# I was robbed today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567 "2023-09-04T02:04:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/21 "2023-09-04T15:05:05Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > We’ve already reported it to the authorities and also canceled relevant cards and such. We already know where the thief tried to use the credit cards. If you’re motivated to track the person down, go to these businesses and ask them to check and hold any security cams for the day. Large businesses will typically upload the videos to the cloud, but small businesses may just have an on-site system which overwrites the recordings after a week. Your phone may have some kind of “find my phone” capability which can locate the phone’s location. If you do all the legwork to identify the person, the police might step in to help. It might not really be worth it to you, but having the police show up at the thief’s house may discourage them from doing this in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/22 "2023-09-04T15:12:37Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > he said it was a lock with a key - what do people think he should have been using instead? Check out some of LockPickingLawyer’s youtube videos and you’ll start looking askance at every lock. Master locks in particular seem to just be a polite request not to open that particular door. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/23 "2023-09-04T17:43:20Z")
When Mid-dau’s phone was stolen. She found the address where it was on the find-a-phone thingy. The police refused to go get it. We discouraged her from attempting to retrieve it herself. If only we had a heavy weight boxer in the family. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/24 "2023-09-04T18:58:30Z")
@Beckdawrek Well, you got guns… Have Son of Wrek get in his sniper position. ~VOW (Seriously, I am not endorsing vigilantism. And I do know many law enforcement agencies are overworked and understaffed. But in my non-professional brain, phone theft wouldn’t seem to be an isolated incident. And, dammit, cell phones are downright expensive!) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/25 "2023-09-04T19:21:32Z")
Yeah the cops said they didn’t have any proof there was a crime. How’d they know she didn’t drop it. No matter the guy grabbed it outta her back pocket. And she screamed bloody murder in public. There was no proof. Still. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/26 "2023-09-04T19:27:53Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > he said it was a lock with a key - what do people think he should have been using instead? A Rottweiler with an attitude. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/27 "2023-09-04T19:36:17Z")
@kayaker How about a snake or a few tarantulas crawling around inside the locker? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/28 "2023-09-04T19:37:03Z")
Now there’s an idea… ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/29 "2023-09-04T21:16:02Z")
When I used to do to my municipal pool, I wore nothing but a bathing suit a T-shirt and flip-flops and put the flip-flops and T-shirt on a towel at pool-side and the car keys in my pocket. So I was driving without a licence. I drove carefully and any reasonable cop (or judge) would have accepted my explanation. I put the towel on the seat when driving home, which saved the seat from getting soaked. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/30 "2023-09-05T01:36:36Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Check out some of LockPickingLawyer’s youtube videos and you’ll start looking askance at every lock. thank you, I will check out LockPickingLawyer! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/31 "2023-09-05T01:42:25Z")
That sucks! I don’t suppose that there was a security camera in the locker room? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/32 "2023-09-05T05:37:33Z")
Why didn’t you put the lisc. in the glove box? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/33 "2023-09-05T11:47:24Z")
I lost two years of pictures, or at least the ones I hadn’t already uploaded or sent to someone else. But the biggest loss so far - my notes. I’d been using my phone’s notes app for everything from home maintenance to my little boy’s height, weight, and medical exam information, and that’s all gone for the past two years. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/34 "2023-09-05T13:52:53Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Why didn’t you put the lisc. in the glove box? I could’ve, but it seemed like too much effort with little reward. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/35 "2023-09-05T14:20:21Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > So I was driving without a licence. I drove carefully and any reasonable cop (or judge) would have accepted my explanation. Why not bring your wallet and leave it out of sight in the locked car? > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I lost two years of pictures, or at least the ones I hadn’t already uploaded or sent to someone else. But the biggest loss so far - my notes. I’d been using my phone’s notes app for everything from home maintenance to my little boy’s height, weight, and medical exam information, and that’s all gone for the past two years. Are you sure none of that stuff is backed up in the cloud? Nowadays you’d almost have to try to prevent your data from being up there. My own policy for years has been to ensure everything uploads ASAP. Not for fear of crime, but as somebody who’s constantly lugging phone and tablet all over half the world, stuff does get lost or forgotten. My motto was “Don’t bring irreplaceable stuff on trips.” ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/36 "2023-09-05T15:29:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Are you sure none of that stuff is backed up in the cloud? Nowadays you’d almost have to try to prevent your data from being up there. That’s exactly what I stopped by to say. I can’t speak for an iPhone, but an Android phone backs up most everything by default. I know I restored a whole bunch of data when my BIL lost his phone. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/37 "2023-09-05T16:31:07Z")
The phone is android. I tried to restore the notes but haven’t succeeded so far. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567/38 "2023-09-06T05:21:13Z")
@iiandyiiii Find a twelve-year-old. They know more about the phones than the people who created them. ~VOW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-robbed-today/989567.md?page=1)