{"id":11373,"date":"2018-09-24T07:43:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T07:43:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-09-24T07:43:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T07:43:31","slug":"dubai-safety-lost-and-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/dubai-safety-lost-and-found\/","title":{"rendered":"I Left My Phone In A Dubai Taxi And The Driver Returned It In Less Than 24 Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Feeling safe and secure is one of the top reasons why I love living here.<\/p>\n

And a recent experience further reminded my of why Dubai is officially one of the safest cities in the world.<\/a><\/p>\n

When I lost my phone this weekend, my outlook was bleak. Not just because it was a newish phone, but because (I soon realised) my phone is my everything and 24 hours without it was a nightmare.<\/p>\n

You can’t book appointments, order from your favourite delivery apps, keep track of spending (those irritating bank messages are pretty much the only way I keep track of my finances) and anything I hadn’t backed up was, I thought, lost forever.<\/p>\n

I left my phone on the back seat of a cab after a short journey from a hotel on JBR to my apartment<\/h3>\n

As soon as I hopped out I realised it was gone, but so too was the taxi, and not having a phone to call my phone, I was stuck.<\/p>\n

I eventually rang the RTA and reported the loss. I didn’t have a receipt or plate number but the RTA suggested getting the plate number of the taxi to speed up the lost and found process. So the next day I went back to the hotel and, lo-and-behold, earlier that day the driver had dropped my phone back.<\/p>\n

What a legend. He’d no doubt driven out of his way to bring it back and returned the phone without leaving a name or number. A totally selfless act.<\/p>\n

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