself.Right?What we could do is that we must be care of it.That's the only thing we can do.
Good day,luckily!
@Harold_ks (1673)
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29 Oct 12
Our valuable things are really not safe in public places especially in crowded areas. Maybe your wallet has been stolen while you were going inside the bus while you were still at the entrance or stair of it. The modus operandi is they will bump you then you will not notice that your valuable things such as mobile phone and wallet is already stolen. Just take care of your things better next time and keep aware of everything around you. For your wallet it's better to place it not at the back pocket of your pants, but put in the front pocket, it's safer that way. Well, you're still lucky that you didn't get hurt and your other valuable things are still with you. That is really a bad experience and we are learning from it. Good day!
@libertywave (61)
• China
30 Oct 12
Thanks for your suggestions.I will take care of it.However,there are so many thieves in public.Sometimes,I would left my valuable things at home when I went out.I was so worried .He that has been biten by a serpent ,is afraid of a rope.Now,I am afraid of going out.Haha...But,the lesson sank deep into my heart.
Thank you!Good day!
@squallming (1775)
• Malaysia
5 Dec 12
If I lost my wallet, I would feel really not secured and I would be really sad and helpless. Losing a wallet involves quite some procedures at the police station and bank to report your lost of identity card, bank card and many other important things. In fact, I did lost my wallet once when I was a kid. I was playing in one internet cafe and suddenly when I want to rent for another hour, I reached for my wallet in my pocket and I find it gone. Good thing was being a kid that time I did not bring much money with me including my identity card.
@watchamacallitz (1171)
• Philippines
29 Oct 12
That has happened to me in the past as well. Of course I was so mad but the again, that wont do me anything. It is just so scary these times because pick pockets and hold-uppers are everywhere. We just have to be extra careful with our belongings.
@libertywave (61)
• China
30 Oct 12
That's ok.Certainly,the only thing we could do is keeping extraly careful.It's too crowded in public.We can't hold the wallet with hand all the time.All that ends well is well.May you be lucky all the time.Good day!!!
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
29 Oct 12
I will be annoied if my wallet was stolen. But it's so lucky for me that thieves never stole my wallet. Sorry about your wallet. The thieves are hateful, aren't they?
@libertywave (61)
• China
30 Oct 12
What a lucky guy!But,if you are too careless,I think you are the next.Haha...Certainly,thieves are hateful.If I could catch a thief,I must take him to police office.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
30 Oct 12
Well luckily it has been yrs. since I have had a Wallet stolen, or Credit, Debit Cards, etc. but it would be quite annoying if it did happen and I would hope first I had just misplaced it or left it somewhere. But I did have an Acer Tablet stolen this yr. out of my bag on a bus, so when I got a replacement for it, I now carry it in a purse that is big enough to hold it. Even with proof of who took mine, there is nothing anyone could do.
@GemmaR (8517)
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29 Oct 12
I thought that I had lost my phone this morning, and I was worried about it because there would be no way that the person who found it would be able to tell that the thing belonged to me. If you were lucky enough to get an honest person who picked it up, then I think that the only thing that you would be able to do would be to wait and see if they looked inside it and find something with your contact details on it. You should also make sure that you cancel all of the cards that you have in there because there is always the chance that people might be able to see them and use them.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
29 Oct 12
First, I would slap myself across the back of the head for making such a lazy mistake. And I would wonder where I had gone wrong. I really keep a paranoid hold on all of my belongings when I am out in a public venue. There are many instances where you just never known when someone is going to pick your pocket, and I'd like to avoid that.
In this day and age, losing your wallet, even if I accidentally dropped it, it would be one of the most horrifying things in the world. In this day and age of identity theft, giving someone something that could be use for that is rather scary. So needles to say, I would freak out if I would lose my wallet out in public.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
1 Nov 12
I remember 3 years before I forget my purse in hotel and I was purchasing sweets from there. When sit on auto and reach in middle I check ohhhh god no purse in my bag then I remind I forget my purse in sweets shop go there and the man was good he said yes mam your purse was here and this is your purse. I feel I was lucky because 500 rs. and mobile was in it.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
5 Dec 12
hi,
i am so thankful because still not happen to me,and aside from that i don't use wallet or some coin purse,just i put my money to my pocket and the other is in my bag,and if it will happen to me i will use phone to call my sister to fetch me or to meet me up.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
29 Oct 12
I would not like it but since there is seldom any interesting in my wallet the thief will have less fun with it. I would report it at the police (one never knows) and go check if I really lost it (I know myself if it comes to that).
We don't need money over here for the bus but a card (plastic one) so no big deal, otherwise I would call someone to pick me up.
I think I would be lost more if I lost my phone and the phone number I would not know by head (I wrote them down elsewhere but ofcourse would not have them with me) or my keys (especially if it's as cold as it is now or winter/colder). If I am at the shop and lost my wallet I would ask them to save it for me, walk home, pick up some money and go back and pay for it.
@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
29 Oct 12
Of course, If I were in your situation I might get hysterical though I already experienced that but not in the public.It was only in the neighborhood. I burst into tears when my wallet was lost which is in my bag that was hanged near the window.And I'm really sure that one of my neighbor stole my wallet. I was about to go to office that moment and unfortunately after the incident, I have no money anymore.
@Sindelle (824)
• United States
30 Oct 12
Well I'm a good person to ask since my purse has been stolen twice. Both times the thieves went on a cash spending spree on my credit card. I will say that I was somewhat agitated because it put my money on hold but I survived. No point of letting idiots get to me. They'll get there's one day when the police catch em in the act.