Have you gone paperless?

@moirai (2836)
Philippines
September 11, 2022 1:33am CST
I ask because... well, because of an indirectly related issue of one of my phones finally giving up (it died died ) sometime last month. And I was thinking uh-oh there were things on that phone that I don't think I was able to transfer yet to either a file or a manual logbook. (Transaction logs and stuff like that...) And now, I don't have access to them anymore... Well, that's my fault. But I was just thinking, it's still best to have hard copies of stuff instead of just files or confirmation messages that either might get erased somehow, or you might lose access to... Not saying you can't lose the hard copies as well, but somehow they are still more readily accessible even without gadgets or internet or electricity, etc. Oh, well, anyway. Goodbye one of my old phones... Now awaiting the delivery of a new but old model basic phone to replace it. The one that died was an old android but I just really need someplace else to put the 2 sims rendered homeless... How are you mylot?
8 people like this
6 responses
@arunima25 (85498)
• Bangalore, India
11 Sep 22
For important phone numbers and other documents, I always keep a hardcopy of them.
1 person likes this
@moirai (2836)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
Ah. That's true. I wonder now if I had numbers saved in the broken phone that I did not have a copy of elsewhere...
1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (458894)
• Switzerland
11 Sep 22
There are documents that I always print, because if there is an accident it is important to keep some papers.
1 person likes this
@moirai (2836)
• Philippines
11 Sep 22
That would be wise. Having a printer and ink could be a problem though.
1 person likes this
@moirai (2836)
• Philippines
11 Sep 22
@LadyDuck That's good. Our printer is old and likely damaged. The last two ink cartridges (and they were new) leaked (wasted!), we don't know exactly why. We had the printer looked at, but either the guy who looked at it didn't know how to repair it, or it just couldn't be repaired anymore. Still need to save up for budget if we decide to get a new one...
1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (458894)
• Switzerland
11 Sep 22
@moirai I have a laser printer on our home network, printing is not a problem for me.
1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (86833)
• United States
12 Sep
Not completely..I have to write myself notes sometimes.
@cabuyogty (2325)
13 Sep 22
I like a paperless bill for my bill payment because atleast you have your receipt when you made payments . I hope you were still feel alright for what happened to you . Have a nice day .
1 person likes this
@moirai (2836)
• Philippines
18 Sep 22
Unless you also pay online and your "receipt" is just a confirmation text message. Ahaha! I'm fine. I'll figure out what to do with the lost messages and stuff.
1 person likes this
@luisga814 (6913)
• Quezon City, Philippines
11 Sep 22
For my internet bill, it's already paperless, however for my electric and water bills are still with paper. Although all of my bills are paid using electronic cash.
1 person likes this
@moirai (2836)
• Philippines
11 Sep 22
We still receive a hard copy of our electric bill. But I think we haven't received one from the phone/internet bill. Just yesterday, I called the customer service hotline to check what our balance was before I paid electronically as well. But what I was wondering about was whether you still jot things down with pen and paper for everyday stuff. For example, as a small store owner, I always still have pen and paper on hand because I (at least try to) jot down all the things I sell during the day with running totals. Things like that.
1 person likes this
@luisga814 (6913)
• Quezon City, Philippines
11 Sep 22
@moirai No, after paying such bills, I just screenshot it and resend it to my own messenger or in email.
1 person likes this
@moirai (2836)
• Philippines
11 Sep 22
@luisga814 I, too, have taken a lot of screenshots... so much so that a big percentage of the phone's memory is occupied by them. I do have it linked to cloud storage as well, but I wonder if that's getting full, too.
1 person likes this
@Beestring (13369)
• Hong Kong
11 Sep 22
Mostly, except my credit card statement which is a printed statement.
1 person likes this