While secretly clutching my 5s I hand over my company provided flip phone.
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How do you handle strangers asking to use your cell?
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Ohhhhhhhhh bbbooooyyyyyyy you guys would absolutely love my place of work....Now I am somewhat of a green thumb and have a pretty good paying job mixing and spraying chemicals and fertilization on many different types of terrain but the company I work for also does yard maintenance such as mowing etc. and the ones hired are the absolute bottom of the barrel and are hired on for the summer work and none of them have a phone or they (have no minutes) or (wait till they get paid to refill account) and if we so happen to be at the same location they are always asking to use my phone or even worse I get the ones that come up to me on the notion that they heard I work on iPhones on the side and heard I have the latest iPhone out (can I see it)? So for those of you able to go years without being asked be thankful seriously !
Sure. I'm not some pompous douche who's going to say no to someone who likely has good intentions.
Within reason obviously, if someone is acting sketchy about it, I might ask a follow up question to verify their intentions, other than that, again, why not?
Within reason obviously, if someone is acting sketchy about it, I might ask a follow up question to verify their intentions, other than that, again, why not?
I have done it before but not anymore.
My cousin was playing poker at a local casino. He let one of the players at the table borrow his att i5, while my cousin was in the middle of a hand, the dude stood up and just left the casino. By the time my cousin realized what had happen it was to late.
My cousin was playing poker at a local casino. He let one of the players at the table borrow his att i5, while my cousin was in the middle of a hand, the dude stood up and just left the casino. By the time my cousin realized what had happen it was to late.
It's situational: One time I stopped to see if some people pulled over by the side of the road needed help (in broad daylight on busy highway so minimal risk), and let them use my phone.
If I were approached in a less safe area or the person wasn't confidence inspiring then I would offer to dial and put it on speakerphone for them. That's just being sensible without refusing help and is a perfect solution in my opinion.
If I were approached in a less safe area or the person wasn't confidence inspiring then I would offer to dial and put it on speakerphone for them. That's just being sensible without refusing help and is a perfect solution in my opinion.
I dont see what the big deal is, i give out my SSN, mothers maiden name and Dob all the time to strangers
I would either ignore them, give them a look, tell them to **** off, or happily let them use it. It really depends on the person's social status and the occasion.
To all that said no in this thread. If you were in a dire emergency (where you really needed to use a phone right there and then - and no other phone was around), would you want someone to allow you to use their cell phone?
I'm pretty sure everyone on this thread owns an iPhone, hence the reason they are posting here...
I understand your point though, but doesn't pretty much everyone have a cell phone nowadays?
Once, I was browsing a redbox about 20 feet away from a pay phone. As I was browsing, a woman came up to the pay phone and tried to use it. Apparently it was out of order, because she started dropping f-bombs and slammed the handset against the phone body two or three times. Then she turned around and made a bee-line for me, and said in a gruff manner "Can I use your phone?" After seeing her treatment of the payphone, I politely declined.
No, but if it were an emergency, I would call the police for them.
Phones have come a long way since their inception... they are more than machines with which to make phone calls, and most people have a lot of personal or classified information on them. So now it is basically the equivalent of a stranger asking, "hey, can I borrow your wallet for a second?" Um, no.
Phones have come a long way since their inception... they are more than machines with which to make phone calls, and most people have a lot of personal or classified information on them. So now it is basically the equivalent of a stranger asking, "hey, can I borrow your wallet for a second?" Um, no.
That's what I do, no way am I handing out my phone to a stranger.
However, being on giffgaff gives me another great excuse - my network's probably down!
If you say it politely it's the perfect answer. That's my stock answer for people asking for change as well. You don't owe an explanation.
You make the call for them. If you hand them your phone your crazy.
My God there are low life scammers everywhere on the road. Dangerous MoFo's
Asking for gas money is a nice one. Or better, asking for $5 of gas at a station telling you no need to worry as you can just swipe the card for them. Could you imagine trying to stop them when it goes over $5? What do you do, call the cops?
Of course when they use a gun I oblige.
How does the song go?......."I am a target"
My God there are low life scammers everywhere on the road. Dangerous MoFo's
Asking for gas money is a nice one. Or better, asking for $5 of gas at a station telling you no need to worry as you can just swipe the card for them. Could you imagine trying to stop them when it goes over $5? What do you do, call the cops?
Of course when they use a gun I oblige.
How does the song go?......."I am a target"