Like the majority of people that exist in 2023, I have an unhealthy dependency on my phone. It pains me to admit that much of the time, I struggle to go half an hour without looking at it at least once. My attention span is in shreds, but you know one place where I can …
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Incompetent Employer Forces Technician to Work in Call Center, Gets Hit With OSHA Violations
A lot of jobs come with responsibilities that they weren’t really advertised with. For example, many corporations have a sneaky way of introducing meetings where valuable hours of staring at spreadsheets should be. That said, this switcheroo is far more messed up when somebody is forced to do something completely different to what they are …
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‘It was dumb of her to call me’ Irrational Man Screams at Caring Wife for Calling to Make Sure He Wasn’t Caught in a Fire
When you’re highly concerned about someone you care about, your initial response would be to immediately call, right? It’s a natural and reasonable response when you fear for your loved ones. But what if it was your life partner? If you thought they were in serious trouble, you’d call them until you got an answer. …
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‘I had to «apologize»… through gritted teeth’: Passenger confronts woman playing loud music on her phone while on an airplane
Genuine question for those who play music out loud in public places: why do you do it? Whenever I see people walking around blasting music on their phones, I usually assume they don’t have headphones. From my personal experience, I know how easy it is to break, lose, or forget your headphones, leaving you without …
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Valuable Thread Explains the Necessity of Digital Decluttering
Are you a digital hoarder? Most of us contemporary technology users are guilty of saving crap onto our phones and then promptly forgetting about it, but the extent of the problem is worse with some people than others. I grimace to think of all the stupid memes, screenshots, and random pictures that are stored on …
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‘Leave your phone here and go be present’: Ad for Fancy Phone Prison Gets Mocked by Twitter
If you’re the owner of any kind of mobile device, the likelihood is that you’re unhealthily attached to it. I make a point of not depressing myself by checking my screen time, but let’s just say I get genuinely upset when I put my phone down somewhere and forget where it is. Ultimately, there are …
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Nostalgic Thread Looks Back on Wacky Vintage Mobile Phone Designs
The 2000s were a deeply strange time. We were in the golden era of reality TV, and wearing a dress over bootcut jeans. Thoughts of economic and environmental strife were a lifetime away. Most importantly of all, we didn’t really have smartphones yet. Plenty of those who now wield the latest iPhone or Android look …
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18 Relatable Call Center Memes For All the Brave Soldiers Putting People on Hold
I’ve worked most genres of minimum wage job in my life, and one of the ones I liked the least was answering phones. Of all the ways to speak to customers, phone call is one of the most degrading ones. There’s something about not seeing the face of a customer service representative or salesperson that …
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Funny Thread Looks Back on Wacky Vintage Mobile Phone Designs
The 2000s were a deeply strange time. We were in the golden era of reality TV, and wearing a dress over bootcut jeans. Thoughts of economic and environmental strife were a lifetime away. Most importantly of all, we didn’t really have smartphones yet. Plenty of those who now wield the latest iPhone or Android look …
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Kids Encounter Landline Phone for First Time, Make Everyone Else Feel Old
Time is a cruel mistress. Trends change and the world moves forwards, until one day, you realize that everything you ever knew has suddenly become irrelevant. It happens to all of us eventually, but few expect it until it actually happens to them. It could be triggered by something as small as still wearing skinny …
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