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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jesus_marley" data-source="post: 3185714" data-attributes="member: 24730">So I lost my cell phone on the way home from work Saturday night. The clip that it was on slipped off my belt when I was walking home and unfortunately I didn't notice until the next day when I was getting ready to go to work.At this point I was still holding on to the slim hope that although it had now been missing for a total of 14 hours, it was still sitting somewhere on the ground between home and work. I walked to work following the same route I took home but unfortunately it was nowhere to be found.... at least by me. It turns out that the phone was found. It was found by some cracked-out druggie loser who decided that it was now theirs. Instead of doing the honourable thing and attempting to locate the owner (which would be easy by simply scrolling through the contact list and dialing "home"), she started making calls to her pimp/dealer. (this last part is speculation but it makes me feel better to call her down)Once I discovered it missing, I immediately called the lost phone emergency line. Of course, being Sunday, the office was closed. I got put into a rotating queue that kept telling me that the office was closed and to call back later. GRRRR!!!After I got home from work on Sunday night, I decided to call my phone to see if maybe I could reach the person who found it. At this point I still had hope that I could maybe get it back. My hopes were soon dashed. The conversation was something like this:Call #1Strange girl - "Hello?"Me- "Hello. My name is..." *click*Call #2Strange girl - "Hello?"Me - "Hello. I believe you have my..." *click*The next 27 calls went unanswered going to voicemail after 4 rings.Call #30Strange girl - "Hello?"Me - "You have my..." *click*At this point all of my subsequent calls went unanswered. I however did not care as my goal was to now cause one of two things to happen. Either I would wear down the battery with  all of the ringing or I would annoy this person to the point that they shut off the phone. Either way they would not be making calls and the process was surprisingly cathartic. It took 2 hours  until the phone would simply go straight to voicemail without ringing (which meant that the phone was now off). I continued  with periodic "test dials" until the customer service centre opened at 8am EST (5am my time). I then spoke with the best CSR in the world. She suspended the phone and gave me a list of all the numbers that that were called in the last 27 hours. Fortunately, they were all local numbers. No Long distance, and no 1-976-SPANKME numbers. That list was forwarded to the RCMP. Hopefully the cracked-out druggie B**** will get her comeuppance.I hold no hope that I will get the phone back. More than likely, it got tossed once it stopped working. I had to go out and buy a new phone. Where I am already on a contract, I had to pay full retail price for a new one. Needless to say it was expensive. But they say the expensive lessons are the ones you remember best. The first thing I did was buy an industrial strength belt clip that snaps on and can't fall off. I will not lose this one.</blockquote>

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