I Have a Confession.........

[*NikkiBell*]

-gasp- Wow and here I am supporting the anti landline movement. I only have a cell and use it for everything. I refuse to leave home without it. In fact, I'm typing from it right now lol

 

[luke]

Ok....I admit it.

I am addicted to my cell phone.

I dont spend a great deal of time talking. My conversations are usually less than a minute.

With that said....the few times I have left the house without it almost causes a panic attack.

I'm exactly the same.
I once drove to my friends house (on the other side of town, 30 minutes from home) and he was out. "No problem" i thought, until I went to phone him and had forgotten my phone! I couldn't even call from a call-box as I had no idea what his phone number was with all my numbers being in my phone!
Cue panic and literally not knowing what to do!
I went and sat in the pub waiting and luckily some other friends came in not long later, but I was at a loss for a good while simply due to forgetting something that 6 or 7 years earlier I would not even have thought about owning!

 

[WaltD4Me]

I'll tell you another reason I hate the darn things.

I manage an answering service, we answer for alot of doctors, service people that kind of thing. We often have to reach them with calls. In the old days we would page them and they would call us back for the message. Usually when that happened they would have a pen and paper ready because they knew they were calling in for a message, but now that we call everyone on their cell phones our calls take forever because they answer right away and then say "Hold on while I get a pen." It drives me CRAZY. It's amazing how many people have no clue where a pen is in their house. OR they answer right away and they are driving, so we have to wait for them to pull over and then find a pen.

 

[WaltD4Me]

-gasp- Wow and here I am supporting the anti landline movement. I only have a cell and use it for everything. I refuse to leave home without it. In fact, I'm typing from it right now lol

Why are you anti-landline?

 

[luke]

answer right away and then say "Hold on while I get a pen." It drives me CRAZY. It's amazing how many people have no clue where a pen is in their house.

I'm terrible for that! And as a teacher I should be swimming in a sea of pens

 

[Tonya2426]

I only have a mobile phone - gave the land line up about 6 years ago.

I'm not a talk on the phone kind of person anyways so there was no sense keeping 2 phones and not talk on either. Actually just having the mobile phone works for me since I can get all my calls (which is not many to begin with) where ever I am - but truth be told unless I am in the room with my phone and it is a friend or family member, most of my calls go to voice mail. Most of the time I don't even hear the darn thing ringing since it is usually in my purse.

And I love having facebook and the DIS with me where ever I am.

 

[kafitty]

Ok....I admit it.

I am addicted to my cell phone.

I dont spend a great deal of time talking. My conversations are usually less than a minute.

With that said....the few times I have left the house without it almost causes a panic attack.

There have been too many times when it has been a necessity to think about not having it.

yup, me feelings exactly. Though i am a texting FIEND and i use the internet sometimes. But...i'm 23, it's expected, hahah. But actual conversations are very rare, except for when my BFF calls (we talk on the phone for like an hour every other day, and then most weekends we're attached at the hip with our other BFF ).

i don't mind when it's off, and i have no problems ignoring people calling.

But yah...too many circumstances in which i would be completely screwed had i not had a cell phone. i really, REALLY don't like driving when it's off, because, in my life, that would ABSOLUTELY be the one time i break down in the middle of nowhere.

...and not that i'm judging anyone, but just to share:

my mom's bestest friend in the world refuses to get a cell phone, and OH MAN IS IT A PAIN! She's not very timely, either, so if we're waiting on her someplace, it's really aggravating - is she just late, or is she dead on the side of the road somewhere?

There are also times my mom wishes she could just text her something real quick, whether it be information or a funny tidbit about something...and she can't. Not a big deal, but still kind of frustrating when EVERYONE else is easily available!

 

[WaltD4Me]

my mom's bestest friend in the world refuses to get a cell phone, and OH MAN IS IT A PAIN! She's not very timely, either, so if we're waiting on her someplace, it's really aggravating - is she just late, or is she dead on the side of the road somewhere?

There are also times my mom wishes she could just text her something real quick, whether it be information or a funny tidbit about something...and she can't. Not a big deal, but still kind of frustrating when EVERYONE else is easily available!

Oh, I know, it drives my sister INSANE that I don't have a cell phone. I mean if heaven forbid I go to the mall, how on earth is she going to reach me to tell me SJP's surrogate had her twins?

I am NOT one of those people who can ignore the phone, at home I have Caller ID and have to check to see who is calling, so even if I don't answer the cell, I'd have to dig it out to see who called and I think it would be worse if I did have a cell and then didn't answer it, that would put my sister right over the edge.

 

[*NikkiBell*]

Why are you anti-landline?

To be honest, because I just don't see the point to having one. If you have a cell phone it has long distance included in your plan and is more than convienent. If somebody needs to reach you, they can do it immediately. If you have an emergency and need to be reached, you can do that too. If you are waiting for an important phone call, but need to run a quick errand, there's no stress over missing that call because your phone is always with you. IMHO there's just no purpose in having a landline too. One phone number is more than enough for one person.

 

[auroralark]

I'm a lot like Kevin - addicted to my phone, but almost never talk on it. I don't even know the number! I use mine for email, the apps, checking the internet etc. I like having it on me in case of an emergency. I also text A LOT. I'd sooner text someone than call them. (Which my DH hates.)

I still have a land line and I'll never get rid of it. I just don't trust cell reception, and half the time I call someone on their cell they don't answer anyway. My sister is infamous for this. I can't tell you how many times my mother has called me up in a panic because she hasn't talked to my sister all day. Just because you can't reach someone doesn't mean their dead/kidnapped/passed out whatever. My mother is a little neurotic, but I love her anyway.

 

[WaltD4Me]

To be honest, because I just don't see the point to having one. If you have a cell phone it has long distance included in your plan and is more than convienent. If somebody needs to reach you, they can do it immediately. If you have an emergency and need to be reached, you can do that too. If you are waiting for an important phone call, but need to run a quick errand, there's no stress over missing that call because your phone is always with you. IMHO there's just no purpose in having a landline too. One phone number is more than enough for one person.

Well, I'm okay then since I don't have a cell phone, I only have one phone number. I guess unless you count my pager, but that is an emergency work pager, so that doesn't count.

And last summer after a horrific storm alot of people didn't have electricity for days, couldn't charge their phones so they couldn't use their cell phones. I didn't have electricity, but my land line phone still worked. Of course, there was no one to call, all their cell phones had died!

 

[*NikkiBell*]

rofl Now that is a funny story! I guess one could argue that a cell phone's battery life is pretty long though.

I think it all depends on one's personal preferences. Kudos to you for starting this discussion!

 

[tiggerbell]

I don't have a cell phone either... I don't want my kids to be able to get ahold of me... ever...

 

[WaltD4Me]

I have a question for people who use their cell phones as their home phone.

Do you all have headsets or something so you don't have to hold the phone to your ear? You can't really cradle most cell phones with your shoulder like you would a regular telephone...it would drive me nuts to have to hold the phone all time when talking. Just curious.

 

[Tonya2426]

I have a question for people who use their cell phones as their home phone.

Do you all have headsets or something so you don't have to hold the phone to your ear? You can't really cradle most cell phones with your shoulder like you would a regular telephone...it would drive me nuts to have to hold the phone all time when talking. Just curious.

I have a bluetooth thing but I don't ever use it. If I get tired of holding the phone it is really easy to switch it to speaker. But I also don't like talking on the phone at home much - I tend to get the dialeze when I am driving (I know, not the best thing to do but I do it anyways - I am a rebel.)

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

I just got one after I had a baby. For safety reasons while driving in the car. Didnt want to breakdown with an infant and not have a phone. I rarely use it. I have the Virgin pay as you go thing. I think I have like $200 in my account because you have to top up every 3 months but it rolls over. So that shows how much I use it. LOL.