Today, I lost my phone. I called the number from my friend's phone, hoping I could find it. A guy answered, laughed "Thanks for the phone!" and hung up. FML
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Today, I had misplaced my cell phone. I decided the best course of action would be to dial the number from my house phone and wait for it to ring to locate it. Somebody answered when I called. It wasn't the wrong number and I had a brief conversation with the man that stole my phone. FML
Today, I was at my friend's house celebrating his 16th birthday. I couldn't find my phone so I asked my friend's girlfriend if I could borrow her phone to see if I could hear mine ringing. I dialed my number, only to find she had my number saved in her phone as "ASS FACE #3". FML
Today, my girlfriend told me she lost her phone and not to call or text her. After about three hours, I text her phone, asking if she found it yet. I got a reply, saying "Nope." FML
Today, I handed my friend his phone, telling him he'd forgotten it. He responded by taking his phone out of his pocket and showing it to me. I then realized I was holding MY phone. FML
Today, I accidentally left my cell phone at the restaurant. When I realized my mistake, I went back to see if anyone had found it. They said no, so I gave them my number to call if it turned up. I realized later that I'd given them my cell phone number. FML
Today, my dad let me use his phone. Five minutes later, he had my mom call it because he thought he'd lost it. FML
Today, I saw a friend in the street but he didn't see me, so as a joke I decided to ring him. He took his mobile out of his pocket, sighed and didn't pick up. FML
Today, I got a call about my dog who went missing a week ago. The guy who called said "We have your dog, but you aren't getting her back." Then he hung up. FML
Today, I did a "dine and dash" and left my phone in the restaurant. The owner answered my phone call. FML
Today, after working out at the gym, I went to grab my bag, and realized that my phone was missing. Panicking, I reached into my pocket, pulled out my phone, and dialed my mom's number to tell her I'd lost it. It took me until the last ring to realize what I was doing. FML
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Top comments
CallMeWindSock 24
Track your number, since this guy is obviously too dumb to turn the thing off.
IDontKnowWhoIAm04 24
Just shut off the phone. Then, he can't use it.
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IDontKnowWhoIAm04 24
Haha what a dick.
golden_warrior 23
I thought he was really sweet, lol. If you had an iPhone, then you could track it with an app because he hasn't turned it off. I'm pretty sure other smart phones have this feature as well.
SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18
OP, there are actually apps/websites where you can track a phone number's location. My psychotic stepdad used to do that to my mom before they divorced. I would look into that, then get 3 of your biggest, muscliest (is that a word?) friends to go to the location with you and kick his ass.
SmuggletheBudgie 15
Probably be a better Idea to send the police you'll just end up with a criminal conviction and a lawsuit if you assault him.
naarz 9
Are you kidding me, that's so rude, how does one go about doing such a thing as to just pick and say "thanks"......OP I agree with the others you should try to track down your phone ASAP and you should also consider contacting the police. Hope you get it back Hun.
kjhawk 8
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
How rude, report him!
WhoWhat_fml 10
Or, OP could trace and shut off their phone. Sometimes you can't let thieves enjoy themselves.
Damian95 16
Sometimes ya just gotta let thieves rot in jail.
kjhawk 8
Why shut off the phone if you trace it? If you disconnect the phone maybe but shutting it off is pointless if it has a lock on it.
JesterJosh 5
Stealing a phone is hardly worth jail time. Maybe some money headed OPs way but jail time is way to extreme for taking a cell phone.
DLBL 22
Au contraire. If this punk does a day or three in jail for this, just maybe he'll think twice before stealing again.
TwistedCherub1 15
65, now days people tend to have their entire lives tied to their phones: contact info, scheduling, email, and for some the only alarm clock they own. Our computer crashed so I've used my phone to do our taxes. All that information is worth a lot more than "just a phone" to the right people. It definitely warrants jail time.
SimplyBird 9
To who? The cell phone police?
RedPillSucks 31
The regular police. Stealing a phone is "theft", after all. I believe that's still illegal, isn't it?
IDontKnowWhoIAm04 24
Just shut off the phone. Then, he can't use it.
Wizardo 33
He may not be able to use it but that doesn't mean he can't just quickly sell it off to someone that can get around these things, it was a common practice in my former school and area. Scummy people everywhere.
nickdunbar 8
first comment didn't work out?
laylarose1396 7
That's what I was thinking.!
DixieNormous007 4
call your cell phone carrier and have them shut down your phone
CallMeWindSock 24
Track your number, since this guy is obviously too dumb to turn the thing off.
Allennis44 16
Probably not even worth it at that point though
Wizardo 33
Tracking software and/or police?
mac8080 7
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Get a iPhone next time and use finding app if u loose it
FreakoHolm 6
Hah, what an asshole... but kind of a funny asshole.
StoryOfTheYear 14
I'll show you a funny asshole! Wait, that came out wrong...
RedPillSucks 31
We really don't want anything coming out of a funny asshole.
yib 4
Asshole
cosicosei 22
I'm slightly confused as to how he just guessed that the person calling was the phone's owner, and not just a friend calling? I doubt he would just scream "thanks for the phone" to anyone who called....
oj101 33
Ask your friend not to use the phone yet, then report the number to the police. They can trace the location, and catch that bandit
Rawr6591 21
they generally don't go to such lengths for a phone
gc327072 30
Then call Charles ******* Bronson and get shit done. "Death Wish XXVIII, coming soon to a theater near you!"
oj101 33
Well, I would say that OP should have a tracking device (like Find my iPhone) but not everyone has a smartphone or the tech savvy to do it. And chances are very small, so it's not the first thing that comes into people's minds. And if it's reported to the police as a theft, then they are obligated to take it seriously.
jessi_korova 3
#19 I had the cops come to my door and harass me about some little girl's iPhone that got stolen out of a car in the parking garage. The app they were using apparently tracked the phone to my apartment. I'd been out all day, but they were adamant it was 100% accurate - Moral of the story, the apps are B.S. but cops will still investigate a stolen phone if they think the app will make it easy.
hockeygoalie13 15
That's why you put a tracking app on your phone with better password protection.
stonehare 7
he still can off of the apple store and it will lock the phone
asliceoflife 11
10, With smartphones these days, you don't need to unlock the phone to respond to a call. The guy who got the phone could get it wiped, destroying all content on the phone, including passwords, thus possibly destroying any tracking apps.
Axipiter 24
Location services, or whatever it's called? Please tell me you have some type of GPS tracker on your phone. Then wait until late at night. Break into his house, take your phone back, and fart on his sleeping face. Everyone lived happily ever after. The end!