Why Do So Many People Walk Around With Their Phone Constantly In Their Hand If Not To Their Ear??

[dave50]

Why do they feel they need to be in touch with people every minute of every day? Is every conversation a life or death situation that cannot wait? My phone is for emergencies only.

[cazzz1975]

they may be using the mp3 player or the sat nav facility

[ummmm]

Many people use them to listen to music.

[Anngel123]

It is an addiction, I am convinced. They are so worried they might miss something. I ask you....where is the joy of anticipation? What do people talk about when they actually meet, when they have already texted/tweeted all their news? Wait...I know...they don't talk to EACH OTHER, they spend their time texting and tweeting OTHER PEOPLE. You may as well just not meet at all.....

[andy-hughes]

dave - may i suggest that the '50' in your moniker is your age?

It is entirely a generation thing.

I am a little older than you, but we both grew up in a society without instant communication, and what you've never had, you never miss.

Almost everyone today is constantly contactable, and therefore wish to be so - sometimes to extraordinary lengths.

You and i remain mystified by this apparent need to be attached to friends and family by the wonder of wireless communication, and use our mobiles like we always have, and do use our landlines - to impart some info, maybe chat a bit, and that's it.

I'm afraid we are getting old - but imagine what our grandparents must have thought when things like cars and commercial air travel appeared!

[vetuste_ennemi]

It's good to write, Anngel.

[jake-the-peg]

My phone is my E-mail interface too

It means I don't have to be glued to my desk throughout the day and can keep things on track and be aware of and deal with issues as they arise

Your phone is for emergencies?

Mine stops emergencies from arising

[mccfluff]

im listening to music, answering mail (usually work) talking Sugar to friends on fb.

[ummmm]

I've picked up my phone twice today. Once to phone the doctors and once to phone my OH to tell the doctor will be phoning him.

[B00]

I hate phones, mobile or otherwise, i consider them a real intrusion. My mobile is usually flatter than a pancake at bottom of my bag.

[Brinjal]

I think they are covered with super glue nd are permanently stuck to their hands.

[Zeuhl]

All the above comments seem to relate to a social context.

Many of the people 'walking Around With Their Phone Constantly In Their Hand' will be using it for business/work

I can recall when the explanation to a client ' i'm sorry i missed your call i was out of the office' became obsolete

it is now several years since, 'i'm sorry i missed your email i was out of the office' became similarly quaint

[AlwaysConfused]

I will not have my mobile on at home, for the reason that anything/anyone important enough to contact me will do so at home. As it winds OH up, I will no longer take work calls outside if work hours.

I rarely get text messages, perhaps once a week. I do have my mobile in my pocket the rest of the time, though. I'm learning Greek, so I copy everything that I learn on there, and study it to and fro work (1hr 10 minutes in total on foot per day). No one blinks at me walking and talking to myself with my mobile in hand, but I'm sure I'd get odd looks if I did the same with a notepad in hand.

Pretty much the only time I use my phone to call out, is when I've locked myself out, a rather too common occurrence!

[Spoonboy]

Important business dealings. Close family ties. More friends than one can shake a stick at. Loss of one's watch and checking with the speaking clock. Holiday flight bookings. Hotel bookings. Gig bookings. Restaurant bookings. Can't get enough of first love.*



*delete as appropriate.

[Trishy]

I do wish they'd put them in their pockets when they're crossing the road!

[FredPuli43]

It's used for emails, instant messaging, music, apps, searching the internet, broadcasts, .navigation....oh...and making calls. Older people, like me, never had emails or the internet or satnav or, most of present technology on a phone, let alone a mobile phone.

In a shop today, looking for a new cooker, I had a call from my partner in Canada to discuss what type I should buy. Unimaginable not many years ago. Now, it may be an intrusive nuisance, but it's something that young people, who have known no else, use all the time.

[boxtops]

I don't understand it either. There was not a single person (apart from me) in my carriage on the train this morning who wasn't wired up in one way or another. What's wrong with just sitting, or walking, and listening to the world? I don't understand this obsession with constant noise-in-the-ears.

[cassa333]

My oh hates having his phone sometimes. It is a work phone so he has to have it on and when someone calls with an enquiry sometimes they don't appreciate he is in a muddy field looking down a sewer drain and can't instantly access a file in the office.

He is always lamenting the days when someone wrote or phoned you in the office and appreciated that things take time.


Instant access to anyone anywhere. Oh for the good old days :)

[glenbar]

I do wonder sometimes especially when they are crossing the road, but personally couldn't care less.