Warning: Slight vent ahead.
So, at my shower I had a great time. Good food, good people, great conversation and just happy good vibes all around. Nothing really went wrong and I got lots of compliments on what a nice occasion it was.
Well, a few hours after we left one of the guests, who is like a mother to me... called to let me know she left a silver nordstrom bag underneath the table where she was sitting. She was hoping I had seen it and picked it up. Well, I hadnt and neither had David or my mother or anyone else who was there helping. We didnt really "clean" up because theres a cleaning crew for that exact purpose. Once my stuff was loaded and the food was eaten David and I scanned the tables for anything left over but thats it. We didnt go underneath tables.
I called the hotel, she called the hotel, a few hours later David & I went back to the hotel to check, a few hours after that the person herself went to the hotel and dug through the trash bags from the party... NOTHING. Its gone. The first person she spoke with before the party was my mother and that was outsite the tent. My mom does not recall her having a nordstroms bag in hand. She then came in and hugged her daughter and another guest (both who dont recall her having the bag in hand) and then she sat at the table and said she pointed the bag out to her daughter and said "this is for you" and put it underneath the table between her and the person sitting next to her. Well, the people next to her... also a mother and daughter, had to leave the party early to get her husband to the airport so he could make it to a family funeral.
Well I dont think anyone from my shower "stole" the bag, and I think its safe to assume that no one picked it up as a good samaritan because they would have contacted me at this point to let me know they had it. I had to sound cliche... but if anyone took it Id assume it was the cleaning crew. I mean, a full nordstroms bag of MAC and Bobby brown make up? Thats like the jackpot for any woman lol. I love both those brands and I BARELY buy stuff from them because of the cost. I FINALLY bought a new studio fix powder from MAC for the shower but thats as far as my MAC collection goes lol. (plus it makes me break out... but ooo i look good when its on lol).
Well, the money is over 500$ worth in purchases (constitutes grand theft). VISA wont reimburse her without a formal police report, and to do that the police want the name, phone number, and address of everyone at the shower. Well, I cant just HAND the information out. I have to ask each person who attended permission to give their information and to do so I will have to explain that someone attending the shower had a bag of items stolen and wants to file charges on whoever did it so a formal report needs to be made. First, that makes me feel like I am accusing all these people of a *SERIOUS* crime when they were there to support me and make me feel loved and celebrate our baby. Secondly, I dont want people to remember my baby shower by this whole messy situation ya know?
Its putting me in a really awkward situation. I want her to get her stuff back, especially because I know it was a lot of money to lose. But I also dont feel comfortable getting all the people in attendance involved in a threatening way. How would you feel if you spent 50$ on someone to attend their shower and get a call saying "hey thanks for coming to the shower. loved your gift. PS- someone stole 500$ worth of merch so now we are pressing grand theft charges and I need to be able to give your information out since you were there and are now a potential suspect" ya know!? It makes it 100x worse because this is a very close family friend who I love VERY much and dont want to have any weird/resentful feelings with. Ya know!?
If you were me, what would you do?
Everything that she asked in hopes of recovering at least the money from VISA if not the products all together even if you have to "threaten" all your guests?
Apologize but say you do not want to get involved.
What!? Im at a loss here...
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That's a hard call but to be honest I do not think the cops will even waste their time to contact anyone for $500 or maybe they will phone call who was at her table to verify her story but I doubt that I don't think it's worth their time since she wants a report to get "reimbursed"....who does that though she is the one who lost it/ left it so I say it's her responsibility not VISA. Just my opinion it's her own %500 mistake!
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