1. Don’t lose your iPhone.
2. If you lose your iPhone, do it in a cooler way than just missing your pocket in line at Six Flags.
3. If you tell people you lost your iPhone at Six Flags, they’ll assume you did so on a roller coaster.
4. Don’t tell people you just dropped it. A roller coaster is way cooler.
5. Don’t be surprised when it costs double what you initially paid to replace it.
That’s right, kids. I lost my iPhone because I missed my pocket. I wore a fleece to Six Flags that has an inside zipper pocket, perfect for money, credit cards, or iPhones. However, I was checking to see if there is an Applebee’s by Six Flags for dinner via my iPhone’s Google maps application… and I must have missed the pocket inside my fleece. It must have been in my coat and dropped out as I entered, exited, or flew around on the American Eagle roller coaster. (How appropriate that I lose my iPhone named Michelle Obama on or around a coaster named American Eagle.) Last coaster of the day… and it wasn’t even that good. We exited the park, headed to where we thought Applebee’s was… got a bit turned around but -that’s okay!- I have an iPhone with GPS!
Shit.
No I don’t.
We went back to the park and retraced our steps. False hope. I was hungry, tired, and bummed. I needed a drink. We never found Applebee’s, either. That is, until we sat down at Max & Erma’s and could see the Applebee’s sign across the street. Max & Erma’s was running a special on amaretto sours so you know what? It’s a good thing we went there. That was exactly what I needed.
This morning, I went to the AT&T store. Here’s the kicker. Apparently, the $199 price of the 8 gig iPhone is only an introductory price, subsidized for a first time buyer. If you lose that particular $199 phone, in order to replace it you have to pay the actual price — $399.
I felt like I had been punched in the gut. $400 for a freaking cell phone??!!!
…but it’s my lifeline. We don’t have a landline. And I am in the car for over two hours every day. I work in a sketchy city. My job depends on me being tethered. I need my phone and I need internet access. And luckily, with an iPhone, all my contacts and data are backed up on my computer… that’s ALMOST worth the pricetag.
Almost.
I sucked it up and paid it… with 10% sales tax. It was my own damned fault for being an idiot.
And I’m naming this one Sasha Obama.
April 5, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Ouch. That stinks! Glad you were able to replace it, but I have heard about it being more expense, now I know why. Glue it to your hand.
April 6, 2009 at 1:09 am
That is so sucky loosing your phone. I love the names though, quite a grand idea.
April 6, 2009 at 3:40 am
I can’t believe its double the cost to replace it. Thats crazy. I am glad everything was backed up on your computer though.
April 6, 2009 at 1:48 pm
omg… I ❤ apple, but they are stealing money right there. Sorry you lost your phone.
April 6, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Oh man! What a bum out! Sorry to hear about that 😦
April 8, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Ouch! That’s awful! Sorry it had to happen that way, lady, but at least you had the funds to be able to replace it right now. If I lost/broke my phone, I would be in deep trouble.