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17 Stages Of Dealing With A Lost Cell Phone

17 Stages Of Dealing With A Lost Cell Phone

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It’s happened to all of us at some point and while it’s clearly the ultimate first-world problem, it still sucks. Whether it was stolen, you left it somewhere, or it just disappeared in the depths of your messy house, it’s gone. In case you haven’t had the joy of experiencing this firsthand – which I highly doubt – here are the 17 stages of dealing with a lost cell phone.

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Have a casual look-around

It’s probably there somewhere. It must be. Right? Wait, where did I leave it? Night table? No. Under the pillow? Nope. In my bag? Uh oh…

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Cloud.AddictiveTips.com

Begin a crazed, frantic search, in which you completely tear apart your house

Nowhere is safe — your bed, the couch, the refrigerator (since you made yourself a 2 a.m. snack, it could be there!), your roommate’s closet, the laundry machine, the dumpster…it’s all in shambles now. Still no phone? Read on.

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1950sUnlimited

Ring your phone approximately 47 times

You borrow your friend’s phone and begin calling your phone incessantly, listening with every fiber of your being for the tinny sound of your ringtone. Never mind the fact that it goes straight to voicemail since you obviously didn’t plug it in last night. Keep calling, and maybe something will happen.

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Contact every bar you were in the night before

You’ve come to terms that it is most definitely not in your house any longer, so you start backtracking. You have now called approximately two dozen bars, including ones you never even went to but are in the area, and maybe someone found it on the street when they were taking out the trash. Obviously they don’t have it, and don’t really want to deal with your desperation.

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Wikipedia.org

Resent that you didn’t set up a tracker

I’ll never lose my phone you said. The tracker is useless you said. And now you really wish you’d paid to instal GPS tracking in your phone so you could find it when lost. The tracking might have even been free, and you were just too lazy to set it up…

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Thinkstock

Drive around

Start driving to places you’ve been the last few days, retracing your steps, only to realize that without the maps and GPS on your phone, you don’t really know how to get around your city so you go home. And it’s even hard to find home.

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ThinkStockPhotos

Cry at the site of its accessories

Seeing your phone charger, your backup phone charger, and the new case you just bought for it at home feels like seeing the empty beds and bowls of a lost pet.

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Look up used ones

Look up used phones of your variety online, and come across some deals you almost jump on too. But of course you doubt the validity of the deals, or the seller, or the price and walk away.

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horizonpacificvacations.com

Develop incredible photographic memory

Suddenly you can recall every single photo you have on that phone. And you are devastated you’ve lost them. Devastated. Even though they had been sitting in there for years, never uploaded anywhere or printed.

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Sink into a deep state of depression

It’s gone. It’s really gone. There’s no coming back from this. You are now back in the dark ages, where you had to talk to people face to face. You’ll have nothing to occupy your hands while you awkwardly wait for friends to meet up, which you won’t even be able to do because nobody will be able to tell you what’s going on.

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Joe Goldberg

Update all social media outlets to inform people you are now off the grid

“No phone – Facebook or email if you need me!” Like hell. Nobody’s about to contact you without your phone. Watch your friends slowly disappear as you remain lost in your unconnected world of no-phone-ness.

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HuffingtonPost.com

Realize people don’t email you enough

You start reaching out to friends via email to get together. Maybe you can be consoled by a night at the movies. But nobody is emailing you back! Now you’re obsessing over the fact that people don’t get back to you promptly.

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AMominRedHeels.com

Start figuring out how you can afford a new one

How much is a new plan going to cost? Can you get the same one as before? Are there any deals going on? What if you just don’t eat for the next few weeks? Paying the electricity bill is optional, right?

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Sink into an even deeper depression because you most definitely cannot afford a new one

Yeah, it’s not happening. You could start selling off your organs, and it still wouldn’t be happening. You’re broke, son.

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ThinkStockPhotos

Dig up old phones

Maybe you can make life work with that little flip phone you saved from the early 2000s. Oh my god NO. NEVER MIND. What were you thinking?

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Commons.Wikimedia.org

Begin to refine your penmanship, because you’ll have to start writing letters instead

This is what it’s come to. You may as well stock up on quills, ink, and parchment, because that’s all you’ll be working with the next few months. Or years.

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Commons.Wikimedia.org

Find your phone underneath your bed, where it’s been for the past three days

Naturally.