I don't know if it's the upcoming holiday, or if people are just more rushed and careless nowadays, but I've been hearing more tales of robberies in the past week.
First there was a warning by one of the agents at our Realtors' breakfast yesterday that women's purses are being lifted out of grocery carts. Then someone else mentioned that young mothers in parking lots were the newest victims, because they couldn't leave toddlers or babies in carriages alone to chase after a purse snatcher...they warned them to shop in pairs.
Back at the office, there was an email telling us to be certain to hang lock boxes on door knobs or water pipes, because robbers were taking boxes that are sitting unattached and drilling them open, then using the keys inside to enter vacant, staged houses and make off with the expensive furniture and decorator items.
One of my friends in the office had a worse experience. This week, her car key was stolen from the gym she attends, and her car and purse (left in the car for "safekeeping!) were stolen. Imagine the hassle of having to cancel all of her credit cards...but not before the thief made a $1700 purchase at Best Buy...re-key her house, and put a freeze on her name at the credit bureaus. The car is still missing.
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