Woman’s Story Of Mumbai Autorickshaw Drivers Helping Her Find Lost iPhone Is One Rollercoaster Ride!
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We all have experienced that mini heart attack when we do not find our phones in our pockets or in our bags, right? And let out the biggest sigh of relief when we locate it. We have also heard stories of the ordeal one has to go through if the phone is actually lost. A Twitter user shared a similar incident that happened to her about how she lost her phone and a group of auto-rickshaw drivers helped her find it. She also shared how Mumbai city’s helpful nature is the best!
The Twitter user’s handle is @historywali who shared a long thread of how she realised she lost her phone to how the kind autorickshaw drivers helped her find it. She started by writing about how her heart sank when she found out her phone was not in her bag.
Thread.
I lost my phone this morning.
iPhone 12 mini, which I’ve had for about 2 years.I was going up the escalator at the Versova Metro station, when I reached into my bag and had my ‘waitaminute where the fuck is my phone???!’ moment.
Heart sank.— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
Then, she wrote how she turned back to reach Versova Metro station, hoping she will find the driver whose rickshaw she came in.
I’d come in a ‘sharing Rikshaw’ from Versova jetty to the Metro station.
I knew the driver would have taken a U-turn to the Rikshaw stand on the opposite side of the road, to ferry passengers back to the jetty.I turned around and ran hoping hard that he’d still be there! 🤞🏽
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
After letting the driver what had happened, he immediately checked his rickshaw to see if she had dropped her phone but unfortunately, it wasn’t there.
He was.
I didn’t recognise him.
But he recognised me. ‘Aap shayad mere Rikshaw mein aaye thhe Madam…’ one of the four Rikshaw drivers said.He dived into his Rikshaw to see if my phone was there. It wasn’t.
Heart sank.— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
They tried calling her number, hoping her phone would ring and someone would pick up. Other rickshaw drivers also had started gathering around to help by then.
We called my phone from his number.
It wasn’t going through.
Heart sank more…Phone kidhar rakha tha?’
‘Bag mein tha.’By then the other drivers waiting at the stand joined in.
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
‘Agar gaya to doosri leddis lekar gayi hogi lekin hota nahin hai aisa…’
‘Kaun thhe doosre passenger’ someone asked the driver. It wasn’t any of his regulars…
‘Off aa raha hai matlab gaya…’
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
When they called again, the call went through and started ringing. But no one picked up.
Ghar par toh nahin choda Madam?’
I knew I hadn’t cos I’d called Karim (my regular Rikshaw ride from home to Jetty) from the parking lot. 😭One of the other drivers made me type my number into his phone & tried calling.
This time, the phone rang!The tiniest glimmer of hope.
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
Many auto drivers began calling the Twitter users’ number so that someone who has her phone would pick up.
But no one picked up!
I was there heart-sinking, cussing self for being careless, trying to figure what to do next – I came to, and this image is imprinted in my head…
6-7 Rikshaw drivers around me, all calling my phone by turns… discussing what must be done…
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
‘Should Madam go to the police station?’
The phone continued to ring but no one picked up.
Nilesh, whose Rikshaw I’d come in had let some 5-6 rides go by then.
He accompanied me to the other side of the road to see if the phone was lying on the road / steps…
It wasn’t.
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
By this time, the Twitter user had realised that she is not going to get her phone back, and that she would have to file an FIR.
By then I knew it wasn’t coming back.
I asked Nilesh to drop me back to the Jetty so I could go home & WhatsApp-call @kalapian_ and figure what to go next. Ugh an FIR.
I was really so VERY SAD at that moment going back to the jetty. Almost in tears.
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
One of the rickshaw drivers who was proactively helping the Twitter user find her phone dropped her back at Versova jetty.
Nilesh dropped me.
He asked if I have an alternate number so he could call me just in case kuch pata chala. I don’t. I asked him to write his number on a piece of paper and give it to me.By then the drivers at the Jetty had gathered around too…
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
One of them, Prakash, took my number and tried calling my phone once more. ‘20 minute ho gaye hain, laga ke dekh lete hain.’
No one picked up. 😭
Nilesh came back with his number on a piece of paper.
I thanked the Drivers & told Nilesh I’ll get home and call him just in case…— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
And I walked away, to take the ferry back home.
There are some cats I stop to give scritches to at the Jetty everyday. I wondered if I should stop & say Hi, let the cats make me feel better, or just rush home & call @kalapian_ …
Just then, ‘Madam Madam!! Maaadam!’
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
But just as she was about to catch the jetty back home, the rickshaw driver Nilesh shouted that her phone had been found.
Nilesh was shouting after me!
‘Phone! Phone!’So Prakash (bless him) had continued to call even after I walked away, and someone miraculously picked up on the other end juuuusssst before I boarded the ferry!
I raaaaaan back!
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
A guy named Rahul Kumar had found the phone and was around DN Nagar Metro Station.
A guy called Rahul Kumar had picked up! He told us he was around DN Nagar Metro Station.
It was decided that Prakash would take me there as the person had picked up Prakash’s call on my phone so was more likely to pick up a call from the same number again.
Okay let’s go Pakya!
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
Turns out Rahul Kumar is a Swiggy delivery guy and had moved to Azad Nagar Metro Station and he called this Twitter user there to collect the phone.
Prakash and I made our way speedily to this Dance Class near DN Nagar Metro Station & called my phone… Rahul picked up after three tries and told Prakash to come to Azad Nagar Metro Station –
‘Swiggy wala hai Madam, idhar se nikal gaya, bol raha hai udhar 10 minute mein aayega.’— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
This Twitter user was empty-stomached and had a roller-coaster ride since morning.
We went then to Azad Nagar Metro Station 🚉 and waited, ‘Aayega na, Madam…’ Prakash asked me.
I was blank.
Too much of a roller coaster Sunday morning by then, I hadn’t even had coffee cos I was headed to a Bohri breakfast feast at @RiotOfFlavours place when I lost my phone!— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
But Rajul Kumar finally turns up wearing his Swiggy uniform and a raincoat on a bicycle to deliver her phone.
But omfg I dunno what I’ve done to deserve this – Rahul aaya!
On a bicycle, in his @Swiggy uniform, wearing a transparent plastic raincoat, somewhat drenched, Rahul Kumar my hero… he whipped my phone outta his pocket and I collapsed into a pile of relief + happiness + omg.
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
Rahul Kumar, I hope he’s blessed with only the best for the rest of his life, I can’t thank you enough.
Folks at @swiggy I hope you’re taking note – pls DM me and I’ll send you Rahul’s number. He’s an honest good man and I really hope you do something nice for him.
🙌🏽
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
This Twitter user wrote an emotional note about how everyone helped her when they easily could have been unconcerned. But that is the spirit of Mumbai.
Rahul Kumar, Nilesh, Prakash, & the Rikshaw drivers of Versova Jetty – thank you for reinforcing my faith & belief in my Mumbai & the kindness of her people.
Nobody needed to have helped me today.
But they did.— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
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A few days ago, someone who has recently moved to the city had tweeted here asking why we love Bombay despite the shit infra, high rents, all of it.
This is why.
I am tweeting this thread from my phone which I lost this morning, to find again, thanks to Mumbai & her people.
— Historywali (@historywali) July 2, 2023
Isn’t this such a sweet story? Despite all flaws, it is the people of Mumbai who make the city a better to live in!
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