NotUrsula
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Plan C: I'm the dork who wears it on a lanyard most of the time when I'm working or out and about. I do this because I'm hard of hearing, and masking made it impossible to read lips, so I came to depend on using my phone's voice-to-text app. Also, it keeps my hands free, and by now it's become a habit. If I'm doing something that involves a lot of bending (or riding a roller-coaster!), then I drop it down my shirt temporarily.
And yes, it looks dorky, but it's amazingly handy. (FWIW, I don't use the lanyard while riding a bike; I put it in a rubber-edged handlebar mount.)
FWIW, before I used the lanyard, I used to use a portable cloth pocket to hold my phone at work, and I still use one sometimes, as it's quite discreet. I made it out of nice quality flannel so that it would be slip-resistant against the fabric of my clothes. They are made reversible in two colors to match most of what I wear to work; a bit over a foot long, and there is a pocket on each end. (Imagine it in the shape of a flat-folded "S", one color on each side.) You can tuck it into the waistband of pants or a skirt, and the length of the part hanging inside the waistband will hold it in place, so you can put the phone in the pocket that is on the outside. Works very nicely and fully washable, and you can move it to the back of your waistband if necessary.
And yes, it looks dorky, but it's amazingly handy. (FWIW, I don't use the lanyard while riding a bike; I put it in a rubber-edged handlebar mount.)
FWIW, before I used the lanyard, I used to use a portable cloth pocket to hold my phone at work, and I still use one sometimes, as it's quite discreet. I made it out of nice quality flannel so that it would be slip-resistant against the fabric of my clothes. They are made reversible in two colors to match most of what I wear to work; a bit over a foot long, and there is a pocket on each end. (Imagine it in the shape of a flat-folded "S", one color on each side.) You can tuck it into the waistband of pants or a skirt, and the length of the part hanging inside the waistband will hold it in place, so you can put the phone in the pocket that is on the outside. Works very nicely and fully washable, and you can move it to the back of your waistband if necessary.
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