Lost Cell Phone Many Times?

@zahidz (311)
December 21, 2009 1:13am CST
Hello All, Well one of my friend lost his 8th mobile few days back and it was really shocking for me because i really get angry because at the same day i really keep trying his cell from very important work but his cell was not responding and when i meet him after some day,i get angry on him but he said that its a normal thing for young people and i am having some old soul in me so its normal if you are young? do you really think its normal?
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@snafushe (791)
• Canada
21 Dec 09
Actually to me it does seem pretty normal since I have terrible luck with cell phones. I end up either leaving them on the C-Train or else dropping them one too many times and them breaking. I have probably been through over 10 cellphones in the last 3 years. These weren't cheap phones either, much to my Papas dismay. I guess I am just cell phone challenged.
@zahidz (311)
21 Dec 09
ahan, then is it due to lacking of caring our things or just we really don't feel that mobile is a thing which deserve to care? mostly we have our important number in mobile and if anyone will check our address book then he can call our friends also and make them disturb specially female friends? did your any friends suffer this sort of situation after you lost your mobile?
• India
21 Dec 09
hey katie its da same story for me also...i ve lost 5 cells in 2yrs and broke the lcd twice...and now i hav a very cheaper cellphone as compared to previous ones so if it gets lost it wont hurt my pocket..//
@zahidz (311)
21 Dec 09
so you are saying that buying cheaper phone is solution for this and no need to care you mobile? :)
• India
21 Dec 09
Yeah.. I don;t think its normal. !st time you loose it u must learn from it. Your frnd's attitute and reply shows that he is irresponsible. He may have lot of maoney but you must learn to save it also. If you have that much money then why don;t spend for a good cause. Earning mney,utilising it for important reasons also entertainment and saving for future is normal..:)
@zahidz (311)
21 Dec 09
yeah but its his father money so he really don't care about it, but as you see this discussion,there are some people who think this is normal so its not only their laziness but also their nature of not care about their mobile specifically also :)
• India
21 Dec 09
yeah..i don;t think its normal but my father also lost 9 cellphone we are not very reach.my father's boss gives him cellphones but he always lost them.
@rucrazy4 (783)
• India
22 Dec 09
I think.. you should be controlled self about these condition... its not for only for your friends.... careless about .. you and work... And if your friends is very careless for every thing .. then it is your task that you give advice him about his careless.. i think he will be changed....
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
haha,he will not because i tried everything but its his nature which cannot changed. now i am working on some different solution of giving mobile as gift.hope this will work because he is too touchy about gifts :)
@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
22 Dec 09
What an idiot. I hope he has to buy his phones himself and not expect his parents to replace them for him. I lost one phone. Boy was I upset. I had set it down to take something out of my purse and forgot it. I learned my lesson and never did that again.
@zahidz (311)
23 Dec 09
yeah but he proud to be like that and show that its due to his age and in that age nobody cares.losing mobile is really a upset because you have to then again collect your contact numbers and a lots of people you lost due to your mobile lost i think.
• India
22 Dec 09
Hey 8th time missing the mobile phone is not the normal thing. I have also lost my mobile phone one time.I felt so much for that. From that day onwards i have decided to keep my things safe. Its not like young people usually lost.That depends on the person how careful he is in his things.
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
its good that you become careful about that but can you explain the difference between before and after losing mobile?
@madteaparty (2748)
• Japan
22 Dec 09
Wow, I think your friend is extremely clumsy. That's not a normal thing for young people at all, none of my friends can lose that many phones. In my case, I have never lost a phone. Unfortunately I have had them stolen, but with all the content of my bag. This world isn't safe.
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
:) this world is a safe place because there is still no other place to go so feel happy with this.in 8th times.3 to 4 is stolen cases but it also matter because your lose your important data in that.is its solution is to have cheap mobile and not having any black berry?
@yinmm007 (605)
• China
21 Dec 09
I have lost four cell phones since i got my first phone three years ago.I also didn't know how could i lose my phone.Even i had no idea about whether the phone was stolen or not.I am not a careful person so when i was on road i rarely paid attention on my phone as i believe i couldn't lost it.Though i think it's abnormal i have still done it.
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
atleast you accept that it is abnormal but what about my friend which don't think it is a abnormal. now-a-days our most important things are in mobile like contact,address,any video or photos or our notes so losing one mobile mean losing your lots of affords and your privacy isnt?
@sachii315 (488)
• Japan
21 Dec 09
Hi zahidz! I had lost 2 phones. One was probably slipped out of my pocket while I fell asleep on the train and the second one was left on the field during my gym class. I called myself careless when I lost those phones. Losing 8 phones? whoah! He is probably really rich not taking care of his things. For me, its not normal, it's being careless. I know some could afford to have many phones but for me its a necessity not a luxury. I should take care of my things because there might come a time I can't afford to buy one. Happy mylotting!
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
Thanks for your nice comments.mobile is a necessity these days and we should care of it.i really have sometime two mobile but i always go for heavier mobile which help me to remember carrying a weight always with me if not found then check back ;)
@checkmail (2039)
• India
21 Dec 09
Hello zahidz this is checkmail and me too lost some cell phoens lately, Means actually mine dad lost mine cell phones.Actually my dad was having his cell phone but both of them got lost later i gave mine to him as he is busy with lot of contacts.But he manage to lose this too, so am also fed up of getting an new one.Its irritating as all our contacts and info are gone away, as well as financial loss.Well just need to be more careful while carrying it as well as handling it.I think will be dealing with the robber of cell phones sometime in mine life.Happy Mylotting.
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
oh this time your dad is helping thieves ;) well its not good habit really and we should tie our mobile with chain if we feel that much careless isnt?
@calai618 (1773)
• Philippines
21 Dec 09
i think once you have lost a cellphone, you should already be more careful and on-guard so a second time wont happen. but if it still happens again, a second time is still pretty much acceptable. a third one should be a very far thing to happen but, an 8th time??Lol. I think that shows how generous you friend is to the pick-pockets or to someone who might be lucky enough to find it. 3rd or 4th should already be impossible and more than that should just be exclusive to novels or stories. lol
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
:) yeah he is always in our friend stories with these sort of acts he do on daily basis. human is so intelligent that if once he got dodge then he become more careful and fully try to avoid this in second time but still there are some people who are not human being,they are our friends ;)
@dsis26 (54)
• India
22 Dec 09
Hi Zahidz, I think its not normal, your friend lost his mobile two times ya three times its normal, but 8th time its very difficult to accept normally. I think he did not care his own things so he lost his phone many time. You are his friend, you help him to solve this problem. you don't angry with him and talk to him to carefully use his mobile and put it a safe place and remember it. Wise you solve this problem and your friend never lost his mobile again. Have a good day , see you soon, buy
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
well i give him lots of advises but still no results,now he feel like boring when i give advice or say something on his carelessness.so still just thinking that i will give him one phone by myself and asked him to never let it go because the one good thing in it is that he is more caring about gifts so now i have to buy a gift for him to avoid this situation. Hope this will work.
@liuzhi (265)
• China
22 Dec 09
Fortunately i've never lost my cellphone~But i have several friends who lost thei cellphones at leat 3 times in a term.They usually lost when they were in a crowded bus.There're many pocket picker.So,we should take care of our properties when we're in a public and crowded place just in case of that
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
so what you do in crowded place to avoid this situation?
• India
22 Dec 09
i can relate with ur experience as i have myself lost my cell phone several times.
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
well what was the reason to lost it more than three times? is it your careless nature or is it thief is more quick and intelligent?
• Malaysia
22 Dec 09
Losing a phone 8 times, that's not normal. That's pure carelessness. Everytime you go somewhere, check your pocket for your phone. Before you leave that place, check again. That way, if your phone suddenly goes missing, you know where you lost it. 8 times is way too many honestly. I've lost my phone twice, and I got hell of a scolding from my parents (The phones were new). Anyway, losing them twice made me very careful and since then, fortunately I'm still using the same phone. Tell your friend that he should keep checking that he has his phone with him, and not leave it anywhere unattended, unless of course he's at home ;)
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
i told my friend to put a chain with your new mobile so may it will be with you everytime :) and really i just concluded that many people also still think that its normal and are also young so there are many percentage of it but as i feel and you also it is carelessness. does these type of people also careless in life or not? do you have any friend like this?
@callarse1 (4783)
• United States
21 Dec 09
You are right! It's your friend. I've never lost my cell phone and I've had one since 2002! If your friend has lost eight cell phones then that tells me he is very clumsy or doesn't keep track of his cellular phone. I know where mine is, and I try to avoid the pick pockets so that I don't get it stolen. I think some young people get so use to the cell phones that they can lose it sometimes, so I do agree with him on that. However, losing it eight times is too much. I don't think it's normal to lose it so much, but it is normal to have lost a cell phone before.
@zahidz (311)
21 Dec 09
yeah he usually don't remember that where he put his mobile? sometime he forget in car and sometime at home also. I always keep track of his mobile whenever he is with me so may i give him his cell back if he forgot in hotel or college. really sometime i feel like a servant type friend.8th times is just too far from normal and also if young people do these things normally then i m afraid about new generation what they will do in their old age?:(
• China
21 Dec 09
taht's really annoying and most of my friends also lost many cellphones ,that's not only for the reason of young but there are too many thefts on this world and they can steal selfbelongings on the public very easily. since the world is so crowded and we always have other things to care about and not care the cellphone enough so the thief get it .
@zahidz (311)
22 Dec 09
well yeah one time or two time is normal but what about again and again? theft is not the only thing and mobile is now every important thing of our life so we should care about it surely.
@tundeemma (894)
• South Africa
21 Dec 09
i think you will need to keep track of your phone, everyone is careless to some extent no doubt but here there are lots of people who have even insured their mobile phones and i wonder why
@zahidz (311)
21 Dec 09
well first thing,he is my friend who lost mobiles so many times :) insuring mobile is good thing because there are many stolen cases also happen so i think its very good thing.
@junmae (1586)
• Philippines
21 Dec 09
I also had lost 2 cell phones and i believe that its a normal thing and nobody's fault. I was too scared when I first lost my cell phone because my mom will really get mad at me. Also that is the very first phone that i have and I really love it but suddenly it was stolen by somebody. My second phone was also lost because I am so busy doing shopping, I am so overwhelmed by the beautiful dresses that I saw and I didn't notice that somebody was opening my bag and get my phone. I got mad at my self but my friend said there is a reason why my phone was stolen. And until now i still wonder what could be that reason.
@zahidz (311)
21 Dec 09
yeah its happen mostly that you don't care your mobile or get involved in other things and forgot the mobile but if somebody steals your mobile then its not your fault but what if your mobile are stolen 8 times then still it will be not your fault?
@buping (952)
• China
21 Dec 09
hi there, i lost my cell phone only once, i have used cell phone for 5 years. and i always be careful about my cellphone. i lost my cellphone was not my fault i think. i was with my friend in park, it was nearly super time, so we took a taxi to where we were going to. when we got there, i was collecting my package on taxi, but my friend called me a lot times, so i hurried to get off the taxi without my cellphone.
@zahidz (311)
21 Dec 09
ahan,well after losing mobile one time, what change come in you regarding mobile care?
@arystine (1273)
• Philippines
21 Dec 09
Mobile phones are easy to lose because of its size and the fact that the owner always uses it and may have the tendency to misplace it. I myself have misplaced my mobile phone several times and lost it to pick pockets for three times already. Sometimes, I find my phone when I misplaced it, such as when it accidentally fell from my bag and I was able to traced it after calling it to hear the ring tone and see the backlight. I also know several friends who lose their cell phone whenever they are in a bar and get drunk and wasted. I t's not the age of a person that can be attributed to his constant losing of mobile phones. It's the susceptibility of the mobile phone itself to being lost, because of it's small size, it's tendency to slide off the bag or the pocket, and the fact that absent minded people can easily misplace it and never recover it back.
@zahidz (311)
21 Dec 09
yeah but arystine nobody will like the bigger mobiles either so we have to live with this small mobile size and we can take care of mobile if we just keep it in mind whenever leave some place or like me.I always use heavier mobile because its feel me of their self with me and i just don't put it on table whenever go out and also try to hold it in hands if i start talking to someone.