Curious if I'm the "only one"...

[Middle Earther]

...who doesn't own a cell phone? I've never gotten around to getting it, because I don't really have a need for it. My wife doesn't have one, either - it just doesn't seem to be a priority. I do have issues with how they are used (in driving, especially - I've been almost hit quite a few times by some chatterboxes), but I'm not commited to never getting one.

Anyway, I really wanted to know if anyone else doesn't have a cell phone. Just curious.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

I've had one for a few years, but mainly because my girlfriend made me get one. I actually now think it is just a lot more convenient to have one. With high speed Internet it isn't necessary to have a land line anymore. Cell phones are almost becoming passe as all these I-phone like things with a hundred uses become more popular. It is nice to be able to contact somebody anywhere you're at if you are late or forgot something or have a change of plans. But I am a big advocate of not buying things you don't really need so to each his own.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I don't have a cellphone either. In my daily life I have absolutely no use for one. The few times I ever need to call somebody, my landline does just fine. And I have to have a landline anyway because of my home security system.

Also, cell service is just too damned expensive. I can get my land phone service for about $20 a month. Try getting cell service for anything close to that...

The only time I ever use a cellphone at all is when I go on vacation in NYC. I borrow a prepaid one from my dad. And even then, I only use it in emergencies. (Or when I'm at Yankee Stadium and I just feel like calling people. )

 

[Brent]

You might possibly be the only one hehe. I got my first cellphone when I was 21, when I moved into my first apartment. I decided, why not just get a cellphone, which I can take everywhere, and not have to pay for a landline phone, so I did. I've moved a total of 3 times since then, and just recently move a thousand miles away out of state, and was able to take my cellphone with me and use it here and don't have to pay for a landline. Affords me flexibility of being able to use the phone anywhere I may need to. It also has a ton of features, like a media player with my MP3s, so I can use it for many other functions out in the world. I wanted just 1 device that can do everything, instead of having several devices for functions, so I got a phone that does it all, and that's all I have to carry around with me.

 

[RandyS]

Yeah, you may be the only one. I've had one for three years, but mostly for the conveince. I have a friend who uses his for literally everything. I hate it when we're in his car, and he surfs the internet. He drives with the steering wheel between his legs.

BETWEEN HIS FUCKING LEGS!!

And when he's not pulling that shit, he talks on the damn thing while speeding down the freeway at 90 miles an hour. Why he can't seem to live without it, even for five minutes, I don't know.

It also pisses me off when he calls me and says "I'm having a bad time and need to talk, let's go to lunch", then, he'll sit in the resturaunt, and ignore me completely while he surfs the damn internet with his phone!!

What is it with these kids today anyway??

 

[nevermore]

I haven't had a landline in 9 years...I haven't known anyone without a cell phone in at least 6. If someone in RL told me they didn't have a cell phone, I would assume they were lying. Even homeless people have cell phones...

 

[Lindley]

Russell 'Stringer' Bell: While back, I took a stroll through the pit. I saw that kid we got running things down there, uh, Poot. Now, he got the cell phone I gave him for the business, right there on his hip. But, the nigga got another cell phone that only rang when the pussy called. Now, if this no-count nigga got two cell phones, how the fuck you gonna sell any more of them motherfuckers? That's market saturation.

I've never been big on phone use in general, but I've had my current phone for about 5 years now, and never bothered with a landline when I got my first apartment out of college.

 

[JonathonWally]

I got my first cell phone when I went to college 10 years ago, it was cheaper than paying for the landline in the dorm. And to this day I don't have a landline.

Been using a blackberry or other "smartphone" for the last 5 years.

 

[Mallory]

I don't have a cell phone. But I do keep a prepaid one in each of the cars just in case.

 

[RAMA]

I have two cell phones..here's one...

Here's the other:

 

[RoJoHen]

Russell 'Stringer' Bell: While back, I took a stroll through the pit. I saw that kid we got running things down there, uh, Poot. Now, he got the cell phone I gave him for the business, right there on his hip. But, the nigga got another cell phone that only rang when the pussy called. Now, if this no-count nigga got two cell phones, how the fuck you gonna sell any more of them motherfuckers? That's market saturation.

I've never been big on phone use in general, but I've had my current phone for about 5 years now, and never bothered with a landline when I got my first apartment out of college.

Yeah, I got a cellphone in high school in case of "driving emergencies" so I could call home.

In college, a landline wasn't practical (nor possible) in the dorms, so I continued to have a cell phone.

Once I moved into my own place, there was no reason to get a landline since I already had a cell.

I never see myself getting a landline ever again.

 

[Hermiod]

I may be the only person with a mobile that only rarely uses it for actual calls.

 

[ITL]

I've had two mobile phones - both were cheapo pay-as-you-go ones I was given for emergencies. But they never got used, so were automatically cut off from the network after a while (or whatever it's called) and now sit in a drawer doing nothing.

 

[hellsgate]

I don't use one. The groundline at home works just fine for my internet use & very rare voicemail messages.

I don't see the point to the douchebags that need to call people while taking a shit, driving, in church, at the movies, on a date, et al.

There's the one young (Senior High School-age) douchebag (Mark,) I deal with a few times a week, at work, that needs to be fucking working at closing-time rather than stopping (every time it rings, as though he's a paramedic, lawyer, or something,) to yak to whomever it is that needs to get a fucking clue about the tit-head's evening priorities.

I've taken the damn thing away from him once already. I've bitched to my supervisor about him ignoring me when I tell him to shut it the fuck off as we need him clearing cardboard extensions, as I'm Senior Staff.

In addition to the fact Mark The Tithead needs to let the call go through to voicemail until he's done helping me or the other kid, Isagami, bring everything inside and call whoever it is back, but only once he's officially off-the-clock.

After all, Isagami & I both catch shit from one of our assistant managers/supervisors, if we're wearing I-pod/MP3-equipped cell headphones, with the music on Or off.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I don't have a mobile phone. I don'y have a need for one as I am at home most of the time and not many people ring me - mainly only my two best friends, my Mum, my sister who lives in Adelaide and two of my sons. Of those people only my sons have mobile phones.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I don't have a cell phone. But I do keep a prepaid one in each of the cars just in case.

Same here, for the last several years. But apparently my mother-in-law decided my wife and I really need the iPhone 3Gs, so my reign as a cell phone holdout will be over.

I'm grateful for the gift, but some part of me is dreading being so reachable.

 

[Australis]

Don't have one. HAd one for work. Kids have one each.

Have a landline. It does the job.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Just for future reference, the answer to every question on the internet that begins with "Am I the only one...?" or a variation on that is "No."

Trekker better not own a cellphone or I will personally hit him upside the head with it, like so. I'm putting you on notice, Trekker.

I, however, do own a cellphone.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I'm posting this on my mobile right now.

I like using my mobile phone - it proves to be of value especially as I'm very often never in one place for a prolonged time, and you never know when or where I might have to contact someone in an emergency.

Still, being in possession of a glowing communication stone such as my Nokia isn't the be-all and end-all.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I do not have a cell phone. How can you keep out of touch with a cell phone? Like I really want to be walking through the Blue Hills and hear my phone go off....