Omg was he the guy with the hat and dark beard? Heavy set. Maybe blue jacket. South station? That was my time that I was writing the trains, back then.

It’s been alarmingly warm so far. And yet I still shudder…

…For we all know February is coming, and February will not be denied.

Seriously, fuck February. Shit’s a trash month. Hey OP—I hope you have a decent therapist. The coping should start 3/1, but it sometimes runs into the ides of March…which is ironic because the collective betrayal felt when it happens makes March weather the Brutus to our Caesar.

Now do you mean mental health or on drugs. Because I am just wondering if you would have responded differently if he was on drugs and having a withdrawal fit or a fiend fit as opposed to real mental health issues.

Yea

Late to the post. The MBTA has an app called MBTA see something say something. It works very well. I had an issue with a mentally unstable guy who was smoking, urinating, and shouting at people. One stop later the MBTA Police were on the scene and they pulled the guy off the train.

Yeah it’s a low deductible one. I’m not counting on them tbh

This is too far down.

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Yeah that sucks to have the passport stolen!

no, what the actual fuck, is getting chatty with crazy people on public transport

Leads? Yeah, I’ll just check with the boys down at the crime lab. They got 4 more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!

Probably too young to know who you’re talking about, this was one guy?

The police don’t care about your AirPods. The manager probably cared for a second, but the way you handled it, most likely annoyed them to the point that they have no interest in helping you find them. A private company isn’t going to expose the personal information of its clients to another private citizen; that’s a massive liability issue. Doing so would leave them open to being sued. You pressing the issue, and making ridiculous requests that most people would understand aren’t reasonable, is only compounding the issue.

Had you dealt with this differently, the manager probably would have reviewed the video. If they found anything, they’d most likely have worked with you on filing the police report. All you’ve done by approaching things as aggressively as you have, is convince the manager to not act proactively or cooperate with you. If they provided confirmation along with evidence of a particular suspect as part of your effort to file a report, the police would follow through.

Right now, your report’s details mean the police have to investigate to obtain evidence—it’s incomplete, in that sense. Those are man-hours that don’t always yield results, and not worth the cost of doing so for the item in question—especially because it’s not clear that a crime even occurred, or if you lost the item. If your report included confirmation that reliable evidence existed that:

1). a crime occurred

2). the suspect has been identified

3). who to contact to retrieve said evidence

then they’d have Probable Cause (minimum requirement to make an arrest) *and *a suspect. Because Felony Larceny starts at a value of greater or equal to $250, they’d definitely get your item back, and make an arrest. That manager was the one person you shouldn’t have alienated—corporations have strict rules regarding communication with law enforcement in these situations, which means it’s a headache for her to help you. She had to WANT to help you, to not mind going through that.

And to be honest, she was right to not share anything with you. You said you saw an address, AND WENT TO THE LOCATION. Thank God you didn’t have the apartment number. That’s the exact kind of thing she was trying to prevent—that business doesn’t want to be responsible for the possible outcome of someone making such an idiotic decision, and she doesn’t want to lose her job.

If losing something that, by design, is easy to lose bothers you this much…maybe you shouldn’t own it in the first place. They’re just AirPods, guy. Life gets way harder.

TL; DR

Knowing what information police need to see in a police report for smaller crimes, can greatly increase the chances they follow through. If you collect evidence to reach the minimum threshold for an arrest and include that information when you file, you’ve removed the financial demotivation for them to act, by eliminating investigative costs. If you need the help of others to make that happen, be tactful and act with intent when discussing their cooperation. Make requests, not demands.

And for chrissakes, don’t go looking for suspected criminals at their homes without the police involved.

It's genuinely not that cold out, so you guys should be fine to do activities that involve some time outside. But also, what do you enjoy doing?

The Gardner museum is awesome (I recommend doing a tour) and the indoor greenhouse atrium is nice to visit during the winter months. the MFA is also a fantastic art museum.

Beacon Hill, the South End, and the public garden, and Back Bay are all beautiful areas you can wander around to enjoy the scenery and pop into cafes/ local shops.

There's great food all over, but knowing what you like and how fancy you want to go would be helpful.

A lot of the local breweries do tours if you're beer people.

Harvard campus / Harvard square is interesting to explore if you haven't been yet. The Harvard art museum and Harvard natural history museums over there are also great.

It was the green line, but crazy guy bled all over it

If you had renters insurance unless you paid for a low deductible plan it wouldn’t have been worth your time. I pay for a low deductible, high value plan just in case I get robbed or something. But a lot of plans have a $500 deductible. And a lot of terms and conditions.

What the actual fuck

I lost my passport on the 66 bus with an airpod connected to it, they were in the MBTA building, and then a worker or someone else stole it. police did not give a single fuck. Why would they care about a pair of AirPods if they didn’t care about someone stealing a piece of identification like that? I just reported it stolen and am getting a new passport 🤷🏼‍♂️

maybe that's a lesson for you to avoid eye contact and maintain a neutral expression in the future.

Or else it wasn’t that funny

haha the only hope u have is that hopefully you'll let this go, lick ur wounds and move on.

I’m sorry. 😞

For future reference to feel safer and for overall protection, just FYI that although you can't legally have pepper spray mailed to a Massachusetts address, it IS LEGAL to be carried by private citizens (over the age of 18) in the state of MA.

Basically, there are stores you can go to in person around the state to buy it, you just can't order it online and have it mailed to you.

Source: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter140/Section122C

I am so sick of people suggesting that talking about a person’s mental illness. Is an attempt to excuse them from something.

you should hire a team of private investigators and really get to the bottom of this thing! maybe do a stake out outside the apartment building and look for people that look like they might be going to the gym and stop each one to see if they have your earbuds.

im kiddng. you lost your shitty earbuds. get over it you idiot.