Rob Jenkins Narrative Essay

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Intro: Rob Jenkins is a 32-year-old plumber in Bangor, Maine. Like most people, he lived a fairly simple life. He worked during the day and came home to spend time with his loving wife each night. Recently, he lost his 27-year-old wife after a long fight with breast cancer. Upset, depressed and struggling to contain his grief, he did his best to regain his sense of normalcy. For Jenkins, normalcy and solace would become impossible. While Rob Jenkins was out shopping one day, he left his mobile phone in the car. The phone was stolen while he was in the store, and all of his memories of his wife disappeared with it. Jenkins could not believe that someone would want to steal his phone and take the last photographs of his wife. After the event, …show more content…

When he got over his devastation about his phone, Rob realized that some of his credit cards were taken from the glove box as well. After taking a moment to breath and calm down, he managed to call his bank and block his accounts. For a few days, nothing happened. Rob Jenkins continued to go to work each day and come home to an empty house at night. A few days later, he received a call from a bank representative. According to her, someone had tried to make a withdrawal from the account. Even better, the bank representative said that there was footage of this person coming into the bank. - Insert the picture of the thief trying to get cash from the ATM. Rob needed to make sure that his bank account were untouched. He was surprised to find that his bank account had increased by $400,000. Shocked, Rob Jenkins quickly flipped through his bills to look at the bank statement. An online casino had wired them the …show more content…

“I could not believe my luck,” he grinned. “I was lonely, bored and tired of life without my wife. Without really thinking about it, I started playing an online casino game on my mobile device. I started with 80 free spins, and I had only used about 40 of them when the phone was stolen. The robber must have used the remaining 40 spins to keep playing on my free account. While I won just $240 with my first 40 free spins, he won big. It looks like karma pays off. He stole my phone, won $400,000 and he will never get to have the money.” Rob only started playing online to help stave off the grief and challenging thoughts. What he gained was far more than a few moments of relaxation. Without doing anything, Rob made $400,000. Best of all, his phone was returned. A few weeks after the original theft, the phone arrived in the mail without any return address attached. Now, Rob could enjoy the photos of his wife and retire early. - Insert a picture of Rob and his

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