If you lost your phone/bag whilst out, how would you………

Some of you just may remember a post I made a couple of years ago when I accidentally locked my car by shutting the boot with the keys inside, including my bag and my phone. I was too far from home to contemplate walking, so I threw myself on the mercy of customer service in Tesco, who initially told me the phone was for staff only. They did relent, and luckily I had memorised some numbers, even if none of them answered as the number I was ringing from was unfamiliar. I’ve been super careful since! I had no cash about my person but it wouldn’t have helped me as there was no taxi rank.

I, lost my bag last year I took my phone out to make a call when I went to put phone back it had gone ,luckily i had my key in the back pocket of my shopping trolley.I posted on a local group on face book and got a message it had been handed in to one of the shops and got it back with all contents thank goodness.I must have put it down and someone thought it was left by someone.My husband had died at the beginning of the year and my head was all over the place I,m usually so careful.I was so grateful to get it back it had my bank cards in it and everything.

Pockets in my trousers, my jacket and my coat,
Could I be any richer in a castle with a moat?

Gosh this really has got me thinking and worrying! My DS has a spare key but he is often working away and of course I don't know his phone no. so used to just selecting his name on my phone. So, I need to learn his number but if he's not at home then I need to find a secure place at home to hide a key, don't like the idea of key safes anymore as they can be broken into quite easily as I discovered a few years ago.

If my phone was lost i have written my husband's number inside and a note saying there is a dog at home with a family member contact details. (in case of a nasty accident)

You can get knickers with pockets for keeping a bit of money, card or list of phone numbers in a hopefully secure place.

Yes I have a key safe too but would feel lost if my phone went missing. Will have to think about this.

I thought I was being clever by having a £20 and a credit card hidden in my car, but if my bag, with my keys in it was stolen I wouldn't be able to access it.

Happened to me. I had a car accident and my bag was open inthe passenger seat. Contents all over the rad and I was hurt. When asked who they should contact, I didn’t know anyone’s numbers! Thankfully they found my phone and it still,worked. Lesson learnt. I now have numbers on a little card in the car.

Also beware of random people asking you the time. Not many people wear a watch now and would pull out their phones to get the time .

When I'm stressed I have a recurring nightmare where I've lost my bag, with my phone and purse.

I rarely use cash and pay for everything using my phone.
I keep my debit and credit cards in my cross body bag so I have back up.

I use a cross body bag when out and about on my own.

A friend in Spain always folds a €20 note and tucks it into her bra.

Good reminder to learn an important telephone number.
Would a discreet keysafe be an idea for a spare key?
Before I retired I always kept a £10 note in my work bag - separate to my handbag and purse, also important coded information.
Perhaps a nominated person able to track your phone? I’ve twice left my phone in a shop- after having to put my phone with its membership number onto the till reader and my husband being able to track where my phone was helped to find it each time.
We found a bank card ( obviously fairly newly dropped) on a walk- having fallen out of the owners back jeans pocket. Fortunately we found the owner later on the same walk.

I rarely have a bag with me nowadays.

Pay by phone.

Phone kept in front pocket.

Cash is still king in some instances 😉

I have thought of this , I’d get a taxi cab (you pay at destination)
and we have a key safe on our house wall (more in case I get myself locked out).
I would let myself in and find money to pay cab driver .

A key safe with spare keys is my back up at home.
I carry my car and house keys in my pocket but have a spare car key in my cross body bag so I can get home.

I was once locked out of my car in a filling station by my Jack Russell terrier. He was so excited watching me return to the car after going in the shop he jumped up at the window and pressed down the lock!

Fortunately I hadn’t left my keys in the car. 🤣

I don't carry a bag, I carry in pockets, phone in car for emergencies.

We were in Baden Baden, I became lost from my husband. My wallet was in my jeans pocket, a card from the hotel and money were in my wallet. I ducked in a shop, asked them to call a taxi to the hotel.

I typically plan for nothing, no elaborate Christmas plans, no daily plans. However, when out I always have a plan for my safety.

I'm planning to have a key safe so there is always a key available. I wear a cross body bag that I rarely take off when I'm out but I know nothing is fail safe.
Good thread. It has got me thinking.

I have pockets in nearly every outfit, but I often make a last-minute decision to change my trousers / shorts before popping out as I'm one of those that only has to look at mud or ketchup or coffee to get it down me.Then I haven't got my shopping list / dog bags / whatever. So glove compartment of car would be better for me - and you're right, OP.

I left my phone with all my contacts on the first plane en route to NZ a couple of years ago
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I felt bereft but I had my passport and bank card and managed a month in NZ and return trip phone free.

I never got the phone back but once home I bought a new phone. I remembered my number so all my details, photos everything were in the "cloud" and miraculously returned.
Apart from the missing month but DDiL lent me an old phone of hers to use while with them.

I know my own number and DS1's number neither of which have changed since 1990s.

I'd phone one of my family - I know everyone's numbers off by heart.

I've got some security measures in place for this sort of problem. But I can't say what they are, can I, without risking it.
Sorry, don't mean to sound smug.

Start by memorising a few key numbers (good brain training to ward off dementia)

When we had a personal safety training at work, we were told never to put our keys in our handbags, always have them in a pocket. I have followed that advice ever since.

if your keys are in your handbag, and it is stolen, even if that taxi driver will take you home, assuming that you have cash or card in the house, how will you get in?