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liadnanObviously my wallet and all my cards -including my oystercard- would be stolen just when I'm suffering a little financial embarrassment courtesy of paying Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs their quarterly due in respect of VAT and having to rely on the credit cards until some cheques clear. It was only because I had Pashazade's Oyster card in my pocket for some reason that I didn't end up walking home from Victoria.
Classic: crossing a pedestrian crossing and fail to avoid guy staggering his way across seemingly blind drunk who abuses me for getting in his way. Get to the other side and realise my pocket was light: by that time the lights have changed, there's a stream of traffic, and he's vanished.
No BTP apparent on Victoria, and granted it wasn't their problem anyway as it wasn't on the station, but I did eventually find a phone that connected me to their ops room and they put me through to Scotland Yard. They seem to think there might be some useful CCTV cameras around but I hold out little hope. Lloyds very quick to stop cards on, as were Barclays (though their cretinous new card sentinel idea means that I can no longer use online banking either, as I need the card) but MBNA are a nightmare.
Balls. This is the second wallet I've lost this year, though the first (in Lebanon) was entirely my fault.
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Date: 2007-11-11 08:17 pm (UTC)Someone was lurching along the road towards me, clearly a but out of it, but seemingly on a course for direct impact. At the last moment some instinct left from aikdo allowed me to dodge around him leaving myself looking at him as he went past. He clearly seemed confused that he hadn't hit anyone and lurched a bit more. I took this for drunkenness, but this was at about 9 in the morning.
Maybe he was a pickpocket, and I dodged a bullet!
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Date: 2007-11-11 08:58 pm (UTC)For what it's worth, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone being stupider than I was when I fell for the 'distraction at cashpoint' technique a few years ago. I'd only just moved to London so must have been hopelessly naive or something.
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Date: 2007-11-11 09:08 pm (UTC)It's easy to be all-knowing and Wise in the ways of pickpockets until someone actually does it on you I reckon, just because you know it happens that way in theory doesn't mean you actually spot it happening until that crucial 30 seconds later.
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Date: 2007-11-12 10:45 am (UTC):sends sympathies:
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Date: 2007-11-12 01:32 pm (UTC)I doubt he got much benefit beyond about five quid in cash, perhaps 8 Euros, and four quid on the oyster card.
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