Cell Phone for Aspies

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My phone allows me to put numbers in my phone book on slient so that number never rings.

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I get no service where I work, so my phone's useless there ('cept maybe for games). But I use my cell phone a lot more than my land line, which I mainly have for DSL and important calls. Just got a Bluetooth earpiece for it, and I'm really lovin' that! Now to find a MicroSD card big enough to hold a bunch of MP3s...

I have a cell phone, but never answer it. Nobody ever calls me on it, so it's always on silent. I also really dislike talking on the phone because it's really difficult (moreso than in real life) to tell when the other person is done talking...

It's funny that many of us Aspies don't believe in cell phones. I never had one and don't plan on getting one anytime soon.

I got one because I figured it would be easier to deal with than a land line. Caller ID is included, plus you can take the phone almost anywhere. This is a plus even though my phone is off for the majority of the day.

Sometimes I think I'd like to have a cell phone just for emergencies. Apart from that, I get annoyed that most people won't accept an email address even though I warn them that there's about a 90% chance I won't get a message if it is left on the answering machine. I can express myself better on email too.

I have a cell phone, but I really just use it for emergencies.

I didn't see hte need for a cell phone for a long time, and rarely answered my home phone preferring to let the machine get it and then decide whether to return the call or not. When I took my job in MN, the company gave me a cell phone because I was going to be on call 24/7. I was repairing dialysis machines, so it was pretty much a major deal if they couldn't reach me. Also I was on the road a lot and it let me stay in touch with my wife. The company was footing the bill, so we would sometimes talk for 30mins plus.
Now, I don't even have a landline. My wife and I both have cells with caller id. Also I programmed some pleasing sounding songs for ringtones so I can tell who if its my wife calling without looking. For her, I'll pick up. Everyone else can leave a message and I'll call you back when I'm ready.

It takes forever to figure out how to use cell phones. I still dont know what most of the buttons besides the numbers do.

I love my cell phone.

I got a cell after my car engine exploded at 6:15 am on my way to work on a day when it was 19 degrees F. I couldn't find a phone and I live in a part of the country where people are afraid when a brown person knocks on their door.
People use the cell to find me when I am out working because I have an irregular schedule. I am more likely to answer it because of the caller ID. The land line almost always gets picked up by the machine. Oddly enough, it is better to leave a message on the land line because it blinks at me and I can't stand that. The cell phone has an icon which, since I rarely make calls, I can ignore.

Sorry to wander off topic, but is that really still the case in the US? I'm genuinely surprised at that.

I'm not saying racism doesn't exist in the UK, it clearly does, but people are afraid?

Yep. I grew up in the South of the US, and the divide is still very great there. It will take time for it to disappear; it's already lessened considerably, and lessens more with every generation, but you can't undo several hundred years' worth of racial division in just a couple of generations.

My maternal grandfather didn't think brown-skinned people were descended from the same kinds of apes. He was a good man in many ways, but a hardcore racist (and we had many a falling out over that before I learned I couldn't change his mind, I could only get thrown out of his house.) My paternal grandmother was a much less aggressive racist, with a warm heart for "colored folks," but still a racist. Even after I was grown, she still talked about "that nice colored boy who does my yard" (the man in question was in his 40's). My parents grew up with these people, and still managed NOT to instill my sister and me with the same beliefs, for which I respect them greatly.

But it's in the culture all around you, and you absorb it anyway....whether you like it or not. I'm not happy about the sudden fleeting fear that grips me if I see a large brown-skinned man approaching me, but it's there, an irrational behavior certainly not based on anything I truly believe, but there nonetheless.

Im from the south, there is still a lot of that going on. sad.

As far as cell phones go..... I have one b/c my parents want me to be easily accessable if they need me..... Inother words, they pay for it because I dont care if I have a phone or not accually and they want to be able to find me if I get lost.... lol

my newest phone (i'm such a show off)

Actually that's what my phone is like. To save money I keep it off all the time. I just use it to call people, not to be called by them.

It's also a museum piece. Virgin Mobile, the cheapest one we could find. It's held up well, though: I've had it for almost three and a half years.