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Great until the pickpockets stole my credit card!
芝加哥滨河步道的点评
点评：It happened fast — it always does. That’s how they work. Distract, confuse then strike…..and vanish.
On this day their execution was perfect.
For the visiting travelers we did know better. We had read the articles, heard the stories. It wasn’t our first rodeo. Yet on this day we were distracted.
Third day of a trip to Chicago although the trip was to the west about 45 minutes (depending upon the traffic that is). The third day was our time to visit the big city.
Looking back now — we were tired and when you are tired you are just tired.
Never been to a downtown architectural river cruise which looked interesting — so we went.
Then you have to park. Seemed to be a facility across the street. We entered though a giant steel door that automatically opened as we drove up. Otherwise the street side was void of people.
An incredibly small garage. Fortunately we had rented a smaller car. Took a while to find a space then logic our way out to the world above. Rest Rooms would have been nice.
In the voluminous lobby of the garage — all gigantic glass windows and white walls, near street level, was a huge desk and a lone attendant. “Are there restrooms?”, I asked. “No” was the answer and nothing else.
Welcome to Chicago.
So out to the street we went. East Wacker Drive is wide and busy. A little ways down was the light and street crossing to enter the Chicago Riverwalk.
Once across— and there were throngs of people crossing with us — we went right to get to the stairway access. Michigan avenue and East Wacker with a "First Lzdy" awning over the entrance.
At this point you are just anticipating getting tickets for the cruise and finding an elusive Chicago rest room and of course we were tired.
That’s when the snakes struck.
And let me say I know better — but this was my off day.
In front of me a man stumbled and there I stopped. From what we can gather accomplice #1 then grabbed my wallet — which I keep in my front left pants pocket. When I confronted the stumbled man who claimed he did not have my wallet, his partner — now in front of us on the stairs — reached down and picked up the wallet from the step in front of us as if it had landed there somehow.
He gave me the wallet which I imagine makes the victim feel like things are all right.
But I immediately checked and knew my primary charge card was gone. In this short time they were gone, the two, plus an additional person that was with them.
Used my credit card app to immediately freeze the card. This was at 3:50 pm.
Found the elusive rest rooms and came back to buy the cruise tickets.
At that time used the app again to order a replacement card and report it was stolen.
Went on the cruise which was excellent but for us the recent encounter took its toll.
Received a text alert I didn’t notice until after the 90 minute cruise — at 4:37 pm that a $3,500 charge at Nordstroms was made — was that mine?
Not me — come to find out the charge was declined and that there was a Nordstroms quite close to where we were. Obviously frequented by pickpockets.
So on this day, in this situation, they pulled off the perfect crime.
Only they had nothing to show for it — no $3,500 item and looking a little stupid to the Nordstroms clerk.
Us extremely shaken from it all. After we took the cruise and visited a few other sites we went back to our hotel ready to get home the next day.
Future trips to visit? Maybe after we prepare - make sure you are alert and aware for your trip!
On this day their execution was perfect.
For the visiting travelers we did know better. We had read the articles, heard the stories. It wasn’t our first rodeo. Yet on this day we were distracted.
Third day of a trip to Chicago although the trip was to the west about 45 minutes (depending upon the traffic that is). The third day was our time to visit the big city.
Looking back now — we were tired and when you are tired you are just tired.
Never been to a downtown architectural river cruise which looked interesting — so we went.
Then you have to park. Seemed to be a facility across the street. We entered though a giant steel door that automatically opened as we drove up. Otherwise the street side was void of people.
An incredibly small garage. Fortunately we had rented a smaller car. Took a while to find a space then logic our way out to the world above. Rest Rooms would have been nice.
In the voluminous lobby of the garage — all gigantic glass windows and white walls, near street level, was a huge desk and a lone attendant. “Are there restrooms?”, I asked. “No” was the answer and nothing else.
Welcome to Chicago.
So out to the street we went. East Wacker Drive is wide and busy. A little ways down was the light and street crossing to enter the Chicago Riverwalk.
Once across— and there were throngs of people crossing with us — we went right to get to the stairway access. Michigan avenue and East Wacker with a "First Lzdy" awning over the entrance.
At this point you are just anticipating getting tickets for the cruise and finding an elusive Chicago rest room and of course we were tired.
That’s when the snakes struck.
And let me say I know better — but this was my off day.
In front of me a man stumbled and there I stopped. From what we can gather accomplice #1 then grabbed my wallet — which I keep in my front left pants pocket. When I confronted the stumbled man who claimed he did not have my wallet, his partner — now in front of us on the stairs — reached down and picked up the wallet from the step in front of us as if it had landed there somehow.
He gave me the wallet which I imagine makes the victim feel like things are all right.
But I immediately checked and knew my primary charge card was gone. In this short time they were gone, the two, plus an additional person that was with them.
Used my credit card app to immediately freeze the card. This was at 3:50 pm.
Found the elusive rest rooms and came back to buy the cruise tickets.
At that time used the app again to order a replacement card and report it was stolen.
Went on the cruise which was excellent but for us the recent encounter took its toll.
Received a text alert I didn’t notice until after the 90 minute cruise — at 4:37 pm that a $3,500 charge at Nordstroms was made — was that mine?
Not me — come to find out the charge was declined and that there was a Nordstroms quite close to where we were. Obviously frequented by pickpockets.
So on this day, in this situation, they pulled off the perfect crime.
Only they had nothing to show for it — no $3,500 item and looking a little stupid to the Nordstroms clerk.
Us extremely shaken from it all. After we took the cruise and visited a few other sites we went back to our hotel ready to get home the next day.
Future trips to visit? Maybe after we prepare - make sure you are alert and aware for your trip!
翻译：事情发生得很快——向来如此。他们就是这么行事的：分散你的注意力、制造混乱，然后发起攻击……接着消失无踪。
那天，他们的行动堪称完美。
对于我们这些前来旅行的游客来说，我们本该有所防备的。我们读过相关报道，也听过各种传闻。这并非我们第一次遭遇此类情况。然而那天，我们还是分心了。
那是我们芝加哥之行的第三天，不过实际上我们的行程地点在西边，车程约45分钟（视交通状况而定）。第三天正是我们游览这座大城市的日子。现在回想起来——我们当时很疲惫，人一疲惫就真的什么力气都没有了。
我们从未参加过市中心的建筑主题游船活动，不过这次看起来挺有意思的，于是就去了。
到了之后就得停车。街对面似乎有个停车场。我们驾车靠近时，一扇巨大的钢制门自动打开了，我们便开了进去。除此之外，街道上几乎一个人也没有。
那是个小得不可思议的车库。幸运的是我们租了一辆较小的车。找车位花了一些时间，之后才顺着逻辑找到了通往外界的出口。要是有休息室就好了。
在车库那宽敞的大厅里——到处都是巨大的玻璃窗和白色墙壁，位于街道层的位置有一张巨大的办公桌，旁边只有一名工作人员。“这里有洗手间吗？”我问道。得到的回答只有“没有”，再无他言。
欢迎来到芝加哥。
于是我们走到了街上。东沃克大道既宽阔又热闹。走没多远就有红绿灯和人行横道，可以进入芝加哥河滨步道。我们过了桥——当时有许多人和我们一起过桥——随后便直奔楼梯处。密歇根大道与东沃克街的交汇处，入口处有个写着“First Lzdy”的雨棚。
此时，我们满心期待着能买到游船票，也希望能找到芝加哥难得一见的公共厕所；当然，我们也累得不行。
就在这时，那些蛇出现了。
说实话，我本该知道不该这样——但那天显然是我的倒霉日。
在我面前有个男人踉跄了一下，我也随之停下了脚步。据我们推测，同伙#1随后抢走了我的钱包——那个钱包我一直放在裤子左前侧的口袋里。当我质问那个踉踉跄跄、声称没拿我钱包的男子时，他的同伙——此刻正站在我们面前的楼梯上——弯下腰，从我们面前的台阶上捡起了钱包，就好像它不知怎么掉在那里似的。
他把钱包还给了我，我想这应该让受害者觉得事情总算解决了吧。
但我立刻检查了一下，发现我的主信用卡已经不见了。没过多久，他们就走了——那两个人，还有和他们在一起的第三个人。
下午3点50分，我立刻通过信用卡应用冻结了卡片。
找到很难找到的洗手间后，我回来购买了游轮票。
当时我又用该应用申请了一张新卡，并申报原卡已遗失/被盗。
我们乘上了游轮，体验很棒；不过对我们来说，最近的这次经历还是造成了不小的影响。我收到了一条短信提醒，但直到90分钟的游船之旅结束后才注意到——下午4点37分，系统显示诺德斯特龙商店有一笔3,500美元的消费记录——那是我消费的吗？
并不是我——后来才发现那笔交易被拒绝了，而且我们所在位置附近正好有一家诺德斯特龙商店。显然那里是小偷们常出没的地方。
所以就在那天、那种情况下，他们完成了一次“完美犯罪”。
只不过他们什么也没得手——既没有买到价值3,500美元的商品，还在诺德斯特龙的店员面前显得有点愚蠢。我们被这一切搞得心惊胆战。乘船游览并参观了几个景点之后，我们回到酒店，准备第二天回家。
以后还会再去旅游吗？或许等我们做好准备之后吧——出发前一定要保持警觉、时刻留心哦！
那天，他们的行动堪称完美。
对于我们这些前来旅行的游客来说，我们本该有所防备的。我们读过相关报道，也听过各种传闻。这并非我们第一次遭遇此类情况。然而那天，我们还是分心了。
那是我们芝加哥之行的第三天，不过实际上我们的行程地点在西边，车程约45分钟（视交通状况而定）。第三天正是我们游览这座大城市的日子。现在回想起来——我们当时很疲惫，人一疲惫就真的什么力气都没有了。
我们从未参加过市中心的建筑主题游船活动，不过这次看起来挺有意思的，于是就去了。
到了之后就得停车。街对面似乎有个停车场。我们驾车靠近时，一扇巨大的钢制门自动打开了，我们便开了进去。除此之外，街道上几乎一个人也没有。
那是个小得不可思议的车库。幸运的是我们租了一辆较小的车。找车位花了一些时间，之后才顺着逻辑找到了通往外界的出口。要是有休息室就好了。
在车库那宽敞的大厅里——到处都是巨大的玻璃窗和白色墙壁，位于街道层的位置有一张巨大的办公桌，旁边只有一名工作人员。“这里有洗手间吗？”我问道。得到的回答只有“没有”，再无他言。
欢迎来到芝加哥。
于是我们走到了街上。东沃克大道既宽阔又热闹。走没多远就有红绿灯和人行横道，可以进入芝加哥河滨步道。我们过了桥——当时有许多人和我们一起过桥——随后便直奔楼梯处。密歇根大道与东沃克街的交汇处，入口处有个写着“First Lzdy”的雨棚。
此时，我们满心期待着能买到游船票，也希望能找到芝加哥难得一见的公共厕所；当然，我们也累得不行。
就在这时，那些蛇出现了。
说实话，我本该知道不该这样——但那天显然是我的倒霉日。
在我面前有个男人踉跄了一下，我也随之停下了脚步。据我们推测，同伙#1随后抢走了我的钱包——那个钱包我一直放在裤子左前侧的口袋里。当我质问那个踉踉跄跄、声称没拿我钱包的男子时，他的同伙——此刻正站在我们面前的楼梯上——弯下腰，从我们面前的台阶上捡起了钱包，就好像它不知怎么掉在那里似的。
他把钱包还给了我，我想这应该让受害者觉得事情总算解决了吧。
但我立刻检查了一下，发现我的主信用卡已经不见了。没过多久，他们就走了——那两个人，还有和他们在一起的第三个人。
下午3点50分，我立刻通过信用卡应用冻结了卡片。
找到很难找到的洗手间后，我回来购买了游轮票。
当时我又用该应用申请了一张新卡，并申报原卡已遗失/被盗。
我们乘上了游轮，体验很棒；不过对我们来说，最近的这次经历还是造成了不小的影响。我收到了一条短信提醒，但直到90分钟的游船之旅结束后才注意到——下午4点37分，系统显示诺德斯特龙商店有一笔3,500美元的消费记录——那是我消费的吗？
并不是我——后来才发现那笔交易被拒绝了，而且我们所在位置附近正好有一家诺德斯特龙商店。显然那里是小偷们常出没的地方。
所以就在那天、那种情况下，他们完成了一次“完美犯罪”。
只不过他们什么也没得手——既没有买到价值3,500美元的商品，还在诺德斯特龙的店员面前显得有点愚蠢。我们被这一切搞得心惊胆战。乘船游览并参观了几个景点之后，我们回到酒店，准备第二天回家。
以后还会再去旅游吗？或许等我们做好准备之后吧——出发前一定要保持警觉、时刻留心哦！
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