What if you forget to bring your cellphone with you?

China
December 29, 2009 10:06pm CST
I'll forget to bring my cellphone with me seldomly. Then I'll feel like lost something for all that day until I back home to check if anyone tried to call me. I think people are used to have mobile to accompany them everyday, like a little portable pet, haha. How would you feel if you leave your mobile at home?
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 10
Hi chriszh, from your description above I can know how important the cell phone to you is! Yeah, nowadays we are quite dependent on this communication tool to keep close contact with one another all the time. It's really easy and convenient that we could keep in touch with one at anytime and anywhere as long as network is available To avoid to leave the cell phone at home I always put all the essential items like wallet with all the essential cards and some small notes, as well as keys, cell phone in a small slim bag. Therefore they are always along with me wherever I am. I realize that the longer time and distance we stay away form home the more important the cell phone is to us. When I'm back to home again, I would like to place the cell phone just beside the bag so that I can hear the calling tones clearly and don't miss any calls Take care and happy posting
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
29 Jan 10
chriszh, since I have the good habit of placing my cellphone in the right place, I won’t forget to bring it with me whenever going out for sure. Hopefully all of us who are quite dependent on this communication device will never leave our little portable pet at home anymore Thanks for awarding the BR and happy posting
@lahari (133)
• India
31 Dec 09
Never do I forget to leave it behind,and even if by chance forget it my parents remind me,if they aren't at home and I remember that I have forgotten to bring it with me and haven't already gone too far I'll come back,take it and then go. I completely feel lost without my cellphone,more than myself I carry it for my parents because if they can't contact me they get really paranoid. So I always carry it with me.
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@djbtol (5493)
• United States
31 Dec 09
In a way, it is good to forget your cell phone sometimes. It is the best way to be reminded that you are still a person, an intelligent being, even if you do not have your cell phone at your side. On the other hand, the great communication opportunities provided by cell phones kind of fade away if you either do not have your phone, or if you have it in you purse in 'silent' mode.
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@marc1025 (67)
• Philippines
30 Dec 09
i miss half of my life if I forget my cellphone, hehe, i really need my cellphone and there was sometime that i'm about to go to the office and waiting for a taxi but i realized that i don't have my cellphone. I went back home and got my phone, and i was late for 1 minute sad to say, but that's ok since i got my phone
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• India
30 Dec 09
Mobile phone is a part in me my friend. Whatever I do, wherever I go, my mobile phone will be accompanying me. I got my mobile not for time pass or chatting my friend, but to be as a communication with my parents, that they don't get afraid in I'm gone out. But now, I use it to chat with my friends, play games, mail, browse the net andd so on my friend. I consider it to be a miny handy computer my friend. The only time I hesitate to take my mobile is when I'm with my beloved. I wish to be so, since I don't wanna get my time with my beloved be distracted by unimportant calls my friend. Wishing you a wonderfull new year 2010 my friend.
• Canada
30 Dec 09
I would feel lost.. and naked. I use my phone to grab a hold of my friends and for my friends to reach me.
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• Philippines
30 Dec 09
Well, your right about that. It's kinda hard to let go the phone easily but I'm not saying that we won't live without cellphones. We're just used to communicate to others easily using a device on our pocket that can easily pulled out and dialed just a couple of buttons and there you go, you've just communicated someone that fast. Especially now it has a lot of functions like surfing the net which could be the second most advantage for me because I could check emails easily.
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@minx267 (15553)
• Hartford, Connecticut
30 Dec 09
I feel the same way- like I am lost and start worrying that something will happen (an emergency) and I wont my phone.. I also stopped carrying a watch since I got my phone..so them I am freaked out that I don't know what time it is.- even though there is a clock in my car and I never look at the time on my phone that often at all. I all of a sudden think I can not live without it!
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@May2k8 (17978)
• Indonesia
30 Dec 09
this happened because I was too hurried after time, I will be nervous and if anyone called me. I think I need a rope to tie the phone to my waist so I didn't forget to bought my cellphone again.
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@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
30 Dec 09
It would not be the end of the world for me since I have lived 51 years without one. I only got a cellphone two years ago this coming January and I'm planning to end my contract because I really don't like the cell phone at all. Its convenient at times but I know they are now finding out that the cell phone is a dangerous thing when it comes to your body.
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@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
30 Dec 09
I would be upset at first and maybe cursing at myself for forgetting it. But I can handle being without it for a day. I just use a Pay phone if I need to make an important call to somebody. It wouldn't be the end of the world for me.
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30 Dec 09
I always keep my mobile phone safely with me. But sometimes i forget to take mobile phone with me when i go out of home. In this situation i think that someone is missing me or i am missing her/him.
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@StevenZhu (198)
• China
30 Dec 09
Yes, it seems that I are segregated with my friends and my relatives when I didn't take my cellphone accompany. I worried about my friends might call me for relax and my relatives might phone me in emergence, I felt unease and tried find my mobile back. I experienced that my father had an light incident but failed to find me because I placed my cellphone at home, that's terrible and I always remember to take my mobile when I leave home.
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@kwaxkwax (22)
• Indonesia
30 Dec 09
In my country peoples bring two cellphones. One is GSM and the other is CDMA. But if i left one of them at home, i will be panic! If imposible i will return to home and bring my cellphone.
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@nikky28 (1572)
• India
30 Dec 09
It is highly inconvenient to forget cellphones and leave home. The worst part is when you have to call someone and don't have their number handy. I always check to make sure that I have my cellphone with me while I leave the house. If you are very forgetful you can probably set an alarm prior to the time you leave to remind you to carry it along or also keep it along with things that you are bound to see or use before going out.
• United States
30 Dec 09
Yeah, I know what you mean. I don't usually forget my cellphone, but when I do, I feel like I'm always missing something and I feel like I'm, in a sense, incomplete. It's not like I'm that attached to my cellphone or anything. It's just that I know how useful it can be when I'm going out somewhere. I can use it for emergencies. At home though, I don't carry around my cellphone with me. I usually just leave it in my room. I think people are just really use to having cellphones because it's convenient and it's so useful to have. We can call our friends, or text them, make emergency calls if we need to. It's just a way of communicating.
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@vycess (1588)
• Saudi Arabia
30 Dec 09
i already experienced that because i was too busy that moment. yeah, feels incomplete when i don't have it. Some people will say they can't live without their cellphones.
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@karthi_88 (299)
• India
30 Dec 09
i will never be without mobile friend.if i forget my mobile in home,i will ask some one from my family to bring mobile to place where am i or i take permission and will again come home and will take my mobile back.what you said is right ya mobile is a portable pet.if i leave my mobile even many people are around me i will feel lonely. have a nice day :)
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@aireanna18 (1914)
• United States
30 Dec 09
It tends to depend upon where I am going and the day of the week if I really miss not having my cell phone. If it is a Lazy weekend day and I am going to the Library, I tend to not mind forgetting the phone at home. I tend to think oh no one is going to call. This has created a few problems with an ex-boyfriend that read a little too much into me not answering my phone for a few hours. Come on, it is not like we are supposed to be glued to a phone is it? Or is that the point of cell phones for us to be glued to the phone so anyone can reach us at any moment. If am going to work, I might miss being able to make a phone call to take care of some task on break or check my messages. I do like having my cell phone with me just in case, but If I'm not expecting a phone call I do not see the need to be glued to it at every moment. Even this afternoon I went out to do some things and I had the ringer off because I just did not want to be bugged by phone calls. I think with cellphones sometimes we've just got to put ourselves on unavailable mode and turn the ringer off. Stop worrying about everything that we need to do and disconnect from technology and live life a little bit.
• United States
30 Dec 09
I hate it when I forget my cell. Not only do I feel like I am almost naked, but I feel like the one day that I forget my cell, that will be the day that my car breaks down. It is funny to remember the days when I was in high school and I didnt have a cell phone to rely on. I couldnt call my friends on the spur of the moment. We should all try to remember the days without our cells, if only to appreciate them a bit more.
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