Originally Posted By ploeb909 I went on Buzz Light Year the other day and my cell phone came out of my pocket. I got to the begining of the area where you can email and realized it was gone! I ran back to the ride and my car was already gone, I only knew which one was mine because the car infront of me was gone. So I waited for the car to come back, expecting the woman with the child to say to the waiting CM,"Here we found a cell phone". When the car returned the woman looked at me and practically ran, I looked thru the car and it was not there. So the CM and myself went to go look for the woman--she was gone. I had my 20 yr. old daughter with me so she tried calling my cell phone, the lady continued answering it and hanging up on me. Huh? Ok, this was weird, so we waited and tried again..and again..and again. Every time she would answer and laugh and say H.E.L.L.O.... now I was MAD! I did notice she had a shirt on that said "The Amazeing Race". After awhile I figured it was pretty much a lost cause. Later that eve. after my carrier sent a text message to my phone and informad her that it was being tracked and the authoritys were on the way...I got a phone call about 15 min. later. Ok, how sad is this.. it was a church group!!! Wow, luckily, her friend agreed to meet me because it was locale and return my phone to me. We met at the locale Albertsons, so I felt safe,but what a great example to the kids these people were involved with!
Originally Posted By spaceace I hate to say this but just because someone goes to church that does not make them any better than anyone else. Also glad to hear you got your phone back.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee That is a real stink! Why do people do things like that. I am so glad that you got it back but that is very stressful.
Originally Posted By wa6oqc My thoughts were the woman had a phone that looked just like yours and when she saw it after the ride picked it up. When your 20 year old called the number and did they explain that she may have picked it up by accident? If someone followed me around Disneyland I might want to avoid them also. It sounds like it could have been just a big mistake.
Originally Posted By raer May daughter lost my phone at Wal Mart last week & no one ever turned it in & when we tried calling it we never got an answer.
Originally Posted By mickeynewe Sadly this happened to my brother in law a few years back, except it was with his very expensive camera at the time. It didn't fall "out of his pocket", he just got off the ride and accidently left it behind. Like you, he didn't even make it out of the exit before he realized and rushed back. Unfortunately, he never did get it back and it was never turned in to lost & found. It really dampened his trip for him. He realized it was his own fault, but it would still be nice to be able to trust one another in this world.
Originally Posted By plutospal77 You're lucky you got it back, I lost a pair of Gucci sunglasses on a ride, but when it came back around, they were gone. I would've chased the woman down if it were me, my cells got everything on it.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros When I was in WDW during spring break '05, I left several large shopping bage behind after eating dinner in the Magic Kingdom. It was at Casey's Corner (same location as the Coke Corner), and I was well into Liberty Square (probably about the distance to NOS, but there was no crowded Adventureland along the way) before I realized they were missing. I told the rest of my group to wait, and I RAN back to where we had been sitting. They were still there, and everything was still inside. I'm still not sure how they stayed there that long, but I'm very glad that there weren't any tables open when we got there, because we ended up sitting on the ground, and I was next to a trash can. People must have figured that I just left a bag of Disney themed trash behind.
Originally Posted By Shrek I like to beleave most people when given the option to be honoest will be. If they can justify ignorance they will. The first contact listed on my cell phone is "A Reward If Found" with my wife's cell number. I put a small label with my cell number on it and the word "REWARD" on all my small electronics. I have had my digital camera returned to me, and the person refused the reward. In fact the person said what a great idea it was and planned to label all her stuff too.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 I am sorry this happened to you. If this was indeed a church group member stealing I must agree with you. What a terrible example to set. Get this one. My husband's boss was supplying him with one of those old Motorola phones the size of a brick. Someone actually broke into his truck to steal it. When he called it someone said, "ola". The phone was disabled within hours so whoever took it didn't get much use from it. Upside, the boss got hubby a new (normal sized) phone. In July we were on Buzz and my husband left his favorite (expensive) felt hat behind. He noticed right away, went back and it was already with a CM. I guess another CM had noticed it before anyone else got on. Lucky hubby.
Originally Posted By Disney Joy Yeah you can't judge one person against all church members. All type of people go to church that may not be into church. I'm glad you got it back. The other week someone actually left their purse in a empty shopping cart at a grocery store. When it was turned into the store clerk, she told me I would be amazed how much people left their purse, men wallets full of cash in stores. That tells me alot of people turn them back in. There are good folks out there - in and out of church.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 >>There are good folks out there - in and out of church.<< I agree, it is just that we generally think of church people as the ones who should set an example. It is a bad example to steal nomatter what church you belong to or if you are an atheist. Stealing is always wrong. I lost a purse and when the police called me to say they had it I was told I was very lucky that my money was still inside. (Downside: It had been quite a while since I lost it and the baby's bottle of milk was still in there too.)YUCK!!! At the Aloha festival Saturday I gave a vendor a 5 and he started to give me change for a 20. When I told him, he was very grateful. It just feels good to be honest. I too am glad ploeb got her phone back.
Originally Posted By bloona Im glad you got the phone back, cheeky thing taking it!! I have pointed out mistakes at cash registors a few times, today I did actually when I got charged £2.50 for my sons school socks when it said £3 on them, the lady looked stunned that I had pointed it out, it's just the right thing to do! Id like to think others would do it to me if I lost something. I handed a beautiful bracelet in that I found on the Star Tours ride. So beautiful I have looked to see if I could buy a similar one myself since but cant find one...lol. oh Im so good.....lol
Originally Posted By Disney Joy >> it is just that we generally think of church people as the ones who should set an example << I so agree with that. My thought is that everyone in church is not really in church - who knows why they are truly there. AND maybe this person really didn't know it wasn't their phone - in which case they should have felt very stupid when they realize so :O) It was even great the person who delivered the phone even mention they were a church group. It just takes all kind. I gave change back once and the person looked at me like I was from Mars, just totally shocked. I love hearing good ending stories, their are so many of the other kind.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 >>I gave change back once and the person looked at me like I was from Mars<< That has happened to me too. I have even had them act rude, like it was my mistake or that I was saying they were stupid to have added wrong or whatever. I still do it because I know it is right. Little side note: The night I met Mr. RAM1984 we were at a college football game. We had gone to the snack bar together and the kid at the counter gave him too much change. When he pointed it out the kid just could not say "thank you!!!!" enough. That night I told my best friend that I was going to marry him. That was 35 years ago this November 6. I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt but it gets harder and harder.
Originally Posted By ploeb909 In response to #5, I looked at my post and I dont understand how you got that I followed anyone around. Ok, I also should have mentioned that I also sent a text to her saying i lost my phone, and I am pretty sure that when she opened it and took a look at the wallpaper of my family, that should have clued her in. I also like to hope that people are honest and I totally believe that for the most part they are, I guess I was dissapointed that a church member, clearly in an authority position, according to her friend that met me, would make such a bad decision.
Originally Posted By TP2000 As someone who used to be very involved with church activities, I've found that the most "look at me, I'm religious" people tend to be the least trustworthy and most likely to bend moral rules at the drop of a hat, especially when they think they won't get caught. That said, perhaps a better title for this thread would be "I lost my phone, and the lady that found it didn't turn it in". She didn't really take it from you. You left it in a ride vehicle, and someone else found it a few minutes later. That person failed to give it back to you, and tried to keep it for themselves. That's a little different than taking something directly from someone. It's dishonest either way however.
Originally Posted By ploeb909 My cell phone was "Taken" from the park. Not turned in to a CM, not taken to lost and found. True she picked it up after it came out of my pocket, but she drove to her home, in Loma Linda, and only after recieving the third text from the carrier did she "do the right thing". I think that its ok to say it was taken. And as you pointed out, "its dishonest either way", so why does it matter how it was worded-and who post a long thread like"I lost my phone and the woman who found it didnt turn it in". Please..
Originally Posted By berol Keeping lost stuff is a lesser crime than robbery. It might be the same as pickpoketing, tho.
