choco_frosh | (no subject)

Well, this is weird and a problem.

I lost my backpack.

I thought I'd taken it to church, but it was not in the coat closet where I thought I'd left it. So either I left it on the T (which would be an achievement in carelessness even for me) or someone walked off with it (Why???).

And of course it has my work ID in it. So I'm hopin' somebody's gonna contact work (or me directly) to let them know they have it, but failing that, I'm going to need a new ID.

(Yes, I have also considered the scenario where somebody steals my ID in order to break into our deserted office over Presidents' Day weekend, but again, Why???)

ETA: Nope, the MBTA (or at least the Red Line) doesn't have a recently-handed-in blue backpack.
Moreover, on further thought there IS one potentially valuable thing in there, namely an old USB drive. So I guess I have to hope that A) the backpack was pinched by a bum who won't bother to try and make use of the drive, B) It doesn't have a copy of my password list on it, C) they can't get it to work, or D) they can't figure out the codes in the password file...
(Before you ask, my credit card number and SSN won't be on there.)

PPS: Remind me to put a tracker chip on my next backpack. (Kudos to fellow parishioner who studies wearable technology for reminding me of this possibility...)

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Does the T have a lost property office? Long shot but you never know, and of course as the ID is in there it would be easy for them to verify it was yours.

Why???

People steal stuff on spec sometimes.

Sorry about the hassle!

People steal stuff on spec sometimes.
Point. And as noted above, that seems increasingly likely, fml.

If this was the UK, I'd say report it to the police as stolen so you've got a crime number that you can give work when you tell them you need new ID, but I have no idea whether that would be helpful in the US, or if that's even a thing.

Ugh. I don't need anything of the sort to get a new ID - I just let the relevant people in HR and IT know - but I should give some thought to whether it's worth letting the BPD know.

So either I left it on the T (which would be an achievement in carelessness even for me) or someone walked off with it (Why???).

Bah!

I am much more inclined to believe that someone stole your backpack than that you forgot it on the T, which from a church coat closet is especially tacky. I'm sorry. I assume you have checked all the relevant lost-and-founds just in case?

I'm assuming that the MBTA Lost&Found isn't open today. I'm going to call them tomorrow.