Poll
Question:
Which would you rather carry with you when leaving the house?
Option 1: Wallet
votes: 16
Option 2: Smart Phone
votes: 8
Option 3: Bork Bork Bork
votes: 1
Poached from an Economist article about fintech.
As in if you can only take one? :huh:
I always carry my wallet - it has my driver's licence in it. This question is really only valid for people who do not drive.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 10, 2019, 03:59:17 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 10, 2019, 03:58:14 PM
As in if you can only take one? :huh:
yup
Why would that ever happen?
Anyway, wallet all the way. I'm not interested in paying with my phone. Always seems like it takes people longer to pay.
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 10, 2019, 03:59:00 PM
I always carry my wallet - it has my driver's licence in it. This question is really only valid for people who do not drive.
I don't drive regularly, but my wallet has my transit pass.
If I'm just walking/running around the neighbourhood I happily leave my wallet behind, but otherwise I would be forced to choose wallet.
Quote from: Barrister on May 10, 2019, 04:06:40 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 10, 2019, 03:59:00 PM
I always carry my wallet - it has my driver's licence in it. This question is really only valid for people who do not drive.
I don't drive regularly, but my wallet has my transit pass.
If I'm just walking/running around the neighbourhood I happily leave my wallet behind, but otherwise I would be forced to choose wallet.
If the question is, if you were only going a walking distance from your house, I would say wallet because it also has my credit card/cash in it. I am with Garbon - would never pay by phone.
The question seems a bit vague, is it about which do you use to pay for things?
Anyway wallet for me as I never carry a smartphone, it would get destroyed within a few weeks of being carried about by me.
Though half the time I do carry a dumb phone if I'm going more than a dozen miles.
Wallet. Easy choice for me. In addition to all the legal requirements like ID card and driver's licence, the main reason is I don't really use my mobile phone much. The phone is largely optional for me. I don't use all the mobile pay functions. I don't need to access the internet all the time. I seldom if ever call people using my mobile.
The three people who voted Phone but didn't post must be too busy Instagramming or Snapchatting.
Phone. My chauffeur carries a wallet.
A lot of people I know just take their phone and pay with everything by card. I am increasingly going that way. If I were to buy a new wallet a zip section would no longer be so required as in the past. And those new notes stick together way too often.
Voted phone. Though its still both for me
My phone.
I take walks with my family, couple of kms. I always take my phone, rarely my wallet.
Police may ask for an ID, so wallet.
Phone, the protecting case also holds my ID, bank card and public transport card.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on May 11, 2019, 01:50:20 AM
Police may ask for an ID, so wallet.
You're required to carry ID?
I sometimes leave the house without my wallet (when taking out the trash and similar), but I never leave the house without my phone.
Quote from: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 02:49:27 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on May 11, 2019, 01:50:20 AM
Police may ask for an ID, so wallet.
You're required to carry ID?
Not exactly required, but it saves time to have one. No need to go to the police station to check identity if asked. Mind you, I seldom get it asked but it happens. With those demonstrations in Paris for instance.
PS: I leave house with my wallet and phone in general
In Hong Kong, police are empowered to check anybody's ID, any time, any where, for any reason. Failure to produce a valid ID card is a criminal offence. You are stopped by police for a traffic violation, the first thing they'll ask is your ID, and the second is the driver's licence.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on May 11, 2019, 02:57:29 AM
Quote from: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 02:49:27 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on May 11, 2019, 01:50:20 AM
Police may ask for an ID, so wallet.
You're required to carry ID?
Not exactly required, but it saves time to have one. No need to go to the police station to check identity if asked. Mind you, I seldom get it asked but it happens. With those demonstrations in Paris for instance.
PS: I leave house with my wallet and phone in general
Gotcha.
Quote from: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 02:53:36 AM
I sometimes leave the house without my wallet (when taking out the trash and similar), but I never leave the house without my phone.
Taking out the trash is considered leaving the house? In that case once a week I carry neither a phone nor my wallet.
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 11, 2019, 11:07:57 AM
Quote from: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 02:53:36 AM
I sometimes leave the house without my wallet (when taking out the trash and similar), but I never leave the house without my phone.
Taking out the trash is considered leaving the house? In that case once a week I carry neither a phone nor my wallet.
It does unless you're one of those people on those TV shows.
Quote from: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 01:10:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 11, 2019, 11:07:57 AM
Quote from: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 02:53:36 AM
I sometimes leave the house without my wallet (when taking out the trash and similar), but I never leave the house without my phone.
Taking out the trash is considered leaving the house? In that case once a week I carry neither a phone nor my wallet.
It does unless you're one of those people on those TV shows.
:huh:
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 11, 2019, 01:21:46 PM
Quote from: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 01:10:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 11, 2019, 11:07:57 AM
Quote from: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 02:53:36 AM
I sometimes leave the house without my wallet (when taking out the trash and similar), but I never leave the house without my phone.
Taking out the trash is considered leaving the house? In that case once a week I carry neither a phone nor my wallet.
It does unless you're one of those people on those TV shows.
:huh:
There's about a gazillion TV shows about people who fill their houses with trash.
Do you also carry your phone with you when mowing the lawn?
Quote from: Eddie Teach on May 11, 2019, 01:32:07 PM
Do you also carry your phone with you when mowing the lawn?
I never mow the lawn. People do that.
You are not a person?
Today I took three ordnance survey maps* with me and I need them too. :bowler:
* large folding paper maps, if you can believe such things still exist in our technological age.
The question that is asking is do you use your phone to pay for shit.
I don't. I'm old.
But I think even those who use their phone to pay for shit, will be forced to carry something with them that has their (in cAnada) health card, their driving licence, etc.)
Quote from: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 01:46:21 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on May 11, 2019, 01:32:07 PM
Do you also carry your phone with you when mowing the lawn?
I never mow the lawn. People do that.
:huh:
Why would anyone do drugs when they could just mow a lawn?
I think Spicy is high right now.
(https://cheezburger.com/8081393408/the-smell-the-sense-of-accomplishment)
Quote from: Eddie Teach on May 11, 2019, 01:32:07 PM
Do you also carry your phone with you when mowing the lawn?
Yes.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 14, 2019, 07:25:39 AM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on May 11, 2019, 01:32:07 PM
Do you also carry your phone with you when mowing the lawn?
Yes.
I do too, so I can listen to podcasts while doing yardwork.