Tech show host loses camera, gains a friend

MANILA, Philippines – Losing your phone, wallet, and gadgets in cabs is pretty common especially when you’re lugging around a lot of stuff or preoccupied with making it to point B on time.

When you lose something in transit, the general rule is that it’s lost for good but sometimes, a good soul takes pity on you and helps your beloved gadget make its way back to you.

On Thursday, August 8, Mark Lim, videographer and host of tech podcast Geeky Nights, was rushing to a shoot to sub for a friend. He was prepping the camera in the cab and in the rush to make it to the shoot on time, forgot to place it back in the bag. He ran back to where the cab dropped him off but the driver was already long gone.

Resigned to his fate, what he thought would be his last photo taken by that camera on Instagram.

In the same afternoon, Mirra Reyes got into a cab and found a camera. What do you do when you find a gadget with no way to identify the owner except through the photos in the SD card? You turn to Facebook and crowdsource.

In exchange for a promissory note to be a more responsible camera owner and a birthday message, she was all too happy to return it.

It didn’t take long for Facebook’s magic to work and for common friends to successfully identify the clumsy owner.

As of lunchtime, Friday, August 8, less than 24 hours after the incident, Mark Lim was reunited with his lost camera and found a new friend.

Do you have stories of being reunited with your belongings through social media? Share them with us in the comments below! – Rappler.com