Digital Love

intaipei:

Last night while having some drinks and food with Chia Yi, I had to take a major dump…which ended up in me leaving my phone in the bathroom (Twitter from stall). Not even two minutes after I realized my phone was gone, I went to the bathroom, BOOM, gone.

I was a bit intoxicated by a few things, but around five minutes later I thought of the “great” idea to call my phone to see what the fuck was going on. I asked to use an employee’s phone to call, BOOM, nothing.

I sat in my seat, almost fucking sulking, feeling sorry for myself. Thinking, “THEY HAVE ALL MY CONTACTS, PICTURES, E-MAIL INFO, EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING IS ON THAT GODDAMN PHONE! MY GODDAMN LIFE IS OVER. I HAVE TO USE A FUCKING FLIP-PHONE?? WHAT THE FUCK IS A FLIP-PHONE EVEN GOOD FOR?”

I talked with some of the employees, and told them that I’d give them cash if any of them took it. Nothing.

A short while after, as we’re about to leave, an employee hands me his phone I previously used. “Hey man, is this your phone?”

“Uh, yeah it is….Can I have it back?”

“Yeah sure dude. I saw it in the bathroom and took it with me, but I’m close by, can I drop it off with you?”

“Uh…yeah? Thanks dude, I’ll pay you.”

“Not a chance bro.”

I stood outside waiting for this guy to pull up in his “black Toyota truck”. I thought about how I might be mugged for my phone, how he might pull some sick fucking joke by smashing my phone on the ground and running over it with his truck. I dunno, I was scared waiting for this dude.

I saw him enter the parking lot, gave me the phone, and said that he would hate for his iPhone to be taken as well, and told me “God Bless and to pay it forward.”

Once I got my phone back, I realized how fucking stupid I looked getting depressed over a fucking phone…or maybe I realized just how dependent we are on our personal electronics. This would be the second country I’ve lost my iPhone and a honest person returned it to me wanting no money.

tl;dr, I’m dumb, I lost my phone. Got it back. Realized how retarded I looked.

:)