How many of you have the will power to do this?

Scam said:
Puts it in the handbag too? I've had occasions where we've been meeting each other (maybe shopping and just go off separately for 20mins, or maybe meeting after work) and then it turns into a total drama because she's just left her phone in her bag on silent/no vibrate. Seriously! :o
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Yes, exactly the same. I just have to phone her, leave a message, then hope she looks at it when she finally realises I'm not there and phones me back.
 
Doesn't seem like an issue to me, sure the phone would've been handy, but not the end of the world.

Outside of calling if an issue arose, like OP, i find phones a burden. Expensive to lose and run, breakable, and needs charging regularly. Be nice if i could have an old Nokia that shared the same phone number, then i could leave the smart phone at home or in the car.
 
ttaskmaster said:
The wife can't even take hers with her when she goes to work.
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In 2008 I went to work in a Juvenile Prison so left my phone in the car, they would also ask at reception but I'd say it's in the car.
A month later I had my Corporate Induction with Head of Security and loads of new starters and to my horror the sounds of Metallica Master of Puppets came from my pocket, I could have fell through the floor.
Oscar One (Head of Security) said "everybody gets one chance, that's yours".
 
SexyGreyFox said:
My story really, I used to do lots of long distance running and of course the phone didn't go with me however I've had at least 3 incidents where I've been at least 5 miles from home and I've had to knock on a door or spot somebody in a garden to ask them to ring my wife so she could come and get me.
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You don't need a phone, you need a map ;)
 
The_Arbiter said:
Doesn't seem like an issue to me, sure the phone would've been handy, but not the end of the world.
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So being broken down a mile or two from home isn't an issue :)
Remember both times I was sent out for him and both times took his phone to him to ring recovery.
If I did the same with my disabilities I wouldn't be able to walk home.
 
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I couldn't as I wouldn't be able to pay for things.

And also it's vital should I need to call for help, or look for directions or even just find information I'm after.

The world has moved on and as nice as it is to be off the grid it doesn't mean you have to be shooting yourself in the foot.

We often go for walks (joys of countryside living) but whilst we don't use our phones they're useful for taking pictures, but also having something to hand of something did go wrong.
 
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O2 reception so poor in N Cambridgeshire /fens - yes - you take the phone in case you need to change a puncture in the dark,
middle aged folks anyway, know how to fix cars w/o internet access - the world&cars&A-team worked fine before them.

Neither take the phone running, too encumbering, nor, if cycling to town/leisure centre ... unfortunately can't take it into pool (would be great to get video to help improve stroke) and changing rooms are risky, as we know.

Ironically first phone candy bar size (I'll have to dig it out was it a nokia) was better than all modern phones just to shove in the pocket, without needing prosthetic clothing adaption.
 
EE have been buggering about with the local repeater for the last week, so any reception or transmission has been rare, it's been very peaceful tidying one of the workshops. You'd think God only knows how the world revolved without cell phones from the way some people view them as a bodily appendage.
 
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jpaul said:
middle aged folks anyway, know how to fix cars w/o internet access - the world&cars&A-team worked fine before them
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Being 62 he knows how to change tyres but this needed to be towed and if I didn't go looking for him it would have been hours because he wouldn't have got back home with his comorbidities.
I'm amazed that after two incidents he still leaves his phone on the table.
Both times he knew somebody would come and find him.
And in the house he's always looking at his phone so it isn't a case of him rarely using it.
 
Wallet, keys, yes, if driving a distance, take phone. If around the block to pick something up, would I lose sleep if I left behind; No. It means I walk home if car goes caput.
 
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Perhaps if it bugs you so much you should NOT go and search for him if he goes astray, and teach him the overwhelming requirement to carry his phone on his person at all times to avoid inconvenience and distress? To be frank, as a test of willpower, leaving my phone at home if I go out is about 1 on a scale of 10 in the grand tests of mental stamina :)
 
I could do it, but I wouldn't - far too handy and you never know when there might be an emergency. I absolutely don't get people who don't learn from experiences like this.
 
Chris Wilson said:
Perhaps if it bugs you so much you should NOT go and search for him if he goes astray, and teach him the overwhelming requirement to carry his phone on his person at all times to avoid inconvenience and distress? To be frank, as a test of willpower, leaving my phone at home if I go out is about 1 on a scale of 10 in the grand tests of mental stamina :)
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He could be dead, bad heart so you think he would know better.
I've got another friend who refuses to have even a cheap burner but so far in the last two years we've had a mortified wife begging us to go and look for him 3 times when he's been out on his bike for hours.
He doesn't accept the stress he has caused everybody at 70 years old.
 
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