I sorta know where my phone is. And there’s nothing I can do about it. I called my phone company tonight to see if maybe they could turn the service back on and call the phone to see if someone answers. During this trial, I was looking into my account to see about getting a replacement phone. The wonderful woman at the phone company was unable to get through to my phone (the battery was dead, or the phone had been shut off), but she took a look at my account. Lo and behold there had been calls placed! To Syria! Now, I have friends all over the place, but none of them reside in Syria, so I was certain it was not me that had made those calls. $164 in charges to Syria made in an hour and a half.
Here’s the thing. The people upstairs from me, the elephant people, they’re middle eastern and a few don’t speak English. I admit, I fully 110% admit that this does not in any way mean that they took my phone. However, the guy next door said he saw them out and about during the time that my phone disappeared from the sidewalk. The fact that the phone was right outside their apartment stairs, combined with the possibility that they know people in Syria due to their ethnicity, combined with the fact that they were seen in the vicinity of the phone during the time of disappearance, sorta leads me to believe that they have it. Or at least had it. There’s nothing concrete saying they have it. Just because they are middle eastern does not mean they MUST know people there. Not all Asians know people in Asia. Same with Mexicans, Englishmen, and every single other ethnicity. I am am not accusing them of having it. I’m just saying that, to me, the evidence appears to suggest that they might be involved somehow. And that is SO frustrating. I went up there TWICE to see if they’d seen the phone. Both times I talked to the women there, so I think tomorrow I’ll see if I can find one of the menfolk. Perhaps the women are just too scared to say something. I don’t want to press charges. I don’t want to cause a fuss. I simply want my phone back.
You are nicer than I am. I would call the cops or at least notify the landlord. $164.00 in phone calls plus the cost of your phone is a lot. Perhaps a note on their door requesting that they have 1 day for your phone to show up unharmed on your doorstep or you will call the cops. But then they may just be inclined to dispose of said phone.