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Lost Phone

Lost Phone

Date: Feb 29 2008

Themes: Friend, Tech

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Mobile phones and other portable devices make our lives easier. Remember when you used to have to wait at home if you were expecting a call?

But sometimes we depend too much on our gadgets. For instance, where do you store your phone numbers? Do you have a little book where you write them down? Most people keep phone numbers stored in their mobile phone. It’s handy because you can call someone without looking at a piece of paper or entering all the numbers.

But it’s not so handy if you lose your phone. Then, even when you get a new phone, you don’t have any numbers! So you have to go around and ask all your friends for their phone numbers again. Listen to Jason do just that.

Dialog

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Jason

Jason

Marni

Marni

Jason:  Wait, before I forget, can I get your number…again?

Marni:  Yeah, what…I mean, didn’t I just give it to you?

Jason:  I mean, I’ve had it but I lost my phone and I had to get a new phone…

Marni:  You lost your phone again?

Jason:  Yeah, yeah.

Marni:  Oh my God.

Jason:  Yeah, but the worst part about it is I have phone insurance so I get a new phone for pretty cheap, but I have to get all the phone numbers again from everyone I know and, I don’t know, it’s kind of interesting.

Marni:  We don’t commit telephone numbers to memory anymore. I used to have a file of numbers…

Jason:  Totally. I still have my first girlfriend’s phone number memorized from like 9th grade, but I had get all new phone numbers for everyone I call nowadays. It’s an interesting social experiment to not have any numbers and just see who calls me.

Marni:  There you go. Those are your true friends.

Jason:  It makes me seem like a real loner, like a cowboy who just doesn’t need anyone because I’m not reaching out.

Marni:  OK. Sure. I hear ya. Well, um, yeah, I’ll give you my number and hopefully you won’t lose this one.

Jason:  Yeah, and you should back up your numbers because that’s what I’m doing now.

Marni:  Oh, good idea. Yeah, see, never done that.

 

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Discussion

Marni is a little confused when Jason asks her for her phone number because she thought he already had it. But it turns out Jason lost his phone, and it doesn’t sound like it’s the first time this has happened.

In fact, Jason looses his phone so often that he got insurance on it this time so it wouldn’t cost him very much to get a new phone. The only problem is that his new phone doesn’t have any phone numbers in it! So he has to start from scratch collecting all of his friends’ phone numbers again.

Jason says it’s kind of interesting to see who calls you when you don’t have anyone’s number. He hopes that not calling anyone makes him seem cool and that everyone will assume he’s just too busy to call. But it can get kind of lonely when you can’t call your friends. If you have Jason’s number, give him call so that he’ll have your number again!
Image: The location of Jason’s old phone.

 

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dinasonia

dinasonia

El Salvador

I did not lost my phone

somebody took it away

its terrible you have to ask to your friends for the numbers again

03:03 PM Feb 29 2008 |

Christoph07

Germany

Yeah it can be a shock to lost contacts from old friends. But for some years it was more dangerous than today. You can backup your adressfiles much easy today. I lost my first phone in the 90th during driving with a motorbike. A friendly man was finding this phone and I was happy about this. For some days my notebook is broken so I am happy that my smartphone has all important informations in it. I have all important informations at two harddisks and some files at USB-stick or Media-card because I dont want to be shocked when I lost my phone or something is broken.

02:52 PM Feb 29 2008 |

sela baby

sela baby

China

The mobile phone is making our life easier,but we must remember above the point.

02:30 PM Feb 29 2008 |

sela baby

sela baby

China

You should have a good habit to back the phone number up so that they dont remember …Even ifyou dont have your mobile phone…

02:28 PM Feb 29 2008 |

fjoan

fjoan

China

I lost my first mobile phone when  I was a student,it's terrible,I didn't have enough money to buy a new one,and also my friends' number~

But I could use e-mail to contact them then

02:13 PM Feb 29 2008 |

gauravp7

gauravp7

India

wow,

it is true story, i have losted my phone form two ago. unfortunately my bag has loss and my mobile phone in my bag. so i have loss my all document.

02:13 PM Feb 29 2008 |

songshanshan

Comoros

I have never lost phone.But my frinds always loss phones.Then they usually communicate friends on line by QQ.I think we'd batter be careful. 

02:05 PM Feb 29 2008 |

developer

Turkey

That was no so interesting.

02:02 PM Feb 29 2008 |

songshanshan

Comoros

I have never lost my phone.Because my mother told me "if you loss you phone some day,I wouldn't buy another one for you." So I'm very careful.

01:59 PM Feb 29 2008 |

little_fisher

China

i hear ya, i never lose my phone, but  i have lost an laptop, and alot of data has gone, so pity, i have to start over from scratch.and now i would be more careful.

01:43 PM Feb 29 2008 |

little_fisher

China

i hear ya, i never lose my phone, but  i have lost an laptop, and alot of data has gone, so pity, i have to start over from scratch.and now i would be more careful.

01:43 PM Feb 29 2008 |

little_fisher

China

i hear ya, i never lose my phone, but  i have lost an laptop, and alot of data has gone, so pity, i have to start over from scratch.and now i would be more careful.

01:43 PM Feb 29 2008 |

Ono

Ono

Hungary

I lost three phones already….so I can feel with Jason. :) I'm a bit disoraganised. Once I left my phone in the toilette, at the airport of Moscow…
Anyway, I think it's a good idea to back up the phone numbers, but it takes time, ...and we are lazy…:)

01:33 PM Feb 29 2008 |

Ono

Ono

Hungary

I lost three phones already….so I can feel with Jason. :) I’m a bit disoraganised. Once I left my phone in the toilette, at the airport of Moscow…
Anyway, I think it’s a good idea to back up the phone numbers, but it takes time, ...and we are lazy…:)

01:32 PM Feb 29 2008 |

Ono

Ono

Hungary

I lost three phones already….so I can feel with Jason. :) I'm a bit disoraganised. Once I left my phone in the toilette, at the airport…...Foot in mouth

01:30 PM Feb 29 2008 |

195854255

195854255

United States

i lost my mobile phone, too. so i can understand the trouble you are in when you get no numbers.

it's really troublesome and unconvenient  to lose friends' phone no. every time when I received short message at that time,i replied it adding one sentense" that's very kind of you,but plz excuse me,who are you?"  and i back up all the numbers after that experience.

01:10 PM Feb 29 2008 |

brightsun

brightsun

China

an interesting experience,but hope it doesn’t happen to anyone again.

12:25 PM Feb 29 2008 |

adorisa

Ghana

Infact, not Jason's fact, since losing a phone can occur to everybody.  But one needs to get a small dairy inwhich those information can be rewrite in case of immergency.

 

 

11:20 AM Feb 29 2008 |

Alexander02

Russian Federation

I have lost my Nokia 3310 while i traveled in India last winter. Furtunately i kept my contacts on other card  Cool

11:09 AM Feb 29 2008 |

qulen

qulen

China

glade to come here.i had met the same event as jason.saving friends&customers numbers on a notebook is very important.besides,take care of our mobiles.

11:02 AM Feb 29 2008 |

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