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Tony_FLADEM

(3,023 posts)
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 04:49 PM Mar 2013

Applebee’s waitress asks patron for ID, gets own stolen driver’s license in return

Imagine you're a waitress, out with friends on a night off, when you lose your wallet. Cash, credit cards, driver's license—all gone. Your bank later informs you that checks are being issued in your name.

It's a pain, but you carry on. Two weeks later, you're at work when four people walk in and sit in your section. They start ordering drinks. You ask to see their IDs. A woman in the group hands a driver's license to you. You look down, and it's yours.

That is precisely what police in Colorado say happened to Brianna Priddy, a server at a Lakewood Applebee's.

Priddy, though, didn't panic.

"I handed it back to her and said, 'Sure, I'll be right back with your margarita,'" she told Denver's NBC affiliate.

Priddy called the police, and tried to act normal while waiting for them to arrive.

"I put on my server smile and tried to take care of them, but I was shaking like crazy," she said.

When police arrived, the woman, whose name has not been released, was arrested on suspicion of theft, identity theft and criminal impersonation. Police also found narcotics in her possession.

"Dumb criminal," Lakewood police spokesman Steve Davis told Denver's 9NEWS. "That's the first thing that comes to mind."

Even dumber: the suspect is 26, Davis said.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/applebees-waitress-stolen-id-drivers-license-154712609.html

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Applebee’s waitress asks patron for ID, gets own stolen driver’s license in return (Original Post) Tony_FLADEM Mar 2013 OP
Props for keeping her cool about it until the cops arrived. trumad Mar 2013 #1
awesome! unblock Mar 2013 #2
Doh. progressoid Mar 2013 #3
I use to live in Lakewood, Colorado for Cha Mar 2013 #4
I'm waiting for Applebee's to fire her lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #5
+1 baldguy Mar 2013 #6
Background ... lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #8
OMG!!!! MyOwnPeace Mar 2013 #33
um, why the reference to the suspect's age but no mention of the victim's? Roland99 Mar 2013 #7
because the usual reason for showing a false id is to be able to drink dsc Mar 2013 #11
She is over 21 and could have used her own ID? siligut Mar 2013 #12
Well I don't think she COULD USE her own id - truedelphi Mar 2013 #22
It might explain the "stupid suspect" comment siligut Mar 2013 #23
took me a minute to figure that out too Voice for Peace Mar 2013 #13
Maybe the restaurant requires that everyone who wants to order drinks rocktivity Mar 2013 #27
Did the suspect even resemble RebelOne Mar 2013 #9
The server is blond, the thief is brunette. donheld Mar 2013 #34
do their licenses have id photos on them? EC Mar 2013 #10
I would assume that when you steal a picture ID to use... joeybee12 Mar 2013 #14
I would assume she never even gave it a thought. JHB Mar 2013 #19
Apparently she didn't... joeybee12 Mar 2013 #21
Hope she calculated a 20-percent tip into the bill. Octafish Mar 2013 #15
Wow, what coolness under fire. mainer Mar 2013 #16
i had my wallet stolen JI7 Mar 2013 #17
Incredible Story mckara Mar 2013 #18
The criminal didn't recognize the waitress from the driver's license picture? Cali_Democrat Mar 2013 #20
uh, I seriously *like* the idea that maybe I don't actually look like the mug shot magical thyme Mar 2013 #25
Love a happy ending Faygo Kid Mar 2013 #24
So did she get her stuff back immediately, or did they have to hold it as evidence? Bake Mar 2013 #26
She's probably got everything replaced by now rocktivity Mar 2013 #28
FA.IL. Initech Mar 2013 #29
This is poetic justice Grateful for Hope Mar 2013 #30
Man that brings back memories. When I was in high school my friend found an empty wallet applegrove Mar 2013 #31
SMART waitress, STUPID thief! nt Raine Mar 2013 #32

unblock

(52,331 posts)
2. awesome!
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 05:24 PM
Mar 2013

great poker face on that waitress.

i can be pretty stone-faced when need be, but i have to think i would have looked at the id just a little too long....

progressoid

(49,999 posts)
3. Doh.
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 05:24 PM
Mar 2013

Even though the thief was 26, perhaps she was also going to use the ID with one of the stolen credit cards.

Or she's just stupid.

Cha

(297,728 posts)
4. I use to live in Lakewood, Colorado for
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 05:26 PM
Mar 2013

a couple of years back in the early '90s.

I can imagine how shaken she was and props to her for keeping her Cool. I hope she got more than just her license back!

Thanks Tony_FLADEM

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
7. um, why the reference to the suspect's age but no mention of the victim's?
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 05:52 PM
Mar 2013

esp. when the reporter went to the trouble to use the suspect's age as more proof that the suspect is a "dumb criminal"

dsc

(52,166 posts)
11. because the usual reason for showing a false id is to be able to drink
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 05:58 PM
Mar 2013

when you should be able to drink. My guess is the criminal was going to pay by check or credit card and wanted to match.

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
22. Well I don't think she COULD USE her own id -
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 06:45 PM
Mar 2013

She had decided to finance her lifestyle by dong identity theft. So she probably didn't have the money to pay for her night out on the town - that was something she thought her new identity would provide for her.

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
13. took me a minute to figure that out too
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 06:06 PM
Mar 2013

She got caught for a stupid reason... got carried away having a new identity I guess.
what a great story though.

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)
27. Maybe the restaurant requires that everyone who wants to order drinks
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 07:39 PM
Mar 2013

display proof that they can identify themselves AND are over age 20.


rocktivity

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
9. Did the suspect even resemble
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 05:55 PM
Mar 2013

the server? Her license has a photo. If the suspect did not even look like the server, how long could she expect to pull it off?

donheld

(21,311 posts)
34. The server is blond, the thief is brunette.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 02:01 AM
Mar 2013

I've been to that restaurant and had the server wait on me.

EC

(12,287 posts)
10. do their licenses have id photos on them?
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 05:57 PM
Mar 2013

I guess like with my photo on my license, it really doesn't seem to look like me. I always wondered when people ask for an id and look at mine and then look at me and then say ok...do they really think I look like the photo or just don't care.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
14. I would assume that when you steal a picture ID to use...
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 06:09 PM
Mar 2013

You look at the photo at least once and would not hand it to someone who looks like that photo...what a tool...

JHB

(37,162 posts)
19. I would assume she never even gave it a thought.
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 06:21 PM
Mar 2013

After all, what are the odds? I suppose better than the lottery, but the prize for "winning" isn't nearly as nice.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
15. Hope she calculated a 20-percent tip into the bill.
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 06:13 PM
Mar 2013

The local Appleby's does that and it's nice, in a way.

PS: Great story. Thanks for the heads-up, Tony_FLADAM! Ours really may be an Associative Universe, as Dr. Jacques Vallee puts it.

 

mckara

(1,708 posts)
18. Incredible Story
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 06:18 PM
Mar 2013

I know this post adds nothing to the discussion, but I found it so stunning, I had to say something.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
25. uh, I seriously *like* the idea that maybe I don't actually look like the mug shot
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 07:05 PM
Mar 2013

on my driver's license and other photo IDs!!!!!

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)
28. She's probably got everything replaced by now
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 07:41 PM
Mar 2013

So keeping it as evidence shouldn't be a problem for her.


rocktivity

applegrove

(118,809 posts)
31. Man that brings back memories. When I was in high school my friend found an empty wallet
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 10:36 PM
Mar 2013

and took the ID to use to get into bars.

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