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What If You Lost Your Phone?

April 5, 2015       1 Comments
By: O. J. Cunningham

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The other day, my iPhone fell out of my jacket pocket while I was driving. As all things that are dropped in a car, my "smart phone" buried itself deep under the passenger seat.

I use my phone at least 50-100 times per day.

  • Phone Calls
  • Google
  • Text Messages
  • Ups/Amazon Shipments
  • Weather Updates
  • Did I mention Google
  • E-Mail
  • Facebook
  • Sports (SI, Team Stream & Score)
  • Capital One, Apple Pay, Ally Bank
  • GPS Directions
  • Pandora Music
  • Google
  • Gas Buddy (To Find Cheap Gas)
  • Weight/Health
  • Calculator
  • Yelp for Restaurants, Movies, Etc.
  • Camera

    There's more . . . But I think you get the idea.

    When I got inside the house, it was only a matter of minutes before I realized that my phone was missing.

    First Reaction: Hmmmmmm . . . Wonder where I set it down?

    Second Reaction: That's funny . . . I had it in the car.

    Third Reaction: I'll check the car.

    DEFCON 4: Donna? Have you seen my phone?

    DEFCON 1: Where the *%$#*+ did I leave it.

    I won't bore you with all the details, but the next few minutes were a lot like the 5 Stages of Loss and Grief as it pertains to dying.

  • Denial . . . How the hell?
  • Anger . . . WTF?
  • Bargaining . . . I'd do anything to find it.
  • Isolation . . . Leave me alone . . . I've got to think where I left it.
  • Acceptance . . . It's just gone. Holy Crap. GONE. JUST GONE.

    Remember when the only time you could feel a "loss like that" was when you lost your wallet . . . Wallet? . . . Only thing in my wallet these days is receipts from purchases made from Apple Pay or Capital One Venture Card.

    What do you mean . . . "You Don't Take VISA?"

    In a word, my wallet is under control.

    There's two twenties and a pair of Capital One Credit Cards. I could cancel the cards with a login . . . and I'm sure it wouldn't take much to get a new driver's license.

    Wait! There is a pair of DQ Cards in there with 4 of 5 holes punched (in each) that could obviously never be replaced.

    But if my phone is gone/lost . . . This is "PhoneMaggedon."

    Can you imagine?It would take days to rebuild my iPhone and try to duplicate all those password protected "APPS" that exist to structure my daily existence.

    Oh sure . . . I could back up everything to Verizon (So they claim) . . . But, I'd need another "APP" for that . . . And another password . . . and another login . . .

    Bite me, Verizon. Nobody needs your stupid "backup plan." I don't have time to make a backup plan . . . I've got too much to do on my iPhone all day today.

    Got me wondering . . .

    Hmmmmm . . . Would life would be "better" if I truly lost my iPhone?

    NAHHHHHHHHHH !!!!! . . .

    How would I know what time it was?

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    mcdesanto68 Says:       On April 06, 2015 at 02:49 PM
    i did the same thing two weeks ago in Ed Nemanics car, got back to his house & used -- Find MY iPhone worked super!
    Agree? or Disagree?


    O. J. Cunningham

    O. J. Cunningham is the Publisher of MyBayCity.com. Cunningham previously published Sports Page & Bay City Enterprise. He is the President/CEO of OJ Advertising, Inc.

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