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I'm even more Luddite than you are. I don't have a phone at all (landline or otherwise). You wanna reach me, you email me. The people in my life that care about
by jordigh 10y ago
I'm even more Luddite than you are. I don't have a phone at all (landline or otherwise). You wanna reach me, you email me. The people in my life that care about me have come to accept this. For other things, I read paper maps, plan appointments ahead of time[1], memorise routes, and look up stuff online from my laptop when I find a place to sit down and wifi.
Reading stories like this makes me want to carry a personal tracking device even less.
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[1] People tend to have fewer emergency reasons to cancel when they can't reach you 5 minutes before the appointment.
- jacquesm 10y agoCan you mail 911 where you live? If not, for that reason alone I would carry a phone.
- jordigh 10y agoPeople always say that. What about the real emergencies? There's a lot of anxiety and dread that carrying a phone seems to alleviate. I live in a big city. There's always a phone nearby, including landlines and payphones (they're still there precisely for emergency reasons). There are also passerbys who can help me. The risk of being all alone, having an urgent need to call 911, and be unable to do so is much too small to warrant carrying a phone around at all times.
- pmoriarty 10y agoWhat city do you live in where there are always payphones around? All the cities I've been in have had virtually all their payphones torn out long ago.
- jordigh 10y agoCanada still has payphones. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadians-arent-ready-to-cut-cords-with-payphones-just-yet/article23221439/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadians-...
- ams6110 10y agoYou can have a cheap, nonactivated phone for calling 911. In emergency mode you do not need a service activated.