I thought I lost my cell phone earlier today.
I had taken it with me to the restroom (to play a game - no phone calls in the potty) and apparently left it there. When I realized I had done this, I checked with both the management office (which is on the same floor) and security (neither had it). I also tried to call the phone a couple of times but no one answered.
I used the "Find My iPhone" feature (anyone with an iPhone should have this in place - if not,
do so now) to try to locate my phone. When it came up on a map, it showed the phone being on a street that is a mile or so away. What I didn't realize at the time was that what it was showing me was the center of a very large circle of where the phone was - probably about a mile+ radius around that point.
While I was looking at the "Find my iPhone" map, I saw that one of the options (besides locking my phone and wiping my phone, the latter of which was what I was getting ready to do) was to send a message to the phone, which I did (and apparently it plays a really annoying sound at the same time).
Well, this got the person's attention (where apparently the two calls I made to the phone did not) and they called immediately. Someone from another office had picked it up and gave it to their receptionist who was planning on giving it to security on their way out to lunch. Problem solved.
What I was most pissed about was the possibility of having to replace my iPhone before the G5s came out.