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Old 21st Jan 2010, 06:59
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HotDog
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We are safe until Feb 1st!
No you are not. Way back in the Convair 880 days, a young bell hop knocked on my door at our crew hotel in Singapore and collected my suitcase and nav bag to load into the crew transport. We duly departed the hotel and boarded our flight back to Hong Kong. It wasn't until cruise that I removed my wallet from my nav bag and glanced inside it before putting it in my back pocket. Much to my surprise, I found the wallet totally bereft of cash, amounting to approx. USD400 in various currencies. I submitted a report to our Operations Manager (Flying), citing the bell hop as a suspect of theft. The reply I received said that they couldn't accuse the hotel staff due to lack of sufficient evidence. I than personally contacted the hotel manager who admonished me for not reporting the loss sooner as they already sacked the bell hop for similar thefts. This was decades before today's security concerns.
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