Life Without a Cellphone II

Yes, life without my cellphone again! It's not my first time leaving my phone at work. What do people do nowadays without a cellphone?

Man, what an experience. I was meeting up with a friend and I left my phone at work. I didn't realize until I was at the skytrain station. I was thinking, great, how are we gonna find each other now? I don't remember her number and that station connects to the mall. What if she isn't at the station entrance area?

When I got there I couldn't find her. I was panicking. Good thing I had my tablet with me. I e-mailed her but I thought, what if she doesn't check her e-mail like me? I only check them in the mornings. (Turns out she doesn't even use that e-mail anymore...) 

Then I thought what about FB message? I thought but she doesn't go on FB like me. (Turns out she use FB messenger just not FB...) So I messaged my brother to look in my phone book at home. Good thing I still keep a phone book, just not with me... Just when I got the number, my friend showed up right infront of me. OMG! Thank you!

I told her I left my phone so I was trying to find ways to contact her. She said "yea, I thought that was strange, you didn't reply me but you said you will meet at a specific time and it was already 20 minutes past that time". She was standing away from the station because it was too cold and she decided to go check the mall, maybe I was in there. Good thing she came in!

Honestly if I couldn't find her, I don't know what to do except go home and call her and apologize. She said she was thinking if she should go home after a bit too. She also said even if I got her number, how will I call her. I said "find a pay phone or customer service". She said "I don't even know if there are pay phones nowadays". I'm sure there are but maybe like 1 or 2 left. I'm sure there are kind people out there that would let me use their phone...maybe...but it's hard to trust people nowadays. I don't think I would lend my cellphone to strangers, they may run away with it. If I was at work, I would lend them the work phone. I don't think they would want to steal that. Right?

Well, that was my "fun" part of the day.

After that I decided to have a plan B. If you people don't see me after a certain time and I'm not replying, just meet at the restaurant or wherever we decide on. I normally reply people asap and if I'm late I will for sure let them know. If I don't say anything, there got to be something wrong. Make sure to stand somewhere that makes you noticeable.

Seriously, how do people find each other without a cellphone? Who remembers phone numbers nowadays? Should we just do things the old fashion way? Memorize phone numbers, keep a phone book? No clue.