My Phone Survived the Interstate Thanks to this Guy
I hadn’t had my phone all day, so I assumed it was back at the house or in my car (we were using my girlfriend’s car yesterday). But when we got home we couldn’t find the darned thing. I was taking apart the couch and all that. Finally I got the bright idea to see if my car paired with it. No dice! Definitely not in my car, definitely not in my girlfriend’s car, probably not in the house. I was ready to head back to the frisbee golf course (at 11 at night) and retrace steps when Joy had the bright idea to check for my phone’s location via an Android tool. Turns out I didn’t have to have the foresight to have installed the tool - it just worked thank goodness. In non thank-Goodness news, it said my phone was out on the Interstate. Or just beside it. This was alarming because I’m not in the habit of chucking my phone out the window on the Interstate. We drove out to the approximate area and there’s a car ominously parked right about where it said my phone was. Am I gonna have to fight some dude to get my phone back? We creeped up to and past the creepy car, and it looked like nobody was in there. As I’m out on the side of the Interstate in the darkness, I’m very aware of all the woods and bushes and concealy vegetation just to my right. Is that dude from the car and however many of his friends just out here lurking, using my phone as bait? Are they gonna tackle and stab me? I was uneasy, my girlfriend was uneasy; we scooted after several minutes of hurried looking. Phoneless. When I got back to the house I realized we should’ve used my car to drive out there, because it would pair with my phone and I could be 100% the phone was there. I waited until 1 in the morning, for less Interstate traffic and for the bushes lurkers to give up. I start at the ominous car, and crept forward five feet at a time, trying to pair after each move. No dice, no dice, no dice... twenty no dice later I’m positive the find-my-phone app is shitty. This location didn’t make any sense anyway, and here my car is verifying the absence of phone. I just kept going through the motions, because what else am I gonna do, when suddenly it paired! The nice thing about my search technique was that I knew which direction to go look for it. Forward. I’ve got this baller Milwaukee 18V flashlight. Thing looks like I’m aiming daylight. Found the phone no problem. Downside - the back thing had exploded off and no IDs were to be found. I’m 0% blaming the case though - I’m guessing it would have outlasted most things shy of an 80 mph collision with the Interstate. I found my work ID in short order, thanks to the mobile daylight. I looked and looked for my license, but wasn’t finding it. After giving up on that, I walked back to my car and there it was right beside my driver door. I’d stepped over the darned thing getting out to find my phone. The phone isn’t even scratched - and I don’t have a separate screen protector. The edges of the case are dinged pretty good, one in particular, and like I said the back flap is still out on the side of the Interstate somewhere. But the S7 is good as new. I’m buying another one of this case!
