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Old 10-27-2024, 07:51 PM
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I went to a local Publix to get a prescription as well as a few groceries. I had maybe three bags of items as I was leaving. I got home but could not find the Publix pills. Checked the golf cart and the various bags but could not find the pills. I had returned the grocery cart and left the golf cart unattended.


I soon received a call from a Good Samaritan who said she had the pills and would like to arrange to give them to us.

I got her location and drove to her place which was on the opposite side of Publix from we live. You have to turn right from the Publix to get to her place .

She came out of her house to greet me carrying the Publix bag. It is one of those colored cloth ones. And in it were the pills and the various bags the Pharmacy gives you along with the instructions.

She said she found the bag in the street and turned right to get home. I had turned left and there was no practical reason the green bag would be on the opposite direction to the one I took.


I figured that a Bad Samaritan had taken the green bag out of the golf cart while I was returning the shopping cart . And then threw away the pills when he or she or they did not have any use for the bag they had snatched while my back was turned.


In the almost twenty years I have lived in the Villages I have never had someone steal stuff out of my golf cart while I was returning the shopping cart .

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Old 10-27-2024, 08:07 PM
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If I lost possession our any of our medications, I would get them replaced by the pharmacy, even if I had to have them reissued by our doctor. Just my opinion.
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Old 10-27-2024, 08:18 PM
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If I lost possession our any of our medications, I would get them replaced by the pharmacy, even if I had to have them reissued by our doctor. Just my opinion.
I checked the pills to see if they had been tampered with and they looked fine.


I think the thief had grabbed what he or she could get while my back was turned. He/she got the green bag. It was what they could get in a small amount of time without making their actions look suspicious.

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I went to a local Publix to get a prescription as well as a few groceries. I had maybe three bags of items as I was leaving. I got home but could not find the Publix pills. Checked the golf cart and the various bags but could not find the pills. I had returned the grocery cart and left the golf cart unattended.


I soon received a call from a Good Samaritan who said she had the pills and would like to arrange to give them to us.

I got her location and drove to her place which was on the opposite side of Publix from we live. You have to turn right from the Publix to get to her place .

She came out of her house to greet me carrying the Publix bag. It is one of those colored cloth ones. And in it were the pills and the various bags the Pharmacy gives you along with the instructions.

She said she found the bag in the street and turned right to get home. I had turned left and there was no practical reason the green bag would be on the opposite direction to the one I took.


I figured that a Bad Samaritan had taken the green bag out of the golf cart while I was returning the shopping cart . And then threw away the pills when he or she or they did not have any use for the bag they had snatched while my back was turned.


In the almost twenty years I have lived in the Villages I have never had someone steal stuff out of my golf cart while I was returning the shopping cart .
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this woman knows the meaning of karma, and you must have some of your own to be saved by a good person like her
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True .

There was a man in the passenger seat of a golf cart about ten feet from where I had been parked. He would have seen what happened unless he was taking a nap . Or ....

I do wish Publix would get some parking lot cameras, or, at least put up some signs saying the parking lot is being monitored even if that is a bluff.

Even if the cameras do not work they do deter as the thieves do not know that.

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Old 10-28-2024, 09:18 AM
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Tal, I am glad you got your pills back.

But, I must say that it is not a good idea to leave a bag of prescriptions out of your sight in a public place.

Even in a parked car with locked doors, I don’t leave a bag of prescriptions in sight.

Anyway, it’s good that it all worked out.

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Well, I’m just not sure about this.
I'm not either. Hence, I would err on the side of caution and get the meds replaced.
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True .

There was a man in the passenger seat of a golf cart about ten feet from where I had been parked. He would have seen what happened unless he was taking a nap . Or ....

I do wish Publix would get some parking lot cameras, or, at least put up some signs saying the parking lot is being monitored even if that is a bluff.

Even if the cameras do not work they do deter as the thieves do not know that.
Do you for sure publix has no parking lot cameras..?
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Tal, I am glad you got your pills back.

But, I must say that it is not a good idea to leave a bag of prescriptions out of your sight in a public place.

Even in a parked car with locked doors, I don’t leave a bag of prescriptions in sight.

Anyway, it’s good that it all worked out.

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They were in a green Publix bag along with two much bigger carrying cases. These were in the golf cart . From now on though I will keep the prescriptions on my person. You could not tell what was in the bags without opening them up.
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Do you for sure publix has no parking lot cameras..?
No. But maybe if they did have them a Publix employee will take a look at yesterday at around 2:30 PM.
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They were in a green Publix bag along with two much bigger carrying cases. These were in the golf cart . From now on though I will keep the prescriptions on my person. You could not tell what was in the bags without opening them up.
Yes! With you. Good plan.

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I'm not either. Hence, I would err on the side of caution and get the meds replaced.
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