“I’m on the phone,” I tell my kids while they clamor for my attention.
“I’m on the phone,” I hiss at my stepson when he wants to ask me a question.
“I am ON THE PHONE!” I tell my husband when he starts singing to the kids at the top of his lungs.
My phone. Oh my phone. Not only a phone but email, calendar, reminders, Internet connection and personal assistant (Siri).
Is my phone important to me? You bet. I can’t even drive 1 mile to the store without calling someone real quick or texting. I check my email incessantly through the day. I have to consciously try not to investigate the familiar buzz of incoming email, texts or Facebook notifications when I’m having a face-to-face conversation with another human being. I check my phone walking down the hall, standing in line, eating lunch, listening at boring meetings, riding in the car.
I told my husband this morning that I’d almost rather go to work without pants than without my phone.
I don’t need my pants to be productive at work; I do need my phone.
My pants can’t answer my queries; my phone can.
My pants cannot remind me of important meetings, my phone can.
You get the drift.
All that being said, I am pretty sure I will continue to wear pants to work. And also work on my social skills and etiquette when it comes to constant cell phone checking.
How important is your phone to you?
See! That right there is why I have so far avoided the allure of the smart phone. I don’t ever want to be in a situation where I”m debating between the necessity of pants and phone!
My phone – not important, John and I are sharing one and mostly no one uses it.
Not important because it doesn’t do all the things yours does and I don’t get service at home. So when it is missing for a while I don’t really notice until a friend tells me she will call me when we are planning to meet some where.
I agree with you……my phone. Would not know what to do while riding all those miles in the car. Jimbo is not a big talker in the car so I use my phone. Catch up on emails, stay connected with friends, go online shopping and play games with friends. I do enjoy my phone.