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I don't buy it. Does anybody? At least more than once?
I have a friend who will just cut off a conversation when she either is bored or arrives where she's going or whatever. Just, no connection mid-sentence.
Then, the next day I get the excuse that so sorry, her phone died.
If it happened once, or maybe twice in a 12 month period, I "might" believe it. But, every other week?
Even if it's true, it's unacceptable. Charge your dang phone.
Funny thing, though, is that whenever she needs my help, she doesn't have these issues - or at most, they are instantly resolved.
When I need her help? Huh, phone died mid-conversation.
I guess the moral of the story for me, anyway, is to stop being available to this kind of person.
But, have you dealt with the same situation where supposedly someone's phone magically died when you were in the middle of talking, and they didn't get back to you for a day? Hello, can't everyone else just plug their phone in? I know I can.
My buddy and I have a mutual friend and my buddy realized that when the mutual friend was done telling you his story then he would quickly end the call. Hey I met this great girl, we went to this concert and then hey let me call you back. Like he has ADD and once he gets his thought out of his head then he moves on.
We figured it out years ago and laugh every time he calls. Dead phone sounds like a rude version of my friend.
Haha. Having said that, I would give her a charger and tell her she never has an excuse again to hang up. If she keeps doing it, cut her out of your life.
However, you yourself know best - are you really calling her too often and too long? Maybe work on that.
Great idea! Or get her one of those battery backup chargers. My daughter has one, her iphone battery drains pretty fast. I doubt she spent more then $15 on it and may have even gotten it from Five Below
So, funny update. I made a comment that she needed to get a battery pack and she said her daughters always take hers and she can't find them.
Then, the other day, she wanted to talk to me and she texted me asking if I was available to talk, I said yes, and she said hang on, she wanted to go get the battery pack (or whatever they're called - the battery power thing you can plug your phone into).
So, maybe I was too harsh in my initial deduction of what was happening. I still think it's a convenient excuse - but - it does appear that there's a kernel of truth, so we'll see.
So, funny update. I made a comment that she needed to get a battery pack and she said her daughters always take hers and she can't find them.
Then, the other day, she wanted to talk to me and she texted me asking if I was available to talk, I said yes, and she said hang on, she wanted to go get the battery pack (or whatever they're called - the battery power thing you can plug your phone into).
So, maybe I was too harsh in my initial deduction of what was happening. I still think it's a convenient excuse - but - it does appear that there's a kernel of truth, so we'll see.
I was really scatter-brained when I was young. I've developed ways to deal with it over the years - always put keys on the hook, write notes, put alarms and reminders in my phone, start getting ready a couple hours before I think I need to...
My mom used to say things to me like, "If your head wasn't attached, you'd lose it," and "if it was a snake, it would have bit you." Yeah, she was kinda mean and that wasn't very helpful, but I really was pretty scattered.
I'm a firm believer in tactful honesty. It is neither tactful nor honest to hang up on someone, pretending that it's inadvertent, no matter who's talking.
When I want to end a conversation, I say, "Listen, I'm going to have to let you go now -- there's stuff I have to do." Usually the other person says, "OK, talk to you later." And that's the end.
Or maybe the one person has already tried that approach without success and the other person doesn't say ok so quickly. Then it becomes brutal honesty (I'm tired of talking to you) or more stress to create on-the-fly excuses. And some people won't let you go without trying to extract a commitment on when you will talk to them next.
So, funny update. I made a comment that she needed to get a battery pack and she said her daughters always take hers and she can't find them.
Then, the other day, she wanted to talk to me and she texted me asking if I was available to talk, I said yes, and she said hang on, she wanted to go get the battery pack (or whatever they're called - the battery power thing you can plug your phone into).
So, maybe I was too harsh in my initial deduction of what was happening. I still think it's a convenient excuse - but - it does appear that there's a kernel of truth, so we'll see.
You weren't too harsh. When SHE wants to talk(about herself of course), she is prepared. Makes sure she has battery back up.
But when it's about you or anything other than herself, her phone dies. Sounds very self absorbed.
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