Left phone in taxi last night, tracked address with GPS, shall I go to his house?

Burly · 1 Oct 2011 at 10:53

Last night I left my phone in a taxi.

I've been tracking it on Google Latitude. The phone is still on and it rings but no answer. Google Street View shows a taxi parked outside. I think the driver must work nights.

I've left text messages saying I will give finders fees and my number to contact but heard nothing.

Shall I go to his house? If so how long shall I wait. I left it in his taxi approx 9pm last night.

Azza · 1 Oct 2011 at 10:55

Contact the taxi company first?

Robbo · 1 Oct 2011 at 10:55

Yes, you should definitely go.

Deiwos · 1 Oct 2011 at 10:56

Ring the taxi company first maybe? If the phone's in his car he's probably just not seen it yet.

Marine Iguana · 1 Oct 2011 at 10:56

Go there with bats, guns, knives and a tank and get your phone back.

tom_e · 1 Oct 2011 at 10:56

I'd just pop round this afternoon and have a polite word, can't see it being a problem as long as you don't wake him up that's a sure fire way to **** me off when I'm working nights.

Zefan · 1 Oct 2011 at 10:57

I don't see why you should wait any amount of time, go over there and get your phone back!

Brumboy · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:02

Just go and be polite, easy.

Von Smallhausen · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:14

It's your property. What is the issue ? Be polite as said.

Burly · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:16

It's going to take me 2 hours to get there

Craig1981 · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:18

This sounds like a job for the A Team.

steve-h · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:22

I'd phone the taxi company and tell them the deal personally. It's not the driver's fault you left your phone in his cab, so don't go round to his house waking him up for a mistake you made?

Iamzod · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:26

Go there, and do it now, or ring the taxi company ASAP, if the driver is doing lates and it is highly probable with last night being Friday night then he's possibly asleep as he might have not got home until 4-5am.

I'll be willing to bet that the phone itself is also sat in the car down the back of the seat, on the floor etc and was not spotted by anyone last night as it would have been dark and a lot of his customers will have been on the pop anyway. Also if it's getting an accurate GPS signal for Lattitude to work well then it's another reason I think it's still in the car and the driver does not even know it's there.

My girlfriends parents own a taxi company and they are always finding phones and wallets in the cars down the backs of seats when they clean them out, but they do try & contact the owners to return them.

You want to get there before he goes back out to work or one of his customers is going to pick it up and then you've lost it.

gumpy321 · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:30

Burly said:
It's going to take me 2 hours to get there

2 hours? What are you traveling by, mobility scooter?

Cosimo · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:34

Jump in a taxi and off you go.

hitmanuk · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:36

get a friend and go over
if he says no smash him -- but remember to film it

Craig1981 · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:36

simulatorman said:
Jump in a taxi and off you go.

But then what if he leaves his house keys in the 2nd taxi? Then he'd have to get the phone from the first taxi to try and track down the 2nd one and end up getting a 3rd taxi to get the keys. And then he'd forget his wallet in THAT taxi and...

Well you can see where this is going.

DJMK4 · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:42

OOOOooo go, and take a hidden camera so we can see what happens

Cosimo · 1 Oct 2011 at 11:59

Craig1981 said:
But then what if he leaves his house keys in the 2nd taxi? Then he'd have to get the phone from the first taxi to try and track down the 2nd one and end up getting a 3rd taxi to get the keys. And then he'd forget his wallet in THAT taxi and...

Well you can see where this is going.

He'll spend the rest of the year in taxis. We could turn it into a movie.

KaHn · 1 Oct 2011 at 12:06

simulatorman said:
He'll spend the rest of the year in taxis. We could turn it into a movie.

Could call it taxi?..................

KaHn