Crazy crazy trip.
So Wednesday night we were supposed to fly to Delhi, for our interview at SBI loan branch in Delhi on Thursday morning.
Super planner that i am, i did not sleep well on Tuesday night, so i was sleep deprived all Wednesday. Yay!!
Wednesday Evening:
After we reached home from office, it was pack and go time. I was practically sleeping while standing up. So i gave my phone to Ambuj, and slept in the taxi to the airport. Somewhere along my brother called, who was coming to pick us up and I talked to him and then slept again.
At the airport, we got our boarding passes, we ate some snacks and then proceeded to the security check. At the security check i realized that i do not have my phone on me, so i assumed Ambuj has it (like always). Panic kicked in when we reached the other side and i realised even Ambuj doesnt have my phone!!
You would think that after losing 5 phones in a short span of 5 years, i'd have a pre-defined reaction procedure.
But no, i always panic and start pulling my hair out.
You would think that having dealt with all 5 debacles (and paid for replacement) my husband would have a contingency procedure.
But no, he always goes in that mode where his body language makes it clear that i have messed up and he is helping to clean up. x-(
The first attempt was "Find my iPhone", bhai isi din ke liye to ye app bani hai!
But my phone was showing offline. And after this i gave up all hope. But Ambuj asked me to call the phone, just in case.
I called, and it was picked up by someone (wow!) who sounded like an expat. She told me that she is on her way to Versova, and after dropping her, the driver will come back to give me the phone. I told her that i will be flying out, and requested if she could keep my phone instead of the driver, and i will collect it from her on Friday. She told me that she works in Powai (wow # 2!) and i can collect it from her there. We exchanged numbers and i thanked her profusely for helping me. Her name was Sandeep (desi with a firangi accent!)
Friday Morning:
We reached SBI office (still very much sleep deprived) and the paperwork took a good part of 3 hours. We were surviving on Ambuj's phone, for both our work calls, calls related to query from teh SBI officers. So around 12 noon, Ambuj's phone died.
Like the super planner I am, i took out my power bank and offered him to recharge his mobile. He looked at me and said, "i do not have the cable for charging."
Whaaat.. I mean seriously?! this is regularly expected of me, but Ambuj! Never.
So we waited without any phone, for the formalities to finish. Then we realized that it is impossible to hail a cab in Delhi without a phone app (after jumping up and down for 15 mins on the curb). So we took an auto to find a store which sells the cable. the first one we spotted was "iGenius" Apple store, K block, Outer ring road, CP. They told us they did not have the original cable from apple, but sold us a new "non OEM" cable.
You know these "non Apple" cables are not so bad, the one we have from Capdase works just fine and is more durable. So we bought it and then went to a nearby coffee shop to drink something while the phone comes back to life. After 30 min of checking every 2 min, we realised that we had been taken for a ride, this cable is s**t.
By this time i was in a frantic mode again. I had to reach office and get some work done, and we were not able to get a cab. It was unbearable, unimaginable and frustrating that we were stuck because our mobile phone had collapsed.
I started waving out to cabs on outer ring road of CP like a huge flapping bat. Ambuj tried to restrain me, then i think he decided if you cant control her, join her. We spend 20 mins trying to coax full taxis to ditch their fare and take us to gurgaon.
No success.
While i was busy hunting taxi, Ambuj found another apple store and bought the real cable. i wore its packing as a bracelet so that i do not forget the craziness in a hurry. 20 min later i was snoozing in a taxi bound for Cyber city :)
Tonight i am finally going to catch up on all my sleep.
Oh btw, i got my mobile back.. faith in good human nature restored (for about five minutes, then we tried to reverse out our car, and met the generic homo sapien- the ass***e)
So Wednesday night we were supposed to fly to Delhi, for our interview at SBI loan branch in Delhi on Thursday morning.
Super planner that i am, i did not sleep well on Tuesday night, so i was sleep deprived all Wednesday. Yay!!
Wednesday Evening:
After we reached home from office, it was pack and go time. I was practically sleeping while standing up. So i gave my phone to Ambuj, and slept in the taxi to the airport. Somewhere along my brother called, who was coming to pick us up and I talked to him and then slept again.
At the airport, we got our boarding passes, we ate some snacks and then proceeded to the security check. At the security check i realized that i do not have my phone on me, so i assumed Ambuj has it (like always). Panic kicked in when we reached the other side and i realised even Ambuj doesnt have my phone!!
You would think that after losing 5 phones in a short span of 5 years, i'd have a pre-defined reaction procedure.
But no, i always panic and start pulling my hair out.
You would think that having dealt with all 5 debacles (and paid for replacement) my husband would have a contingency procedure.
But no, he always goes in that mode where his body language makes it clear that i have messed up and he is helping to clean up. x-(
The first attempt was "Find my iPhone", bhai isi din ke liye to ye app bani hai!
But my phone was showing offline. And after this i gave up all hope. But Ambuj asked me to call the phone, just in case.
I called, and it was picked up by someone (wow!) who sounded like an expat. She told me that she is on her way to Versova, and after dropping her, the driver will come back to give me the phone. I told her that i will be flying out, and requested if she could keep my phone instead of the driver, and i will collect it from her on Friday. She told me that she works in Powai (wow # 2!) and i can collect it from her there. We exchanged numbers and i thanked her profusely for helping me. Her name was Sandeep (desi with a firangi accent!)
Friday Morning:
We reached SBI office (still very much sleep deprived) and the paperwork took a good part of 3 hours. We were surviving on Ambuj's phone, for both our work calls, calls related to query from teh SBI officers. So around 12 noon, Ambuj's phone died.
Like the super planner I am, i took out my power bank and offered him to recharge his mobile. He looked at me and said, "i do not have the cable for charging."
Whaaat.. I mean seriously?! this is regularly expected of me, but Ambuj! Never.
So we waited without any phone, for the formalities to finish. Then we realized that it is impossible to hail a cab in Delhi without a phone app (after jumping up and down for 15 mins on the curb). So we took an auto to find a store which sells the cable. the first one we spotted was "iGenius" Apple store, K block, Outer ring road, CP. They told us they did not have the original cable from apple, but sold us a new "non OEM" cable.
You know these "non Apple" cables are not so bad, the one we have from Capdase works just fine and is more durable. So we bought it and then went to a nearby coffee shop to drink something while the phone comes back to life. After 30 min of checking every 2 min, we realised that we had been taken for a ride, this cable is s**t.
By this time i was in a frantic mode again. I had to reach office and get some work done, and we were not able to get a cab. It was unbearable, unimaginable and frustrating that we were stuck because our mobile phone had collapsed.
I started waving out to cabs on outer ring road of CP like a huge flapping bat. Ambuj tried to restrain me, then i think he decided if you cant control her, join her. We spend 20 mins trying to coax full taxis to ditch their fare and take us to gurgaon.
No success.
While i was busy hunting taxi, Ambuj found another apple store and bought the real cable. i wore its packing as a bracelet so that i do not forget the craziness in a hurry. 20 min later i was snoozing in a taxi bound for Cyber city :)
Tonight i am finally going to catch up on all my sleep.
Oh btw, i got my mobile back.. faith in good human nature restored (for about five minutes, then we tried to reverse out our car, and met the generic homo sapien- the ass***e)
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