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CrumpledForeskin t1_ivh25ja wrote

Reply to comment by davidswelt in Pink Prada bag found with everything inside. by ModelloVirus

Lol holy shit that’s right near me.

I lost my backpack with my laptop and hard drives in a cab back in the day. My whole life was in it. Some one found it in midtown. I went to their office and one of their juniors brought it out. Wouldn’t take my money. Some people are awesome.

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The_Original_Gronkie t1_ivhufk9 wrote

Many years ago, pre-Cell phone, pre-internet, I was working my company's booth at the CES Show in Las Vegas, and somebody left their wallet behind. I took it back to my room amd found his driver's license. I called the operator in his hometown and asked for his name. They didn't have a listing for him, but they had a woman. Hoping it was a relative, I had them connect me.

It turned out to be his mother. I asked her to contact him at his hotel, and tell him to come to our booth the next day and I'd have his wallet.

He showed up, and was hugely grateful that I had his wallet. Imagine being at a big conference like that with no wallet, no money, no credit cards, no ID? What a disaster. He wanted to give me $50, but I refused it, so he threw it at me and ran out of my booth.

I gambled it away on slot machines.

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MarcoEsquanbrolas t1_ivi7ddl wrote

Now I’m just trying to imagine a pre-cell phone era CES

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The_Original_Gronkie t1_ivin8w9 wrote

It was all audiophile stereo equipment, the beginning of home video games, and porn stars.

I remember the year they introduced Karaoke, and they had someone singing karaoke in the booth all weekend. I passed that booth on Sunday, when everyone was really exhausted from 4 days of working their busy booth, followed by staying out most of the night partying in Vegas. There was a guy dressed like Billy Idol (he'd been alternating with a woman singer), and he was slumped on a stool, barely able to mutter the words to White Wedding in a monotone. I thought Karaoke was stupid, and would NEVER catch on.

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