Do you ise your phone while on holiday?

[Anonymous]

When we go abroad on holiday, I usually switch off my phone until we get back to English shores. My view is, that we go away to get away from things.Besides which, if we get any news,we can't get back any quicker than the ship/plane  will bring us,so there's no point in going over and over things in my head that I can do nothing to change.

When I see people with a phone glued to their ear, I wonder why they bothered to come away, if they can't do without   daily contact. What did they do before mobile phones existed?

[perksie]

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[sheepdog]

Back to the original thread....yep, I take mine with me primarily because its such a pain trying to find a call box let alone have the right currency. That and hotel phones are ridiculously expensive just to keep in touch with family (parents still like to be rung to make sure you're ok!). The hassle of finding a local sim doesn't appeal to me so I grin and bear the cost of using it abroad though sensibly budget for the use.

Even though I have most of my email via webmail, having the Blackberry was very handy as certain things could be communicated better at my leisure than using the phone or trying to find a computer to reply to an email.

[Liquid]

I still have to have access to email to deal with clients when I'm on holiday but ill turn off network access. Annoyingly being self employed I find it very difficult to shut down completely:( I should try and employ someone I trust to run it so I can have a real holiday:)

Completely agree however you only really need a phone for emergencies.

[Anonymous]

If parents don't think their offspring are safe to be let out on their own, they couldn't have done a very good job of bringing them up to be responsible people.

If the parents are old, alone, or have some disability, it's understandable the children would want to check up on them, but surely having one person as the go between would pass on urgent messages, and also they would not be stealing your valuable "me" time while you are away.

Sorry if that seems harsh, but that's my way of thinking.

Regards

Immey:smileywink:

[Liquid]

I'm 23 and my parents still don't think I'm safe enough to be left alone

[Anonymous]

Hi Liquid,

Some shops still have a day when they are closed, to be able to do their own thing. Get yourself someone to hold the fort for you.

There is a wise saying that the mark of a good manager is that the office runs as smoothly when he's out of it as when he is there.

If you don't refresh yourself properly, you won't be able to function as efficiently as you'd like to.

Regards

Immey:smileyhappy:

[Anonymous]

Do they monitor your posts on this forum?

We'll have to be careful, won't we?

It's not your age that decides if you are safe on your own; it could be that they once did what you are doing now, so they can second guess what you are going to do before you actually do it. Have you tried using the scissors?

Immey

[jonsie]

I always take the phone on holiday with me but it normally stays in the hotel and just switched on at night and morning in case of family emergencies.

However I'm in Thailand shortly for 3 months and the phone will be on during the daytime and evening due to the 7 hour time difference. I also like to keep up with the footy and sports results, sad I know but when you are on your own you take pleasure in the simple things in life.:smileywink:

[Liquid]

Haha great responses:) I completely agree unfortunately I cannot yet bring myself to trust anyone to run my business for me. It will come with time. I'm young I've got loads of time to work myself to death.

I believe my parents are just overprotective. Haven't lived with them for 4 years now yet they still believe I'm too young to make my own decisions haha. I think it stems from them both working too much and missing a lot of me growing up so they're trying to make up for it despite how tiresome it is.

I think this is more a discussion for a physiologist should the time come for one

[perksie]

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@Liquid wrote:
I think this is more a discussion for a physiologist should the time come for one

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A psychologist might be more help!