So once or twice a week, I skip out of work at lunch and go play drop-in hockey for an hour at the local rink. Last Tuesday I went and played. Thursday I looked at my online credit card statement, and see a purchase at a body building supplement store that neither my wife nor I made. So I checked in my wallet. Low and behold, ONE credit card is missing (I have two). At this time, I realize that somebody probably lifted my card from my wallet in the dressing room as it isn't that hard to get into the room and go on a thievery rampage (I usually leave the wallet in my car for this very reason, but didn't on this day).
So I canceled my card and filled out a police report and all that good stuff, but I kept watching my statement to see which additional charges came up between the time the card was stolen, and the time I canceled it. 5 purchases at 5 different supplement stores were made, totaling somewhere in the neighborhood of $1000, plus two purchases at the local wal mart...one for all of $2.16.
Thinking back to the day I played hockey, I remembered one person in my dressing room leaving 20 minutes early, but since I'd seen him out a couple of times, i didn't really think anything of it. In the time since the theft, I had also been following up with each of the stores the purchases had been made at to see if anyone remembered anything, or any of the stores had security cameras. I didn't really get anywhere until last night.
I ended up talking with the owner of one of the stores, and he seemed to make it his personal mission to identify who stole my card. I gave him a description of the one person it possibly could have been, and he told me he'd ask the employee who was working at the time if he remembered anything (apparently, he's a pretty sharp guy). As it turns out, his description of the person with my card exactly matched the guy who left early from hockey. This is good news.
So I'm left with a few options here, and I'm not sure what I should do. I could probably find out the name of this guy (remember, this was just drop-in hockey, so nobody really knows anyone) and let the local police deal with it, and he'll get a slap on the wrist. My other option is to take matters into my own hands. I'm not a small guy (6'2", 210), and a buddy of mine that comes out to play quite regularly (also not small...6'5", 240) offered to help me out. We figured it might be a better idea to confront this individual about the theft, and make it clear how we feel about his actions. I have a feeling that others that come out to play might just join in this "confrontation" as the tolerance for dressing room thieves among us hockey players is quite low.
So to the regular OT goers I ask, what would you do? Let the local 5-0 handle this, or do my best to ensure this guy thinks twice the next time he wants to take something that isn't his? Keep in mind that I'm not liable for any of the purchases made on my card, so all this has really cost me is some inconvenience and time. With that said, somebody getting something for free at the expense of somebody else really pisses me off.
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Cliffs: Credit card stolen from wallet, know who took it. Let the police take care of it, or "deal" with it myself?
So I canceled my card and filled out a police report and all that good stuff, but I kept watching my statement to see which additional charges came up between the time the card was stolen, and the time I canceled it. 5 purchases at 5 different supplement stores were made, totaling somewhere in the neighborhood of $1000, plus two purchases at the local wal mart...one for all of $2.16.
Thinking back to the day I played hockey, I remembered one person in my dressing room leaving 20 minutes early, but since I'd seen him out a couple of times, i didn't really think anything of it. In the time since the theft, I had also been following up with each of the stores the purchases had been made at to see if anyone remembered anything, or any of the stores had security cameras. I didn't really get anywhere until last night.
I ended up talking with the owner of one of the stores, and he seemed to make it his personal mission to identify who stole my card. I gave him a description of the one person it possibly could have been, and he told me he'd ask the employee who was working at the time if he remembered anything (apparently, he's a pretty sharp guy). As it turns out, his description of the person with my card exactly matched the guy who left early from hockey. This is good news.
So I'm left with a few options here, and I'm not sure what I should do. I could probably find out the name of this guy (remember, this was just drop-in hockey, so nobody really knows anyone) and let the local police deal with it, and he'll get a slap on the wrist. My other option is to take matters into my own hands. I'm not a small guy (6'2", 210), and a buddy of mine that comes out to play quite regularly (also not small...6'5", 240) offered to help me out. We figured it might be a better idea to confront this individual about the theft, and make it clear how we feel about his actions. I have a feeling that others that come out to play might just join in this "confrontation" as the tolerance for dressing room thieves among us hockey players is quite low.
So to the regular OT goers I ask, what would you do? Let the local 5-0 handle this, or do my best to ensure this guy thinks twice the next time he wants to take something that isn't his? Keep in mind that I'm not liable for any of the purchases made on my card, so all this has really cost me is some inconvenience and time. With that said, somebody getting something for free at the expense of somebody else really pisses me off.
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Cliffs: Credit card stolen from wallet, know who took it. Let the police take care of it, or "deal" with it myself?
