I’ve never lost anything, but I came close recently. We were on holiday in South Africa, and checked into a hotel tired and weary. We’d been looking all over town for a place to crash, and for some reason, this town was popular. This hotel was like the 7th we checked, all the other ones being full. We get all the registration BS over with, and head for a restaurant.
As we’re waiting for our food, who walks in but the nice but slightly disorganised hotel clerk. “Here’s your card sir, you left it at the desk!” Holy shit, she already had all our info, my signature, and the info that we were Dutch and passing through town, not staying.
She coulda charged me a fortune and I would not have seen it until a month later, a continent away. :eek:
So, yeah. Wherever you are lady, that was top class!
I’ve ordered plenty of replacement ATM cards, as they simply stop working after a year or so. Wear and tear. My current one has a huge crack in it, but it’s become a sport to see how long it’ll last. That, and I’m tired of paying EUR 15 everytime that crap ass bank card wears out again - which in my case is once a year or so.
As an aside: wolfstu, you live in the Netherlands now??? Whereabouts?
I very very rarely lose anything, but my sister and a friend both lose stuff all the time, and I think I’ve figured out why.
For me, I keep everything in a specific location. Credit cards go in this half of the wallet, receipts here, ID here, etc. Lipstick in this purse pocket, cigs in this one. You get the idea. When I do misplace something, I freak out because I never do that, only to find it shortly thereafter because while distracted I put it somewhere I never do, like leaving my keys in the bathroom if I come home with an exceptionally full bladder.
My sister and my friend are easily distracted, and don’t keep anything in a specific location anywhere. They don’t necessarily put CCs in a purse or wallet, it’s just as likely to be in their pocket. So that makes them more easily lost forever instead of just misplaced for a day.
My sister used to lose her ID and driver’s license so often, she had 6 or 8 replacements scattered around her room and her car. And that, my friends, is how I used to buy alcohol when I was underaged.
I wonder if this is more common in women? Men typically have a wallet. Women often have a wallet, a pocketbook with at least two little pockets, a dayplanner, a make-up bag, and at least three other things on their minds.
Hello, hello! I’m living in Leiden, working nearby in Noordwijk. My email’s in my profile if you want to say hi, get together, etc. Say hi to Heloise for me as well
