# I lost my pager!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460 "2003-01-18T14:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/1 "2003-01-18T14:20:46Z")
I carry a pager so that temporary agencies can contact me (not that they have, but that’s another story.) Anyway, yesterday I had it in my coat pocket when I went to my book club at Barnes & Noble, and I know it was in there at 8:45 because I felt it through the fabric. This morning, though, when I looked in the pocket it wasn’t there! :eek: It must have fallen out either while I was sitting in an armchair at the store or on the bus on the way home. I already submitted a claim on WMATA’s Lost and Found area of their website, and the only thing left is to retrace my steps and see if it’s at the store. If I don’t get it back I’m sunk! I’d have to stay home all day, every day, until Verizon mails me a new one, with no Internet connection because there’s only one phone line. ☹ There’s nothing whatsoever on Verizon Wireless’ site about how much it might cost to replace a lost pager. And I have only a few hundred left in my savings, so I can’t afford to spend much money. Are you finished throwing things at me, God? Are you?? ---
**Author:** ![WillGolfForFood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@WillGolfForFood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillGolfForFood)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/2 "2003-01-18T15:33:28Z")
Have you tried sending your pager a page with your home phone number on it? (And, if it’s a text pager, a brief message stating your plight.) Maybe someone has found it and will call you back. ---
**Author:** ![WillGolfForFood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@WillGolfForFood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillGolfForFood)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/3 "2003-01-18T15:37:05Z")
…or maybe nobody has found it yet, but (if you send it a page) someone will look into what’s making that strange beeping noise, find it, and call you back. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/4 "2003-01-19T14:33:50Z")
I tried that this morning, but I waited an hour before connecting to the Internet and nothing. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/5 "2003-01-19T16:39:25Z")
Maybe you should consider getting a pager watch from Timex?, they have them from $29 to $69. Sometimes they come with a free year of skytel service (I can’t find that deal at the moment, might be with some on [ebay.com](http://ebay.com)) here is one watch: [http://www.timex.com/bin/detail.tmx?item=650044900615](http://www.timex.com/bin/detail.tmx?item=650044900615) ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/6 "2003-01-20T15:37:45Z")
I lost my pager a couple years ago. I continually paged it with my home phone number and “911” tagged on to the end. A few hours later, someone finally called it the number, said that he found the pager and we made arrangements for me to retrieve it. He was a super nice guy that even turned down the $20 I tried to give him as a thank you. So hey, you never know. Keep trying to page it and maybe someone will give you a call back. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/7 "2003-01-20T16:18:15Z")
So try a straight phone-number page from your phone. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize, “Hey, this pager just got a page. Maybe I should call this number?” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/8 "2003-01-20T18:24:26Z")
Maybe 1995 came and stole it. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/9 "2003-01-20T18:45:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*Maybe 1995 came and stole it. \*\* Along with your username. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/10 "2003-01-21T16:11:18Z")
Sorry, **Harli.** It’s too late to do that now because I called Verizon first thing Monday morning and they’re sending me a new one; it should be here tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/11 "2003-01-21T19:45:13Z")
So I take that it’s been resolved? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/12 "2003-01-21T20:58:15Z")
It will be, when the replacement gets here (and providing that it works properly (crosses fingers)). I just hope I didn’t miss any important calls today. I stayed home yesterday, but I get serious cabin fever and had to leave the house today. (Spent the day at the GMU library, plus enjoyed walking to the Metro station in the snow.) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/13 "2003-01-21T21:21:16Z")
Make sure you get one of them pager chains this time 😃 Glas to hear you’ll soon be back in business. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-pager/149460/14 "2003-01-21T23:55:28Z")
Thanks **World Eater!**