> No. Nothing is an urgency.
Except some things are.
Except some things are.
I agree a priority button would be nice when calling someone, to be able to differentiate, but how often do you get interrupted by a phone call during something that you didn't want to be interrupted? For me it's never so uninterruptable that declining the call was an issue; I decline calls maybe twice per year (on a total of maybe a dozen unexpected incoming calls altogether). I'd prefer if it's okay to just pick up a phone and see if someone is reachable.
Even at work, there are things that really are urgent. But those shouldn't occur often, otherwise you would be right, poorly designed process.
If she has somewhere to be and didn't plan for a flat or other mechanical failure (as a result of a crash or something else), that process (schedule) was poorly designed.
I may not need an ambulance, but I may appreciate a ride home. I may get a flat and be unable to fix it, ten miles from home. I may go for a run and need a ride after I tweak my knee. My kid may get norovirus at school and need to be picked up and taken to the doctor.
Trying to treat your life like a Jira ticket is slightly absurd. Pretending other people did something wrong because they don’t is ridiculous.
Honestly it seems like you're really stretching the meaning of "urgent" for online brownie points. People responding here really are trying to redefine "urgent" as a matter of personal preference or inconvenience. These blatant attempts are frankly shameful for a discussion community of this caliber. What makes things urgent is loss of life or limb or some other kind of serious trauma. Words mean things!
It's perfectly fine to want things and to be a little sad when bad things happen, but bad feelings do not urgency make.
Neither family members nor friends have to be at an immediate risk of losing a limb before asking you for immediate attention.
Sure they can ask, and if your intention is to be available on the phone the moment they ask then your examples are irrelevant to the entire thread, which is about not needing your phone except for things you deem of primary importance.
> Sure they can ask, and if your intention is to be available on the phone the moment they ask then your examples are irrelevant to the entire thread, which is about not needing your phone except for things you deem of primary importance.
The whole point I'm making (and please note that not all of the above replies are mine) is that everyone's lives contains unexpected elements which can become urgent under the right circumstances.
I can't imagine a life in which a call from a friend, family member, the authorities, or even a coworker can NEVER be urgent.
At this point I can't feel otherwise but that you're putting words in my mouth to beat a straw man. I never advocated for anything even remotely related to a sentiment like "keep your phone off at all times and fuck everyone who asks for your help". If they're someone whom you would want to be available for, you should probably design a process that makes that possible. What I am saying is, unless you're licensed as rescue personnel or something similar, that call probably isn't as "urgent" as you seem to want it to be, regardless of the panic or anxiety which might exist.
Also, many things aren't emergencies until they are. Having to walk home 20 miles in the desert when you can't push your bike isn't an emergency, until you've been out in exposure for 5 hours. The plan here is quite literally, everything is fine unless something happens, then my husband knows where I am and will come get me.