User calls the IT help desk to report that he’s lost his mobile phone and there’s nowhere else he can think to look for it, says a pilot fish in the loop.

“As per the usual process, the support tech disables the phone with the mobile carrier and in the company device management system, and proceeds to issue a replacement phone to the user,” fish says.

“A few months later, the same user calls into the support desk from his home phone. He reports that he dropped his mobile phone down the center console of his car, and after retrieving it he now cannot unlock the phone.

“After the tech makes numerous failed attempts to reset the password, the user gets frustrated and asks why the tech can’t fix his phone. User proceeds to tell tech that he’s expecting important incoming calls and needs to be able to receive them.

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