are you a slave to youre phone ?

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  1. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    sittin at home this morn and my wifes phone rang in the next room , i watched with amusement as she tore out of the kitchen at a speed a cheetah woulda been proud of dam near doing a homerun slide to get to the phone before it quit ringing .
    a couple minutes later my phone startin yappin in the other room and i glanced up , yawned and muttered the f word off ..ignoring it .
    wife looked at me wide eyed and said aren't ya gona answer it !...told her im not a slave to that dam thing and doubted it was anyone calling to tell me wed won the lotto .
    are you a slave ? lol
     
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  3. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    My phone calls me Kunta Kinte.

    But I set up personalized ringers so if it's not "Baby I gotcha money" by ODB, I know it's not work.

    If its "Wanna be a baller" by Lil Troy, it's my ex and I know to ignore it.

    If its "Pretty Girl Rock" by Keri Hilson, I know it's my daughter Jasmine and I better answer because the texting queen rarely calls unless it's important. :)
     
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  4. Tonythetruckerdude

    Tonythetruckerdude Crusty Deer Slayer

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    phones are tools.....I use mine when needed.
     
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  5. Prom Night Dumpster Baby

    Prom Night Dumpster Baby Medium Load Member

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    During business hours. Don't want to pay a secretary.
     
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  6. SlowPoke44magnum

    SlowPoke44magnum Medium Load Member

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    Imagine the horror of not having an instantaneous communication device on us at all times...... Life was better then.

    My day shift dispatch gets angry if I actually call in instead of using the automated system, our night dispatchers are better about it because they understand the limitations in the system. I called in and asked her one morning if she was a dispatcher. She said she was, so I said dispatch me then, you're not paying me to be a dispatcher! ;)
    The automated system needs a bit of work because we have to make two calls or more into it. We have to call in to arrive ourselves and then call back into it to dispatch ourselves, really stupid to have it set up to not allow us to get our new load info from there. IF a dispatcher in the office hasn't put any load info into the system for you, you have to call into the office anyway. So, generally I just call the office.
     
  7. truckon

    truckon Swamp Thing

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    Why do you have the volume on on your phone? Your probably one of those annoying people who have their phone make noise well their texting. Geesh, I hate people who have their ringer on then ignore phone calls,...
     
  8. otherhalftw

    otherhalftw R.I.P.

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    For some reason....when I leave the truck for dinner/shower/coffee.....the phone gets left behind! You want me to call you back leave a message and I'll decide if it is worth my time to call back!:biggrin_25516:
     
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  9. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    i miss the old days, when friends would just come knocking on the door when they wanted to do something.
     
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  10. Dark_Majesty_06

    Dark_Majesty_06 Road Train Member

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    I am certainly a slave to my phone. I have a device I can argue with random strangers AND watch cat videos/ trucker fail videos. I sometimes have withdraws on those lonely 14 hour work days. Anyone ever seen the movie "Her"? Yeah..
     
  11. nshore harleyguy

    nshore harleyguy Medium Load Member

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    My wife is the same way with her phone.

    I have personalized ringtones for most people who call me so I usually know who is calling without having to "run to my phone" like my wife would.

    When my boss calls it's "take this job and shove it" when the wife calls it's the imperial March song from star wars
     
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