Lost PDA

p5aul789 · Post by **p5aul789** » 04 Apr 2020, 10:41

Has anyone ever lost a PDA. I lost mine yesterday and it isn't the first time. I've done it before.

I suffer from depression and tend to be a bit woolly headed sometimes.

I know the vicinity where it was last used. Went and scoured the area this morning but no trace.

I have been threatened before with having to pay for a lost one, in the region of £800.

I have a PDA shoulder holster, but don't like using it as i find it cumbersome.

I'll have to find a way to tie it to my wrist.

Busterbear · Post by **Busterbear** » 04 Apr 2020, 10:56

Have you told your DOM ? Surely they can track it providing the battery is still charged

p5aul789 · Post by **p5aul789** » 04 Apr 2020, 10:58

Busterbear wrote:Have you told your DOM ? Surely they can track it providing the battery is still charged

Yes, told him this morning.

Busterbear · Post by **Busterbear** » 04 Apr 2020, 11:25

Are they tracking it ?

p5aul789 · Post by **p5aul789** » 04 Apr 2020, 11:36

Busterbear wrote:Are they tracking it ?

I'm not sure, i'm off today!

philsdeals19 · Post by **philsdeals19** » 04 Apr 2020, 12:34

Tell them to call it before the battery goes flat.

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 04 Apr 2020, 12:42

philsdeals19 wrote:Tell them to call it before the battery goes flat.

Well you know what managers are like in RM most will file it in the to do next week when I am off handover!

HA1 · Post by **HA1** » 04 Apr 2020, 15:38

If I read this right. You left it a day before you reported it why?

scoobydo79 · Post by **scoobydo79** » 04 Apr 2020, 17:11

How do You loose a PDA? Your scanning something every few minutes.

Post by **eastie** » 04 Apr 2020, 18:15

scoobydo79 wrote:How do You loose a PDA? Your scanning something every few minutes.

perhaps it was LOOSE

p5aul789 · Post by **p5aul789** » 04 Apr 2020, 18:58

HA1 wrote:If I read this right. You left it a day before you reported it why?

Finished around 4pm yesterday, and was off today. So reported it this morning.

p5aul789 · Post by **p5aul789** » 04 Apr 2020, 19:02

scoobydo79 wrote:How do You loose a PDA? Your scanning something every few minutes.

I must have put it down after scanning and forgot to pick it up. So i've left it on top of a bin, on doorstep, on wall etc.

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 04 Apr 2020, 19:34

scoobydo79 wrote:How do You loose [sic] a PDA? Your [sic] scanning something every few minutes.

Plenty of posties have done it. I almost lost mine when I left it on a bin next to the customer's door. I thought I slipped it back into my holster and grabbed my bundle ready to march on. Just as I got to the end of the customer's driveway before turning back on to the pavement, I thought to myself, "That's funny, my holster is lighter than normal."

Sure enough my holster was empty, and a quick glance back up the customer's driveway revealed my missing PDA - still on the green bin where I left it after slipping a P739 card through the customer's mail slot.

I believe they're worth around £800 - £1,000.

grchpo · Post by **grchpo** » 04 Apr 2020, 20:10

I lost mine when I left on the bonnet after writing a card, went down the road, round corner & suddenly where's my pda, realised what I done, did quick u turn & there it was in the middle of the road, it's a horrible feeling to lose it & then total relief. Hope u find it.

scoobydo79 · Post by **scoobydo79** » 04 Apr 2020, 20:25

Ahh ok .Guess I’ve yet to do it.Maybe We need a lanyard type thing then.