Oh wow thats awful! I’m way too clumsy not to have a phone with me!
Wouldn’t be without my phone as it doubles as my wallet. But i never walk around the shops or streets with my face buried in it, as i find other’s doing it and getting in my way dangerous and annoying. Similarly i don’t walk around having conversations with my earbuds in, in public as i find that annoying too.
It stays firmly in my pocket.
Same when i’m driving, it stays in my pocket, i only connect to the car by Bluetooth to occasionally listen to music or use Google maps.
I have seen the effects at close hand of driving whilst reading texts, emails etc
Life changing injury and fatality, whilst the driver was uninjured.
So as much as i love my phone and having the world, entertainment and my friends at my fingertips, i only use it for those things when appropriate and safe.
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Going for Job interviews and not hearing back, constantly having to chase up for feedback. Rudeness in general (pedestrians and motorists), cyclists riding next to each other.
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Coincidentally just had a stupid woman just nearly walk into me, too wrapped up in conversation on her phone! 
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Im going to rant about myself 
i broke my own rule! An attempt to get my husband to open up about some new bedroom ideas 
asked him would you like to try x, y, z? then i broke the rule by asking so you’ve never tried that? He said no, i pushed a little, again he said no but something triggered, i could see the wheels in his head turning, he was thinking about something… He got aroused, played it down by saying it was because of the conversation and the thought of us 
I know him, i poked the bear, wont do it again.
Bah! We have managed just fine for 2000 years without a cell phone. How many of you that can’t put it aside actually know your friend’s phone number? Could you just call them up from a different phone?
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I know my partners mobile number and thats it 
But yes i agree its become to technology based, im 30 and it drives me mad!
@be3169 a different phone? I’m sorry are we still in the era where phone boxes are around? No.
I know my parentos house phone, one mobile, my bosses number and one friends number, but I’m not in the habit of asking strangers to use their phone. I’d much rather just carry my own 
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I think the ones that are left are now libraries, I tried to make a call but people were looking at me with a strange look like why is he holding a book up to his ear 
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Ok, let’s use an example one member posted. Say you have your phone in your back pocket and take a fall landing on your butt and smashing your phone. Anyone near by would be busy facetiming or facebooking so there are no shortage of phones to borrow. Other than the emergency number (911 in North America but I know it’s different in UK) could you actually call someone on a borrowed phone. BTW… willing to bet the fall was because one wasn’t paying attention in the first place. I know I am the odd one out here but also feel I am happier for it. I don’t own a cell. I do have one issued for work but it stays at work and is left on my desk at lunch. I also don’t participate in FaceCrack, Twatter, or any other so called social media. My belief is that because of that I don’t get upset over stupid things and get more real stuff done during the day. Being factious here but phones should have warning labells like cigarettes have IMO.
Bah No one is saying that you have to have a mobile @be3169. People explaining why they wouldn’t be without one, isn’t an attack on your choice to not have one.
Really?
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Well said @JoCat i carry mine with me all the time when out and about as my phone also doubles as my computer and organiser and for taking notes as i have a mind like a goldfish and rely on my phone to document and remember important information.
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I always have a to do list on the go! If I just rock up to a shop with no plan, then I’ll spend a fortune and not get anything that I need and then I’ll have to go back out again, bc I forgot to do the thing I actually went out to do
Edited for spelling
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@JoCat second that one. I always write out the shopping list on my phone because if i write it out on a piece of paper i always forget to lift it
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LOL… OK, so I do get upset over stupid things but they are far less and further between. Good challenge @JoCat
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I use the tesco app for my shopping, then I just remove things from my basket as they go in my trolley. Then I will inevitably need to transfer money to my account bc I don’t keep money in it so I don’t buy rubbish…Couldn’t do that without a phone!
And I’m going on a trip to Crawfordsburn on my own tomorrow so need google maps just in case I forget how to get there.
Lots of uses for a phone, I also never call people from it and I’ll glare at it if it rings
@JoCat i wish i could do that when my phone rings. My OH rarely has his phone on him and so if anyone is looking for him they ring me so i always have to answer my phone
@JoCat I will not dispute that there are some really handy “apps” for phones these days but will say I can still manage just fine without. I am one of few that can still use a printed map for example.
@sexykitten3080 LOL… what you posted is so true. I don’t have a phone so many will call my wife to get me a message.
I can read a map, just not when I’m driving and I’m grateful that I don’t need to 
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Exactly! Maps are no good whilst driving and you’re in the right area but in unfamiliar surroundings. Google maps on your phone will take you right to the door without having to take your eyes off the road.
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