Do you take the phone?
By missybear
@missybear (11391)
United States
February 4, 2009 6:26am CST
You know when you got to go to the Bathroom you just got to go.
What if you expecting a phone call and you really have to go?
Do you take the phone with you or do you hope they don't call while you in there?
My mom calls every Wednesday morning from Germany, I don't want to miss her call so that's the only time I take the Phone with me.
It's my Mom she'll understand.
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@vicki2876 (5636)
• Canada
4 Feb 09
The only person I take to the bathroom with me would be my sister. We are best friends and we both are comfortable enough to talk on the phone with each other while going to the bathroom. I would not do that with anyone else though. But she did watch me give birth to my first child, so there isn't much else that could gross her out about with what my body can do. HEHE
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@explorations (1712)
• United States
4 Feb 09
If it's a call I can't return, like for work for example, then I'll take the phone in there with me and hope for the best. If it's a call I can return, like from friends or family members I see all the time, then I'll return the call later.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
5 Feb 09
I'm not a phone person either but it's different if it's mom.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
5 Feb 09
If I am alone in my house and am expecting any call, I won't mind taking my cell phone or cordless phone to my bathroom. I know the caller cannot come to know that I am in the bathroom, that is why I am not his/her call. I can take the call in bathroom and can inform him that I am in the bathroom and if he could wait for few minutes, I'll rever to him. This way, he will feel more relieved and would come to know the reason why I am busy. If someone is present in the home, then I won't take my cell phone to the bathroom, instead ask my partner to handle the call and inform the caller that I am taking bath.
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
5 Feb 09
You may be right that we may get caught, when talking on phone from our bathroom because of acoustics effects. However, if I receive a call over there, I make it clear that I am in bathroom, it is for the caller to decide, whether to continue talking to me or he can talk to me later, if it is not so urgent, else I can call him back.
I can understand your position, when your fiance catches you.......LOL!
@NYANJURU (57)
• Kenya
5 Feb 09
dpk262006
you would know when a person is speaking from the bathroom because of what Architects like to call acoustics (not sure is the right spelling) anyway, it is the echo sound that is produced in the bathrooms because of tiles and enclosed space. I am always caught out by my fiance especially when I call from the bathroom. He always says....when you are through peeeing please call back!!! how embarassing.
@Jae2619 (1483)
• United States
4 Feb 09
I take the phone to the bathroom with me all the time. I have caller ID and if I know it's important I'll pick up, but if it's nothing then I'll let the answering machine get it..
If i'm on the phone and I gotta go, and it's my mom, sister or a very close friend, I just go on do my business and talk as nothing was going on. I am a mom, so multi-tasking comes hand in hand. lol.
If my mom was calling from Germany, and I knew the exact time I'd have the phone plastered me to as well, that's a VERY important call...
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
5 Feb 09
Thanks for understanding and you right it's my most favorite call and very important to me.
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@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
17 Feb 09
I do not like to talk in the phone in the bathroom, thus I usually do not bring in the phone when I am in the bathroom. Even though I am expecting an important call, I always hope they don't call me while I'm in the bathroom. Also, I can always return a call even if I have missed it. Yeah, if it's your mum, of course she will understand as you treats her call so important.
@markmoney (2868)
• Philippines
4 Feb 09
Haha, I used to bring my phone to the bathroom before. It's not for call but for text. Actually I used two ways in using the phone while taking a bath. First is to insert it inside a transparent plastic bag, second way is before I hold the phone, I immediately rinse my hand and dry it with my towel. Hahaha! Happy myLotting!
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@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
6 Feb 09
I nearly always take the phone with me into the bathroom or outside. It seems like it never fails that when I go to the bathroom without the blooming thing it decides to ring its fool head off!! If Alexander Graham Bell had thought about the problems that the phone would cause with people getting to go to the bathroom in peace, he never would have invented it!
I have been known to answer the phone while in the bathroom and unfortunately couldn't help the expelling of gas in one enormous blast! And of course bathrooms have wonderful acoustics!!
@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
6 Feb 09
No, fortunately I live in the flight path of one of the Naval Air Stations and I got away with saying "Gee, the jets are flying rather low today!" The person bought the excuse.
@Carolyn63 (1403)
• United States
13 Feb 09
I will take it with me if I am expecting a call and no one else is home. That isn't very often. Generally I will leave my cell phone with my husband if I am going to be indisposed for a bit.
Now, we have a small auto repair business. One of the commercial parts men at Advance takes the phone with him. I have called a few times and he would indicate he would have to get back with me in a few minutes because he was indisposed. Now, it isn't like there aren't others there capable of answering the phone and either helping me or taking a message. I think someone doesn't want anyone else to make a commission. That is just a bit much.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Feb 09
i nearly always take the phone w/me when i go to take a shower. seems like if it's going to ring it will be then.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
7 Feb 09
i layit on the close hamper & have my towel hanging over the shower so i dry my hands before answering.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
7 Feb 09
Don't you get it all wet taking a shower when you answer it
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@aspnaren (314)
• India
4 Feb 09
This happend to my father.He is a bussiness man. He used to get many useful call and if he goes to bathroom he makes somebody to take care of the calls he recieve.If the call is very importsnt he asks us to give the cell phone by partially opening the bathroom door,now he have arranged a separate shelf in bathroom to keep his mobile phone while taking bath..
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@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
11 Feb 09
Sometimes I take the phone in the bathroom with me when I'm going to take a shower. I don't usually take it in there when I'm using the bathroom though. If it's important they will call back or they can leave me a message and I'll call them back. I have a little boy though so if I hear them leaving a message ( I have a regular answering machine and not voicemail over the phone)and if it's very important than I'll just have him bring it to me.
@_Honey_ (780)
• Philippines
12 Feb 09
This topic made me laugh! :) I can't actually live without my cellphone with me. Here in the Philippines, we seldom communicate through phone calls. We're more on exchanging text message. I kinda get hooked with my phone and it's always a habit sending text messages to my friends. It keeps me "connected". :)
@mcelhenney (481)
• United States
7 Feb 09
Hi,If I am expecting an important call, then I will take the phone with me.I have an answering machine to take calls if I am not able to answer the phone.If it is important and they leave a message I will call them back,But if I am expecting the call and I just can't wait I will take the phone with me.
@fran429 (502)
• United States
10 Feb 09
LOL... My grandmother bought a 3 receiver cordless phone JUST so she can have 1 in the bathroom... someone ALWAYS calls when she's in there! Do *I* take the phone with me? Before yesterday, the answer would have been no I don't... BUT, yesterday I was expecting a VERY important phone call at 10am and I walked in the door at 9:55 and had to GO so I brought it in with me... actually, I brought in my home phone AND my cell phone becuz I couldn't remember which phone number I gave them LOL...
@UtopianIdealist (1604)
• United States
11 Feb 09
I take it with me anyhow, and if a call comes in, I will answer it if it is my partner, anyone else though, can leave a message.
@srganesh (6340)
• India
7 Feb 09
I am a businessman managing my business in single and I have to attend all calls despite the time and so I use to take my cellphone with me to the bathroom.I attend any calls anywhere.It is a must for me.One can contact me at any time and I consider cell phone a boon to me.