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To the person(s) who stole my friend’s purse on Friday night at Reflections… How about giving back the pink Motorola Razr that was in it? It’s no good to you and I don’t feel like paying for a new one. Merry Christmas….
This article appears in Dec 13-19, 2007.
24 Comments
Yes… I thoroughly enjoyed picking through the garbage cans looking for it. Karma will get them.I say we NEVER go back there… assholes.
Hey Mel, as long as you’re asking for the return of your precious pink cell phone, why don’t you ask for the return of your poor friend’s purse while you’re at it??
Why would anyone go to that dive anyway? The place should have been shut down ages ago.
wow that sucks I wouldn’t go to place full of thieves either if I could help it Unfortunately I go to Citadel High. Did you call in to have your phone esn locked so nobody can use it. Also make sure to cancel all your cards and what not- My mother had her purse stolen one time on a bus someone just lifted it off her shoulders- it was crowded and she lost 200 dollars plus all her cards and what not and it sucks because its so violating. If you like going to reflections or what not put your phone in a inside pocket as well as your money in this city you can never be too careful!
Hey, it’s not Reflections fault that you can’t hang on to your purse. Don’t blame them!
No, your right… it’s our fault for going to a place where theives obviously congregate. Nice.
“A place where thieves obviously congregate”… What?So are all gay people thieves? Or do you have some hard facts on the matter?I’ve been to Refs about a thousand times and have never been the victim of any crime (except for maybe some fashion crimes), so before you go painting the whole place as a hang-out for the morally-corrupt gay purse stealers association, I’d rein in your sweeping generalizations. Also, learn to spell.
While I’m sure it sux for the owner, I really couldn’t give a shit if someone’s cellphone was stolen, but at what point in time did she blame Reflections or homosexuals? She stated where it was stolen and suggested there were a multitude of theives. Stating the location was pure fact, suggesting large amounts of theives was over exageration from a frustrated victim. Get the fuck over yourselves.
Ok. First of all i am already really frigging pissed enough at all of this, because it was MY PURSE.Second of all, Jennifer, you are the only one making a sweeping generalization here, no one ever said that all gay people are theives. I have also being going to Refs for many MANY years, and this was the FIRST time that anything happened to me…and no i’m not blaming reflections for it, but the crowd is getting a little seedy there (not gay, holy fuck don’t assume i am saying all gay ppl are seedy). If one of the “thousand times” you have been there was in the last six or so months you will know exactly what i am talking about. Next time i’ll ensure to put my purse with a very small strap around my neck instead of directly beside me while i make a god damn pool shot. Oh wait, i don’t have it anymore so it doesn’t matter (LOL)But the joke is on whoever stole it because there was less than three dollars, a bus pass they can’t use, a cell phone of my friends that is useless to them, and my cell phone which I am glad to replace because it was garbage anyway.Don’t anyone ever dare put words in my friends mouth (er fingers or wtf ever) because NONE of us have any problem with GAY PEOPLE. And to make it very clear i’m not saying that all people or even half of the people there are anything….i enjoy the place and go (well, went there) quite often. Merry fucking christmas everybody.
Oh and before anyone puts words in my mouth saying that the reason i’m not going back is because a gay-purse-snatching-gang of-donkey-riding-purple-boa’d-bird-loving-crazy-people bothered me, i’d like to say it’s only because my ID was in my purse as well and i can’t afford to replace it yet. And just so it’s clear i’m being sarcastic with that description and in no way think that any people at reflections fit into that category.
Jennifer:I mentioned nothing about homosexuals. That’s all yours hun. And it IS obviously a place where theives congregate… ummm an item was stolen, hence indicating the presence of a theif and/or thieves.1 +1 = 2 and 2+2 = 4… It’s common sense. You seem to be the only one with an issue. If you have a problem with people venting about unfortunate events taking place then perhaps you should read a different blog. Weirdo.
You’re bitching about people ripping off your fucking cell phone and purse, when you knew that leaving it unattended could result in the obvious. Fuck, the days of people trusting other people are long gone, are you that niave? You wouldn’t leave your shit in a resturant, or in an unlocked car, so why would you do it in a bar?
It’s not like I left it lying around.It was DIRECTLY BESIDE ME and someone GRABBED IT QUICKLY.Did you ever have a momentary lapse of judgement? probably..you’re most likely human.We all make mistakes.The purse is gone, that’s fine, whatever, i don’t care – it could have been a LOT worse…I just don’t like people who twist other people’s words around and make an issue out of nothing.And that is the only reason I signed up here to make comments.Who cares about the purse, it’s all replaceable.
Why is anyone bashing Mel?? SHE’S the one who got ripped off? Something tells me that if she said she biked to Reflections she would’ve gotten alot more love.
Fuck you guys, I was just trying to be funny. I guess I won’t bother anymore.Anyway my point was that Refs is no more of a meeting place for thieves than any other bar (see the latest bitch about the stolen iPod from the Alehouse) so don’t bother trying to blame the establishment. Anyway, Keith, until there is another no-lables bar where it is relatively safe to have a “gay old time” it won’t be shutting down any time soon. (Menz bar doesn’t count, it is populated entirely by old men — not my thing).PS I don’t care how Mel got to reflections, she should have either checked her purse (for free) or left it at home. Who wants to dance with a purse anyway?
It wasn’t funny at all to accuse people of stereotyping or whatever a group of people, especially people who we are, or who are our friends.It was not Mel’s purse that was stolen, it was her friends, mine, tara’s, as she said and as i said.I don’t CARE about the damn purse – it’s all replaceable, i’ve said that.I’m NOT ever checking my purse, there are things in there i need (money, cards, cell phone, make-up) on a regular basis while at the bar. I normally have on some sort of outfit with NO pockets anywhere…. This was a crime of opportunity for people and it just happened, it was bound to happen at some point. And this was the point.There is no point for shoulda/woulda/coulda/you sucks/you’re stupid’s….because it’s done.Mel was simply bitching because she lost her phone as well with the whole thing. (it was in my purse)
Jennifer:You were trying to be FUNNY? By saying that I thought that all gay people were morally-corrupt thieves?? That is NOT funny, by any stretch of the imagination. And we blamed the establishment because THAT is where it took place! Frig. You blame me for ‘sweeping generalizations’ that I DID NOT make while you are blatently generalizing the people at Menz Bar as old men and making fun of the ‘fashion victims’ at Reflections.Are you just bored? P.S. I won’t be small enough to tell YOU to learn how to spell because you inverted two letters…
It’s ridiculous to blame the establishment just because that is where the crime happened. I was poking fun at that by taking your assertion to the extreme and showing you how ridiculous that would be. I don’t know what is wrong with this thread of posters, but I think some of you need to lighten up and find a sense of humour.I just hate that Reflections has such a bad reputation when I have found it to be as safe or safer than any of the other bars in Halifax. You said up front that you’re never going back there, but what does the actual bar have to do with your lapse in judgement (unattended purse, if only for a moment) or the asshole who took advantage of it? PS I just hate it when people can’t spell.
Oh. My. God. IT HAPPENED AT REFLECTIONS. THEREFORE WE WERE MAD ABOUT IT. REFLECTIONS SHOULD BEAR NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EVENT. YES. THAT IS TRUE. Good lord…I have been going to Reflections almost exclusively for years. Just because you haven’t been a victim of theft there (or anywhere else) doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. If I have never been in a car accident on Spring Garden Road doesn’t mean it has never happened. That sort of thing. And I am usually very east going and mellow – but not when someone says that I think all gay people are thieves and morally-corrupt. That is all. It isn’t funny. At all.And no, I probably WON’T go back. And if I was served a bad meal at a restaurant I wouldn’t go back… and if I was beaten on the Commons I wouldn’t go back… and so on and so on. Just a personal choice. And it wasn’t a lapse of my friend’s judgement. Someone was watching and waiting for the exact moment that she turned her back to snatch it. And yes it is mildly annoying when people spell things wrong but a little tolerance goes a long way.P.S. it’s ‘labels’ not ‘lables’… since it’s sooo annoying…Anyways, I’m done. Geesh…
Jane: BRILLIANT! I LOL’d.
I have to point this out KAREN…December 11, 2007 | 11:24 AM”No, your right… it’s our fault for going to a place where theives obviously congregate. Nice.”KarenSo your comment:”And we blamed the establishment because THAT is where it took place!”really doesn’t make sense…you actually did in a round about way generalize all Ref attendees as “theives” NOTE:I even left your spelling mistake….
Thanks for that — “lables versus labels” I always screw it up (same with cable and cabel, you see why I get confused). Anyway now I’ll probably never get it wrong again.And I still hold that leaving your purse unattended was a lapse in judgement regardless of whether or not someone was watching and ready to take advantage of it.I’m sorry you didn’t get my meaning before and I am sorry you lost your shit, but I just get my back up when someone starts smack-talkin’ my favourite hang-out and the only bar in Halifax that I feel truly comfortable in.
YIKES!! Ok… so I was not not not blaming Reflections in any way shape or form for the incident. I go there a lot and this is the first time anything bad has happened… The only reason I mentioned it was because then maybe the person who stole it might know it was me… I love Reflections and will probably be going back again this weekend. I was NOT talking badly about the bar, period! I just want my phone back.
I honestly believe that everyone here has lost either: A) their common sense; or B) their eyesight and/or ability to read and comprehend words.Is anyone actually reading what people are writing as comments or just making crap up????Nobody was blaming reflections for what happened. Nobody said all ppl at reflections are theives (however, obviously at least one person is…what is so hard to understand about that????)Again, again, it was not karen who lost her purse, it was not mel who lost her purse…again i will state that it was I, tara, or tlb, as i better clarify that to attempt to clear up any confusion.And jennifer you were the first one to put words in anyones mouth saying bad things about reflections – any of us were merely stating a fact. So you can blame yourself only for trash talking your lovely little hangout. Honestly what is the point of a place to vent if there are just piles of people on here waiting to prey on whoever it was having a bad day – are all you people really that miserable that you have to go ahead and pick apart other people’s bad days?