Finder’s Keepers?
By solxee
@sol_cee (38223)
Philippines
March 14, 2022 5:38pm CST
I took a taxi a few days ago and look what I found inside (photo above). I didn’t know what to do but common sense guided me. I took a picture of the smartphone, front and back, told the driver about it and gave the device to him. I know the owner would trace the taxi itself. Maybe he/she got a receipt or something with the taxi driver’s details? Just in case, I also took a picture of the taxi’s plate number when I got out. I hope the owner would get the device back.
What did you do when you found something on the train/taxi?
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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15 Mar 22
I was in Burger king one day, ordered my stuff and went to sit at a table. There on the table was a cell phone. I didn't pick it up , but waited to see if the owner would show up . Half an hour later l took it to a supervisor and left. I hope the owner remembered where he or she left it and came back for it.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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16 Mar 22
@sol_cee It happened to me too - in that same establishment. I forgot my phone there and did not realize it was missing until 45 minutes later. I hurried back , checked with the cashier and thankfully l got it back. Some honest person had turned it in.
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@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Mar 22
I've never taken the train/taxi 
. I hope that person gets their phone back too - you did right to do what you could. I stupidly lost my current phone at least a couple times . . . both times I called my number and luckily both times a person picked up to tell me they have my phone.
. I hope that person gets their phone back too - you did right to do what you could. I stupidly lost my current phone at least a couple times . . . both times I called my number and luckily both times a person picked up to tell me they have my phone.1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (86757)
• United States
15 Mar 22
I hope they do too..terrible thing to lose.
I never found anything but I did lose my phone on a bus.Never got it back.
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@RebeccasFarm (86757)
• United States
16 Mar 22
@sol_cee Well, I could not as the bus was long gone.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
15 Mar 22
I've never been in a taxi and the only train I've been on was in an amusement park. *shrug*
I hope the taxi driver is an honest person.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
16 Mar 22
@sol_cee Hopefully, if he wasn't honest, you've helped him along the right path.
@gadiskimia (1)
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16 Mar 22
Once, I went to the traditional market and I stopped at a vegetable stand to buy things there. When I waited the seller to pack my vegetables, I noticed a motorcycle key undet the stand. Then, I asked to other buyers who owned the key, but no one owned it.
So, I just inform the seller and give it to him. After around 5 minutes, the owner of the key came back to the stand, and I told the owner that the key is at the seller.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
15 Mar 22
I would have contacted the owner of the mobile phone myself.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
18 Mar 22
@sol_cee I would have tried to bypass the lock screen and looked through the recent contacts.
@kaylachan (57630)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Mar 22
The right thing if I can, depending on what it is of course.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
15 Mar 22
Thank you for doing what you could to return the property to its rightful owner. I don't know what the law is where you are, but here in the US, someone who finds property assumes legal responsibility to make a good faith effort to return said property to the owner. This is usually done by turning it in to law enforcement and getting a receipt for it if there is no way to identify the owner by looking at or in the item itself.
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@RasmaSandra (73408)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Mar 22
That is so good of you they might have valuable info or photos in their smartphone, I have never found anything on a train or taxi,
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
14 Mar 22
Post it on social media with the taxi plate number. That's what I would probably do.
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
18 Mar 22
I found a phone one time at a park. I didn't know where to turn it in so since it didn't have a screen lock, I used the phone to send a text message to the last person they sent a text to. I added my phone number in the text along with a message that I found the phone.
Before I left the park, the owner came by and picked up the phone.
If it were a train or taxi, I'd still send a message if I could before turning it over to the driver or a person in charge.
@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
14 Mar 22
can you open up the smartphone to see if you can find any contact information on the phone.
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