I had the occasion last night and this morning to have completely lost my wallet. This led to several panicked phone calls (sorry Steve and Paul) and a lot of tearing up the house. In the end, I cancelled all my credit cards, my ATM card, and lost my Social Security card, requiring calls to replace them all.
I rarely lose things of such great value, but this time around I just sucked. Moments after I put the call in on all these items I found my wallet, wedged into a small opening between the passenger seat and the rail it slides on near the carpet in the car. This sucked, as I then had to go to the bank and watch them laugh at me for having the card they cancelled, then getting issued a new one while they cut up the old one.
I really do have to remember to put everything back in the right place when I’m done travelling, lest this incident become more commonplace and a lot more nerve wracking in the future.