no, there are NO CAMERAS in Wake County libraries.

YES, we got a description of the man who stole it from the asshole who watched him steal it and didn't say a word

OMG, that is so fucked up. I'm so sorry.

NO, I do not have a backup of my info. I have had horrible luck with external hard drives and I couldn't afford cloud storage. So when he wipes it, I'll lose lots of things that can't be replaced

oh god no. I am so sorry

I have watched people's stuff so many times over the last 2 years and yet no one was looking out for me

Oh no!!! That's awful!!! I'm so sorry.

Oh gosh that's truly horrible, why would someone just watch"?!

ugh, that's so awful, i'm sorry

I'm so sorry, this is terrible!

That's so awful.

That sucks.

Do you have that find my laptop thing that takes a picture of the person using your laptop?

I called the police to make a police report but they take them over the phone now I guess and I have to wait for them to call back

CajsaLilliehook: never heard of it.
also it doesn't have a camera installed.

damn, yeah it needs a camera

check insurance coverage. will library insurance, your homeowner/renters insurance cover it.

My coworker's laptop was stolen from her car. She used it for work, so our company's insurance paid to replace all except for the deductible.

And we coordinated with her auto insurance, so that paid the deductible.

I don't have homeowners or renters insurance.
I doubt the library will cover it. They don't have cameras and everything is kind of "at your own risk" so they'll likely say no

I am so very sorry that this happened.

I seriously don't know what to do with myself now

all my photos and stories are gone (literally hundreds of stories I can't replace) and even family pics I can't get again

and since it's so old and is missing the M key, pawn shops probably won't take it, and they may just throw it away 😢

I've been checking mercari, offerup, and letgo but haven't had any luck yet

I recently got back into copy editing since I've been watching way too much Hulu and Netflix and needed something pro-brain instead of brainkiller

all my projects are on there
plus credit card info and screen shots of payments made (I don't have a printer)
so I've been changing passwords for all my accounts

but seriously, that laptop was my life.
normally someone looks out for me, like I've looked out for someone so many times
but someone WATCHED IT HAPPEN and did nothing

My ear buds and the external fan were plugged in, and when the guy took it they would have dangled off the laptop, and the guy took the ear buds but left the fan on the floor

AND NO ONE THOUGHT THAT WAS WORTH MENTIONING TO SECURITY

People suck