Sparkle1984
22-09-13, 04:10
I really can't believe this has happened to me! :mad:
Tonight I went out to celebrate my sister's 40th birthday. We held a surprise party for her in a local pub, with a buffet and disco. That part was all good. Once the pub closed at midnight, several of us went on to a nightclub in the city centre. The nightclub has a cloakroom where you can pay £2 to have your coat looked after for the night. It has a ticketing system and only staff can access the cloakroom.
My coat was a really expensive Barbour jacket that I bought in April. When it was time for us to go home, I handed in my ticket to the cloakroom attendant, and it seemed to take them a long time to look for it, and then they came out empty handed and started asking me questions about the jacket. At this point I started to get really nervous that something had gone wrong. My sister waited with me, but after 5 minutes they still hadn't managed to find it. Eventually, they said they would have to take my contact details and they'll get in touch with me on Monday.
So either they gave my jacket to the wrong person (which shouldn't happen as everything is ticketed and nothing is given out without a matching ticket), or one of the staff had stolen it.
I've been to this nightclub many times in the past, although this is the first time I've been in over a year. It seems to have gone very downhill - it's dirty, and you get a lot of rough people in there. Even a lot of the staff look rough. It's one of those really cheesy nightclubs where they play music from the 50s right up until today, so you get all sorts of people in there. It used to be fun years ago, but now it's a bit of a dump!
What got me is that none of the staff even apologised for my jacket going missing. When my sister demanded an explanation, all they said was "your guess is as good as mine". The staff said if it doesn't turn up they will have to put in an insurance claim in order to reimburse me. It all seems a bit suspicious to me. I can just imagine one of the staff thinking "Oh this looks like a nice jacket, I'll take that home for myself and tell the customer we can't find it, as the nightclub can just claim on their insurance. "
The thing is I don't need the stress of something like this. I had been making good progress with my anxiety over the last couple of months and now something like this happens. :mad:
What should my next action be? I know I have to wait to see if I get a phone call on Monday, but if the jacket isn't found, would I have to report it to the police? In case it has been stolen rather than lost. Even if it was handed to the wrong customer, they should have given it back and said "sorry that's not mine". I now have the worry of trying to find the receipt in case it does go to an insurance claim. I just hope I've still got the receipt.
I've never had anything like this happen to me before so I'm scared.
Tonight I went out to celebrate my sister's 40th birthday. We held a surprise party for her in a local pub, with a buffet and disco. That part was all good. Once the pub closed at midnight, several of us went on to a nightclub in the city centre. The nightclub has a cloakroom where you can pay £2 to have your coat looked after for the night. It has a ticketing system and only staff can access the cloakroom.
My coat was a really expensive Barbour jacket that I bought in April. When it was time for us to go home, I handed in my ticket to the cloakroom attendant, and it seemed to take them a long time to look for it, and then they came out empty handed and started asking me questions about the jacket. At this point I started to get really nervous that something had gone wrong. My sister waited with me, but after 5 minutes they still hadn't managed to find it. Eventually, they said they would have to take my contact details and they'll get in touch with me on Monday.
So either they gave my jacket to the wrong person (which shouldn't happen as everything is ticketed and nothing is given out without a matching ticket), or one of the staff had stolen it.
I've been to this nightclub many times in the past, although this is the first time I've been in over a year. It seems to have gone very downhill - it's dirty, and you get a lot of rough people in there. Even a lot of the staff look rough. It's one of those really cheesy nightclubs where they play music from the 50s right up until today, so you get all sorts of people in there. It used to be fun years ago, but now it's a bit of a dump!
What got me is that none of the staff even apologised for my jacket going missing. When my sister demanded an explanation, all they said was "your guess is as good as mine". The staff said if it doesn't turn up they will have to put in an insurance claim in order to reimburse me. It all seems a bit suspicious to me. I can just imagine one of the staff thinking "Oh this looks like a nice jacket, I'll take that home for myself and tell the customer we can't find it, as the nightclub can just claim on their insurance. "
The thing is I don't need the stress of something like this. I had been making good progress with my anxiety over the last couple of months and now something like this happens. :mad:
What should my next action be? I know I have to wait to see if I get a phone call on Monday, but if the jacket isn't found, would I have to report it to the police? In case it has been stolen rather than lost. Even if it was handed to the wrong customer, they should have given it back and said "sorry that's not mine". I now have the worry of trying to find the receipt in case it does go to an insurance claim. I just hope I've still got the receipt.
I've never had anything like this happen to me before so I'm scared.