Some time back the President of my company came into town from the Bay Area. I picked him up at the airport and we headed for Salty?s for a dinner meeting. Upon arrival we parked with the valet. After dinner we went out to retrieve my car from the valet. We could see my vehicle from the front stairs of the restaurant where valet went to retrieve it. When the valet came running back we thought he had accidently grabbed the wrong keys. He said something to the effect ?someone broke into your car and smashed the window out?. We rushed over to the car as my companies President had both is briefcase and luggage in the back. It was obvious the individuals who broke in were targeting their prize and must of known the parking lot well. Even with the valet staff within earshot and a clear view of the car denied seeing anything. We contacted the police and all they were willing to do was take a statement over the phone. Because this was the beginning of a week long business planning session our Presidents laptop, in his briefcase contained several weeks preparation material as well as our companies IP. The following day I went back to Salty?s and spoke to the manager. We were informed they would look at the surveillance, which turned out not to have any video of anyone on there breaking into the car. This seemed very odd to us with the car being so close to the front of the restaurant. In the end with numerous calls to the Police and Restaurant we never recovered the briefcase, costing our company a significant amount of money. Needless to say, when our company host functions in Seattle we are no longer allowed to use Salty?s as a place to meet.
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