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dragonlady7via http://ift.tt/2pqGcLy:danceswchopstck replied to your photo “WHO GOT THEIR WALLET STOLEN IN TROY LIKE A DUMBASS and what dumbass…”
May his stupidity be your gain!
I mean. I get the feeling the cops, who had much more pressing matters on their plate (Troy is a busy small city with not a great budget, even with all the gentrification), would not have bothered except that I had such great data and also had pretty much cornered the suspect. Middle-little was very critical of their slow response time, but last night at the station as I was giving the statement, the guy’s scanner was going on and on about the various terrifying things going on around the city, and I was like, yo, my stolen wallet is small potatoes. There was a woman who kept calling 911 and whispering that she was being threatened with a gun and then hanging up, and they just could not figure out what was going on there and how to help her, so there was much discussion of it over the scanner, and my guy kept pausing what he was doing to listen and look concerned.
So like. I don’t think I’ll gain anything here. I’d love to gain my passport or license back. But I’m not holding out hope. At this point, it’s gone. I have to figure out what to do. The cop said “maybe the judge will make him pay restitution!” but like. seriously this is a 27-year-old man who visits the liquor store daily and then sits on the stoop next to the corner store across from the bus stop all day making noises at women who pass by. I’m not expecting much.
People have been like “you should be madder” and I’m like look, seriously, I’d fully expect anyone to just take the cash and throw the wallet somewhere, I’d have figured no real harm done there as long as I could find it. If I were down on my luck and found a wallet, I’d consider swiping the cash and then handing it in at the nearest place of business. (There’s a bar right there; we did go ask the bartender if anyone had turned it in.) I totally understand that. Finder’s fee and all.
But Christ, that passport card is going to be expensive, and I don’t know how to even start replacing my license, which I need to operate a car. I have to take the farm truck out on a 3-hour round trip to pick up organic potting soil this week and I don’t have a driver’s license.
At least, again, I give thanks that I’m white and have a local accent, because if I were at any risk of being detained or deported, I’d be a fucking wreck at the moment.
May his stupidity be your gain!
I mean. I get the feeling the cops, who had much more pressing matters on their plate (Troy is a busy small city with not a great budget, even with all the gentrification), would not have bothered except that I had such great data and also had pretty much cornered the suspect. Middle-little was very critical of their slow response time, but last night at the station as I was giving the statement, the guy’s scanner was going on and on about the various terrifying things going on around the city, and I was like, yo, my stolen wallet is small potatoes. There was a woman who kept calling 911 and whispering that she was being threatened with a gun and then hanging up, and they just could not figure out what was going on there and how to help her, so there was much discussion of it over the scanner, and my guy kept pausing what he was doing to listen and look concerned.
So like. I don’t think I’ll gain anything here. I’d love to gain my passport or license back. But I’m not holding out hope. At this point, it’s gone. I have to figure out what to do. The cop said “maybe the judge will make him pay restitution!” but like. seriously this is a 27-year-old man who visits the liquor store daily and then sits on the stoop next to the corner store across from the bus stop all day making noises at women who pass by. I’m not expecting much.
People have been like “you should be madder” and I’m like look, seriously, I’d fully expect anyone to just take the cash and throw the wallet somewhere, I’d have figured no real harm done there as long as I could find it. If I were down on my luck and found a wallet, I’d consider swiping the cash and then handing it in at the nearest place of business. (There’s a bar right there; we did go ask the bartender if anyone had turned it in.) I totally understand that. Finder’s fee and all.
But Christ, that passport card is going to be expensive, and I don’t know how to even start replacing my license, which I need to operate a car. I have to take the farm truck out on a 3-hour round trip to pick up organic potting soil this week and I don’t have a driver’s license.
At least, again, I give thanks that I’m white and have a local accent, because if I were at any risk of being detained or deported, I’d be a fucking wreck at the moment.
