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[kengr]

Yesterday, while walking to a bus stop half a mile away (you can get there by riding another bus 3 miles, so I prefer to walk) I found someone's cell phone by the side of the road. In spite of a cracked faceplate, it still worked. I did a quick glance thru things to see if I could find anything useful. No luck.

I was busy until later than I wanted to try calling, folks so I didn't go digging further.

Other than an entry labeled "Grams" (which didn't get an answer) all the entries were rather "odd". And no trace of a "me" type entry (my last couple of phones actually have a "slot" for you to put your contact info.

Fortunately somebody called a bit ago, and I gave them my number to pass on to the owner. Just got a call from the owner's brother and he's going to pick it up in a few.

Let this be a lesson though. If you phone doesn't have one, it might be work putting an entry in your contact list as "Me" with a number you can be reached at.

ETA: they showed up (on bikes) and I suggested the "Me" entry to the phone's owner.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

I have a Me entry! :-D My old phone had several (the email addresses and LJ email posting addresses for several LJs).

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

My Me entry has my email address. In my old phone it also had my home address.

[kengr]

A v-card entry would be like that. But a deliberate "me" entry would have things like your landline or email address or the like (most phones allow multiple phone numbers and email addresses for a contact these days)

[acelightning.livejournal.com]