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12/07/09
But now I've got someone to call when I need to see an organic oncologist.
12/05/09
Little spoiled b*tch didn't even say thank you when I handed it to her, just turned and left.
I should have thrown my $15 nokia at her damn head. I really wanted to...
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When I did, she was thrilled to learn that someone out there was nerdy enough to salvage the drive, find the owner, and mail it back. She had put important work documents there, and didn't have copies anywhere else.
12/04/09
Now I have a passcode on my iPhone with the locate my phone feature. Sure, if I lose it now, I can send a message to my phone to contact me at a certain number. But now there is no way for the one who finds it to find its owner!
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After all, you never know when you're going to find a cellphone with secrets on it that are worth killing to protect!
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[www.johnnyrandom.com]
Last time I found someone's cell in SF, they bought me a quiche from Tartine Bakery to say thanks for returning it.
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^^^Obligatory Comment^^^
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I once found a phone on a boardwalk and did this before it even occurred to me that I had a free smartphone with paid talk time in my hand. The guy showed up a few minutes later (he'd just lost it) and was profoundly grateful, the sort of thing that really makes my day. Then he insisted on giving me money for it, which completely missed the point and felt a bit insulting.
12/04/09
Ebay....
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Moral of the story: If you DO lose your phone, don't be a dick to the guy who finds it.
12/04/09
Create and "ICE" contact in ever phone you have!
Emergency workers are trained to look for that "ICE" contact and be able to find an address to be able to get to someone who may not have their phone on, or otherwise out of touch.
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Come to think of it, most phones routinely store info on your contacts beyond phone numbers. Make a HOME entry and put your email address!
12/04/09
they appeared to be douchebags, and there were a lot of them. i was flying solo.
im not usually confrontational, but then again, i'm not usually THAT inebriated. so i walked right up to the guy and swiped it out of his hand. he yelled at me asking what i was going to do with it, and what the fuck and all that. i just said 'im going to give it back'. and walked away.
took a day or two to get ahold of the guy, and i had to drive about 20 mileds to give it back to him, but as someone who's lost, oh i dunno, 4 phones, and every god damn time someone drained all my minutes IMMEDIATELY, it's just a no brainer. you find a phone, you give it back, end of story.
also, that's why Woz's number isn't listed as anything associated with him - what a nightmare if someone malicious found my phone and posted it to teh webz.
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he didn't own a car, and i didn't mind heading out to santa cruz on a summer saturday.
12/04/09
Being that I have a young child, I confronted him and asked him what his problem was. He stated he had a friend in the neighborhood who wasn't home and he couldn't get a ride home... likely story I thought.
He asked me to use my phone, so being curious, I handed him my cell phone. He had a keyword ridden phone call with somebody.
After getting back the phone, I traced the number he called to a LAN line in a bad neighborhood of east L.A., a good hour and a half away.
I called the police.
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I paged through until I found an entry called "Dad," and called it. Got VM and left a message, and about five minutes later the guy called me back and thanked me profusely. His daughter was freaking out about her phone. I just wrote down the address to send it to, dropped it in an envelope, and sent it off to...Washington state, I'm pretty sure.
Felt good to reunite a phone and owner.