Wednesday, February 12, 2014

So that was quick

Well the trip started out great until we got back from dinner and realized all our electronics had been stolen.

It was about 10 pm when we returned from dinner and a walk around San Telmo (which was lovely by the way). The room was made up and ironically the first time the do not disturb was removed from our door.  At first we thought the electronics were just moved for the cleaning but upon further investigation everything was gone except for the items on our person. Our tablet, laptop, pesos, random chargers, the converters, cell phone,  anything electronic not glued down.

We were lucky that I hid our emergency usd in our travel book and it was all still there. It is frustrating because our stuff is so old. No one would even steal it in the us.  My netbook must be 5 years old, so old that they don't even make netbooks any longer. Jason's tablet is first generation tablet and everyone knows how he feels about his phone. But the stuff worked and was our entertainment for the many fights in the future. All we have left is my cell phone but they stole the converter so I could not even charge it.

The front desk seemed genuinely shocked about the theft and the manager was called. The police arrived and took our statements. About that time another couple came down and reported a theft in their room as well. They seemed to be had much worse. Multiple computers and pesos, whiskey, phones but all new.

By now it is 2 am and we have a 8 am flight we need to be up for in 4 hours.  The police come back and the other couple discovers you don't even need a key card to enter the rooms. They are installed where you can pop them open with a simple credit card. Wtf. We head to the police station and give our statements which is totally what you want to be doing on vacation. By the time we get back to the hotel it is 3:30 am and we are exhausted. They offer us another room but what is the point we need to be up in a couple of hours and all the doors pop open anyway. I am too exhausted to fight about getting our room compensated but Jason is trying his best. The manager needs to wait until after the weekend because we paid with credit card but I am not holding my breath.

This post is probably all jumbled because I am on my phone, apologies.


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