Kesher Talk

Thugs to us: "Merry F*()&%$ Christmas": So the Gefilte Fish Ball was a great hit. We saw bunch of people we knew whom we'd not seen in a long while, and got to dance up a storm -- something we've not really done since our wedding back in October.

Then, as we returned to our friends' car, we discovered a window smashed in. And my wife's purse stolen from underneath the front seat.

The DC cop who responded was very business-like and no help whatsoever.

We learned from a Metro worker who was leaving her post that she had seen the window broken shortly after we left the car. So we believe that the perpetrators saw the purse being stashed and went to work as soon as we were around the corner.

While we have been able to cancel one of the credit cards, the other one had no one available last night, or today, to talk to. As soon as we get in touch with them, that card will be cancelled permanently.

My wife's bank for her checking account not only has no one available to speak with but their automated phone banking system is offline as well. We will be withdrawing all money and our business from them tomorrow.

The change-of-address card was in her wallet as well, so the perps know our address. Luckily, her actual ID card was in my wallet.

Also stolen were 87 dollars and the keys to her office, her car, my car, and our house. And some work-related odds-and-ends.

When we got home, we phoned our local police, who were as helpful as the DC ones. We tried to explain we were vulnerable and worried and they replied there was nothing they could do.

"You want us to post an officer outside your house? We can't do that."

So we barricaded the door, hid a car, found all our household weaponry and went to bed. Merry f#$%^&* Christmas.

If anyone out there in the blogosphere is knowledgeable about identity theft, we would be grateful to hear from you. At this point, we are quite concerned with preventing it from happening. Changing of locks we can do, but the ID theft potential has us a tad paranoid.

posted by Howard @ 12/25/2002 01:30:28 PM