Pluggers by Rick McKee for March 28, 2023

My promlem is, when the phone is missing, it’s also silenced!

Not really sure if I want to add this to the comments but it really did happen. My mom and sister were living together so it was a great blessing that my mom had all her needs taken care of. When my mom passed it left my sister alone but she was handling it well until one day she misplaced her cellphone. No problem she thought and picked up the landmine and called her cell. Caller ID said, “Missed call from mom.” Rest in peace mom. Thankyou little sister for being ther for mom.

Keep your phone with you at all times when up, in a fanny pack if necessary.

Pluggers need to keep the same stuff in the same place if they have memory issues.

Must admit I have done that ! But not 14 times. With a black colored phone do not sit it down on a black surface for it blends in ;-)

You’re a plugger if your phone isn’t in silent mode?

My wife is always wanting me to call her cell phone so she can find it. I gave up trying to tell her she needs to keep it in the same spot.

Put a cord on them and hang them on the wall. Worked before!

My phone is: A. in my pants pocket, B. On the charger on my desk, C. on the shelf next to my wallet. Note: it might be in my hand screening a call, but that’s rare.

Growing up, with party lines and a telephone operator and only one phone in a house, people called when they knew you could usually answer the phone — during business hours at work; and, at home, after the kids would be off to school but before the stores would be open; before school let out; or the half hour after kids would be sent to bed. Any phone call after 10 pm meant family tragedy. If you didn’t answer the phone, no big deal. They would call or see you later.

Then came answering machines. People called at their convenience and left a message. That worked well for both home and office. Kids could leave a message when they knew their parents wouldn’t pick up the phone. Bosses could assign tasks and expect workers to get them done. But workers had some leeway because they couldn’t always “get the message” in time.

Then came early mobile phones, which really weren’t very mobile. But bosses were delighted because it meant that they could talk to and keep track of workers [e.g., call in if you are going to be more than 10 minutes late or be written up, etc.] Later models were more mobile and started becoming a household item. Parents were happy because their kids could talk to each other on their own phones and not tie up the home phone. The Blackberry made bosses happy because they could talk work on the phone day and night. Those phones were small and easily kept in a pocket. And everyone started expecting instant response.

Then phones became computers, televisions, and cameras and they got bigger — who wants to read a book or watch a movie on a 1.5-inch screen? Too big to fit easily into a pocket. And the majority of the “calls” are spam. We carry them only when we need to.

Oh, to be back in the “good old days” when the phone was a convenience for the phone’s owner, not the callers’. If I don’t answer, please leave a message and I’ll get back to you when I have time.

I love my new phone. It grabs all the spam calls so I don’t have to answer them, and sends all calls except those on my contact list right to voicemail. I’m going to have to check that option for when I start getting clients for my new business.

LOL…. check the space between the cushions on your chair.

Turn on the flashlight function so you can find it!

Use to use my land line to find my cell phone at least once a month. When I cancelled my land line to save $80 a month I have to borrow my brother-in-law’s phone to find my phone.