Aug
31
The Pain of Losing My Mobile Phone
Filed Under Life Insurance
We never expect it to happen to us, but then it does. In my case, two times. I’m refering to losing my mobile phone.
The first time I lost my mobile was clearly due to too many drinks on a boys night out. I’d been using my phone while on my homeward journey in a taxi and I must have left it on the back seat of the cab. When I realized what had happened, the following day, I called the cab firm but unfortunately they didn’t have my valuable telephone.It suddenly became very clear how much of my life was actually stored on that little device.
I vowed that I would be far more careful in future and get myself some mobile phone insurance to cover the cost of replacement. The cost of replacement was actually the last thing on my mind as I was more concerned by the lost telephone numbers and contact details.
We all do it. We run into an old friend and we immediately input their contact details into our telephones and don’t think about transferring those details to our computers or some sort of backup device, like an address book.
I then went and lost my replacement phone on another night out, but this time I wasn’t drunk. I am convinced that a pickpocket was operating in the club and they had expertly removed the phone from my pocket. It’smore likely that I dropped it on the floor when getting some cash from my pocket at the bar. I told the club staff but my new phone never turned up.
Stupidly, I hadn’t taken out the mobile phone insurance policy that I’d intended to. But due to the pain caused by my previous loss I had at least made note of many of the contact details stored on the phone.
Is there a moral to this tale? Maybe a small one. But I strongly suggest that you backup all of your telephone contact details and maybe get yourself some insurance to cover the cost of a replacement.