4G iPhone Misplacer Invited To Germany For Beer

eldavojohn writes "You may recall the hapless engineer who left a fairly sensitive iPhone at a bar recently. Well, in a PR stunt, Lufthansa has invited him to visit Germany on their dime after citing his latest Facebook status, 'I underestimated how good German beer is' as well as his obvious passion for German beer and culture. It's not clear if Gray Powell has decided to 'pick up where he last left off' (as the letter puts it). I know what my decision would be."

First Prost

[codeButcher]

Ein Prosit!

Dear Lufthansa

[Nothing Special]

I lost my girlfriend at a bar, can you send me to the Bunny Ranch?

Taking some time off

[Metrathon]

Thanks! - It just so happens I'm free the next few weeks!

Great PR potential for Apple to squander

[jollyreaper]

The guy fucked up. He fucked up so bad it's gone past serious to not just epic fail but epoch fail. Apple should just run with it.

Mac: Hi, I'm a Mac.

PC: Hi, I'm a PC.

Engineer: And I'm the idiot who lost the prototype iPhone.

Mac: Ouch.

PC: Wow. So that explains the sign around your neck? (points to sign reading "iDiot")

Engineer: Yeah. Steve told me I had to wear it.

PC: I lost a prototype Windows Mobile phone once.

Engineer and Mac: (reaction shots indicating sympathy)

PC: Actually I lost dozens of them, intentionally, hoping the tech blogs would take the bait. (casts eyes down.) Nobody cared.

Mac: (pats PC's shoulder consolingly.) Oh, PC, that's because Windows Mobile sucks.

Re:Dear Lufthansa

[Nothing Special]

If you asked me that when we here dating i would say no. Now, however...

Re:Great PR potential for Apple to squander

[xavierpayne]

That's actually a pretty awesome idea for a youtube spoof/skit. Bravo my friend. I am tempted to film it myself.

Re:Unprofessional, guys;

[whisper_jeff]

Seriously -- who hasn't ever lost their phone or their wallet?

Me.

Of course, having said that, I'm now going to lose both _and_ my car keys... Thanks.

Free

[jDeepbeep]

Free. As in beer.

Re:Dear Lufthansa

[rvw]

I lost my girlfriend at a bar, can you send me to the Bunny Ranch?

It's more probable that your girlfriend lost you, considering your name.

Re:Famous

[nomadic]

most laidback airline personnel I ever dealt with on a long flight.

Well the Germans are so well-known for being laidback...

Re:Is our friend unemployed?

[eln]

That's "Senior Equine Genetic Specimen Extraction Engineer" you troglodyte.

Re:Famous

[Arthur Grumbine]

most laidback airline personnel I ever dealt with on a long flight.

Well the Germans are so well-known for being laidback...

I suspect Dutch outsourcing..

Re:Everyone's getting in on this PR

[Sponge Bath]

...he doesn't do uncontrolled leaks.

It takes a lot of beer for that to happen.

Re:Unprofessional, guys;

[mseeger]

Seriously -- who hasn't ever lost their phone or their wallet?

Me.

The only hypothesis that could explain for such an unlikely event is: You have neither wallet nor phone.

CU, Martin :-)

Re:Seriously, Who Cares?

[Anonymous Coward]

See also the American spelling of "loose" (being the opposite of "win") which is spelled "lose" in English.

That Noam Webster guy wanted to change the US spelling of lots of words.

(Different AC from grandparent).

Perfect way to Show it at WWDC

[Anonymous Coward]

What Steve Jobs should do to introduce the new iPhone is leave a few of them scattered in the seats of the auditorium when it gets shown. Casually mention that he lost his iPhone and if anyone has it, could they please return it...