Do You Feel The Need To Carry Your Phone Every Time You Go Out?

[Bobbisox1]

I’m getting ready to go for a brisk walk with a friend soon, I automatically put my sanatizer and mobile phone ready ( dont want a bag, I’d rather be hands free )
Then I thought, why take a phone on a brisk walk that’ll only take maybe an hour?
Have we become so dependant on a mobile phone that is part of our makeup?
My husband knows where I am and I know my friend will have hers ,it’s her lifeline :0))

[campbellking]

Don't own one and have travelled around the world without one, so feel free to go without!

[mallyh]

because i've had a couple of falls mr mally told me to take my phone when I go out alone x

[fiction-factory]

Do you use a step counter app?

[Bobbisox1]

Cbk,it just got me thinking ,especially if I’m out out and I see not just young people but 40 something’s sitting engrossed in a phone , we are very mobile phone dependant now

[emmie]

i generally take mine, you just never know if someone is trying to contact you urgently...

[Bobbisox1]

I have one on my watch FF

[Bobbisox1]

I’d pop mine in my bag if I was going out for the same reason Emmie but it’s the going for a walk bit , I thought , I don’t need that :0)

[emmie]

suppose you had an accident, and your friends mobile didn't work, run out of battery, you would be stuck.

[Bobbisox1]

I suppose that’s a chance I’d take Emmie, just made me think how ‘attached’ we've become to them

[Bazile]

Of course you have to take your phone with you .
Its like going out without wearing any underwear

[Ken4155]

I resisted the purchase of a mobile phone for quite some time. However, when I branched out on my own as a decorator, it became apparent that I was missing out on potential jobs by not being readily contactable. Even now I am semi-retired and cherry-picking which jobs I wish to undertake, my mobile is always with me. Doesn't mean I always answer when it rings, though :-)

[Bobbisox1]

BA to you Baz, that’s exactly my point , lol

[Bobbisox1]

Ken, that’s very understandable ,my son in law was in your trade but came off ‘the tools’ to work as a site manager in construction

[SlackAlice]

Not really bothered if my phones with me or not but do generally carry one if I'm out for the day.
I do know some people who almost 'freak out' if there phone isn't with them 24/7

[barry1010]

I don't take mine out if I'm just bobbing out for an hour or two. Like a lot of older people I grew up without a phone in the house, didn't know anyone who had a phone and so far, touch wood, have never needed to call anyone urgently.
I can't think of anyone who would need to contact me immediately, either.
If I were to have an accident while I'm out for that short time I know there would be lots of people nearby who have a phone and would call for help (after videoing the scene first, I expect).

I always take my phone when I go out in the car. Far more likely to need it for breakdown or accident but I keep it in the glovebox, turned off.

[Bazile]

Thanks Bobbi :-)

[pixie374]

I take mine everywhere, but only in case there's some emergency or one of the children needs to ring... I don't look at it out walking, but I like to know it's there.

[Bobbisox1]

Alice, that’s my friend to a T

[Bobbisox1]

That’s a pet hate of mine, those that text ‘on the hoof’ Pix, like in a busy shopping mall ( remember them?) they are walking towards you texting , arghhhh!!!

[pixie374]

Yes, you do have to watch out for people doing that :-). Maybe we'll evolve another pair of eyes on top of our heads lol.