I am going to brag and post this little image here:

Why post it? Well, because I am now legally allowed to associate myself with this logo, that is why.

On March 7th, I stopped by Future Shop to purchase a game controller for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. As I did so, I absent-mindedly left my wallet on the counter. Afterwards, I quickly noticed my wallet was missing. I first checked my truck, then my place, and saw no sign of it. I knew the last time I had seen it for certain.

I phoned Future Shop, and they said that they did not have the wallet. So, I searched my truck again, and my place again… nothing. This was getting alarming. Concerned that my wallet had been stolen, I started the annoying process of getting my cards replaced. Then, a few days ago, I received a blog post from Kelly McCaig of Sims Recycling, checking to see if I was the George Walford who had lost a wallet.

I replied that I was, and immediately got a phone call. Speaking with Kelly, I immediately asked him if he had found my wallet in Future Shop. He informed me that the story was stranger than that. Much stranger.

It seems that I left my wallet at Future Shop as I had thought, and a thoughtful cashier left it in the register to be picked up… And this is where things went awry. The register was recycled and sent to Toronto for disassembly. Where Kelly found it. Kelly then had to secure permission from IBM who actually owned the till to send me my wallet, because technically, any items in the till belonged to them. Fortunately, I quickly got a call back, and he had secured permission to send me my wallet.

Getting my wallet today at Purolator was a bit amusing however. The woman behind the counter asked to see my drivers license, so she could hand me the package. I told her that she had it, and that it was actually IN the package that she was holding. This created a bit of a recursive problem in that she needed my ID to be allowed to open the package, and my ID was IN the package.

Fortunately, I had a new Costco card that I obtained using my passport, and I was able to use that to get enough confirmation to open the package, and then use my drivers license, which was in the package to finally accept… well, the license itself and the rest of the wallet!

At least I have my wallet back, now I need to find a way to thank Kelly as the Beer Store in Toronto does not accept remote payment.