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Stollen Wallet and Corporate Fuckery
3 years ago
So, on January 5th my wallet was stolen from the breakroom at work right from my purse. Now, here's the thing I understand to a very fair extent a part of this happening is my not having the door locked because I am like so paycheck to paycheck that my lunch for over three months has been a tube of probably expired lip balm, the complimentary soy sauce or mustard/mayo packets, and discount bakery bread loafs for a $1 stretched over the course of weeks. So like... a lock is weirdly expensive in this scenario.
But anyway, I reported several times that 'hey my wallet has been stolen' and basically got dismissed or told 'oh yeah we'll email loss prevention'. Here's the thing it's over a week before I even get told that loss prevention is actually looking into this. I kinda just chalked that up to my understanding that corporations are slow and that hey this is me. I lose my shit all the time. But then it became 2 weeks and during that time loss prevention came specifically on the day I had off. I had to pester my store manager again just to get them to talk at all and then on my next days off that week they once more came again and had the video evidence of the person who took my wallet. My coworkers had asked for the contact information so that they could give it to me but were told no. And then they proceeded to not come again when I was there just last Wednsday. I confronted my store manager about this and was told they had talked to me. That they had told me the situation and had come on a day I was here. Which... no. More importantly none of my coworkers who know the loss prevention dude had even seen him at the store outside that singular Wednesday. So someone in that chain of conversation has lied which angered me deeply and not just because I had been lied to. I called HR and was basically told it was my fault and they would do nothing because according to the evidence it was a customer. That because it was a customer nothing could be done. In fact, it was a really good thing it was a customer because otherwise we'd have to fire someone and we don't want that sorta scandal. Which love that. Great. Good. Excellent.
Glad to know my work is saying that if someone breaks into the breakroom and steals our shit it's not their fault. That they'll sit on their hands and ass hoping the problem goes away. The fact no one talked to me throughout this process and that the store hasn't made any declaration that 'hey we have customers stealing from employees keep an eye out'. All of it makes me pissed.
All of my identification has been stolen. All of it.
My vaccine card, my ID/Driver's license, and because I had been bouncing between jobs relatively frequently and I just left it in there accidently my social security. The thing is in particular I can't replace my Driver's License. Because I don't have a photo of my license anywhere. The only one in existence is of an under 21 learner's permit from 2016 and the numbers on that card aren't valid for a variety of reasons. I have to go in person to the DMV which i can't really do because covid. It's months long waits for an appointment and I have to drive to work.
There was also $212 dollars in rent money because my parents only take that in cash $60 of which was a commission I did for someone that since I no longer have and didn't spend basically means I worked for free. And a runestone that my art teacher gave me the day I finally broke with him about how I felt completely trapped inside my verbally/emotionally abusive household that he made when he was a teenager wanting to run from his home. I'd been keeping it on me because well, when I felt defeated and broken if I gripped it I knew I'd be okay and it's irreplaceable. It's gone now.
And all my work has to say for this is 'oopsie woopsie. So sorry. That must suck so hard.' And fuck off. You basically told me that you would be more than willing to do fuck all to my face over the phone. Your HR department told me I don't have a recourse and why would I? I'm the one who deserves the punishment. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. Because my parents assumed I lost it myself they mocked and berated me and shamed me over this for weeks. Calling me an idiot and telling me if I hated living there so much I should just move out. Great. With what money? I barely avoided having to pay over $300 the day my wallet was stolen because while searching for it I locked myself out of my car and didn't have any ID so roadside assistance wouldn't help me. I barely was able to get them to accept my old college ID. Barely. I have been humilated and insulted constantly because of this lost wallet and this is the cherry on top the shit sunday that is my fucking life.
But anyway, I reported several times that 'hey my wallet has been stolen' and basically got dismissed or told 'oh yeah we'll email loss prevention'. Here's the thing it's over a week before I even get told that loss prevention is actually looking into this. I kinda just chalked that up to my understanding that corporations are slow and that hey this is me. I lose my shit all the time. But then it became 2 weeks and during that time loss prevention came specifically on the day I had off. I had to pester my store manager again just to get them to talk at all and then on my next days off that week they once more came again and had the video evidence of the person who took my wallet. My coworkers had asked for the contact information so that they could give it to me but were told no. And then they proceeded to not come again when I was there just last Wednsday. I confronted my store manager about this and was told they had talked to me. That they had told me the situation and had come on a day I was here. Which... no. More importantly none of my coworkers who know the loss prevention dude had even seen him at the store outside that singular Wednesday. So someone in that chain of conversation has lied which angered me deeply and not just because I had been lied to. I called HR and was basically told it was my fault and they would do nothing because according to the evidence it was a customer. That because it was a customer nothing could be done. In fact, it was a really good thing it was a customer because otherwise we'd have to fire someone and we don't want that sorta scandal. Which love that. Great. Good. Excellent.
Glad to know my work is saying that if someone breaks into the breakroom and steals our shit it's not their fault. That they'll sit on their hands and ass hoping the problem goes away. The fact no one talked to me throughout this process and that the store hasn't made any declaration that 'hey we have customers stealing from employees keep an eye out'. All of it makes me pissed.
All of my identification has been stolen. All of it.
My vaccine card, my ID/Driver's license, and because I had been bouncing between jobs relatively frequently and I just left it in there accidently my social security. The thing is in particular I can't replace my Driver's License. Because I don't have a photo of my license anywhere. The only one in existence is of an under 21 learner's permit from 2016 and the numbers on that card aren't valid for a variety of reasons. I have to go in person to the DMV which i can't really do because covid. It's months long waits for an appointment and I have to drive to work.
There was also $212 dollars in rent money because my parents only take that in cash $60 of which was a commission I did for someone that since I no longer have and didn't spend basically means I worked for free. And a runestone that my art teacher gave me the day I finally broke with him about how I felt completely trapped inside my verbally/emotionally abusive household that he made when he was a teenager wanting to run from his home. I'd been keeping it on me because well, when I felt defeated and broken if I gripped it I knew I'd be okay and it's irreplaceable. It's gone now.
And all my work has to say for this is 'oopsie woopsie. So sorry. That must suck so hard.' And fuck off. You basically told me that you would be more than willing to do fuck all to my face over the phone. Your HR department told me I don't have a recourse and why would I? I'm the one who deserves the punishment. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. Because my parents assumed I lost it myself they mocked and berated me and shamed me over this for weeks. Calling me an idiot and telling me if I hated living there so much I should just move out. Great. With what money? I barely avoided having to pay over $300 the day my wallet was stolen because while searching for it I locked myself out of my car and didn't have any ID so roadside assistance wouldn't help me. I barely was able to get them to accept my old college ID. Barely. I have been humilated and insulted constantly because of this lost wallet and this is the cherry on top the shit sunday that is my fucking life.
