I am here at Toby Johnson Middle School in downtown (windy) Elk Grove, CA at Taylor's second installment of Hell-Week. (See previous post for details...) I was walking back to the car to check on the status of Taylor's missing waterbottle, (he somehow lost it in the 100 yard walk between the car and the football field) when something shiny and black caught the corner of my eye, reflecting from the setting sun.
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I took two steps and back and found the gleaming, black, shiny object and lo and behold, it was a cellphone... First thought that came to came mind was "What could I do with it and how could I benefit from my finders-keepers-losers-weepers loot." Then one-split second later I thought, don't be an asshole, don't even think about it. "What would I want someone to do if they found MY phone?" I need to do what I can to return it...
Fortunately, it had some battery power left and so looked through the contact's and call log to see if there is someone I could call to return the lost cellphone. Sure enough, the entry "Mom" stood out. So I called, "Mom" explained who I was, where I was and HOW I found the phone. A breath of relief came through the earpiece from "Mom" and she said, " My son lost it yesterday. I said, "Well, I am at the school and I will be here until 8pm, so come on down and I will hand it over.
It is now 7:25pm and I am awaiting "Mom's" call to pick up her son's phone. Believe me, when T-bone gets to the age of having a cellphone I would want someone to do the same for us in the likely event of Taylor (or Max or Suki) losing something of theirs...
Update soon to follow...
--jcz
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