Had a rather crazy Monday morning. On top of having Monday blues from doing extremely little work over the weekend, I just had to misplace my laptop on the bus because I was busy on my phone! Only realised it when I went into the MRT, sat down and thought "EH. How come my load feels.. light? Extremely light."
Mad rush to call lost and found hotline for SBS. No one picked up. Called mum to confirm that it wasn't left at home. Got berated by her. Got on a cab to New Bridge Road, where the bus service ended. In the meantime, called EZ-link to enquire for the bus plate number.
Got directed to transitlink. Called transitlink. Got directed again back to SBS, but on a different number. Operator took down my details, told me he would call in 30 minutes time.
Reached New Bridge Road, went to the office, made a report. 20 minutes later, a welcoming sight of my laptop in the arms of the staff at the office.
I've things to be thankful for, despite the rather bleak start to my day. I know I was sort of expecting my laptop to be returned, because I've always had pleasant experiences with lost and found! But my colleague told me that another ex-colleague had lost her laptop for good after leaving it behind in a taxi. I realised that I've just been really really lucky.
About 2 months back, I also made a horrible mistake of misplacing the phone in a taxi late at night. I usually check the seat to ensure that all my stuff were taken. This time around, I gave that customary glance, but it was so dark. I had dropped it while taking out cash for payment. Realised it when only I got home. Called my phone repeatedly. It rang for a while, and then for some reason, after a few rings, directed me to the operator. I thought "GG already. Confirm found by some crappy passenger." Continued to ring the phone multiple times. 5 minutes later, some one picked up! Some passenger going to Toa Payoh, and taxi uncle said he would make a U turn back to pass the phone back to me! I really couldn't believe it. I told him I could go collect from him, but he was insistent to come all the way back. I was so happy and bleeding with thankfulness. After much insistence, he accepted my token of gratitude (guised as 打油费). After today, I'm thankful beyond words to come across such honest people. I really think people in Singapore are generally honest. How else to explain how I manage to get such items back, multiple times?
Mad rush to call lost and found hotline for SBS. No one picked up. Called mum to confirm that it wasn't left at home. Got berated by her. Got on a cab to New Bridge Road, where the bus service ended. In the meantime, called EZ-link to enquire for the bus plate number.
Got directed to transitlink. Called transitlink. Got directed again back to SBS, but on a different number. Operator took down my details, told me he would call in 30 minutes time.
Reached New Bridge Road, went to the office, made a report. 20 minutes later, a welcoming sight of my laptop in the arms of the staff at the office.
I've things to be thankful for, despite the rather bleak start to my day. I know I was sort of expecting my laptop to be returned, because I've always had pleasant experiences with lost and found! But my colleague told me that another ex-colleague had lost her laptop for good after leaving it behind in a taxi. I realised that I've just been really really lucky.
About 2 months back, I also made a horrible mistake of misplacing the phone in a taxi late at night. I usually check the seat to ensure that all my stuff were taken. This time around, I gave that customary glance, but it was so dark. I had dropped it while taking out cash for payment. Realised it when only I got home. Called my phone repeatedly. It rang for a while, and then for some reason, after a few rings, directed me to the operator. I thought "GG already. Confirm found by some crappy passenger." Continued to ring the phone multiple times. 5 minutes later, some one picked up! Some passenger going to Toa Payoh, and taxi uncle said he would make a U turn back to pass the phone back to me! I really couldn't believe it. I told him I could go collect from him, but he was insistent to come all the way back. I was so happy and bleeding with thankfulness. After much insistence, he accepted my token of gratitude (guised as 打油费). After today, I'm thankful beyond words to come across such honest people. I really think people in Singapore are generally honest. How else to explain how I manage to get such items back, multiple times?
Also, from my experience, the police takes their cases very seriously. My sis lost a phone on the bus once, and made a report just for the sake of reporting it lost. A few months later, she received a call that her phone had been found! They reviewed the CCTV in the bus and caught the culprit.
I may not be lucky when it comes to winning lucky draws (never won any in my life), but when it comes to finding lost stuff, I am more than thankful for the favour upon me. Though, someone stole $300 from me once in Vietnam.
Time to stop being so careless though!
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