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What an absolute wally I am !

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NanKate Tue 28-Aug-18 23:10:03

I had been out today with a friend and as I was running late I phoned DH on my mobile phone to say I would be back late for lunch. Move onto this evening I went to check my phone and I couldn’t find it. I scoured the house and went into panic mode as my phone has quite a lot of personal info on it. I did try phoning it from DH’s mobile but did not get a response.

We have a device on the IPad that will locate my IPad or IPhone. It showed that the phone was at a rather posh Hotel in our town. I then insisted DH drive me to said hotel (after I had got out of my PJs and put on something smarter). DH was horrified as I wanted to phone the mobile in their hotel and locate the thief. I wouldn’t be dissuaded.

The Manager and Staff were lovely to me and allowed me to phone my mobile from DH’s mobile in their Restaurant. SILIENCE. We then asked if we could log into their WiFi system and check the the locator again. We did this and it showed the IPhone was back at our house ?

We came back and I found it wrapped up in the bed cover ! I immediately emailed the hotel with the good news and said we would go in for morning coffee to thank the staff personally.

DH was so relieved that I didn’t approach a would be thief that he never said a word about my stupidness.

What about you any stories of mayhem ?

stella1949 Wed 29-Aug-18 00:13:49

Odd that the "find my phone" app said the phone was at the hotel . Those apps are usually very accurate. I'm glad you got your phone back !

PageTurner Wed 29-Aug-18 03:54:31

I didn't have an IPhone at the time, but thought I had lost my phone after a trip into town with my husband..I made him drive back and went into every store we had been in asking if anyone had turned in a phone. No luck, so on the way home I was going to use my husband's phone to call the phone company. Just then my phone rang. It was in my bra the whole time. Aargh!

DoraMarr Wed 29-Aug-18 07:25:51

I was running late for work. I couldn’t find my glasses anywhere- I need them for reading etc. Another rummage through my second, big bag revealed the butter dish. My glasses were in the fridge.

kittylester Wed 29-Aug-18 07:53:47

Never a wally Kate but you did make me smile.

NanKate Wed 29-Aug-18 08:08:53

Thanks Kitty for your confirmation that I do not have Wally status. That's a new place for storage Pageturner ?

rubysong Wed 29-Aug-18 08:19:47

We have non smart phones (AC cast offs) which we rarely use as we didn't get a signal at home until we moved here six weeks ago. I haven't seen mine for about two weeks and, having searched the house and car, I think it is lost. I can't remember when I last saw it.
I expect if I replace it it will turn up. No point phoning it as the battery will be flat by now. Where do misplaced phones turn up?

Camelotclub Wed 29-Aug-18 10:11:23

My grandmother once put her hot water bottle outside the front door and took a milk bottle up to bed.

henetha Wed 29-Aug-18 10:26:18

You're definitely not a wally, Nankate. I do stuff like that.
Last year I bought some items at a big shop in Torquay, paying by bank debit card. After getting home I couldn't find the card anywhere; went completely berserk looking for it, and eventually drove the 15 miles back to the shop and told them about it.
They were marvellous, helping me to look high and low for it. They even looked through footage on their CCTV and it showed me walking out of the shop with the card in my hand. So we then searched the car park. They really did go the extra mile to help me. With no success I went home again and reported the card as stolen. ~Then I decided to search my handbag just once more and.... guess what? The card was safely zipped into a side pocket inside my handbag,- a place where I never normally put such things. Oh the relief! But I then had to phone the shop and deeply apologise and then phone the bank and eat humble pie.
I think this qualifies me for Wally status!

Barbsid Wed 29-Aug-18 10:27:03

I moved to a new flat in Feb , up and in the shower ready to go all beding in black bags. Men turned up and started to load van half way through looked for my phone as house line cut off by then needed it so solicitor could ring. Panic could not fine it so removal men rang the number after about 7 times they could hear it in the van so they unloaded it and found it in the bag with my duvet felt such a fool. They just laughed and said I was not the first and they where glad it was not the whole van they had to search.

inishowen Wed 29-Aug-18 10:27:56

It's lucky your husband didn't think you'd been having an affair and meeting in a posh hotel!

M0nica Wed 29-Aug-18 10:28:37

I have at various times left both my front door keys and
my purse in the freezer.

Lancslass1 Wed 29-Aug-18 10:49:00

If ever you have mislaid anything always ask for help from St Anthony the Patron Saint of lost items.
This may sound odd but whenever I lose something he inevitably finds it for me.
(I give a donation to Charity when he does so depending on how important the lost item was to me)
Has anybody else asked for his help?

granfromafar Wed 29-Aug-18 10:52:25

Pageturner - your phone was in your BRA????!!! Wasn't that a bit uncomfortable??

DoraMarr Wed 29-Aug-18 10:52:49

Lanclass- yes! And this year inLisbon I discovered his house! It's now a little museum dedicated to him. He didn’t help me find my travel cards last month, though.

Wishes Wed 29-Aug-18 10:59:53

My husband and l had gone into Birmingham on a shopping trip. On returning to the car park we found he had lost the car keys.
We retraced our steps to all the places we had been to with no luck. Back at the car park l rang our SIL to ask if he would go to our house to retrieve the spare keys and drive to us.
Whilst we sat and waited we went over it again. I remembered when we were in a cafe DH had opened a taped up box of one of our purchases with the edge of the keys. Dawning moment! There they were nestled in the box. Too late to stop SIL and profuse apologies when he arrived.

nipsmum Wed 29-Aug-18 11:00:16

If I am going to anyone's house and have something that I mustn't forget to take with me. I put my car keys in the bag with the item so I don't forget it.

Lindylou57 Wed 29-Aug-18 11:02:33

My recently widowed sister had her boiler serviced and then 2 weeks later a smart meter fitted. A few days later decided to test the heating to see if all was well. Normally her husband dealt with all things and she is just learning how to do all the 'jobs' he used to handle. So she clicked on the heating and waited. No heat came through so she tried again, still nothing, so she 'googled' it. Found many messages saying problems arose after having smart meter fitted. She took a deep breath, tried to be assertive and rang EON to report problem insisting all was well until the smart meter was fitted. They said it was unlikely two were linked but would send an engineer around day after tomorrow. Feeling very pleased with her herself at handling the situation she sat back although something was niggling at back of her mind. Finally out loud she said 'Come on ...... help me, what am I missing' to her beloved hubby. Then it dawned on her AAgh the thermostat what was that on! She checked, it was on zero! A slight touch and bam the heating flared into life. She swears she heard him laughing and felt like a right wally. A quick call to EON to apologise, they were lovely by the way' Only one of many funny things shes done since becoming widowed and having to cope on her own.

sarahellenwhitney Wed 29-Aug-18 11:36:14

NanKate
You had been out with a friend. Did you have coffee or something stronger hmm?
If the latter may I suggest that in future grinyou take more water with it.?

icanhandthemback Wed 29-Aug-18 12:09:55

I used to put my phone in my bra all the time but now I worry about the radio waves as there was talk of an increase in cancer with phones.

GreenGran78 Wed 29-Aug-18 12:22:32

I have twice packed my sunglasses in my suitcase when going to visit family in Australia, only to find that they have vanished into thin air. Thorough searches at both ends have been fruitless, and they have never been seen since.
I recently looked for a thin cotton dressing-gown, when packing for a holiday, but couldn't find it. I know that I had it in Australia. My family are all visiting friends in South America right now. I will have to wait until they are back home, before enquiring if I have left my robe behind at their house. It's strange that they haven't mentioned finding it, though.
I hope it hasn't disappeared into the same 'black hole' that my sunglasses did!

LJP1 Wed 29-Aug-18 13:20:52

I have been guilty of calling out the AA to a seized alternator bearing in a red AX and after an hour and a half been discovered by a puzzled AA man who was looking for the owner of a green Fiat which was blocking traffic!

I hope he has been able to dine out on the story - he was very understanding.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Wed 29-Aug-18 14:23:21

We all do daft things like this. I'm always telling myself to make sure that I know where my mobile is at all times - but do I do this? No, I don't.
Last week it was out of sight. I phoned it from the landline and could hear it ring loud and clear. I looked under the cushions, the coffee table, apron pocket, other pockets, loo (not literally) kitchen worktop, hall table, went upstairs, came downstairs. Twice. Swear words getting really bad now. I still couldn't find it yet it was so loud it had to be nearby. Eventually in exasperation I put my hand to my back pocket and there it was! I think I'd better get myself booked into a home for the bewildered soon, don't you?

grandtanteJE65 Wed 29-Aug-18 14:36:13

Yes, indeed, St. Anthony returned my amethyst rosary that I forgot in the hotel we stayed in when my eldest niece got married.

I phoned the hotel and was told the rosary was not there, which didn't surprise me, as I am afraid I was cynical enough to assume that whoever found it had kept it.

A week later, the rosary and the case I keep it in, suddenly appeared on the shelf in my room where my statues of the Virgin Mary and of the Holy Infant of Prague stand.

I know I didn't place it there. Never told DH this, as the rosary was a present from him.

kathsue Wed 29-Aug-18 14:47:55

I 've had the phone in the back pocket problem. I can hear it ringing but the more I move towards the sound the further away it gets. So frustrating.