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There was a day my phone got soaked in water, and the phone went off. I nearly run mad, am just like a ghost and after hours of reviving the phone without sucess, and am not within my area. I just called one small boy with one bigger phone (Bosch phone) playing around, tease him with some little cash and rent his phone for the day. How awful?

I doubt if I can forget my phone anywhere for any significant length of time. I am almost always constantly doing something on it, so it would not take more than 2 minutes to notice that its not with me if I did forget it somewhere.

My wife teases me that its the only competition she has. She has threatened to impound it on one or two occassions.

The only situation I went without a phone for 2 weeks was when I deliberately sold my phone. I wanted to see what life would be like without one. Funny, but I adjusted almost instantly. It was good to know that my life is not dependent on my phone, given my antecedents.

Oh my goodness! This brings a very nasty experience (thank God it ended well though) rushing back. I had walked to a Uni. near my house to find out a thing or two about a professional course. Felt too lazy to walk the 10 minutes distance back home and got on the bus. I made a call, shrugged out of my jacket (it was winter and quite warm on the bus) and ......... came down with my jacket on my arms at the next stop. I decided to call a friend and tell him to meet up with me...alas... no phone. And it was the new one as well (Sony E. k700i... let's just say it's significantly not-so-cheap). The bus was thankfully still stagnant right behind me at the traffic signal and I ran back. I must have left the phone on the empty chair beside me while taking off my jacket. A Japanese lady saw my frantic but futile attempt to attract the driver and grabbed my phone but the bus decided to move right then. Oh God... didn't know I could still run like that.... Mary Onyeali would have been impressed. Off to the next stop I ran thinking the lady would wait for me there. No way! I went into a booth and called my friend who I was gonna call to meet up with in the first place and well, sorry o but I was so upset I was crying by then even though the phone was insured and I could just call for another one. I had the most horrible day. I could go on and on but to cut it short I called the bus garage and the operator immediately called all Bus 55 drivers to see if a Japanese lady gave any of them a lost phone. Nope. I finally called back in the evening and was told that yeah, some lady left a phone with a Bus 55 driver that fitted the description I gave. I was so happy I started crying all over again. What can I say... I've been called a town crier once or twice.....

Anyways, I've been there, done that and going without your phone especially when it’s not deliberate is a nasty experience to put it mildly. Thanks diakim for giving us the chance to share these experiences.

Mine happened a couple of weeks bk. I actually forgot it in my brother's car on my way  to work.

Thankfully, i quickly recalled where it is I forgot it and immediately called him to help keep it with him.
The rest of the day felt so odd, cos even if i am not receiving calls, i love to toy with it a lot. Each time a phone rang in the office i quickly remembered mine, but thank God, my mind was always at rest cos I knew it was in safe hands and not stolen.

Well,  my sister's was recently stolen under funny circumstances and she felt so bad. You need to have seen her looking so moody. I tried putting myself in her shoes and could not just bear the thought of it.

Horrible, torrid and better left to imagination

A day without a phone is stress free but not for more than a day!

coolapostle wrote:

This is really good stuff!


Permission to re-print these in GSM Today. Any objectyions? Please!!!

Where have you been? you were missing in action for a while. Anyway welcome back. You have permission to re-print my post, can only speak for myself you see.

Ra wrote:

I could go on and on but to cut it short I called the bus garage and the operator immediately called all Bus 55 drivers to see if a Japanese lady gave any of them a lost phone. Nope. I finally called back in the evening and was told that yeah, some lady left a phone with a Bus 55 driver that fitted the description I gave. I was so happy I started crying all over again. Thanks diakim for giving us the chance to share these experiences.

Ra you must be very lucky this did not happen in our very own Nigeria.
Or what do you think, fellow Nigerians?

exactly what i mean Ra, it isn't easy locating a bus, especially when you did not board it at the park.