Well, I've officially been introduced to the wonders of living in a city....last night, I was pickpocketed. I know what you're thinking. Gee, little, white, clearly American girl pickpocketed?? SHOCKING! They stole my iPhone (which I just got to start working about 3 days ago) and all my cash (which wasn't too much, thank God). I can't explain my frustration and shock right now. I feel so violated. I was leaving the movie theater with friends, two of my guys friends were walking me home, and we were stopped by a waiter and an Asian man on the sidewalk who wondered if we spoke English. "The man needed help getting somewhere but didn't speak enough Spanish." So, the three of us directed him to where he needed to go. Then, a few minutes later when we reached my apartment building, I looked for my iPhone to use as a flashlight going up the stairs of my apartment building (it's very dark at night!), and I couldn't find. I sprinted back to the theater, banged on the doors until someone let me back in (they were already closed...after all, it was about 12:30). We looked for my phone, but couldn't find it. I figured I would just call back today to see if it was found by the cleaning staff or someone else in the theater.
Then, this morning I woke up and got my things together for school. I noticed that the things in my wallet were rearranged in a way that I never put them, but figured that I might have moved them when I was paying for the movie last night. Fast forward a couple hours and I'm at a cafe at school getting coffee. It was then that I realized that my 40 euros were missing. The pieces all fell together, and I realized that this was much too much of a coincidence.
So, here's what I think happened:
When we were helping this "tourist in need," I think the waiter dug into my purse and stole my phone, took the cash from my wallet, replaced it in my purse and walked back into the store. I cannot believe we didn't notice it happening. I guess these people are pretty damn good at their jobs, huh? And the whole "find my iPhone" app that seems like such a good idea to get on your computer? Well it's not very helpful if the person who stole your phone turned the phone off, now is it? I'm going to call the movie theater to make sure that I didn't lose my phone there, which I suppose is possible since I had my purse on the floor during the movie. If it wasn't found by the people cleaning, I'll get one of the guys to come with me to the restaurant and talk to the manager about who was working last night and if there are any security tapes from last night that we could watch. I don't know what else to do. I doubt we'll recover anything, but it's worth a try.
Oh, the joys of living in a city and blatantly being a foreigner.
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