Thursday, January 29, 2009

More thefts at the gym...

So here we go again...
Today's paper had a piece about lockers at Bally's in Deerfield that were broken into on Jan 21 where car keys were taken, and subsequently, cell phones, wallets & GPS systems were stolen from the vehicles. Jan 22 yielded another theft at the gym parking lot with two GPS systems taken, and on Jan 23, a wallet, credit card & $$ were taken from another locker theft. A bad streak for sure. I hate to think that this will even be more common, but in this desperate economy, some people are resorting to desperate measures.
If I can help even one person from having this happen to him or her, it's a good thing...

Thursday, January 15, 2009

so you think your locker is LOCKED?

Lately I've been going to my gym and wearing my L pocket on my arm for my phone, and my Essentials kit for my id/$$/business cards/credit card just above my calf under my gym pants. Have had a lot of great conversations with other gym-goers about how they can use these for peace of mind and convenience.
Frequently I tell them my story about how after I joined Bally's in 1987, I walked into the locker room one day after my workout and a woman was standing in front of my locker, "supervising" one of Bally's maintenance people wielding these huge industrial clippers -- cutting my lock off! This woman claimed that she got “help” because she had forgotten her combination and was sure that her stuff's was in there. Um, noooooo...
Well of course they finished breaking in... and there were my things, just I had been telling them. Hmmm.... just when you thought your locker was secure…
Good thing I went in there when I did!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Always great to get some positive press...been really happy with the PR I've gotten from the TRIB in the last few weeks! The Dec 28 Travel section featuring PortaPocket carrying cases in "Gearbox" pg.2, was a huge positive, and the Blogs by Julie Deardorff on Dec 8 and Eric Benderoff on Dec 19 (Health & Fitness Reporter; Tech Buzz & Gadgets Writer, respectively) were added plusses. Have been getting calls, orders, and e-mails from all over the country from places like Utah, Texas, California, etc. So much fun! Now if only I could get placements like that in 100 different media...