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> Oh wait, then you forgot your phone and had to go all the way back I can hardly remember the last time I went somewhere without my phone.
by usaphp 9y ago
> Oh wait, then you forgot your phone and had to go all the way back
I can hardly remember the last time I went somewhere without my phone.
- joeyaiello 9y agoEven just to go to your mailbox? I routinely walk in the door from work, change into some more comfortable clothes (which may or may not have pockets), and then grab keys to go get my mail. I'd say I don't have my phone most of the time I do that.
- Swizec 9y agoBut what if I get bored during those 3 minutes? Or god forbid, introspect!? http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-04-25 http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-04-25
- Balgair 9y agoHaha
- cma 9y agoWhat if you miss a youtube notification?
- BEEdwards 9y agoI've been reading a bunch of complaints about notifications recently and I'm so confused, do people not know you can turn off notifications? Like it takes two seconds in the app or you can block all notifications from that app by long pressing the notification. Really not that hard to get rid of the spam.
- jamespo 9y agoImagine the horror of the long walk to get it
- Balgair 9y agoMy issue was that other companies provided better service for the same price throughout this time. Why make it harder when it worked well already? To me, it felt like yet another middleman trying to grab cash from me when I messed up in their tiny little empire that I never signed up for and did not agree to. So yeah, I would rate it a 1/5 stars.
- zionic 9y agoHow old are you? Both myself and everyone I know have their phones on them 24/7, and next to their bed when they sleep.
- bionsuba 9y agoJesus man, I'm in my early 20's and even I don't make sure to put my phone in my pocket just to go pick up the mail. What could possibly be so important that it couldn't wait a whole 120 seconds?
- mason55 9y agoI make it a habit to never leave without my phone so that I don't forget it anywhere. Even when I get up from my desk to get water 10 feet away.
- incompatible 9y agoI do that with my wallet and keys. I rarely take my phone out of the house though, and even leave it switched off for days or weeks at a time. I'm not sure what I'm missing out on by not having it available 24/7.
- gehwartzen 9y agoIt's a very liberating feeling once you have 'trained' your friends and family that you are not dead nor hate them if a text goes unanswered for a few hours.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThat is orthogonal to having a smart phone on you 24/7. I trained my friends and family not to expect instant replies (or me always picking up phone calls), but I use the phone also to read stuff, search for stuff, and note down stuff, so I do want it on me all the time.
- robbrown451 9y agoI do the same, I leave my phone on the table or whatever when I go get my mail. But if my mailbox requires me to have my phone, I'd bring it along. I don't see the problem.
- Balgair 9y agoI forget my phone all the time, heck, I forget my keys to my car all the time. My issue was that other companies already left things at the door, yet more steps (literally) were unnecessary and seemed like a middleman forced themselves into my life to make it less good.
- leesalminen 9y agoFor me, yes. I've been the on-call dev for several years. Last month I dared to go hiking out of cell range only to get hit with downtime (due to hosting provider failover failure). I learned my lesson :(.
- foobarian 9y agoI installed the PagerDuty app on my phone which uses a body proximity sensor to automatically alert me any time I walk away from the phone even for a minute. /s
- Balgair 9y ago/s means sarcasm, right?
- ajdlinux 9y agoI just keep my mailbox keys on the same keyring as my house keys, so I check the mailbox before I go inside...
- sneak 9y agoWhat if your elevator malfunctions? What if you forget your keys and are locked out?
- Balgair 9y agoYeah, that happens a lot to me. They installed those like scanner card-fob thingys at the last apt. and I lost that all the time too. Fortunately, it is just a magnetic sensor, so any neodymium magnet unlocked all the stuff. Granted, it was a full plate glass door for the front of the building too.
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- yAnonymous 9y ago>and then grab keys How come you don't forget the keys then? This phone thing is such a non-issue. You could even memorize the code when you get the mail and won't need the phone at all after that.
- Balgair 9y agoI forget my keys all the time. Also, the code was like 10 digits and letters or something. If I forget my keys all the time, I'd forget the code thingy too, no question.
- andersonmvd 9y agoSo beware about addiction. Sometimes I make sure to not bring my phone to have more focus, e.g., gym, talk to people, etc.
- sumedh 9y agoI am sure OP is not addicted to his/her phone. There are lot of us who keep the phone in their pockets just fine when talking to people or keep it in the bag when going to the gym.
- Balgair 9y agoI bring it with me to work and hiking, but usually leave it charging or in my work-pants when I get home and am with family for the rest of the day. On weekends, I think I check it maybe twice. Like, the phone is something I use to call people I want to call/txt. It's not something that others use to reach me. Yeah, it sounds like a jerk thing, but my life is pretty 'face-to-face' and not digital to begin with. As far as I know, people who want to talk to me don't have an issue with it.