"and it’s clear that none of us are infallible"
Speak for yourself! I've never left anything behind on public transport.
London residents leave an average 10,000 mobile phones in the back of taxis every month. Passengers also forget an estimated 1,000 other tech gizmos - including iPods, laptops and memory sticks - in London cabs every month, according to a survey of London's licensed cabbies. The amount of gear left in cabs peaks during the run …
to know what proportion of these are personal, and which are company. I have seen people i work with treat their company mobiles and laptops with and unbelievable lack of regard. Throwing the things around, slamming a fist against them to stop them ringing in meetings etc.
I wouldn't put it past some of them to 'accidentally' lose their mobile or laptop just to get it replaced with a newer model either.
"it’s always about an hour later we get a panicked call on their mobile phones asking for them to be returned"
And I wonder, honestly, how many of those panicked callers are told "Sorry mate/luv, can't see it I'm afraid"?
*Awaits the flaming from some techy cabby reading el reg on "his" iphone*
Hmm, I'm surprised.
The only times I've ever left anything in a taxi it was because I was too completely bladdered to remember to pick it up or notice it drop out of my pocket. Usually around Xmas too.
Maybe that's just me then.
If the person calls their phone and a cabbie answers it, how exactly would that excuse work then?
Think it through before posting.
I've left my mobile on my desk 'and thought sod it I'll get it tomorrow' when leaving work but never in a cab.
One day without a mobile is no loss at all.