Last Sunday, I met up with several friends for a bite to eat. I took a taxicab from Nob Hill to a restaurant in the Castro District. After paying my fare and upon exiting the cab, the cab driver says "Hey, don't forget your camera!" I see that a camera's on the seat, and thinking my camera fell out of my bag, I grab it and go. After I join my friends, I discover that this camera does not quite feel right. It's not my camera! It's small and silver, but this is an Olympus and I have a Canon. Too late to give it back to the cab driver because he's long gone.So, of course the right thing to do is return it. Later that day I post a "found" ad on craigslist, and I call the cab company and speak with the "lost and found" department. They seemed shocked that I was calling about the "found" rather than the "lost." I give them details, and they take my number.
Days pass. No response from craigslist, and no calls about the camera ... until today. On my voicemail is a sternly-voiced message that goes like this:
This is Officer _______ of the San Francisco Police Department, taxicab detail. I understand from the cab company that you "found" an Olympus digital camera in the back seat of a cab and that you took it home with you. I need you to give me a call, please, at ________ at your earliest convenience. Now, you should have -- never mind, I'll talk to you about it when you call me. Bye.
WHAT? Why are the police looking for me now? Do they, and the cab company, think I "stole" the camera? It's just a cheapo digicam, and all I want is to get it back to the owner!This call has me worried. I did call the officer back, but he was not in and I left a short message, only saying I was returning his call. So I still am worried about what's going on here. I hope this gets settled very soon.
14 comments:
They can't pin a thing on you!!! Guess this goes under the category "no good deed goes unpunished", huh???
Fingers crossed! Do tell us what happens! Seriously though, aye is right, you have done nothing wrong to be accused of anything! I am intrigued!
I'm now waiting with bated breath to see what deputy dawg has to say! What a very vague message!!
FreeThinker's goin' to jail !!!
You won't be able to do much blogging from San Quentin! I think that what has thrown the system is your honesty. These days they expect everybody to be on the make - even in Hippy City!
The suspense is killing me, I keep checking back to see what happened, but now I'm thinking they must have you in custody on some trumped up charges!!!
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FreeThinker: Headed for the Hoosegow! He'll be singing those Folsom Prison Blues soon.
Hmmm...it almost sounds like a joke. OR that someone who may or may not be a police officer has something he doesn't want anyone to see on that camera...Either way, i doubt you have anything to worry about. Unless this is the beginning of a John Grisham novel. If that's the case, you'll be on the run with a lovely young college grad, up against some kind of government plot.
Good luck!
Wouldn't it be nice if you could call someone from the camera like you can from a lost cell phone? You could always look through their photos and see if anything or anyone looks familiar, though it could be scary stuff. Hope the "fuzz" are nice to you. Keep your cheeks clenched when you go in for questioning.
Aye - I'm preparing to do my best James Cagney: "You ain't got nuthin' on me, copper!"
Miz B - Thanks. But it's not unheard of for the cops to hassle the innocent. Sad but true.
TripletMomma - Long time no comment! Good to hear from you again. Yes, the vagueness of his message is disturbing, especially the "You should have ..." I should have ... what??? Why didn't he tell me???
Wildcat - I'm innocent, I tell ya, I'm innocent!
Yorkie - San Quentin? I'd prefer Alcatraz!
Aye - Tomorrow is the next "work" day, and I expect something to go down then. If there's no further posts, I'll see y'all when I'm on parole!
Jef - I hope they will let me bring my guitar to Folsom Prison so I can play old-school Johnny Cash!
Zhadi - Wow, it could be a joke or an elaborate con! And this really is sounding like the beginning of a John Grisham novel. I want my royalties in advance!
Fridaysweb - The camera had dozens of shots on it, but nothing that truly identifies the owner, who appears to be a Latina lady who likes drinking at Mission District bars and taking bubble baths. I guess I could begin a massive search but "do you like bubble baths?" sounds like a bad pickup line.
Um, I'm afraid to ask what cheeks need to be clenched ... and why!
::wiggles and giggles::
Man, how come the person that "found" my camera in the back of a taxi didn't so the same thing? *sigh* I miss my camera.
Seriously?? Well you've got your post on craigslist that will totally bail you out since it's dated before you received that snarky call from the po-po (my term for "the fuzz").
Besides, he's probably the owner of the camera and is afraid you've downloaded the shots he took at the last Officer's Gala. Rworr!
Jasmine - I dig mermaids. Thanks for swimming by!
BH - I feel for ya! Have you checked the taxi lost and found, and the POLICE lost and found?
ngregory00 - I should hire you as my legal counsel ... good point about the craigslist ad. My alibi!
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