Don’t Be Like Me – Look After Your Mobile Phone

We never expect it to happen to us, but then it does. In my case, twice. I’m talking about losing my mobile phone.

The first time was the result of a few too many beers on a boys night out. I’d been on my mobile while on my way home in a taxi and I think I must have left it on the back seat. The following morning, when I realized what had happened, I called the cab firm only to hear that my phone had not been found.It was suddenly painfully clear how much of my life was actually stored on my little mobile telephone.

I vowed that I would be far more careful in future and get myself some mobile phone insurance to cover the cost of replacement. But the expense was the last of my concerns as I’d lost a whole load of telephone numbers and contact details that were only stored on my phone and nowhere else.

We all do it. When we run into an old friend or make a new contact we immediately enter their contact details into our mobile phones and often don’t even think about transfering those details to an address book.

I then lost my new phone on yet another night out, but this time I wasn’t drunk. I am convinced that my phone was stolen by an expert pick-pocket who managed to remove my telephone from the pocket of my jeans without me noticing. The truth is that I probably dropped it on the floor when removing cash to pay for drinks at the bar. I told the club staff but my new phone never turned up.

Unfortunately I had not followed my own advice and hadn’t taken out a mobile phone insurance policy. But my experience the last time I’d lost my phone had led to my making note of most of the contact details on my phone.

You may be wondering if there is a moral to this tale? Not really. But I strongly recommend that you regularly backup all of your contact details from your mobile phone and consider getting some insurance to cover the cost of replacement.