Did someone say "so what happened next"? Updated

(That's just for you, Heather!)
**To answer a question...no laundry soap isn't a hot commodity but it was available for the taking-which some people seem to think anything that they can take is 'available'. It could, however, be put into smaller bags and sold on the street lots of people sell things 'on the street' or door to door here)...100% profit-no middle man!! We expect the grill utensils will also prove to benefit someone else, for the right price.
And yes, the man at the bank asked me if I was sure my husband had not spent the night at the casino's and just didn't want to tell me he had lost $2,000 gambling! Obviously,he doesn't know Carlos and his spending habits or he wouldn't have even asked such a stupid question! LOL LOL LOL

And the bank is still 'looking into it'.

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Yes those things really did happen...happens all the time, it's Christmas time and people are getting their bonuses from their jobs, have extra money in the bank and this kind of stuff is on the news all the time...but to other people. This time it was us. Both happened within a week of each other. Anyway, all is well. We are working with the bank to see if we can get the $2,000 back but things do work differently here. In the states all I would do is call the card company, explain what happened and that would be about it. Here, it takes 5 people to give you 5 different answers-only 1 of which is of any help at all. So after filling out a form that the people in San Jose emailed us with all the charges (which they also sent to us via email), faxing it back to them, we are now waiting to see what THEY will tell us. Yesterday morning I was told that since we didn't call until the 2nd day WE would be responsible for the lost money. He called as soon as he realized the cards were missing. But, don't get me started on THAT one!
I am glad that Carlos got back safely and that no one was hurt. If all we lost ends up being some money and laundry soap, I'll be happy!! Don't want it to happen again, but I'll be happy!

I also learned something else. I was prompted not once or twice, but THREE times to tell Carlos to put his wallet in his suitcase, but I didn't...I figured he would fuss at me for thinking he couldn't take care of his wallet. Sometimes we learn from our mistakes....I hope I listen better next time, do what I'll prompted to do and let him fuss (which now he probably won't do since he too has learned!) :)

When opportunity knocks?

When Opportunity knocks...

one takes another persons wallet out of their pocket while on the bus, take their bank cards, making sure not to touch the money, throw the wallet at the side of the person one took it from so they think it fell out of their pocket. They look to see the money is still there and relieved that it just fell out of their pocket and nothing was stolen.

When Opportunity knocks....

one crosses the border and after filling up apparently all of one's relatives cars with gas, one heads for the nearest casino and spends to one's hearts content for the next 6 hours. It doesn't matter to one that one is racking up over $2,000 in debt, after all, one is enjoying oneself at someone else's expense.

When opportunity knocks....

one sees that the cars are not at home so one gets a ladder left under the house so one can see what is in the second floor windows. Upon seeing that the ladder isn't tall enough to cut the screens and get in, one scavengers around, much like a rat, yes, exactly like a rat, until one finds things that one can carry away...

When opportunity knocks....

one takes a 10 pound bag of laundry soap left in the laundry room and a grill utensil set one finds under the cover of the grill. And don't bother putting the ladder away.

When opportunity knocks....

one leaves the others feeling a great lack of trust in their fellow beings.


Amazing what 'one' can do when opportunity knocks!