Store employee gave my lost wallet to a stranger?
I was recently shopping at my local Walmart, letting my kids spend some Christmas money. I had somewhere between $500 and $700 in cash at the time. In the distraction of keeping receipts straight, I forgot my wallet at the register and left the store. It took me perhaps 20 mins to realize my wallet was missing and return. I was told by the cashier that my wallet had been pointed out to her by the next customer in line, and that she'd given it to Customer Service. I was then told by CS that my husband had already retrieved my wallet. The CS employee said a man had come to her and said his wife had forgotten her wallet and gave her 'the name that matched the ID" (which she couldn't remember but was presumably my name) and so she handed him my wallet. This was a complete stranger, (or likely someone who actually knew me and was in the vicinity when I left the store) who just walked off with $500-$700 of my and my children's money, as well as debit and SS cards. And the employee (against store policy I assume) didn't even ask him for an ID. She justified this by his knowing my name and what register I'd been to. What if any recourse could I have here? No I don't have any concrete proof of the exact amount of cash I had, No this is not a fake post, Yes I realize how foolish carrying that amount of cash is, and Yes the police have been involved and have leads. The wallet was dumped and found the next day, minus cash, but with ID, cards, even change, intact.
If have a friend who is not willing to give me back my belongings, and I have reported this to the police and she denies having them, how do I legally retrieve what she has stolen from me?
Your question as written doesn't make sense. If someone is not willing to give you "back" your belongings then that suggests you gave it to them in the first place. That's not "theft."If you gave this person your belongings without any agreement to return them then it would be considered a "gift" and you would have no basis to report a theft or to get them back.If you gave your belongings to her under an agreement to return them, and she is refusing to return them, then that's a civil matter and not a crime. In that case you would file a claim against her in your local small claims court in order to legally get your belongings back.
I stole for a store my mom gonna kill me?
I think you should tell your mother because even if she does hit you, it seems that telling will make you feel better. I don't think I would hit my child if they told me the truth but I would make them return the stolen goods and a apologize to the manager. You can also return the goods and apologize to the manager and tell your mom this is what you are going to do or have done. Or you could also go back to the store and return the items you stole. Just try something on in the dressing room and leave the stolen good there. I don't blame you for feeling bad an fearful. Try finding some friends who are more honest because they may shop lift again or do worse.
Have you lost your purse or wallet and gotten it back?
At Heathrow Airport I left this purse hanging from a hook on the back of the bathroom stall door.Inside this purse: everything. Wallet, I.D., credit cards, cash, passports, phone, blackberry, boarding pass, a notebook, my Kindle and my planner.I walked out of the stall, washed my hands and waltzed out of the bathroom unburdened, with a spring in my step.About 3 minutes later I froze. My bag was not on my shoulder.I felt panic, complete with a racing heart and sweat trickling down my stomach. I ran back to the bathroom practically incoherent and banged on the door of the stall I had used. I stammered, yelling through the paneling.The woman who an eternity later (less than 30 seconds) came out tried to calm me but I didn't have time to be calmed. Another woman in the bathroom explained she had found the purse and handed it to an officer. I had visions of the bag being destroyed (because that's what they say they will do if they find a bag "unaccompanied".)I ran. I found a uniformed man and babbled. He frowned and escorted me to a room. The room was full of abandoned bags and suitcases. There was mine, crouching in a corner, cold and alone in a world it didn't understand. (OK. It's inert. But stay with me.) I pointed to it with a trembling finger.The officer grabbed it and put it in my hands. He asked me to list what was inside. I did. He handed it over."OH MY GOD" I said, exultant, shaky, grateful, relieved. "I could kiss you right now"."Please don't" he replied.
Why do I knowingly allow myself to be taken advantage of?
I am constantly making stupid choices like paying a friend for work around my house before he does the job, knowing once I give the cash he will likely dissapear,sending a friend to the store with my money when he never has my change, even when I know that it's happening, and I know I am not stupid an I know they know it to, so how can they think I don't see them for who they are and what they pull, I know most of my friends don't much, neither do but it's more than them however most my friends are men , that have few responsibilities, while I am a mother of four and have an endless list of them, Though I am not seriously injured by their actions they do add up to be quite a loss, and in the cause me to have to work more and worry about making more to replace my losses, I'd never let a stranger do this, whats my problem.....