tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post9165010339165600884..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: I Am Not A VictimAlly Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-16931775491210102802017-01-17T15:14:41.767+11:002017-01-17T15:14:41.767+11:00Oh Sue, that is no fun at all! A good lesson for m...Oh Sue, that is no fun at all! A good lesson for me as I do often leave my bag in the car around Byron.<br /><br />I was mugged in London - not fun at all. Guy grabbed my bag but I stupidly ran after him and grabbed it back! Well, that didn't make him happy, raised his fist to hit me, I let go and jumped back and then he ran off. I did learn then not to take on big men who have grabbed your bag. I didn't get anything back except my empty handbag dumped in someone's yard. I donated the bag to charity as I just couldn't bring myself to use it again.Jennifer St Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115014191040562984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-32365922970072180142017-01-14T09:13:42.518+11:002017-01-14T09:13:42.518+11:00Yes, you do feel like that, don't you, Stefani...Yes, you do feel like that, don't you, Stefanie? The incident has made me more aware of where I park and what I leave in the car.Sue MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475372981173809219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-54570363726111052722017-01-14T09:12:30.558+11:002017-01-14T09:12:30.558+11:00That's annoying that they didn't get the c...That's annoying that they didn't get the culprits, Franca. I guess we were lucky in that a) I got the number plate of the car and b) the police were already out looking for them.Sue MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475372981173809219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-83580525812283713722017-01-14T09:10:49.434+11:002017-01-14T09:10:49.434+11:00You have a valid point and I for one hope the culp...You have a valid point and I for one hope the culprit gets some punishment. A lot of trouble was caused for a lot of people, not just us.Sue MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475372981173809219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-6525076537741509262017-01-14T08:43:23.227+11:002017-01-14T08:43:23.227+11:00Ouch, that's hard, and at a very stressful tim...Ouch, that's hard, and at a very stressful time. At least we can say the police were extremely helpful, but this particular town is known for that and I suspect we wouldn't be saying the same elsewhere.Sue MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475372981173809219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-61321908197933209342017-01-14T08:41:59.310+11:002017-01-14T08:41:59.310+11:00And I hope it never does. More an annoyance than a...And I hope it never does. More an annoyance than anything but did rattle my cage a bit.Sue MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475372981173809219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-10562660962293012032017-01-14T07:38:03.351+11:002017-01-14T07:38:03.351+11:00Oh Sue, sorry to hear about that. It is an inconve...Oh Sue, sorry to hear about that. It is an inconvenience for sure. I've never had my bag stolen (touch wood!) but my car was broken into outside my old house. They'd pulled the leads and must have been attempting to jumpstart it, but then got interrupted. Nothing much came of it, because it all happened in the middle of the night and thankfully my car wasn't stolen in the end. But it did make me feel like my space had been invaded, that's for sure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358827139946367507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-73329940858880990682017-01-13T23:28:21.111+11:002017-01-13T23:28:21.111+11:00Hello Sue, I understand how you felt because it ha...Hello Sue, I understand how you felt because it happened to me twice. The first time I was young, with my boyfriend (now husband) went to the movies and I left my bag in the car, when we came back there was a broken window and the bag was gone. The second time we had left the car in the hospital parking lot, when we returned we found that we had stolen the car radio. In neither case they have found the thieves and what they stole.Franca Polihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04346575788794819813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-32076983302831531832017-01-13T17:04:54.615+11:002017-01-13T17:04:54.615+11:00Never had a bag stolen in this way. However as a t...Never had a bag stolen in this way. However as a teen, my home was broken into and among the stuff taken was a limited edition Coca Cola bag produced for Sydney Olympics. I think what irked me the most about the situation was the fact that once the police tracked the culprit down he was given immunity on this burglary (and I'm assuming some others) because the police wanted to know how active he'd been since the last time he'd been caught - clearly someone they were familiar with.<br /><br />I hear what you are saying that the situation you faced seems small and not really worth putting into an impact report, but perhaps the police personnel who asked you to complete it, have an idea of how little punishment the culprit will get without the report (not that it should be necessary to provide victim impact reports to make the judge to go harder on a culprit)Lyn Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-18321826082533624512017-01-13T15:53:27.995+11:002017-01-13T15:53:27.995+11:00Oh, Sue, what a pain in the backside! The inconve...Oh, Sue, what a pain in the backside! The inconvenience, the shock, messing up your trip, and now the paperwork. Having just spent most of this day catching up on bits and bobs of paperwork that I've been shuffling for ages...it is a time-consuming pain but sometimes has to be done. <br /><br />Luckily I've not suffered like this -- although on 2 separate occasions I've left a handbag somewhere and had lovely persons find/return it. But my daughter-in-law had her bag stolen from her home in London the day she was supposed to travel home for her grand-father's funeral. As well as her card being hit hard at every Paywave along the road where they live, she lost her passport, missed her flight, suffered the change-of-flight costs. And the police shrugged it off; too busy to bother with petty theft. Bronwyn Jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720477786460767921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-16677880591525772102017-01-13T15:46:10.816+11:002017-01-13T15:46:10.816+11:00Oh how awful, Sue! Big hugs. Not a nice thing to h...Oh how awful, Sue! Big hugs. Not a nice thing to have to go through.<br />Nothing like this has ever happened to me. Touch wood!Amy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690419732247281048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-68612202977475879932017-01-13T13:33:29.157+11:002017-01-13T13:33:29.157+11:00Thanks, Helen. You're right, at least we weren...Thanks, Helen. You're right, at least we weren't hurt in any way. I am more circumspect about what I leave in sight in the car now, not just my handbag.Sue MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475372981173809219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-84899774852666992202017-01-13T08:55:24.778+11:002017-01-13T08:55:24.778+11:00Hi Sue
I am so sorry it happened when I was a yo...Hi Sue<br /><br />I am so sorry it happened when I was a young teenager and just started work we went to a concert and 3 of us girls left our bags in the car well hidden when we went inside but sadly when we came out all bags were gone and I had just bought my weekly train ticket for work my Mum had to buy me another one never caught the people who did it and it was way back in the 70's but it does leave a bad taste in your mouth luckily nothing like this has happened again and it is scary and I too hope the people who did it do get more than a slap on the wrist hugs and glad you were not hurt<br /><br />Have Fun<br />HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.com