Rant

A whirlwind of theft

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As I left the gym, I got fraud alerts from both my credit cards, both with a $208 charge at Lululemon and a $1500 at the Apple store, both in Crabtree Valley Mall, neither of which I made or authorized, obviously.

As soon as I got home, I called both credit card companies and reported the fraud, and when the first one asked me for the complete card number, I opened my wallet and found both my credit cards and my credit union debit card gone.

I immediately logged into my credit union account and saw those Lululemon and Apple Store charges pending there as well.

All 3 cards are canceled now, and it doesn’t look like I’ll be responsible for any of the charges.

I can’t for the life of me figure out how those cards got stolen from my wallet. At the gym, I do keep my wallet in my gym bag, but it’s locked up in a locker with a combination lock on it while I’m working out.

Oddly, I had some cash in my wallet, but it was still there, and I’m very thankful they didn’t take my driver’s license either.

I just don’t π™ͺπ™£π™™π™šπ™§π™¨π™©π™–π™£π™™.

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The lady in front of me at the register was purchasing this:

Cashier: Would you like this double-bagged?

Inside my ready-to-explode head: No. No. No. No bag at all! It’s got its own handle!

Customer: Oh, yes. That would make it so much easier to put in my car.

Me in my ahead again: 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩??? How will the handles of two bags (which will no doubt end up in a landfill) make it easier to put this item in your car than the handle that’s on the bottle? What is 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 with people???

As the cashier grabbed the first of my six items, I immediately said, “I don’t need a bag for any of this.”

If you hate Ticketmaster as much as I do…

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Honestly, I don’t think it’s possible. I can’t remember the last time I bought a ticket through them, as I go to box offices at the venues to get my tickets. And if I can’t do that, I just don’t attend the event.

The good news is that N.C.’s new-ish Attorney General is going after them for being a monopoly. Here’s the first few paragraphs of the article. If you’re interested, read the rest on Substack. (Scroll to heading: The People vs. Ticketmaster/Live Nation.)