that pisses me off
what if someone needs to get in touch with you as an emergency but you're not expecting the call so you don't have your phone on?
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:14, archived)

It's not the end of the world. They'll get in touch somehow.
Unless it actually is the end of the world, of course. Then I'd look a bit of a chump.
( chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:18, archived)

This.
Whilst I spend far too much on my phone, I also appreciate the fact that I can do useful things with it.

Things like letting my parents know that my train/plane is delayed so they don't have to spend hours waiting in the hell-hole of Bristol Airport/Temple Meads...
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:19, archived)

That would count
under chobb's "turning it on to make a call" use, wouldn't it?
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:20, archived)

Fair point.
*reads post properly*
*still keeps phone turned on anyway*
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:25, archived)

Then they're as screwed
as they were ten years ago, when the world also failed to grind to a halt.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:19, archived)

Yep.
The phone is for my benefit, not other peoples'.
( chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Mon 11 Jul 2005, 15:24, archived)