Famous hat trick
by Melanie Smith
Saturday nights are considered by many to be the perfect opportunity to get dressed up, have a couple of drinks, catch up with good friends, and party away the troubles of the week.
Last Saturday night was one of those nights.
It had been ages since I’d been out, therefore I was ready to party, let my hair down, and have fun with my friends.
So we attended a party held at Opium titled ‘Famous’, which proposed good looking people, cocktails, champagne, house music, and dancing.
When we arrived the venue was busy but nobody appeared to be dancing. My friend, who was celebrating her birthday that night (and who was also suitably tipsy) solved that problem, and in no time the dance floor was packed.
All was going splendidly; we were having a smashing time! Laughing, dancing, being silly, etc.
Until I took off my treasured hat which I had been wearing all evening, and which matched my outfit perfectly, because I was getting hot whilst dancing.
I regret my next action terribly and I’m so annoyed at myself for doing it. I left my hat on the DJ table and walked away. It wasn’t until roughly ten minutes later that I realised that indeed, the hat was no longer on my head, and was instead still on the DJ table.
When I went back to retrieve it, that hat was gone. The DJ didn’t know who had taken it, it wasn’t on the floor, and after a couple of laps around the party it appeared that nobody was wearing it.
My theory is that someone took it and ran.
So one little act of theft ruined my sought-after Saturday night, a night which I had been looking forward to for so long.
Moral of the story? Don’t ever wear hats to clubs or parties because there is always going to be someone ready to relieve you of your wares.
Unfortunately, some Aucklanders are not to be trusted. The truth is that we have bred a culture in which thieving is a common occurrence.
In Asian countries such as Japan and Singapore this would not have happened, as citizens respect each other’s goods and they fear the negative outcome of stealing somebody else’s handbag or hat too much to ever commit the crime.
You have been warned.