From our pal Anna:
I was having an excellent 29th birthday celebration, hanging and drinking and singing with friends at Jack’s for Thursday karaoke night. I had my purse tucked away with my friends’ various jackets on the bench in the corner, along with a bottle of wine in a gift bag that a friend brought for me. When we got ready to leave the bar around midnight, we found that the bottle of wine was there but my purse was gone. It was a purple cloth purse, with a long strap. This sort of ruined what was proving to be a really awesome birthday celebration. I’m hoping that someone picked it up by mistake, and/or took it on purpose but would now kindly like to return it to me.
And a similar thing happened to another friend of ours at Slow Jams at the Make-Out Room on Tuesday. (It’s like they’ve targeted all the best parties in the neighborhood — careful at Diary this weekend!) The thieves grabbed her purse off a hook under the bar while it was inches away from her, and then they identity thieved her mom! Keep an eye on your stuff, girls and European guys.
“Keep an eye on your stuff, girls and European guys.” WTF!?!
I ask the same question as you Pedro. WTF!?! I’m curious Anna, what did you actually mean by that warning? It sounds quite racist to me.
1) If I ever catch one of these bag-snatching fucks it’s gonna be a shitshow.
2) Anna didn’t say anything about “europeans”, Allan did in his commentary ABOUT Anna’s note.
3) “Racist”? REALLY? It’s a joke, as in “it’s not a purse, it’s a a European carryall!” I’m amazed at how easily offended people are. Lighten up and save your righteous indignation for the ones that deserve– the thieves!
My comment isn’t righteous indignation it’s racial sensitivity, which I do have. I see the misunderstanding on my part and thanks for the fashion update.
Wait, what? I’m confused by your reply. Are you sensitive about your own nonexistent racial background as a “European”, or are you sensitive about other people’s nonexistent racial backgrounds as ‘Europeans’?
In other words, when did “European” become a race? Do you believe that Homo Neanderthalis interbred with Homo Sapiens, or that they were an entirely separate species, and, furthermore, is Cro-magnon Man a legitimate “racial branch” of our bloodline? Oh, and, by the way, where is the lost tribe of Judea? Inquiring racial definers need to know!
haha youre a loser. go take life really seriously somewhere else
It’s really easy to try to be cool by not caring about “taking life seriously” or punctuation, and then you turn fourteen and move on.
B. Graber’s comments made me LOL. Who doesn’t remember that episode? It’s like the other day when I remarked that you obviously could never name your kid “Dolores” because everyone would point out how it RHYMES WITH A FEMALE BODY PART! and my friend didn’t get the reference.
OMG you’re being racist against a whole continent full of white peopel!!! YOU MONSTER!
Since when is “European” a race?
when you people get together and debate in the flesh it must be like the Hiroshima of self righteousness.
It would be Xenophobic, if anything.
It’s a joke about how man-purses are “european”. I thought it was kinda funny.
MAN PURSE MAN PURSE MAN PURSE
I like to think that messenger bags are the SF man purse
the people who don’t find the European comment funny must be lucky enough not to work near Union Square.
Really, unless you’re willing to lose it, everyone should keep an eye on their stuff all the time.
yup, keep an eye on your stuff, guys with backpacks, also be on look out, its easy to just lift your backpack, hold it by a strap as you walk and walk out of a bar. the fucked up shit, its not the weird odd looking ppl you need to watch out for, but regular folks in bar looking for a crime of opportunity. times be tough…cant hate on getting robbed if you asking for it by being un-carefull with your valuables.
“the fucked up shit, its not the weird odd looking ppl you need to watch out for, but regular folks in bar looking for a crime of opportunity.”
I can’t seem to crack your code.
“un-careful”
what a poet.
Someone stole something from a bar? I don’t believe it!
fuck europeans! they’re genetically infer… duh obvious man purse joke.
If you’re 25 and you’re using your parents credit card, or they are paying your credit card bill then you are a fucking loser. period.
Did you comment on the wrong post?
Whoops nvm.
Yea 10 pts. to that. Maybe it’s time to grow up and get a job. Seriously though, shocked your unattended purse got stolen at a dive bar in the mission? Did you just turn 21? Have you lived here long? People get their phones stolen from their hands in the middle of the day.
I remember there used to a be a spare changer that was strongly suspected of being an opportunistic bar purse thief around Mission and 22nd, but I haven’t seen him around lately and I doubt he was the only practitioner of this crime against drunk-manity.
Also that post is totally racist against people who have their Mom’s credit card in their purse.
Ladies, Guys that act like Ladies, Europeans, and Hippies —
Keep an eye on your stuff because people like to steal your purses.
Hippies, keep your pot in a separate purse.
Metro-weirdos, get a real man’s wallet, and lose the mascara.
Ladies, it’s summer, show more boob.
Thanks
may I ask, chad, if these things perturb you *so greatly* then why do you live in san francisco?
may I ask, Lindsey, if you are properly obeying my advice about showing more boobage in the summer?
are you aware of how cold it is? 60* is not bikini weather. also, i’m exempt because i’m flat chested. just an observation, but if you’re so into exposed cleavage & people who smell like they walked out of a gucci ad, why don’t you live in LA?
youre not exempt, if anything you have an obligation to spread the word
While I’m at it, PEOPLE, take a shower. Smelling like a bike messenger does not make you hip.
And remember, Ladies, it’s summer, show more boob.
Thanks
it’s not a purse, it’s a satchel
bahahaa I was thinking the same thing.
Jack’s is a Potrero Hill bar not a Mission bar. FYI
choke on it
My friend got her purse stolen at Dalva a month ago or so. I’m glad I read this, I’m not careful enough with my stuff.
My sister got her purse stolen from Dalva a few years ago. Some things never change.
It’s a rash of rank stupidity.
This has been a problem at bars and restaurants for all of my adult life. Never, ever, ever leave your stuff unattended. I have seen purses stolen from high end restaurants and dive bars alike. It happens all the time. In fact, there are people who steal purses from Mission bars on a regular basis. Putting your coat over your purse does not make it safe. Please, stop making it easy for thieves. (This has happened to several people I know, and it drives me crazy that people still just put their stuff down and walk away.)
Alert! Cell phone theft at the skatepark today!
There are scumbags abound.
jack’s is not in the mission
the make out room is not a dive bar
don’t leave valuables unattended in san francisco
Just wanted to add that if your purse is hanging on the back of your chair, it may seem safe because it’s right near you, but it can easily be stolen. Even worse if it doesn’t zip on the top — I had my identity stolen a few years ago by someone who slipped her hand into my open purse while it was on the back of my chair in a restaurant and took my wallet, she looked enough like me to subsequently use my driver’s license to open a bunch of instant credit accounts. Hours of hassle cleaning that up; lesson learned.
P.S., Chad, maybe there’s a reason ladies aren’t showing you their boobs. Look within, grasshopper!
mmmmm Boobs… if only i had someone else’s money… i could buy some boobs… or a man purse…
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