Could you survive a day with your mobile left at home??

Randomness

Just out of curiosity really.
I forgot mine one day and it was a weird day!

Firstly I never knew what time it was (don't wear a watch).
People I met during the day didn't know why I hadn't replied to their messages (I'm normally a good replier).
I couldn't arrange for a lift home (didn't have access to webtexts that day).

But in a strange way it was actually kind nice to be free and not able to be contacted.
I enjoyed reading the messages and listening to the voicemails when I got home though.

EDIT: I wanted to put in a poll but my computer stalled, agh well.

Kiera

I left mine in work a few weeks ago and it was like losing a limb. I kept hearing imaginary messages and calls.

And yes i got a few pissed off texts/calls for not replying

Stheno

My personal phone yes, I tend to ignore it anyway, most people ring me on my work phone.

I broke my work phone and didn't have it for two days, twas seriously weird.

I'd miss all the dirty texts from yore ma:D

IvySlayer

rarnes1 wrote: »

I'd miss all the dirty texts from yore ma:D

There's always one

I would not survive without my phone, it's like the internet, it's part of me now.

SoWatchaWant

My pocket would feel empty, but that's about it.

paconnors

nope cause then I wouldn't be able to reply to this in work

Terry

Went without one for six months about a year or so ago.

It was irritating for the first few days and the thing I missed most was the mp3 player, but after about a week it was really liberating.

Nobody calling me and asking me to do annoying things or wanting to have a chat or any of that crap. It was great.

The only reason I gave in and got another one was because one friend gave me a sim card and another gave me a phone and both pestered me until I gave in and accepted them.

Flukey

I didn't turn mine on until I was on the way home from work today. I put it off at night, and most days, even weekends, it doesn't get put on until around lunchtime. I do use it as my alarm though, but don't turn it on when it goes off. It means my battery tends to last well, about one charge a week. The phone itself is 5 years old, a Nokia 3510i, and still going strong. Some people may be attached to their phone like a limb, yet they amputate that limb and replace it with a new one as much as several times a year. Crazy.

Aurora Borealis

Used to feel like I'd lost a limb if I forgot it but now I mostly have my phone on silent as they just tend to annoy me. Maybe that's an age thing...

Creamy Goodness

yes and no reallly.

yes - i rarely use my phone for phone features, no one calls me and i call no one.

no - i couldn't commute without my music and internet.

connundrum

Wish to hell I could turn off my work phone or leave it at home

I probably wouldn't miss having my personal phone. I usually catch up on correspondence in the crapper so that would be a boring 10 minutes or so.

445279.ie

Left it at home once and was so disappointed when I got home and had no missed calls or texts

Dyr

I regularly leave mine turned off, just so people know not to expect me to answer straight off, I got sick of the amount of times i'd be on a bus or in the pub and some fecker would ring me going " I did ABC to me computer and now its doing XYZ what should I do?"

they're a curse half the time.

PurpleBerry

Of course. I live at home.

Creamy Goodness

Bambi wrote: »

I regularly leave mine turned off, just so people know not to expect me to answer straight off, I got sick of the amount of times i'd be on a bus or in the pub and some fecker would ring me going " I did ABC to me computer and now its doing XYZ what should I do?"

they're a curse half the time.

yup that's the ****ing worst thing about working with computers and having a phone.

i'm a ****ing software engineer and no i don't know why your printer suddenly decided to **** a ****ing brick and quite frankly i couldn't give a **** no matter how much money you're not willing to give me.

emeraldstar

DCC160 wrote: »

Left it at home once and was so disappointed when I got home and had no missed calls or texts

Aw, depressing


I could survive yes, I'd just feel very very lost.

Turd Ferguson

Not really. I rarely reply to messages or take calls. I like being incommunicado, it makes it a little more special when people do get a hold of me.
I would miss the dozens of stupid and nonsensical texts I send my mates every day though.

Demeyes

I went without a phone for a few days over the summer. I found it handy enough but every now and then there's a day when it's really handy to have one. Trying to organise stuff is a nihtmare without it.

Terry

Randomness wrote: »

Just out of curiosity really.
I forgot mine one day and it was a weird day!

Firstly I never knew what time it was (don't wear a watch).
People I met during the day didn't know why I hadn't replied to their messages (I'm normally a good replier).
I couldn't arrange for a lift home (didn't have access to webtexts that day).

But in a strange way it was actually kind nice to be free and not able to be contacted.
I enjoyed reading the messages and listening to the voicemails when I got home though.

EDIT: I wanted to put in a poll but my computer stalled, agh well.

Post the poll options and I'll add a poll.

You have 5 minutes from the time this post is submitted or else you'll have to wait for me to get back from the pub.

KateF

Depends on the day. But yeah, generally I can.

Sharpshooter

Forgot it today actually . l don't mind being without it , apart from if anything were to happen to a family member and l couldn't be contacted.

humbert

Don't use my phone very much. Most people I know are contactable on the interweb so it's just if something unexpected were to come up.

Podge2k7

I remember not having it for a weekend and by god it was weird!

lovemypinkhat

I probably wouldn't mind really but I would really miss it if I needed to ring someone for a spin or something.

Randomness

Terry wrote: »

Post the poll options and I'll add a poll.

You have 5 minutes from the time this post is submitted or else you'll have to wait for me to get back from the pub.

Haha whoops, hope your enjoying the pub.

Hmm let me see

1) No - we are like one person
2) No - it would be annoying
3) Yes - annoying yoke that it is
4) Yes - I'd get by
5) Don't know / Other

giggsy664

Its alwyas the one daynyou actually need your phone, you leave it at home.

Like, I school, a student was out but the teacher needed money for the school trip, and I had the students number, but I, suppose you could say decided, to leave my phone at home. Going to school I joked "this is the one day I'll need my phone"

Minto

Nah, I couldn't survive without my phone. I have everything on my phone; iPod, games, movies, facebook, internet, oh and the actual texting and calling. Everything. Last time I let my battery run dead, I felt naked until I got home and charged it.

Captain Darling

I'd gladly leave mine at home/chuck it in the bin. I'd have no **** from work ringing me then.....

Pighead

Pigheads forefathers who lived in caves 200,000 years ago went to bed at night in grave danger of being eaten by wild bears and rabid beasts. Disease was rife and lifespan was short.

Language was scarce so they couldn't even tell their women to shut up and give them some peace. Food was available if you could kill it using your primitive tools.

Although extremely difficult, Pighead owes it to his forefathers to survive without his mobile if only to match those great neanderthals legendary feats.

Diamond007

Definitely could not survive!

javaboy

sharpshooterH wrote: »

Forgot it today actually . l don't mind being without it , apart from if anything were to happen to a family member and l couldn't be contacted.

I'd say if an emergency did arise you'd cell your soul to have the phone with you.

towel401

i could survive. i'm a social outcast

tony1kenobi

I am waiting to here how David Ross responds to this question.

stepbar

The mad thing is that if I leave my phone at home for the day, I get phone calls from people I haven't heard from in ages. Mad as it sounds but it happens.

Ruu_Old

I could do without it no problem, barely use it as it is.

Supercell

I left mine at home today and missed delivery of my shiny new netbook as a result
Tomorrow is another day though!!

admiralofthefleet

i have a few times, doesnt bother too much

Queencake

Happened today. I didn't have it from 9am to 9pm. It was quite nice actually. I didn't die or anything!

Bob the Builder

Prick of a teacher took my phone off me yesterday at school. Wonderful thing is that I salvaged the sim card (much against his will when we wasn't looking) and I work in a phone shop, so I just went in and took home my demo phone.

I just leave my phone on silent. I don't answer calls, unless I feel like it, and it can be days before reply to text messages and weeks(literally) before I reply to calls.

My record at the moment is that I replied to a text message 23 days later.
I always carry the phone around with me, and I check once every few minutes, but it'd always on silent and doesnt bother me.

Acacia

Sad as it is, no. Well, I would survive but it would be kind of annoying. I wouldn't know the time as I don't have a watch and I tend to meet up with people in college, etc, through text. I could live without phone calls from private numbers though, I hate answering them.

towel401

Acacia wrote: »

Sad as it is, no. Well, I would survive but it would be kind of annoying. I wouldn't know the time as I don't have a watch and I tend to meet up with people in college, etc, through text. I could live without phone calls from private numbers though, I hate answering them.

i don't bother answering them. in most cases it's a messer anyway.

also any of those folk who have private ex-directory land lines should freaking do something about it. its not that hard to change

Acacia

towel401 wrote: »

i don't bother answering them. in most cases it's a messer anyway.

also any of those folk who have private ex-directory land lines should freaking do something about it. its not that hard to change

Agreed. Well, it's usually my parents as they are technologically-challenged and don't know how to change the phone number from private. :pac: A couple of times it was a prank call though. So I don't answer them anymore.

Fizman

I would love to rewind to the time when a mobile was a caravan you stayed in for the summer on the coast.

I dislike phones.

anonymous_joe

I spent a week without a phone and found it a nightmare. Mainly because you go into town, say you'll meet at 3, your mate misses his bus, gets in at half 3. If you can't ring that's bloody annoying.

Just for meeting people in college etc it's invaluable.

SeekUp

I hate the phone. If you want me, email me, and if you want to meet up to talk, let's meet up. I hate the phone.

That being said, I do feel naked without it -- and if I've forgotten it while trying to meet up with someone, it's a mitigated disaster.

Effing functional phone.