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A friend of mine and I rented a car for an event in Northern Nevada back in late October 2015. Upon our return, I dropped the car off after a look-through in the evening just minutes before they closed. My friend, bless her heart, decided in her unclear mind that she was going to leave her wallet in the side pocket of the passenger side door. Now, mind you, when I had dropped her off at home she was in terrible but hilarious shape. Stumbling-on-air sloshed, I mean truly wrecked. Don't get me wrong, I was the friend and somehow that made me responsible for her and all of her belongings. Sooooo... I get back to the house, unaware of the oblivion I am about to walk into and she's just sobbing, hysterical. Oh man.. I could feel it. This was going to be my fault. After a drawn out, slurred explanation, she says, "You don't understand. My green card is in there." OMG. Turns out that she had an appointment to get citizenship in just a couple weeks, a replacement card would take much longer.. You ever tried to gain citizenship without your green card? Me neither, I was born in California. Anyways, the hunt begins. Where did you see it last, when was the last time you had to show your ID, have you used your debit card, etc. Who freaking knows.
I call everywhere. The Northern NV event venue, the bar, the Uber from the day before, everywhere. Because I thought I had checked the car pretty thoroughly, I never thought to even call. Then it dawns on me: my luck? It's in the car. I call Hertz and these guys are so funny. They calm me down cracking jokes and then break the news: the car has already been rented to someone else. HAHA. Anyways, they were able to track down the person renting the car and we were lucky enough to get in contact with the renter ourselves. The people at Hertz were amazing to help us track all this stuff down, did I mention I left my garage door clicker and makeup bag in the car too? Boy, did I feel foolish.
Anyways, long story short.. Awesome men and women running this place. They definitely know how to calm down a freaked out woman and track down missing belongings. Thank science for you, folks. Glad the universe created a few good earthlings.
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