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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: Admiral Yi on May 10, 2019, 03:54:48 PM

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
Title: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Admiral Yi on May 10, 2019, 03:54:48 PM
Poached from an Economist article about fintech.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: garbon on May 10, 2019, 03:58:14 PM
As in if you can only take one? :huh:
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: garbon on May 10, 2019, 04:02:23 PM
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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: crazy canuck on May 10, 2019, 04:15:35 PM
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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: mongers on May 10, 2019, 04:41:27 PM
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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Monoriu on May 10, 2019, 05:47:30 PM
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. 
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Admiral Yi on May 10, 2019, 05:55:47 PM
The three people who voted Phone but didn't post must be too busy Instagramming or Snapchatting.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Eddie Teach on May 10, 2019, 06:06:23 PM
Phone. My chauffeur carries a wallet.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Josquius on May 10, 2019, 06:08:26 PM
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
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Grey Fox on May 10, 2019, 09:23:55 PM
My phone.

I take walks with my family, couple of kms. I always take my phone, rarely my wallet.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Duque de Bragança on May 11, 2019, 01:50:20 AM
Police may ask for an ID, so wallet.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Maladict on May 11, 2019, 02:11:11 AM
Phone, the protecting case also holds my ID, bank card and public transport card.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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?
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Monoriu on May 11, 2019, 03:01:18 AM
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. 
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 03:12:27 AM
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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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:
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 01:24:05 PM
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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Eddie Teach on May 11, 2019, 01:32:07 PM
Do you also carry your phone with you when mowing the lawn?
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: crazy canuck on May 11, 2019, 02:14:34 PM
You are not a person?
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 04:14:16 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 11, 2019, 02:14:34 PM
You are not a person?

I am not people.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: mongers on May 11, 2019, 08:40:36 PM
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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Tonitrus on May 12, 2019, 09:05:58 AM
Quote from: The Brain on May 11, 2019, 04:14:16 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 11, 2019, 02:14:34 PM
You are not a person?

I am not people.

Animal, vegetable, or mineral?
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Josephus on May 12, 2019, 02:29:18 PM
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.)

Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: derspiess on May 13, 2019, 03:35:06 PM
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?
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: Eddie Teach on May 13, 2019, 04:12:49 PM
I think Spicy is high right now.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: derspiess on May 13, 2019, 05:52:06 PM
(https://cheezburger.com/8081393408/the-smell-the-sense-of-accomplishment)
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Wallet or Smart Phone
Post by: crazy canuck on May 14, 2019, 11:17:16 AM
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.