Life Lesson
Danny is into his third week of college and already he's getting life lessons.
Saturday he called to tell me that someone had stolen his wallet. He was absolutely sure when he went to bed Friday night, his wallet, phone, and student ID were all on his bedside table. The next morning he went to breakfast taking only his ID and phone because he didn't need his wallet. He wasn't sure but he thought he remembered seeing it lying on the table. Later Saturday afternoon as he was heading out, he went to grab his wallet when he discovered it missing. He had suspects but nothing definitive.
We scurried for damage control. He called to block his debit card. This morning I ordered a new insurance card. Plans were made for him to come home Saturday for a new driver's license. Nothing else of value was lost. Being a poor, frugal college student there was no cash inside when it was taken.
Today he calls to tell me he found his wallet lying in the stairwell of his dorm. There it was in plain sight in a stairwell he had been in several times since Saturday. Everything was in it.
To me it's clear someone swiped his wallet out of his room and dumped it this morning when there was nothing of value to be had. He seems to agree though now he gets to wonder which of his dorm-mates is a thief.
He's not very happy about that.
K-
Saturday he called to tell me that someone had stolen his wallet. He was absolutely sure when he went to bed Friday night, his wallet, phone, and student ID were all on his bedside table. The next morning he went to breakfast taking only his ID and phone because he didn't need his wallet. He wasn't sure but he thought he remembered seeing it lying on the table. Later Saturday afternoon as he was heading out, he went to grab his wallet when he discovered it missing. He had suspects but nothing definitive.
We scurried for damage control. He called to block his debit card. This morning I ordered a new insurance card. Plans were made for him to come home Saturday for a new driver's license. Nothing else of value was lost. Being a poor, frugal college student there was no cash inside when it was taken.
Today he calls to tell me he found his wallet lying in the stairwell of his dorm. There it was in plain sight in a stairwell he had been in several times since Saturday. Everything was in it.
To me it's clear someone swiped his wallet out of his room and dumped it this morning when there was nothing of value to be had. He seems to agree though now he gets to wonder which of his dorm-mates is a thief.
He's not very happy about that.
K-
In a similar situation, I learned to sleep in pants with my wallet. It is an inevitable life experience.
Too bad he had to learn it so soon after arriving at college.
K-