Urs Truly had a frustrating Sunday as his cellphone was lost.* Spo-fans may recall a few weeks ago I propose a ‘day without the cellphone”. This wasn’t how it was supposed to go, but I got the goal I wanted: a day without a phone.
Unfortunately I spent the near full day searching for it. Oh the irony! I fantasized I would have tons of freed up time did not happen. Rather my cellphone consumed time in an another way.
There were some benefits being sans phone. I got a more done; I read a bit more than usual. I was not continually checking for vital Facebook posting if missed would cause the world to fall apart. There were no pages or friends calling in dire need. It was a relief.
On the other hand I felt a bit saddened no one bothered to call or text me; I had a funny feeling I had disappeared yet no one noticed or cared.
I was bereft phone while sitting at the bar prior to the Sunday matinee performance of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”. While Someone was engrossed in his iphone – and 100 miles away as it were – the situation gave me the chance to watch others, like Margaret Meade among the Bantus, observing primitive tribal rituals. Most everyone had a cellphone; many were looking at them while sitting with others and apparently ‘talking’ too. If I were a maleficent man I could have readily stolen a collection of purses and wallets or attacked**, as no one was paying the slightest attention to their surroundings.
I think I will try another ‘Day without cellphones” but this one shall be a planned one. With practice, I see this becoming a regular salubrious exercise – with savings on data.
After all I have a pile of books I want to read.
*Someone finally found it, in my trousers that I had taken off and put in a box of Halloween costumes. I swear I looked there.
**The fellow selling T-shirts I thought was quite jumpable, but he didn’t have his cellphone on, alas.
26 comments
October 16, 2017 at 7:57 AM
David
In a box of Halloween costumes . . . speechless. Glad you found it. I occasionally leave mine turned off sitting on the desk in the bedroom.
October 16, 2017 at 8:58 AM
Urspo
The Cup Fairies and their associates have been particularly active. I guess it is Halloween that does it. Cups and phones and keys are being moved nearly continuously. Even Someone’s things are being transported, so it isn’t just me. 🙂
October 16, 2017 at 9:38 AM
anne marie in philly
your hummingbird brain is playing tricks on you.
October 16, 2017 at 7:44 PM
Urspo
It’s the Cup fairies and their cronies. It is the time for high-jinks
October 16, 2017 at 10:18 AM
Sam
I’ve learned on a few forgotten at the office days, life still went on. My panic was there though of what ball would drop.
October 16, 2017 at 7:43 PM
Urspo
These are comforting words indeed.
October 16, 2017 at 11:52 AM
Mitchell Block
Aw, shit. It’s wonderful to be free of a cell phone, but it’s better to choose to be without it. What a pain.
October 16, 2017 at 7:43 PM
Urspo
I concur. What is the Spanish word(s) for shit?
October 17, 2017 at 1:38 AM
Mitchell Block
Mierda and caga.
October 16, 2017 at 4:04 PM
Steven
Glad that it was found, intact, and not in the wrong hands!!
October 16, 2017 at 7:42 PM
Urspo
I fear my hands are the wrong ones.
October 16, 2017 at 4:52 PM
mcpersonalspace54
Glad you found your phone. One reason I never turn off my phone or mute it is that I am always calling it to find where in hell I left it. It is always someplace bizarre like in my laundry basket.
October 16, 2017 at 7:42 PM
Urspo
I know that feeling. I am thinking of making designated places to set it down; no other areas allowed.
October 16, 2017 at 6:07 PM
Old Lurker
I’m sorry you misplaced your cyborg brain.
Do you still refer to it as your iPrecioussssss?
October 16, 2017 at 7:41 PM
Urspo
No I do not; it has many new names now.
October 16, 2017 at 6:25 PM
Ron
Did you use the “FindMyiPhone” app to find your lost iPhone? If not, you should activate it.
October 16, 2017 at 7:41 PM
Urspo
I have been ‘educated’ on this; Someone set it up. Unfortunately the phone was off at the time and could not be made to shout out its location.
October 17, 2017 at 4:24 AM
WARPed
You say ‘Marco…’
And your phone should say ‘…Polo.’
🙂
-Andy
October 17, 2017 at 4:24 AM
David
J “lost” his phone in Iceland. 20 hours later, I found it wedged between the seat frame and the console in the rental car. It was in airplane mode and we couldn’t find it or make it ring.
October 17, 2017 at 8:48 AM
Urspo
I think I will connect mine now to a leash as seen in grocery stores on hyperactive children.
October 17, 2017 at 10:16 PM
Practical Parsimony
Exactly why did you put your trousers into a box of Halloween costumes?
October 17, 2017 at 10:32 PM
Urspo
I did not do so despite what others in the house say. I suspect Nargles
October 18, 2017 at 8:32 AM
Hugh's Views and News
I have days like this when the internet goes down. At first, it’s like the end of the world to me, then I start enjoying myself.
October 18, 2017 at 7:44 PM
Urspo
Lol. I feel likewise
October 18, 2017 at 2:02 PM
Practical Parsimony
I could not find my phone after a rush of chores in town. I got to the PO where I had mailed a package to NY. I rushed in loudly telling the guys my problem. One rushed to the back and another customer offered to call my phone. The guy came from the back with my ringing package. He said if it had gone on the truck, they could not take it off no matter what. If it had gone to NY, my daughter would not have mailed it back!
October 18, 2017 at 7:44 PM
Urspo
What a tale !