I went down the road...with the intention of visiting the post office...where I needed to top up my current a/c. which is £4.xx overdrawn.
Normally, I was meant to arrive at West Norwood post office before 2:30 PM...in order to avoid running up any extra overdrawn current a/c. charges; but, as usual, I tend to leave home 'late'...thus, the time was around 2:40 PM...when I found myself being directly opposite the post office; I, then, decided there is no further point in 'hurrying', anymore; because, I'm already far too 'late'...the extra charges are going to stand, anyway; and, I can't do absolutely anything to avoid it.
Instead, I walked into West Norwood Library...which is across the road...; and, there I handed over 3 library books to be returned.
- Picasso
- Portraits
- (Forgot the name...?)
Next, I went into West Norwood CoOp...where I used my Pockit debit card -(£21.xx balance)- inside of their cash machine to withdraw £10.00 cash. Also, I brought some cat food, £5.00/and, 3 loafs of bread, £3.00...with the rest of the money left inside of the Pockit a/c.; now, the Pockit a/c. says something like £2.xx balance left.
It was inside of West Norwood CoOp store...when I arrived near the 'self-checkout' till; that, all of a sudden, I realised that my wallet was missing...? I checked all 3 of my trouser pockets: front/side/back -(I wasn't wearing any coat)-; and, nope, not there...??? I ran back, and, looked at the area around the 'cash ATM machine' I just used...saw no wallet.
I rushed back to West Norwood Library...to check if my wallet could be seen there...no, nothing. I mentioned to the library staff that my wallet seems to have gone missing...they said they've seen nothing being handed in.
So, I went back home...thinking to myself...possibly, I've left the wallet at home, somewhere...; but, when I returned back home...and, looked all around...up, and, down...nothing...?! That's when I decided to phone and cancel some cards...especially, the bank debit cards...so, that nobody can take cash out of my a/c. Now-a-days, they don't need to guess your 'pin number'...; as cards can be used to pay for things/pay for bus far journeys...using 'cashless' payment card...up to a certain limit...such as £40.00...simply, by swiping the card, anonymously.
To order cards to be cancelled/and, re-ordered, again...I phoned...
- Nat West
- Barclays
- Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Tate Gallery
I still have left 2 or 3 card which were not inside of the wallet...
- Library card
- Pockit card
- 60+ FREE travel card
...the only thing that is pissing me off, right now...is I should have made it a point to, carefully, note all cards that I am taking down the road with me...that are stored inside of my wallet. But, because I didn't keep notes...; therefore, I really don't even know what other cards might be missing...I seem to remember...there was 2 store 'discount' cards...
- CoOp card
- Iceland card
...but, whatever else...I'm really not sure...? Nor am I sure, if I had left any cash notes in there, neither...?
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CONCLUSION
It is a really bad habit of mine...that when I'm outside -(especially, on a good day...when I feel that nothing is likely to go wrong)- I can let myself get far too relaxed/and, feel just completely casual and carefree...I tend to take my wallet out of my coat/or, trouser pocket...and, place it on something in front...such as a desk...and, then, continue to do whatever it is I'm interested in doing...use a cash machine.../or, renew library card items...totally forgetting about exactly where the wallet is...??? -(An opportunist thief needs no more than just merely 'one' second to strike...)- ; then, if I see it on the desk, later...I replace the wallet straight back into my pocket/but, if I don't see it...then, I might completely forget about it; quite simply, moving on to do whatever else it is I had in mind...; and, thus, noticing the missing wallet only when it's already far 'too late'...?!
Next time, I must remember to, ALWAYS, replace my wallet straight back into my coat/trouser pocket...; and, do NOT leave it out...otherwise, these things can get stolen very quickly and easily, indeed.
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