<p>In any case, my roommate seems to be way richer than me, hahahaha. I store my valuables pretty deep inside my room. It's actually more out of courtesy to my roommate that I don't lock the doors. My RA doesn't lock his doors. And the IRC is protected by ID card ... so if something gets stolen we could just play a large game of Clue.</p>
<p>I won't comment on the first sentence. But, I would lock your door when you're going out, no matter what. Get your roommate to carry his key, it isn't that hard. And I'm sure your RA locks his doors at some point. And the ID Card doesn't mean anything: people who live there can bring in their friends, or people follow others in, and wham...new people in the building who can steal your stuff. You're playing a HUGE game of risk if you leave your stuff un-attended and not protected.</p>
<p>Oh god (bites tongue). Lock your door, it's taking an un-necessary risk not to.</p>
<p>try playing a large game of clue with 13,000+ undergraduates plus UVa staff, grad students, faculty, and potentially, the world.</p>
<p>Let me guess, you like a challenge and 13 000 people just makes it more fun?</p>
<p>So I know this is going to completely go against this thread, but I would like to attest to the good people who do go here: I lost my wallet in Thornton today walking through it (fell out of the pocket) and someone turned it into the office there, who then emailed me and got it back to me. Now there was no cash in there, but there were two credit cards and a key, and anyone could have taken them. Plus, the actual wallet is worth $20 on ebay. So, while there are a bad bunch of souls lurking around that steal things, which is why we should protect our stuff, if we have an oopsies, there are some good folk out there who do help out.</p>
<p>So ... I think I left my phone on Northline last night. Called the office today -- no phones have been turned into the lost and found yet. Might take tomorrow. </p>
<p>This is the part where I place all my hope on the Honor Code.</p>
<p>The best part is, I was so absent-minded because I was rushing for some first-year safety meeting thing. Only to be lectured by those reading off a script about the proper lines to call for sexual assault, medical emergencies or something. I could have found that off my phone -- the one I lost by rushing to that damn 7:45 pm meeting (supposedly for IRC students) on the other side of Grounds rather than just holding it near the IRC. </p>
<p>And it's really funny how I've depended on it for everything. Oh well.</p>
<p>Sorry you lost your phone. Have you tried calling it? Is your dorm number programmed into it as something like "home" or is your real home number programmed in?</p>
<p>Well since I put it on silent mode, I must have never heard it under my goggles when I called it. The perils of pocketless basketball pants.</p>
<p>Too bad, hopefully someone returns it. I'm sure db and I can suggest a wardrobe that may cause less problems ;)</p>
<p>Haha, maybe I didn't make myself clear enough, for I returned it to myself. ;) </p>
<p>But it was a good shock. In fact, maybe divine will was involved in it or something, for it caused me to run into the physics building. And when all the panic died away, I had this long, interesting conversation with a grad student.</p>
<p>Haha, the other day I was locked out of my dorm and thought I had left my card in the huge Alumni Hall gathering. Then I found it in my dorm room. And all because I exited out of the Gwathmey door too, rather than through the Munford-Gwathmey breezeway (which needs a card).</p>
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<p>you and I, canuck, are going shopping together one day. that'll be our CC get together haha.</p>
<p>Sounds good!</p>
<p>galoisien, I'm glad you found your phone.</p>