PSA: Emergency communication

[braumeister]

DW drove a friend to the airport this morning and dropped her off at the departure terminal. Routine.

But when her friend got out of the car, she was carrying a tote bag and her purse fell out of the bag. The purse was black so it blended in to the car floor and wasn't very noticeable.

In the purse were not only her wallet but her phone. So she was at the airport with a major dilemma since her ride had already left and she not only had no phone to call for help but she didn't even know DW's phone number. Our home phone number isn't listed and we both rely on our cell phones for almost everything.

Fortunately, DW noticed it in time to turn around and get the purse to her friend in time for her flight, but it could have been ugly.

We would have been in slightly better shape since our Contacts are all available in our Apple Watches, but it's something to think about. In the old days I used to carry a very tiny address book in my wallet with important phone numbers, but I suspect few of us do that any more.

Something to think about.

 

[spncity]

Good reminder.

Remember the days when we had (at least the important) phone numbers memorized?

 

[RunningBum]

I guess I do enough running events where an emergency contact is asked for, so I always remember my son's phone. I've got my parents and a couple other numbers still in my memory too. If I can login to google on any kind of system I'd have all my contacts too. Wouldn't be easy in an airport, but possible.

I did have a similar incident earlier this year when I met someone and carpooled the rest of our way to an event, and left my phone in her car when we un-carpooled. After realizing I couldn't call or text her, I caught her on the interstate and waved her over. At least I thought I did. She almost didn't follow me off the next exit until I more frantically waved again. She thought I was just gesturing that I had also seen the dead or injured bear on the side of the road and would know who to call about it. Pretty funny.