So, there’s a guy I’ve helped out a couple of times who knocked on the van at 3:30 a.m.
He asked if he could use my phone to make a call, and I stupidly agreed. I was concerned that this would be the outcome as he was on his bike. He makes his call, and then bikes off.
I have no way of contacting the police, but even if I did, they wouldn’t care.
I’m supposed to make it to an appointment tomorrow, but it required a Lyft. Which, without a phone, can’t be done.
I have no idea what to do. Even if I had Amazon Prime, I have no address.
ETA: So, there’s now a Pixel 10a headed to a burner friend who let me use his address, ordered by my mom (who, because she’s not in Austin herself, does not have the option of the locker nearby … I was going to show her a screenshot, but my Amazon account has been dormant, so now they want to do 2FA for me to order anything, which is difficult without my phone). The window is 5-10 p.m., which is cutting things really close if it shows up past his bedtime (he’s about as far from me as one can be while remaining in city limits).
I’d have preferred a straight 9a replacement, but Google is being Google, and the 10a is currently cheaper. I give zero shits about the supposed “AI” improvements, but I don’t have a shitton of price elasticity.
It’s very fucked up. I get the impression his whole plan on “visiting” me was stealing my phone. Unfortunately, I know he has a gun, which affected my sleep-deprived decisions.
Looks like there’s a chance I can still get a replacement off Amazon today. I’ve got my mom on the order and a friend willing to take the delivery.
It’s really disorienting to not have a phone.
I have a couple of people I could try to nudge (ironically because he introduced me to them), but at this point, I have a prosthodontist appointment tomorrow, and I need to be able to order a Lyft.
Needless to say, I’ll not be willing to let him into the van again.