WR: Please beware girls!! (sorry long)

Collweenie21 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:36 PM

WR: Please beware girls!! (sorry long)

Just wanted to give everyone I speak to a heads up and word of advice.

FH and I have been to about 5 recent weddings. And at 3 of them we've seen incidents of stolen money, swiped gift cards, and stolen purses.

The first time I saw this happen was towards the end of the night when everyone was on the dance floor, my friend went to the table to find her card ripped open and the $200 in cash taken from it. Of course she told the bride who later complained to the BM and of course 'no one in their staff would ever do that!'

The second time it happened to me. At cockatil hour I was catching up with a couple of old friends. I had about 3 plates of food, cause ya know, cocktail hour is the best. I KNOW I had the card under a plate, being cocktail hour was outside and it was a little windy. The busboy came and cleared away the plates, and all of a sudden... the card was missing. I immediately notified the maitre d, and the card was found a half hour later, ripped open in the mens room, with the check still inside since I was smart enough to make it out to the bride.

This past weekend, once again, when everyone was in a second room towards VH at the end of the night, someone stole this girls purse and shawl, and it was found in the mens bathroom.

Sorry this is so long, and I don't mean anything bad by this, but when attending a wedding, please be careful of your things, and take MINIMUM stuff with you. In the future I've decided to mail the bride and groom their gift instead of taking it to the wedding.

AS Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:38 PM

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AWWWW that is horrible. Can you pl share with me these halls? You think they were someone that worked at these halls that did this??

AmandaLynn04 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:39 PM

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It's really SICKENING that people would do that. I mean, really sickening.

Thanks for the warning. We so often get caught up in the special-ness of the day, we never think to watch our things at a wedding, of all places!

kslmbuggie Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:40 PM

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thats a good idea about mailing the gift.

DnellD809 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:41 PM

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Wow, I can't believe someone would do that at a wedding. Pathetic!

Collweenie21 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:41 PM

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I don't know if its the workers or what.... but think about it... your at a wedding and you feel you know everyone, and what could happen, right? But after a couple of drinks, and constantly unattending your stuff, I'm sure people are almost trained to look out for things they can take from people. I;m not even going to bring a camera anymore... it's really sad.

menc Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:42 PM

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Wow, I can't believe people really do this. No more cash in the envelopes for me, thanks

Soon2beAlberti Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:42 PM

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yeah i left my camera in the desk drawer of a bridal suite and it was gone! whoever cleaned that room has a nice camera...and some pics of my tattoo.

Espo22 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:42 PM

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Oh yeah FH and i already came up with a plan bc of this...my friend went to a wedding where they took ALL the money from the couple, the whole card box ...plus ive heard of quite a few incidents

Espo22 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:42 PM

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Posted by MPAS

AWWWW that is horrible. Can you pl share with me these halls? You think they were someone that worked at these halls that did this??

honestly it doesnt matter, it can happen at any hall...whether its the worker, or many times its actually the guests

anneandchris Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:43 PM

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That s*cks! I hate when I hear these stories. That is why I always give a check and make it out to the couple and not Cash.

So annoying!

Espo22 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:43 PM

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ALSO watch what you leave in your car when you valet it, once they stole FH's IPOD from his car

LittlePup34 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:43 PM

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thats DISGUSTING!!! thank you so much for the heads up

Soon2beAlberti Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:44 PM

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Posted by Espo22

Oh yeah FH and i already came up with a plan bc of this...my friend went to a wedding where they took ALL the money from the couple, the whole card box ...plus ive heard of quite a few incidents

lol me and FH spoke about this and he says 'don't worry ...we'll have some big Italian goons at our wedding to watch the box.' hahahaha

cue godfather theme.

hannahshim Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:44 PM

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thats horrible!!!!
I would be soo upset if that happened to me everyone needs to be careful and aware of their belongings..
thanks for the heads up!

Collweenie21 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:45 PM

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This past weekend I felt so bad for the girl it happened too. They cleaned out her entire purse!

I have to admit I was pretty careless at my eparty. I definitely gotta develop a plan on how to guard my stuff at the wedding.

futuremrsfab Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:45 PM

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thanks for posting this- i never would have even thought about it!

Collweenie21 Posted: Oct 16, 2007 03:46 PM

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Posted by Espo22

ALSO watch what you leave in your car when you valet it, once they stole FH's IPOD from his car

Yup... I didn't even think of this.... most cars have a valet key, so give them that one, and lock up ALL valuables in the dashboard, or just leave them home.