Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Stories of Vanished Mobiles

"My cellphone is ringing, no one is picking it!"
"Now it says switched off!"
"Oh, out of coverage area! So soon they took off the sim from my cel already!!!"
These were the words my teammate uttered in breaks of 2 mins each, in the morning when she stepped in the cubicle.
Ya, she forgot her cel in the bus....someone saw it, flicked it and threw off the sim.....
This incident just prompted me to think back on different stories I have heard on mobiles vanishing.... Just trying to put it down...
Nothing great...but ya, most of them real stories as far as I remember.....may be I would have added a little masala wherever I forgot the link....

Let me start with my own story :
My first mobile..... I lost it in a overcrowded bus. I dint drop it anywhere, but someone very cleanly picked it from my carry bag.....Just my vallet and mobile were gone and nothing else touched. Dont ask me what else worth was there! Went to the police station to complain....with 100% guarantee that I wont get it back ( confidence aah?). Ya I will have to make sure my number is not misused na..... Ok I went to the police and he made me write the complaint the way he wanted saying I dropped it somewhere and all that. And then his lecture started.... "You know you IT people only have spoiled the public here.....you use major gadgets and tempt people to steal it." ( I swear his mobile on his table was atleast double the price of my mobile) . I was very upset with my mobile and a tear just dropped when he started blaming me. I guess he was not expecting that, he changed the course of his lecture.... "You know what madam..... you should help us catch the criminals. Next time you are in the bus, keep your carry bag open and act as though you are careless....but you be observing. When someone comes to pick it, you catch them red handed" (Hmm what an idea sirjee! Anyone wants to give a try?)

Story of Smith :
She had gone for some trekking. She left the mobile somewhere there only. She came and realised that it had vanished.... She and some of the friends tried to contact her number. It rang for sometime and later on we got "Its switched off" message. Then after 2 days we got a call from her mobile from an elderly gentleman (voice sounded elderly) saying he got the mobile in such and such a place. Its battery had died down, so he charged it and contacted us. He took her address and couriered the cel.... See miracles happen!

Story of Manoj :
Manoj sir was woken up from sleep at home when his roommate started shouting "Mobile Mobile". With the sleepy eyes he spotted that the mobile he kept on this table was gone....The window fluttering open said the story. Next day as usual police complaint and all happened. He reached home the next day and saw his sim kept neatly at his door. Very thoughtful thief.... What a message he gave us - If something is not useful to you, give it to the person who will make proper use of it! Jai ho.....

So what's your story? Do let me know in the comments section...