Yesterday morning, about 15 minutes after I opened my salon, 3 guys came in asking about appointments, made me totally uncomfortable, and then stole my purse. Of course it's a giant bag with my entire life inside -- my wallet, credit cards (which they started shopping on immediately), IDs, social security card (stupid of me to have it in there, I know), my Nook, the only expensive pair of sunglasses I own, about $250 worth of makeup, my house keys & work keys, etc. Also, I NEVER EVER have cash on me but I had recently gone to the bank to take out money to give my photographer & of course that was in my purse.
So I spent most of the day at the police station, cancelling credit cards, and waiting at the DMV to apply for a new ID. They ended up catching the guys (while they were shopping on my dime) & arresting them. Turns out they robbed some other people as well and in some cases were violent and used a box cutter as a weapon. So I know that I'm lucky that at least they didn't hurt me. Unfortunately, they had already ditched all my stuff by the time they were caught & I'll never see any of it again.
Basically, I'm really sad & wish I had my stuff back and needed to vent. Also, it's pretty disheartening that people really deem such things appropriate. I tend to always think people are intrinsically good, and then things like this happen & I realize that a lot of people are awful jerks!