If you lost your PHONE..............

I just converted to a smart phone and for me it has been worth the transition so far... I depend on my phone for phone numbers, unfortunately. I know how to use directory assistance but it is far more convenient to have it in memory.

It would affect me greatly.

I wouldn't be able to check school related information on my Facebook account which gets updated on a daily basis. I wouldn't be able to contact people for when and where to meet. Worse of all I would have nothing to listen to while I'm busing to class/work.

I back mine up regularly, so I would just go buy a new one. Not too devastating.

I would cry...uncontrollably!

I lost mine last weekend. Has been a tough week without felt like i'd lost an aer. but i'm kinda getting used to it now, and its quite peaceful

Another question:

If you go out to eat with family/SO/friend, do you mute the phone, or do you constantly text, check it, play on it?

Me, I bring the phone, but it stays in my pocket the whole time till we're done eating.


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i do the same thing.

it's no big deal to me .. I occasionally walk out the door and leave my phone behind. The only concern I have now without it is if there was an emergency (vehicle accident/breakdown/unknown)

Other than that .. let's face it .. the world around me has a phone in their pocket. Pay phones are harder to come buy .. even at gas stations .. I would have to find a business that would let me use a phone. Even call boxes along the highways have diminished in number.

I leave my phone in the car when I go into meetings or church. I silence it for doctors appts and meals out with friends. My son is grown now ... anything that might happen can wait the hour or so until I'm done.

I get annoyed when I see people walking with their noses down in their phones .. not paying attention to their surroundings .. missing the beautiful sights there might be along a beautiful drive .. or flat out walking into me or my car that's just sitting there, not moving!

People don't even know how to make eye contact when they speak or address you anymore. I'm not even that old! I grew up in a household that didn't have an answering machine .. there weren't cordless phones either.. heck .. cable wasn't even invented yet and neither was the microwave .. :laugh:

I have a land-line - wired phone.. if the power goes out.. the phone would still work .. if it was cordless or cellular.. I'd be at the mercy of my cell's battery life .. and the cordless would be useless period.. a landline also sends the address of your home out when dialing 911 .. sometimes .. you just don't have time to spit out the address .. or a child may not know how house or street number ..

When we go on vacation we unplug, no phones no email, nothing. I LOVE IT.
I would go insane if I had to go to work without my phone. My link to sane people, because I work in a room full of lunacy.
When I go out to eat, unless we are expecting someone else, or need to look something up I keep my phone in my purse on vibrate. It's so rude to me, when someone sits there with their phone stuck in their face when I am with them.

You don't need to look any further than distracted driving. Where 23% of crashes in 2011 were a result of phone usage.

It's obvious it's becoming a social norm to be on it the entire time.

I hate texting and rarely use my cell phone, although I do have a smart phone. However, if I lost my phone it would impact me greatly because I have a lot of embarrassing voice clips of me practicing karaoke songs on there. Nobody needs to hear that.

http://www.wheresmycellphone.com

Apparently that link works if you lost your phone. Granted, I have never tried it out cause I've never lost my phone but nice to know there is help (if it works) haha.

I don't have a smartphone, just an old flip-phone+mp3 player that I've had for 4+ years. I'd definitely be inconvenienced to an extent, but it wouldn't ruin my life or anything. Skype and Google have calling services that can be combined (for around $10 a month or less) to make and receive all your phone calls online, so there's always an alternative in a pinch.

On mute not in sight. And I don't check it unless we are waiting on someone who might text. Why go out with the person you are with if you'd rather be texting someone else or reading random tweets? Makes no sense.

This as a general rule (although if I'm with my SO we both use MFP and sometimes both take a minute to log at the start). When we go on holiday we usually don't have our phones on for the entire time and I love it! I love the convenience of being able to use the Internet anytime but I am sure I could live without my phone without much trouble. There's no real reason I couldn't check my emails or uni related things once a day on the computer.. I'm just accustomed to having everything instantly.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en

I hear this app is a good one to find your phone. I went from a stupid phone (envoy) to an intelligent phone (crackberry) and in june I will get the iphone....... so keeping this link handy just in case lol.

I'm an old fart. I leave my phone at home all the time. It's no big deal. I leave it at home on purpose when I go to church, or go out with my wife. I'm determined not to become one of those people with my nose in my phone all the time.