CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?
Well, this is really amazing. Someone is watching out for mama, I think, because after she came home last night distraught (whatever that is) about losing her wallet, she got a phone call from her doctor/friend here in Rome, at 11pm (!), who said, “A man named Miguel just called me and said he found a credit card in the street and then saw that a wallet was nearby and called me because my number was in your wallet for emergency. He left his number so call him now.”
Mama called immediately and Miguel said that credit cards were there but no money…so that was what the thief was after and papa says he was just an opportunist and saw a good deal and went for it, not a professional thief.
Well, Miguel did indeed have mama’s wallet and confirmed every credit card that papa asked about over the phone plus all IDs! Oh, boy, was mama glad or WHAT?
So this morning, mama and papa went to Miguel’s apartment building where he is the doorman and he handed over the wallet. The amazing thing is that last night, there was one card missing in the conversation with Miguel and he went out in the street with a flashlight and FOUND the missing card near where the first one was found…amazing.
So we are back to normal but can you imagine that the bad, bad thief who picked up the wallet in the pharmacy (bad, bad mama, let it out of her hand, which she never does, and probably won’t ever again, but…) drove away with the wallet and just happened to throw it away near this very wonderful Miguel who was walking in the neighborhood at 11 at night to go to work.
Pretty amazing if you ask me. But if you will allow me a comment: WHAT A S__T that bad man is!
Mama had better not lose me anywhere!
Oh, I forgot. I have a chip in my little body somewhere that says who I am and where I live.
Isn’t science incredible? Sort of outer-spacey, if you ask me.
But no one has.
Hmmm….
What a relief for your momma!
I have a chip in me, too! If all kitties did then maybe there would be less homeless kitties on the street and fewer families that are missing their beloved furr-iends.
Head nuzzles.
Hear, hear!
thank COD you got the wallet and the cards!! Many years ago when I was in my 20s I lost a wallet with $100 inside (I was in a bar)….do you believe a PRIEST called me the next day? He had found the wallet (what he was doing in the bar is beyond me) and the $100 was still in it!
Hey, God was on your side, or in the bar…great story!
It’s a good idea to notify your banks who issued the cards also. The thief could have written down all the numbers/info they need to spend online! Better to be safe than sorry.
Probably a good idea but he was in a car and threw the wallet out the window. Great idea, though.
I think your mama should be extra cautious and still notify the banks who gave the cards. The thief could have written all the numbers down and are going to use them online. Be safe.
Luvz, Patzy
We will do that, and thank you.
What a story, we’re glad to see it ends well ! Paws up for Miguel ! Purrs
Thank you. Yes, many paws up for Miguel, such a sweet man.
We are so happy this thief was only after cash and such an honorable person found the wallet. Credit card theft and identity theft is a very big problem here.
Yes, the cash was terrible to lose, but the IDs were much more important.
All is well that ends well, then.
But what a story!
Years ago I went to sit on a public bench when I saw a man’s purse at the foot of the bench.
I looked inside and found that it belonged to a German tourist. In addition to the IDs there was a fat bundle of €50 notes. Wow !
I decided to stay on the bench and wait. And effectively, after a while, an alarmed man arrived and was soooo relieved to get his purse back, untouched.
He and his wife were going South on holiday.
He called me an angel,everybody was happy.
Mama called Miguel an angel, too. So lovely to have people like you and him in the world.
WOW!!! I think Miguel deserves a bag of kibbles!! What a good guy! And actually nice on the part of the thief just to take the $$ – !!!! Can you imagine the headache to cancel the cards, the id thingys and all the rest!? Well, darn. I wonder if the pharmacy had security cameras to see who the thief might have been. This is a reminder – and papa tells me this all the time – don’t go out with all your stuff in the wallet – just a credit card and some money. That was a happy ending. Calls for a celebration.
Oh, you are telling me! And mama took Miguel and little thank you and she said he was so, so nice. But the thief MAY be on closed circuit TV at the pharmacy so we’re going to check that.
HAH, to catch that bad man would make mama really happy.
Or…maybe he was desperate.
Miguel sounds like a great person. We need more of him in the world and less like the thief. I am glad your mama got it back. XO
How true, Ellen. And Miguel was so, so nice. What fortune!
Oh, this is wonderful! We have read such stories of good men who return things that have been lost. We are so happy everything has been returned. 🙂 Except the cash. 🙁 But when we think of how much worse it could have been, we too are thankful for your new friend Miguel. He sounds like someone we’d all want for a friend.
Well, he is a new friend and will be forever. Yes, more like him would certainly make a difference.
OMC! That’s such good news! Thank cod there are honest people in the world like Miguel.
Yes, thank cod for Miguel! And he is such a sweet person and was so tickled to get mama’s biscotti and a little extra….
All’s well that ends well ! I seldom have much cash (because I seldom have much money !) and my identity is not worth stealing ! And my car is 10 years old. Purrs !
Hey, that’s helpful info. I don’t think this guy wanted mama’s ID at all, just the bucks! It was really a miracle.