my wallet was stolen today. while i was at work. right off of my desk, inside my handbag. today was a slow traffic day and I can account for every person that came through the door. someone that works for my staffing company stole my wallet right out from under my nose. then they tried to go on a spending spree at foot locker and a few gas stations. needless to say, all accounts have been temporarily frozen, all cards cancelled, all sense of safety at work, lost.


i've heard people mention how violated you can feel when this happens. I will admit that I never really understood. I figured, yeah, I would be upset, mad even, but violated? I never understood the violated part. until now.

I don't care about the shiny plastic cards that were in my wallet. I'm not even that upset about the fabulously cool wallet my girlfriend handpicked for me from a trendy boutique last Christmas. what bothers me is that someone that I interviewed, spent time with, and GAVE A JOB to, has broken the last shred of trust I had left. my personal photographs, gone. some of the first pictures I ever got of Chris, when she still had blonde tips. my first pictures of my niece, REAL pictures from FILM, not the digital versions that are now so common place. some of my brother and his girlfriend from when they first met. personal mementos that have no monetary value to anyone BUT ME.

I know that people will say that I should be glad. I wasn't physically hurt, neither was anyone close to me. some will say, what can I expect, leaving my handbag out where anyone can access it. however, my heart is broken, because our society is so hateful. so greedy. when I turned to the two people at work that I have been there for time and time again, it was my fault. I was surely mistaken. none of our employees would do such a thing. over half of the candidates I screen for criminal backgrounds have a record. over half the time, that record is violent. over half of the violent records involve children. and we employee them all, some of them, within the school system. I have hired my last felon. I will not return on Monday.

my wallet was stolen today and there was not a single bit of money in it.