It is no news that the people in Bengaluru are extremely tech-savvy. Househelps communicate via WhatsApp groups, autorickshaw drivers are part-time influencers, and people are tracked down using technology if they forget their belongings at a public place or transport. Previously, an autorickshaw driver in the Silicon Valley of India returned a woman’s Airpods by connecting them to his phone and finding out her name and UPI number.
And now, a man named Rohit Ghumare took to Twitter to share how he lost his wallet, which had his credit and debit cards along with other important documents, in Bengaluru and he got a call from a staff member of a cafe who found it. How did they trace him? By just searching his name on Google and finding out his contact details.
“Bangalore is something else. I lost my wallet filled with my credit/debit cards as well as important documents. I panicked, Surprisingly I received one call from cafe I went yesterday. How they found my number? They googled my name,” he tweeted.
Have a look:
Bangalore is something else. I lost my wallet filled with my credit/debit cards as well as important documents. I panicked🥲, Surprisingly I received one call from cafe I went yesterday. How they found my number? They googled my name 🤯😵💫
I guess this is @peakbengaluru moment
— Rohit Ghumare | That #DevOps Guy✍️ (@ghumare64) April 26, 2023
People online agreed that this was a ‘peak Bengaluru moment’ and some even shared similar experiences they’ve had in the city. Here’s a look at some of the responses:
Damn
this is peak— $heriff_without_a_county (@SheriffExcel) April 26, 2023
Do not do this in some other city and expect the same😐
— Vinuja Khatode (@VinujaKhatode) April 26, 2023
I’m disappointed that they didn’t search you on LinkedIn first 😅
— Rishi Srinivasan (@RishiSrinivas14) April 26, 2023
Did something similar a few years back when I found a lost laptop in my building’s garden area – searched for the guy on LinkedIn & arranged for him to pick it up.
— Ramesh Redekar (@RameshRedekar) April 29, 2023
The best thing about Bengaluru!!
— Y.alekhya (@yalekhyachowda1) April 26, 2023
a similar thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago.
i left the iphone on the restaurant table. luckily i left the bill on the table that had my number.
didn’t have any clue that the iphone was missing until i reached home and the guy called me.
only possible in bangalore.
— ashwin (@ashwincodes) April 26, 2023
This city is something else! 😀