Do you often forget ...
By marguicha
@marguicha (223010)
Chile
June 9, 2011 6:39pm CST
to bring back part of your belongings when travelling? I´m usually very careful so as not to leave anything behind. It makes me mad when that happens. So I start packing one day ahead and I check and check again the most important things.
But once I left a whole drawer full of clothes.
Years ago, I went to Orlando alone. One of my nieces who lived in Miami left me at the resort and we had a lovely day shopping as she was coming to take me back the next weekend and weñd have a couple of days of leisure.
But then, as I wwas alone, a hurricane came by. He was called Charlie, but had nothing romantic about him
. I cooked everything just in case electricity had problems (I did not have electricity for a day) and took care of some of my belongings before hiding in the bathroom.
My niece came to pick me up the next day, but she said we´d have to run back as there was heavy rain, fallen trees and the like. I put away everything (I thought), gave the poor girls a meal and we started out. When we reached Miami I discovered that I had left behing my best underwear and my new shorts. I miss them to this day.
Have you had such an experience?
Years ago, I went to Orlando alone. One of my nieces who lived in Miami left me at the resort and we had a lovely day shopping as she was coming to take me back the next weekend and weñd have a couple of days of leisure.
But then, as I wwas alone, a hurricane came by. He was called Charlie, but had nothing romantic about him. I cooked everything just in case electricity had problems (I did not have electricity for a day) and took care of some of my belongings before hiding in the bathroom.
My niece came to pick me up the next day, but she said we´d have to run back as there was heavy rain, fallen trees and the like. I put away everything (I thought), gave the poor girls a meal and we started out. When we reached Miami I discovered that I had left behing my best underwear and my new shorts. I miss them to this day.
Have you had such an experience?2 people like this
21 responses
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
10 Jun 11
I think that´s the only time I left so much behind. But being in a hurry is a sure way to forget things. That´s why I left behind so many things that time after the Charlie. It´s freaky to have to pack in a hurry , in another country, while the rain pours and some palms are fallen.
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@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
Hurricanes can be awful. I remember that day at Orlabndo. I watched the news with one eye and read the Da Vinci Code with the other. They kept on explaining the magnitude it was reaching. I shivered just to think of it and was alone ther
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@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
10 Jun 11
I am away in Yorkshire at the moment. Coming on this trip I fogot to bring many clothes for myself. I also forgot a bottle brush, washing up luquid, a plate, a cup, a knife, fork and a spoon.
I lost a lovely silver bracelet on a train on my way from the airport to my home. That had come from Colombia. I went to the lost property but it wasn't ever found. I miss it and am not able to get another.
On my trip around the world I left my dressing grown on an island. I got a message at the airport in Fiji. I was so delighted to get my dressing gown back. Later on that trip my dressing gown stayed safe when all my washing on the youth hostel washing line gor stollen. I still have that lovely dressing gown. Hug.
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
11 Jun 11
Hi maxine,
I see you have lost a lot more things than I have. But then, travelling with 2 children is very difficult. I imagine that my hurricane Charlie is nothing as compared to that. It is a pity you lost your bracelet. It is not only the price you paid for it, but all the added importance.
HUGS!!!
@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
11 Jun 11
I can't say that it has happened on vacation, but when I came back from China, I only brought what I would need for a short trip because I thought I would be returning in a month. I had to go and buy more short sleeved shirts and sweat pants because I had left all of my summer clothes behind and it got warm not long after I got here. I'm hoping that my niece will bring the rest of my clothes when she comes back in August so I don't have to buy more clothes. Oh well...
@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
14 Jun 11
The worst part of it is that I don't have a lot of money to buy new clothes. I thought that I was only going to be gone for a month and it wasn't until after the surgery Jan 14 that I realized that I wouldn't be able to go back. It really devastated me to know that I was going to lose my job, but like you say, health comes first. Have a great week!!!
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
Hi Deb,
I think that there are reasons to leave clothes behind. The hurricane was a good reason for me. And yo have to have your chemo. Clothes are not important. Health is.
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
11 Jun 11
I am usually very careful about packing my stuff too. I do a walk through two or three times before I leave the room when I travel. Once I was on a business trip and overslept..I had like 10 mins to get up and out to the van..lol..I ended up leaving my jacket. My jacket! Anyway..I called the hotel and they sent it to my office..that was nice. I thought it was gone.
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
You were lucky! Not many people recover their belongings. I didn´t even try it in Orlando because it wasn´t worth it to go back and get it.
@tiffnkeat (1673)
• Singapore
10 Jun 11
Each time i travel, i will scan thoroughly before leaving. I don't understand it. Somehow, it still happens that I might forget a thing or two. Maybe I hid them too well. Otherwise, I should cancel out the word "thoroughly" from my first sentence. LOL...I am sure many people have such experience, and I am NOT blaming it on age though.
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
10 Jun 11
Being in a hurry is a sure way to forget things. That´s why I left behind so many things that time after the Charlie. But it also happens that at home you have a place for everything for ages. You don´t have to think. At a hotel it is different.
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@Princelierocks (817)
• India
10 Jun 11
Who ho Lol it very bugging to have such sort of experience.. I remember this incident of mine which happened some what according to you. My mom had given me this brand new umbrella and i went to class and before giving my mom reminded that dont lose because in hurry i tend to lose it i have also lost many things before so that's why mom was a bit concerning, and my class is like it 45 km away i have to catch trains and go to classes and come back so what actually happened i forgot to pick up umbrella i was on my way to home i sat down in train and i just happened to check my back lol i was like how could this?? the train already began then the next station i stopped and i returned back and got it. Finally i got saved from mom and well as my carelessness thank god that it reminded me before. I would never forget such interesting experience of mine
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
I don´t recall how many umbrellas I have lots in buses since I was a child that went to school. Now I have decided that I prefer rain as umbrellas and I don´t seem to go together
@allknowing (136430)
• India
10 Jun 11
When I was in New Zealand we reached Christchurch rather late in the night. We were put up in a hotel. After dinner I just went to bed dog tired. We had to rush the next morning on to our next destination and once there I realised I had left behind on of my good pants in the hotel back in Christchurch. It was a new pant and my favourite too.
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
10 Jun 11
Those are the things that happen when you are in a hurry. And I always wonder why the items we leave behind are always the ones we like best.
And I always wonder why the items we leave behind are always the ones we like best.
@dong88 (795)
• China
10 Jun 11
Ha ha,I also often careless.Especially tourism,it's embarrassing.A few years ago,I went to another city tourism,I left my wallet in the hotel,fortunately,then back to hotel that got the wallet.Now,like this big mistakes have no,but small forgotten still occur.
Happy every day!
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
10 Jun 11
I´m glad your wallet was still there!
Being in a hurry is a sure way to forget things. That´s why I left behind so many things that time after the Charlie.
Being in a hurry is a sure way to forget things. That´s why I left behind so many things that time after the Charlie. @srjac0902 (1169)
• Italy
10 Jun 11
Yes at a certain point everybody undergoes such experience. So this is a proof that no one can be sure off and good habits. Taking care of the things that belong to you and not forgetting them is a sign of all noble dispositions. Yes when one is so much present to what is does then discovers something went wrong without being aware of , yes it creates so much feelings
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
There are moments in life when there are things that are a lot more important than clothes. When there´s an earthquake here (my country is an earthquake country) I just run. I don´t really care in that moment for my house or my belongings. My life is more important.
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@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
10 Jun 11
Hi marguicha,
I am like Sherlock Homes when I am ready to leave a vacation spot, as I check, re-check about ten times. I also recheck everyone who is there with me too, as so often I have heard yes I checked and then I go and re-check and sure enough there are things still in drawers and or closets.
I can see how your situation you forgot a few things as you had an unplanned situation the night before and then to be rushed the next day on the way out, I think then I too would forget my things as well.
I do hope hope you had a really nice birthday yesterday. I know you are still waiting on the test results. I am still praying for you.
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
I usually check everything but I had never been in a hurricane before. At 3 PM it was as dark as night and the trees bended with the wind and the rain. That was before I hid in the bathroom with no windows.
@sophiecheer (931)
• Philippines
10 Jun 11
That's swell.
But the good thing is you get to leave before the unromantic Charlie came by.
I tend to be forgetful thus when there are plans of travel, I usually pack WAY ahead of time. And when time comes that we have to go back, I also re-check my belongings. Not having to rush is beneficial in times such as these.
But the good thing is you get to leave before the unromantic Charlie came by. I tend to be forgetful thus when there are plans of travel, I usually pack WAY ahead of time. And when time comes that we have to go back, I also re-check my belongings. Not having to rush is beneficial in times such as these.@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
10 Jun 11
I left Orlando after Charlie hit the place. I had no way of going back to Miami while the hurricane was in process. Noone knew exactly of its course.
@amitgune (877)
• India
10 Jun 11
It happens to me all the time. Also, since I am in the Sales field, I am constantly travelling and losing belongins. But the thing I have lost the most is my pair of spectacles. I seemed to lose them almost every week. Finally I got a chain made that locks the pair of spectacles to my neck, so I cannot remove them anywhere.
@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
10 Jun 11
Being in a hurry is a sure way to forget things. That´s why I left behind so many things that time after the Charlie. And now that you mention it, I also lost a pair of glasses in one of my trips.
@adil44305 (1)
• India
10 Jun 11
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@marguicha (223010)
• Chile
10 Jun 11
Welcome! Read the rules, answer posts, comment. It´s a social site.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
10 Jul 11
hi,
yes,and i think that was always,LOL,every time i am going to travel i always have some things i forgot to bring and to have that i need to buy another one,so to avoid this thing i always write it down all i need to bring now,and thats what i do every time i go to travel and its really helpful.
@didik_suprayitno (41)
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10 Jun 11
I'am often forgotten when traveling. Ishould like you. I never miss a book. very stress about it.
