How Does One Manage...

[jezzilee]

Jez,

Here's a trick the Boeing Airplane Company uses when batteries in cordless hand tools refuse to recharge. Put the battery in a freezer for 24 hours, remove it and let it return to room temperature (6 hours) and then try to charge it.

I thought it was an urban legend until I tried it when my cordless drill battery died and it worked! When my cell phone battery quit I froze it, and again the process worked. I have no idea why.

I would try this, but I am getting a new phone on Saturday...I would do it tomorrow but I am going to work at five am so I can be off at three pm so I can go to a ball game....

 

[Conager]

Jez,

Here's a trick the Boeing Airplane Company uses when batteries in cordless hand tools refuse to recharge. Put the battery in a freezer for 24 hours, remove it and let it return to room temperature (6 hours) and then try to charge it.

I thought it was an urban legend until I tried it when my cordless drill battery died and it worked! When my cell phone battery quit I froze it, and again the process worked. I have no idea why.

If I can find some of the batteries that I've given up on I'm going to give this a try.

 

[DesEsseintes]

For me, communication is all very well in its way, but needs a definite off-switch. Battery power never bothers me, because my phone spends 90% of the time switched off entirely. When I need to call someone I turn it on, call them, then turn it off again. If they want to contact me they can email me and I'll answer in my own time.

The idea of always being connected is horrifying, and I am sure is contributing to a generation afraid of solitude and of really thinking. When I asked some bright students a few years ago how they would feel about a week away from other people, with no electricity, all but two out of thirty one said it would be hellish. I think it would be bliss.

There is so much noise today, of all sorts. I don't believe it can be good for us.

 

[jezzilee]

If I can find some of the batteries that I've given up on I'm going to give this a try.

I know, right?

For me, communication is all very well in its way, but needs a definite off-switch. Battery power never bothers me, because my phone spends 90% of the time switched off entirely. When I need to call someone I turn it on, call them, then turn it off again. If they want to contact me they can email me and I'll answer in my own time.

The idea of always being connected is horrifying, and I am sure is contributing to a generation afraid of solitude and of really thinking. When I asked some bright students a few years ago how they would feel about a week away from other people, with no electricity, all but two out of thirty one said it would be hellish. I think it would be bliss.

There is so much noise today, of all sorts. I don't believe it can be good for us.

I love going hiking in the northwoods of Wisconsin, I love being out on the lake fishing, my phone doesn't get reception in either of these places, I can go without it for long periods of time. I am not the person in the cafe or restaurant with their eyes glued to the screen. I love my alone time, and value it very much.

 

[glynndah]

I turned my phone off for ten days a few weeks ago. When I booted it back up, I had one missed message and one phone call. Both were spam.

 

[sweepthefloor]

The phone makes the ear hot and it is nasty. The landline was never on. I wrote letters to my friends.

 

[sweepthefloor]

I turned my phone off for ten days a few weeks ago. When I booted it back up, I had one missed message and one phone call. Both were spam.

Call Me! Anytime.

 

[JohnnySavage]

It's interesting to see the contrast in answers between those that I perceive as being self-employed (or having an ownership interest in their place of employment) and those being employees.

I noticed a similar attitude years ago when I had an office with a wide range of employees. The lower and entry level employees arrived en mass, exactly at 8:30. The departed like a herd of buffalo on the run at exactly 5 pm. If the phone rang at 12:01 they wouldn't lift a finger to answer it because they were on their lunch break.

The uppper level employees and managers, as a rule, arrived between 7 and 7:30 and generally stayed until 6 or 6:30. They didn't usually take a lunch, or when they did it was a working lunch in the conference room.


I'm not saying one attitude is right and the other is wrong, it's just something interesting I've noticed over the years.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

Get a small brush and clean the lent from the charger connection.....

 

[hashtag45]

I've always tended to come in earlier and stay after hours because I loved my job.
But as time went by I started to understand the attitudes of those who do just as much as it's required of them.
When you're treated as an expendable number or shown no appreciation for your efforts, why bother? It's also a matter of self-preservation.

 

[Adre]

I always found 7 or 8 hours was plenty of time to get my job (and then some) done. Anymore than that was unproductive. I managed my team the same way.

 

[Not Normal]

I had android, was convinced I needed an iphone, bullshit! I love android and am returning there very soon...

Make sure you get a model where you can replace the battery. That's probably all that is wrong with your iPhone, but replacing the battery isn't an option. Not all android models allow for the swap.

Easily.

The world got along for centuries perfectly well without 'em.

They're mainly an annoyance and an unnecessary expense.

When I'm out of touch..., I'm out of touch. Leave a message. I'll get back to you when I get back.

We also got along without plumbing, electricity, and modern medical gadgets. Time marches on and most 'developments' are good things. Smart phones do have off switches.

Word. I specifically avoided ever getting a smart phone -- I only ever briefly even had an old-timey merely-cellphone -- precisely because I don't want to be reachable and hooked in all the time. I don't understand how people stand it, honestly, it would drive me bonkers.

Of course every company would love to be able to reach its employees at any time of day or night no matter what they're doing. But since I'm fairly sure we still have labor laws that don't allow them to force the issue, fuck that.

You can turn phones off, and ignore calls, texts and emails quite easily.

It's interesting to see the contrast in answers between those that I perceive as being self-employed (or having an ownership interest in their place of employment) and those being employees.

I noticed a similar attitude years ago when I had an office with a wide range of employees. The lower and entry level employees arrived en mass, exactly at 8:30. The departed like a herd of buffalo on the run at exactly 5 pm. If the phone rang at 12:01 they wouldn't lift a finger to answer it because they were on their lunch break.

The uppper level employees and managers, as a rule, arrived between 7 and 7:30 and generally stayed until 6 or 6:30. They didn't usually take a lunch, or when they did it was a working lunch in the conference room.


I'm not saying one attitude is right and the other is wrong, it's just something interesting I've noticed over the years.

I see that as a boundary issue. As an employee (when I am one) I do exactly what I'm employed to do, for the time we've agreed that I would do it. I don't want people to "expect extra" and thus I don't lead them to believe they can take advantage.

In my own business I will work extra, but MUCH of that work is charged to the client, but some will be given gratis.

 

[Conager]

Jez,

Here's a trick the Boeing Airplane Company uses when batteries in cordless hand tools refuse to recharge. Put the battery in a freezer for 24 hours, remove it and let it return to room temperature (6 hours) and then try to charge it.

I thought it was an urban legend until I tried it when my cordless drill battery died and it worked! When my cell phone battery quit I froze it, and again the process worked. I have no idea why.

What a great tip. I tried it on a three year old battery that will not accept even a partial charge. After freezing and thawing it took a charge of 40 percent on the slow, auxilery battery charger. I put it in the phone it works and the phone is now charging it more.

 

[pollynova]

Have you ever been in a rush in the morning, searching frantically for your keys or purse or whatever, only to find you've had it in your hand the whole time? I did that with my phone a few weeks ago. "Oh, I know! I'll just call it!" So I dialed my cellphone, from my cellphone.

Sometimes I wonder how I've managed to survive this long.

 

[jezzilee]

I got a phone today...samsung galaxy s6 I think I'm in love...

 

[doowdniw]

Get a small brush and clean the lent from the charger connection.....

I gave up brushing for lent.

 

[doowdniw]

I always found 7 or 8 hours was plenty of time to get my job (and then some) done. Anymore than that was unproductive. I managed my team the same way.

I've observed over the years that managers who are clock watchers generally end up with employees who share the same trait.

 

[RunningJib]

Might I suggest

I got a phone today...samsung galaxy s6 I think I'm in love...

Download some Nina

"I Loves You Porgy"

Or Sarah . . . "And I Love Him"

Or, if you're on a lark "History Repeating"

 

[tedsbeds]

New phone

I got a phone today...samsung galaxy s6 I think I'm in love...

I have ther S5. I know how you feel!

 

[jezzilee]

Download some Nina

"I Loves You Porgy"

Or Sarah . . . "And I Love Him"

Or, if you're on a lark "History Repeating"

I love that you share what you like...

I have ther S5. I know how you feel!

Still figuring a few things out but YAY for smart phones...

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I got a phone today...samsung galaxy s6 I think I'm in love...

I bet you give good phone.

 

[ElijaRDC]

With no cell phone. Yesterday my iphone battery died, and would not recharge for anything. I bought new chords even thinking maybe, just maybe!! To no avail. I think it was tired of me saying, "I'm going back to andriod!" Which. I am. However, I cannot do so until Saturday when I have some time off (maybe unless we are so far behind I have to work then too) It is Thursday. This means no texts, no calls, no email, no lit forever! I cannot believe how attached I have come to this little bit of technology...

I used to feel this way, but over the past couple years I've turned into one of those people I used to hate who ignores calls and texts unless it's something of immediate, dire importance.

 

[jezzilee]

I used to feel this way, but over the past couple years I've turned into one of those people I used to hate who ignores calls and texts unless it's something of immediate, dire importance.

I am able to do that... the worst thing about A ~ having no phone, and B ~ having a dumb phone for a couple days (borrowed from my cousin who seriously needs to step his game up) was my lack of connection to the internet. I do a lot of research for my job, at the job site, I also post items for sale from our location. If they are large items and I cannot post them immediately they wind up in landfill. Often I offer the large items for free, it saves my boss from having to pay disposal fees and feels kind of a like a pass it on good will gesture.

The inability to converse with my boss was the worst. Plus, I am often at job sites alone. It's a safety issue not having a way to communicate.

 

[RunningJib]

Dumb?

I am able to do that... the worst thing about A ~ having no phone, and B ~ having a dumb phone for a couple days (borrowed from my cousin who seriously needs to step his game up) was my lack of connection to the internet. I do a lot of research for my job, at the job site, I also post items for sale from our location. If they are large items and I cannot post them immediately they wind up in landfill. Often I offer the large items for free, it saves my boss from having to pay disposal fees and feels kind of a like a pass it on good will gesture.

The inability to converse with my boss was the worst. Plus, I am often at job sites alone. It's a safety issue not having a way to communicate.

Tell me, what so bad about a 3gl phone? Is being connect to the internet all that necessary?

 

[jezzilee]

Tell me, what so bad about a 3gl phone? Is being connect to the internet all that necessary?

I just covered my issues with not being connected in the post that you quoted. If I did not have the demands of my job that I do, it would not be such an issue as I next to nothing on my phone when working my main job. Not even text!