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> Oh wait, then you forgot your phone and had to go all the way back

I can hardly remember the last time I went somewhere without my phone.

Even just to go to your mailbox? I routinely walk in the door from work, change into some more comfortable clothes (which may or may not have pockets), and then grab keys to go get my mail. I'd say I don't have my phone most of the time I do that.

But what if I get bored during those 3 minutes? Or god forbid, introspect!?

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-04-25

Haha

What if you miss a youtube notification?

I've been reading a bunch of complaints about notifications recently and I'm so confused, do people not know you can turn off notifications?

Like it takes two seconds in the app or you can block all notifications from that app by long pressing the notification.

Really not that hard to get rid of the spam.

What the hell, I used Android exclusively for nearly a decade and have just now seen the long press for the first time..

Wait, you can do that?!

Imagine the horror of the long walk to get it

My issue was that other companies provided better service for the same price throughout this time. Why make it harder when it worked well already? To me, it felt like yet another middleman trying to grab cash from me when I messed up in their tiny little empire that I never signed up for and did not agree to. So yeah, I would rate it a 1/5 stars.

How old are you?

Both myself and everyone I know have their phones on them 24/7, and next to their bed when they sleep.

Jesus man, I'm in my early 20's and even I don't make sure to put my phone in my pocket just to go pick up the mail. What could possibly be so important that it couldn't wait a whole 120 seconds?

I make it a habit to never leave without my phone so that I don't forget it anywhere. Even when I get up from my desk to get water 10 feet away.

I do that with my wallet and keys. I rarely take my phone out of the house though, and even leave it switched off for days or weeks at a time. I'm not sure what I'm missing out on by not having it available 24/7.

It's a very liberating feeling once you have 'trained' your friends and family that you are not dead nor hate them if a text goes unanswered for a few hours.

That is orthogonal to having a smart phone on you 24/7. I trained my friends and family not to expect instant replies (or me always picking up phone calls), but I use the phone also to read stuff, search for stuff, and note down stuff, so I do want it on me all the time.

I'm usually in the same place, and using my Linux desktop. I guess that's why I've always found it hard to get interested in phones: annoying devices with too-small screens, slow data entry and usually a locked-down OS with no updates.

Nothing - but the same habit also compels me to carry my wallet & keys everywhere I go as well. It costs me nothing to carry it, and there are times where I've returned to my apartment after stepping out for a minute to find myself locked out.

How do you get locked out if you carry your keys with you everywhere you go?

An always locked door?

But he has keys with him, so he's by definition not locked out. Maybe I'm reading into it too much.

My door locks automatically when its closed - so when if I were to forget my keys, I would get locked out (which has happened, which is why I always carry my keys).

Look, I'm not advocating illegal lock-picking here, not at all. But you may want to take a look here: http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/11/19/how-to-pick-a-lock-...

You think that is healthy?

Not OP, but... yes, I think it is - at least if you use your phone for anything else than just reading trivia and socializing with people.

I usually set mine on a table or whatever when I'm home, but if I need it to get my mail, I'd take it and it's not a big deal.

I do the same, I leave my phone on the table or whatever when I go get my mail.

But if my mailbox requires me to have my phone, I'd bring it along. I don't see the problem.

I forget my phone all the time, heck, I forget my keys to my car all the time. My issue was that other companies already left things at the door, yet more steps (literally) were unnecessary and seemed like a middleman forced themselves into my life to make it less good.

For me, yes. I've been the on-call dev for several years. Last month I dared to go hiking out of cell range only to get hit with downtime (due to hosting provider failover failure). I learned my lesson :(.

I installed the PagerDuty app on my phone which uses a body proximity sensor to automatically alert me any time I walk away from the phone even for a minute. /s

/s means sarcasm, right?

I just keep my mailbox keys on the same keyring as my house keys, so I check the mailbox before I go inside...

What if your elevator malfunctions? What if you forget your keys and are locked out?

Yeah, that happens a lot to me. They installed those like scanner card-fob thingys at the last apt. and I lost that all the time too. Fortunately, it is just a magnetic sensor, so any neodymium magnet unlocked all the stuff. Granted, it was a full plate glass door for the front of the building too.

>and then grab keys

How come you don't forget the keys then? This phone thing is such a non-issue. You could even memorize the code when you get the mail and won't need the phone at all after that.

I forget my keys all the time. Also, the code was like 10 digits and letters or something. If I forget my keys all the time, I'd forget the code thingy too, no question.

I bring it with me to work and hiking, but usually leave it charging or in my work-pants when I get home and am with family for the rest of the day. On weekends, I think I check it maybe twice. Like, the phone is something I use to call people I want to call/txt. It's not something that others use to reach me. Yeah, it sounds like a jerk thing, but my life is pretty 'face-to-face' and not digital to begin with. As far as I know, people who want to talk to me don't have an issue with it.

So beware about addiction. Sometimes I make sure to not bring my phone to have more focus, e.g., gym, talk to people, etc.

I am sure OP is not addicted to his/her phone. There are lot of us who keep the phone in their pockets just fine when talking to people or keep it in the bag when going to the gym.

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