Had a stupid worthless meeting this afternoon, the only time I was away from my desk without having the iPod with me. I get back from the meeting and it’s gone. Reported it to the useless security guard, who will do nothing. Oh, wait, he’ll report it to the on-site manager, and she will do nothing. I’m working through a temp agency so I called them to report it so they too can do nothing.
To the thief: Fuck you. I hope you’re wearing my iPod when you step off a curb and get hit by the bus you can’t hear because you’re listening to my stolen iPod, breaking all of your limbs and your spine, so that you live out the remainder of your days in excruciating pain. You better hope I don’t find out who the fuck you are.
Otto, I sympathize with you, but having been on the leadership end, what do you expect them to do? They can’t very well have sealed off the exits and searched every person on the way out. If they went WAY above and beyond and bought you a new iPod, then they’d have employees “missing” iPods and demanding free replacements because you got one. Hopefully they’ll keep an eye on it in case someone turns it in, but beyond that, what do you expect?
Bah, that sucks. Although it wasn’t stolen, and it wasn’t an Ipod, I lost my cell phone yesterday. Amazing how much you feel the loss only after it’s gone. I hope you get a better Ipod.
I hope you get your phone back and Otto gets his iPod back, too…although I don’t have either, I used to have a cellphone and a music player and man, not having them sucks.
Somebody lost their cellphone at my school yesterday. I called the number listed under “Home” and informed her father that she’d lost the cellphone and I’d found it and that I was turning it in to campus security, and told him where her daughter could find the campus security office. I hope campus security (which is, thankfully, an actual police department) doesn’t bury it in red tape (or lose it) and she gets her phone back! In retrospect, I should’ve offered to drive it to them, or given some kind of contact information (or, hell, had her call me at school today and meet somewhere to give it to her) or something, but I didn’t think of it. Oh well…
I’m sure they do understand it. It seems that you don’t. Part of the whole concept of personal property is the need to safeguard it, which you failed to do.
Well, it is your fault. You’re supposed to be intelligent and use sound judgement. You’re a temp, you say. How well do you know these people, that you judge their morality? How do you know a coworker stole it rather than a visitor?
Leaving an Ipod unattended on a desk carries with it a risk. Unless there is an upside to the risk, why did you take it?
Are you under the impression all people are honest?
Look, I don’t mean to berate you, and I am sympathetic. I’m sorry you lost your ipod. But, there’s another tier here that you seem to be denying.
You need to safeguard your property prudently. You didn’t.
(a) Leaving it lying around was really bloody stupid
(b) How about reporting it to the police, and let them know the name of the security guard who were responsible for the area at the time, and who apparently doesn’t want to know? On the chance they might bother to speak to him, it’d certainly give Mr Big in his sit-behind-the-desk security role a fright.
Yeah I lost it in a NYC cab last night. I got a hold of the driver by calling my phone. His shift started at 6:00 and he said he’d call next time he was in lower Manhattan. This was a few hours ago and I’m starting to lose faith. Plus my battery will be dying soon, and it’s the only way I have to reach him.
I still feel bad for you, so I’ll help you get it back.
You need to judge these tactics and decide which is best for your environment. You only have one chance.
If you work in a tech-savvy office post a note or send an email saying that you lost an ipod that contained important personal software on it. Offer a reward larger than the value of the Ipod for it’s return. If it comes back, confront the scumbag who stole it with the fact that it was taken off your desk.
Post a note or send an email saying that you lost an Ipod and you know whoever picked up wasn’t stealing it, because it is totally useless to anybody but yourself. Each IPod has a unique serial number. If anybody connects it to a computer to charge it or download music, that serial number gets reported to itunes which logs the IP and the user when it is reported stolen. Offer a small reward for its return, and pay it when you get it. (this is all untrue but hopefully the thief won’t know it.
Your chances are still slim, but at least they exist.
You know what, Scylla? Fuck you and your condescending “you don’t know what it means to own property” bullshit. Excuse the fuck out of me for one time in the last two years leaving the thing unattended for an hour. And no, asshole, the victim of a robbery isn’t the one to blame for the robbery.
Well, I still have my ipod. So, I guess i know more about owning property (especially if it’s an ipod) than you (who lack an ipod) do.
I’m not blaming you. It’s your ipod (or at least it used to be.) You are free to do what you want with it, including things that are foolish and risky.
What’s the debate here, Cheeto-head? You behaved imprudently.
It’s not your fault the ipod got stolen. It’s your fault for exposing it to the risk. You have a responsibility to behave with intelligence regarding your property. You didn’t and now you are podless.
I do feel bad for you. Don’t take it out on me. Don’t pretend you didn’t do something stupid. You did.
Now look. It’s not fair, and it’s not your fault. I’m genuinely sorry that your possession was stolen. I’m sorry that there are people that will rob you blind if you turn your back. But an important life lesson can be learned here: DO NOT EVER LEAVE YOUR STUFF UNATTENDED IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT.
Am I blaming you? No. Did you learn something from it? I hope so. I’ve had my car stereo, speakers, and a boatload of CDs stolen from my car not once, but twice, and both times it was because I forgot to lock the doors. I didn’t learn the first time, and I paid for it. Now I lock the doors every time. I haven’t been robbed since.
Scylla means well, he really does. You need to calm down and realize that, although he’s being very undiplomatic about it, he really is getting down to the crux of the matter: you have to make a mistake for someone to cheat you.