My wallet was stolen today somewhere between Sheung Wan MTR station and the Macao Ferry Ticket office, probably while I was standing in one of the many escalators of Shun Tak Centre. Lost quite a bit of cash, my bank cards, my apartment’s resident card, and various other bits — including the wallet itself, which I liked very mucho.
Called the cops — the police office inside Shun Tak Centre was closed, they sent a patrolman, who took a deposition, then brought us to a police station nearby, from where, after a short wait, we were taken to the police headquarters in a police van. Nice… :~/ There a CID plainclothes took our deposition, and that was the best(?) part. Comedy Central™ on LSD. He wouldn’t listen until I was finished, would draw conclusions from the first few words of any sentence I’d utter, then say “I Low, I Low” — Cantonese doesn’t do initial N-* apparently — and proceed with his recording of my “deposition”. Between his sub-par English and demeanor, I wasn’t impressed, and She-Who-Should-Be-Obeyed-More-Often neither… I finally managed to get across the facts as they were [wallet stolen between Sheung Wan MTR and Macao Ferry] and not as he had understood them [wallet stolen between Tung Chung MTR station and Sheung Wan MTR], phew!
Fortunately reporting the cards stolen and getting replacements went better. My HSBC ATM card will be ready next week, and a nice Indian gentleman, albeit with a very strong accent, from Visa™ informed me that a temporary card will be delivered tomorrow to my residence. Goody gumdrops. I am going on Tuesday to Malaysia, and I *need* a credit card. Shows how dangerous it is to have only one Visa card.Time to fill out some of those forms we receive regularly. The Cathay/Citibank one and the Mastercard/Air France one look good…
Ouch. Be careful over theres.