The minds of thieves...

Hey now I know where my package went!! ;~))

OH my Goddes badfish..that is funnyyy!!! LOL

It only costs ten grand? That's not bad at all . . .

A large discount for a few toes missing.

I dont get. Where does this attitude of entitlement come from? (Not getting political here, but...)How does someone wake up in the morning and say to themselves "That person worked hard to get what they have, but I want it too, so Im just gonna take it from them!"? Thieves, like hackers, should be taken out in the street and shot. Those that hack so they can steal should be given an acid bath. JMHO

Northern Girl

I'm not sure the attitude of entitlement came from anywhere. I'm sure that when the first cave man came back from the hunt and left his fresh haunch of venison unattended, some other rat-bastard stole it.

It's a survival trait that has just transformed from stealing to survive to stealing to have cool stuff. We're not living in caves any more, and most people know to control their baser tendencies. But others don't. We should beat them when we catch them. (Damn. That's a baser tendency.)

"That to me, would suggest entitlement."

But in entitlement, the person feels it is their right. Clandestine measures to achieve their goal need not be employed. The fact that they stole the information would lead me to believe they knew it was wrong and either thought they would get even with you (being that you described the manager as a rude-@ss), or felt the opportunity to take your money had a greater reward than the possibility of them being caught. Either way it sucks to high heaven.

I once had a woman steal the carbons (yes, back in the 80s) from a trash can and order $400 worth of lingerie. I laughed when the credit card company asked if I was SURE my wife wasn't trying to surprise me. I told them it would have been one heck of a surprise since we didn't have the money to spend. The funniest part? The woman had it sent to her home. So she was caught... just the opportunity to do it. Why lingerie, I can't imagine...that just seemed extremely odd at the time...buy hysterically funny when I think back on it.

And the manager was upset by that? You have every right to know. And every right to not have your card information in a non-secure environment. I would think a manager would have to understand that.

People do feel entitled... for whatever reason. Otherwise they wouldn't steal. They believe that the ends justifies the means to the worst extreme. That's why usually thieves target people they don't know. They don't have to be worried about the consequences to that person... they ahve they're new stuff, and that's what's important. People are just so selfish and only care about what happens to them. Hence the stories of people robbing other people or stores and explaining it's because the "big bad economy monster" came after them and they have kids they gotta feed.... nevermind whether the person they're stealing from can feed their kids anymore... who cares about that person's family... my own is now taken care of. I wonder if they would feel the same way if someone came and did that to THEM the next day?

Thieves, like hackers, should be taken out in the street and shot. Those that hack so they can steal should be given an acid bath. JMHO

I agree... if I had caught the thieves stealing my stuff... they would have prayed the cops would have found them first.

a very few do... but you're totally right.

That definitely narrows it down. However, just from a paranoid point of view, there could have been one of the card swipe devices at some location or even a security video that allowed someone to read your card number. I'm not saying it wasn't the Dr's office, but unfortunately there are way too many ways for a smart thief to get someone's info.

I was scammed once when someone randomly typed my number into an on-line store. The item was sold even though they got the expiration date incorrect, the type of card (Mastercard Vs Visa), the name, etc. All they needed for that transaction was a number. Needless to say, I got my money back from the bank.