I'd rather stab myself with a fork

[Another Jackalope]

This is in reply to a deleted poll on cellphone use.

If I could cancel my cell voice service without cancelling my internet, I would do it in a New York minute. I keep hoping that no one will ever call me. Never happens.

[jmbar2]

1. Thank you

It was a poll, then I deleted it.

You make me feel much better.

[Turbineguy]

3. If you life depends on your smartphone

you are going to die.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. I second that.

So tired of garbage calls, surveys, etc.

[LuckyCharms]

5. I subscribe to this philosophy

My mobile phone is for my convivence, not anyone else's.

I don't jump whenever it rings, or whenever I get a text.

Unless I'm expecting a call, I usually do not even look to see who is calling until I feel like it. If I hear a voicemail beep after the call, I'll listen to it as soon as I can, usually.

I will eventually answer texts, unless they are just bullshit, but if they are not important, it might take me few days to answer.

I usually find that if a call or text is urgent, my phone will start blowing up with rapid fire texts or calls. Only then will I look at it immediately.

I have to carry a smart phone because I have two apps that are medical monitors.

But I try not to be a slave to it.

I also have a landline. I get so many spam calls that I turned the ringers off all of the landline phones. I let the answering machine get it.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Same here, and that goes for my landline, as well.

Leave a message, and I'll get back to you on my timeline. Or, not. My landline phone has a blocker button, and you're damn right I use it. If you're trying to sell me a car warranty--or anything else, consider yourself blocked. I don't even have my mobile phone on most of the time. It's mainly for emergencies.

I really don't get this mentality that one is obligated to answer the phone immediately. THEY are impinging on your time, not the other way around.

[Srkdqltr]

6. If you don't like it.. turn it off. Get a landline. Complain, complain, complain.

[Hortensis]

9. This. Turn the ringer off. Turn the phone off. Let the charge die.

Not good enough? Keep the internet but take a hammer to the phone. If desired, tell people who think you have some kind of responsibility to them to drop dead, THEN smash the phone.

[tavernier]

7. So put your phone on silence.

Mine is always silenced. I decide who and when.