That moment of terror...

Riocaz · 08-18-2008, 10:45 AM

that squeezes your heart before hitting your gut like red hot lead (or a stupidly quaffed pint of guiness).

You've just let your 505 in a basket in Tesco.

*cue a loudly shouted curseword and running the wrong way up an escalator* (okay turning round and jumping back off the escalator)

Guess how I started this morning...

Thankfully it was still there.

zelda_pinwheel · 08-18-2008, 10:56 AM

i think i would have had a heart attack. thank heavens you found it safely !!

BookishDreamer · 08-18-2008, 11:02 AM

That's worse than forgetting your child.

Dreamer

zelda_pinwheel · 08-18-2008, 11:04 AM

hee ! i see Dreamer clearly has an excellent hold on her priorities.

RWood · 08-18-2008, 11:07 AM

Glad to hear that your "baby" was safe and waiting for you.

BookishDreamer · 08-18-2008, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hee ! i see Dreamer clearly has an excellent hold on her priorities.

Especially since I don't have any children to forget.

Besides, if you leave a child, people typically try to return the child immediately, probably because it's crying and making a fuss.

Dreamer

xianfox · 08-18-2008, 11:16 AM

Glad you found it also. That reminds me, I should put a file on mine containing Owner Information in case I ever lose mine and it's found by a kind soul.

zelda_pinwheel · 08-18-2008, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

Especially since I don't have any children to forget.

Besides, if you leave a child, people typically try to return the child immediately, probably because it's crying and making a fuss.

Dreamer

i sometimes wish i could return a child who hasn't even been forgotten, for just that reason.

Taylor514ce · 08-18-2008, 11:29 AM

I left mine in an exam room at a doctor's office once. I go back in to find him reading it. He said "don't worry, I bookmarked your page... I've been looking at these, how do you like it?"

zelda_pinwheel · 08-18-2008, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

I left mine in an exam room at a doctor's office once. I go back in to find him reading it. He said "don't worry, I bookmarked your page... I've been looking at these, how do you like it?"

best case scenario. you are lucky he didn't give you an innocent look and say "sony reader ? what sony reader ? i haven't seen any sony reader, no..."

Riocaz · 08-18-2008, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

Glad to hear that your "baby" was safe and waiting for you.

Given that I was less than 5 steps from the store when I remembered I would have been surprised if it hadn't still been there.

But I was very releived that it was. :-)

MickeyC · 08-18-2008, 12:38 PM

I feel your anxiety.

Mindlessly left my 505 on the treadmill at the gym the other day. I was in the middle of my after-workout stretches when I realized what I'd done. Man, I was back in the treadmill room faster than my bartender at closing time. And it was right where I left it. Whew!

Fortunately not a whole lot of bookworms hang out at the gym

MarciaCat · 08-18-2008, 05:05 PM

I was in the filled waiting room while my Mom was getting her eyes checked at the Shiley Eye Center at UCSD Hospital. After 45 minutes Mom comes out and signals that she needs my help walking out (she has neuropathy in her feet) so I turn my Reader off, put the stretchy band I use to keep the cover closed around it and slide it into my purse. Or so I thought.

Later that night I go to get it out of my purse and it's not there!!

I search the car and mentally retrace my steps for the day: Shiley, Costco, Trader Joe's; I know it wasn't lost at Trader Joe's since I just took my wallet in while Mom stayed in the car. I fret about having been pickpocketed at Costco and get no sleep that night.

I call Shiley at 8:30 the next morning and boy, am I surprised! Someone found it just after I had gotten up and turned it in at the reception desk!!

I'm there to pick it up at 10:30 and the person I spoke to isn't there and no one knows where it is or what exactly a Reader is or looks like. Someone opens the safe and I see it-- my lovely Reader in it's red Dooney & Bourke cover. I exclaimed "That's it!!" and it was once again safe and sound in my hands!!

JeffElkins · 08-19-2008, 03:50 PM

My tale of woe concerned my work ereader, the Nokia N800. I was preparing morning report for the day shift and felt in my labcoat pocket for my tablet...oh noes, not there! So, at 5am I revisited every patient room I had been in the previous 12 hours, finally finding it under a bed in the ICU.

AndiR · 08-20-2008, 04:54 AM

I left my PRS-500 on the train that connects two parts of Madrid Airport's T4 buildings.
I realised as soon as I got off and the door had closed.
I rushed to the security guard and she called security at the other end.
It wasn't there

I went home depressed and the next day ordered a 505

So not a great loss in the end

AndiR

08-18-2008, 10:45 AM	#1
Riocaz Fulfilled but not by iRex Posts: 932 Karma: 286846 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: Far too many	That moment of terror... that squeezes your heart before hitting your gut like red hot lead (or a stupidly quaffed pint of guiness). You've just let your 505 in a basket in Tesco. cue a loudly shouted curseword and running the wrong way up an escalator (okay turning round and jumping back off the escalator) Guess how I started this morning... Thankfully it was still there.

08-18-2008, 05:05 PM	#13
MarciaCat Cat Lady & Trekkie Posts: 421 Karma: 221630 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Device: Kobo Libra, Kobo Aura & Aura H20	My Lost & Found Tale I was in the filled waiting room while my Mom was getting her eyes checked at the Shiley Eye Center at UCSD Hospital. After 45 minutes Mom comes out and signals that she needs my help walking out (she has neuropathy in her feet) so I turn my Reader off, put the stretchy band I use to keep the cover closed around it and slide it into my purse. Or so I thought. Later that night I go to get it out of my purse and it's not there!! I search the car and mentally retrace my steps for the day: Shiley, Costco, Trader Joe's; I know it wasn't lost at Trader Joe's since I just took my wallet in while Mom stayed in the car. I fret about having been pickpocketed at Costco and get no sleep that night. I call Shiley at 8:30 the next morning and boy, am I surprised! Someone found it just after I had gotten up and turned it in at the reception desk!! I'm there to pick it up at 10:30 and the person I spoke to isn't there and no one knows where it is or what exactly a Reader is or looks like. Someone opens the safe and I see it-- my lovely Reader in it's red Dooney & Bourke cover. I exclaimed "That's it!!" and it was once again safe and sound in my hands!!

08-20-2008, 04:54 AM	#15
AndiR Rather interested Posts: 104 Karma: 677 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Maidenhead Device: Kindle, Sony Ereader, Ipad & iPhone	Sad and happy I left my PRS-500 on the train that connects two parts of Madrid Airport's T4 buildings. I realised as soon as I got off and the door had closed. I rushed to the security guard and she called security at the other end. It wasn't there I went home depressed and the next day ordered a 505 So not a great loss in the end AndiR

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08-18-2008, 10:56 AM	#2
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i think i would have had a heart attack. thank heavens you found it safely !!

08-18-2008, 11:02 AM	#3
BookishDreamer Cultural Artist Posts: 1,128 Karma: 12829 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Georgia Device: Sony 505, Kindle 2	That's worse than forgetting your child. Dreamer

08-18-2008, 11:04 AM	#4
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	hee ! i see Dreamer clearly has an excellent hold on her priorities.

08-18-2008, 11:07 AM	#5
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Glad to hear that your "baby" was safe and waiting for you.

08-18-2008, 11:16 AM	#7
xianfox Ebook Addict Posts: 225 Karma: 2136 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Glad you found it also. That reminds me, I should put a file on mine containing Owner Information in case I ever lose mine and it's found by a kind soul.

08-18-2008, 11:29 AM	#9
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	I left mine in an exam room at a doctor's office once. I go back in to find him reading it. He said "don't worry, I bookmarked your page... I've been looking at these, how do you like it?"

08-18-2008, 12:38 PM	#12
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,732 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	I feel your anxiety. Mindlessly left my 505 on the treadmill at the gym the other day. I was in the middle of my after-workout stretches when I realized what I'd done. Man, I was back in the treadmill room faster than my bartender at closing time. And it was right where I left it. Whew! Fortunately not a whole lot of bookworms hang out at the gym

08-19-2008, 03:50 PM	#14
JeffElkins Guru Posts: 780 Karma: 1416 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kobo Clara 2E/HD, Kindle PW	My tale of woe concerned my work ereader, the Nokia N800. I was preparing morning report for the day shift and felt in my labcoat pocket for my tablet...oh noes, not there! So, at 5am I revisited every patient room I had been in the previous 12 hours, finally finding it under a bed in the ICU.

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