Fear not
/phone salesman

The GSM handset manufacturers have agreed on a single-type charger for every phone built from 2010 onwards - micro USB.

So the days of 'anyone got a Nokia charger? Which one? The old one or the new one? Erm, the little one? Nah, sorry.' should be over.

/stops regressing to his days at the Carphone Warehouse
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 19:46, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I read about this on BBC news. Can't come soon enough
especially since no one else in my office has an Ericsson charger at work (I usually take one in my bag that fits the plug sockets nestled under my desk since phones are frowned upon in the office).

You should see what I'm like outside of work - the bus I took to go to the cinema today runs past the HS1 line and a train went past. The first thing out of my mouth is "that's late".
( Maladicta, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 19:50, Reply)

That's....special
Most Ericsson phones come with a USB cable - if you work with a PC or Mac you could leave it plugged into that for extra chargyness.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 19:54, Reply)

I has USB cable!
If I put it into phone mode and charge it will it just sit there and charge happily?
( Maladicta, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 19:59, Reply)

Yep
It's like having a second charger.

Oh, wait, it is a second charger...
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 20:11, Reply)

I has two data cables in fact, since my first Ericsson copped it
and I replaced it with an identical one. Will keep one at work for charger emergencies.
( Maladicta, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 20:12, Reply)

The third one
Could be secreted in a handy bag, hat or pet for other non-work/non-home power-loss situations.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 20:17, Reply)

My bag is like the Tardis
so that could work very well since it contains everything in the known universe - notebook, phone, iPod, keys, tic-tacs, make-up, brush, ladies' things, spare belt, purse, camera, several pens, some missing their lids, and a few loose sherbet lemons.
( Maladicta, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 20:21, Reply)

My travel rucksack is the same
It currently contains, amongst other things:

Notepad and pen
Dictaphone
Business cards
Batteries
Copies of the latest magazine
Small Netbook
Unbreakable camera (currently on its second repair...)
First aid kit
A Guide to Russian Travel
Some bungees
A padlock
A sponge
A Warhammer book
A diary
An MP3 player
A European road map

It's got me through some interesting scenarios.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 20:24, Reply)

Bloody hell!
I did also use to carry a Swiss army knife but security at St Pancras don't tend to take kindly to having to confiscate such things so I had to take it out... usually there are one or two Lovefilm discs in there to be posted or something I need to take to work, too.
( Maladicta, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 20:30, Reply)

This is what I do
I have the charger at work and the data cable at home (since I'm more likely to transfer stuff to/from home pc than work pc.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 21:34, Reply)

When work takes over
Odd how work can affect you when you're at home - any book I pick up, I'll immediatly think what press printed it and the paper it was printed on, without trying. I worry that this sad trick will stay with me forever.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 20:01, Reply)

Just you wait till I start reciting fare basis codes at you...
Looking at a ticket and reading "Standard, semi-flexible (exchangeable once before departure with a fee, non-refundable), compulsory night away"... will try not to though!
( Maladicta, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 20:05, Reply)