I have a very important meeting this coming Friday (May 4th) in Bern and I'm not allowed to take any electronic equipment with me. I'm reluctant to leaving it in a SBB locker as I heard many stories about theft from lockers etc. I was wondering, if I could leave it with someone for a few hours. My meeting starts at 10am and it will last for approximately 30min. I'll pick it up afterwards. Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.

Hey there,
I'm sure you'll have offers from people who can watch your phone for you, but just in case could you forward professional calls from your office line to a kindly sole who will double as your PA? Leave the phone at home and enjoy executive life for a day!
G'luck

Nah, the phone will be off as I don't expect any phone calls, I need it right after the meeting though...so that wouldn't really work. Nevertheless, thanks for the suggestion.

Im curious as to why you are not allowed any electrical stuff with you even if turned off. Is it in a laboratory this meeting?

Excellent advice. I know I am old and decrepit, from a by-gone era, lol.
But honestly leaving the phone at home from time to time may not be a bad idea. When on hols I even leave my laptop at home (would you believe it - and give you all a 'piece of quiet' as my niece used to say).

Hope you find a phone sitter for the day, and bonne chance with the meeting.

I would love to answer you but I will refrain as it's the world wide web and all...I'm sure you understand.

I bet I know where you're going. One of my husband's students had a similar meeting in Bern last week. Sadly, I no longer live in Bern and an unable to babysit your phone. Good luck finding a solution.

Doesn't the place you're going to have somewhere safe you could leave it? After all, if this is the rule, surely they should have a small locker area in the building where these things can be left. There must be dozens of people like you that need to leave equipment behind when they visit.

As he's getting to be quite an 'old boy' he's probably getting his prostate checked out

Surely if you are going into a meeting there will be a secretary outside or reception desk where you can leave it.

Are you having us on

Why yes, but I would like to eliminate any time consuming procedure, so that I can utilize most of my time for the meeting.
I'm not that old!
...but I feel very flattered, that you're seeing me as a man of advanced wisdom, knowledge and experience.

Are you going to an embassy?

...there is no suave looking secretary at the reception desk. Thus the request.

The plot thickens

Before someone else will pop along and requests to buy a vowel, could we direct this "Wheel of fortune" thread away from the purpose of my visit and focus on finding me a phonesitter. Thanks!

Fair enough Im still curious though because my imagination is running wild!

Use all that imagination for the bedroom, your hubby will thank you eternally for it.

Damn you hacked that camera?!?

:P

Cant help as im not close but Odile is right. Leaving it at home wont hurt

Does it include you looking for a phone sitter?

Put a picture here, and we will all 'watch it' especially if it has got 'interesting' pictures on it