It started out like a lovely Sunday afternoon date.
Then trouble hit.
James (my husband) and I saw Superman on Sunday afternoon.
- We had reclining seats.
- Food service.
- Surround sound.
A fun start for watching a campy movie.
(Even if I did need to wear earplugs to soften the volume.)
We decided to hangout in the lounge area for a while debating insights from the movie.
- It’s always fascinating to see what we each picked up from the movie.
- What themes we noticed.
- And even how the movie applied to our lives.
After a rousing discussion, it was time to leave.
And that’s when trouble hit.
James’s phone was missing – and the ringer was off.
- We thoroughly checked the loveseat we were sitting on.
- James doublechecked the bathroom he had used.
- We backtracked everywhere we had been.
The usher we asked for help told us to go back to the theater and look at our seats.
- The next movie had started.
- I called a few times, no one reacted.
- James walked to his seat and did a quick check – while working to not block any views.
Un-fricking-believable!
- What started at as such a delicious date had totally tanked.
- I was moving into the OMG stage of what if someone else had his phone.
We walked back towards the lounge area.
- James activated his smart watch phone locator screecher.
- I thought I might have heard something but not sure where.
We asked the usher again for help.
He walked us over to the customer service desk.
We asked the manager if anyone had found a phone.
- The manager asked what color it was.
- He knew immediately where it was.
- His cleaning staff had turned it in as soon as they found it.
James signed the claim form.
- I felt like crying from the rush of relief.
- And kicked myself just a bit.
Why didn’t we start with the Lost and Found – and skip the 30 minutes of stressed out searching?
UGH.
Happy with the found phone, we stopped and did a little photoshoot with the Superman logo background before leaving.
It was a fun date – in spite of a stressful side adventure.
Makes me think people who (used to) hate networking… Do you relax into the obvious assumption during experiences – before escalating to more stressful paths?