• LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    10 months ago

    One time there was a real emergency and couldn’t reach my wife. So I activated find my iPhone on her phone. It will ring at full volume no matter what. Not to abuse but useful in times of emergency.

    • edric@lemm.ee
      6·
      10 months ago

      Good to know, thanks. Wife also forgets to unmute her phone and she only answers the phone if it’s me, so if she’s aware of where I am and doesn’t expect me to be calling, she ignores any call.

      • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        I believe there is a feature on both ios and android that chosen contacts will be unaffected by do not disturb

      • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I can’t think of the last time I took an unscheduled phone call. And there’s no notifications that require my real-time attention.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 months ago

      Phone push notificaton: “police are advising people in your area of an active shoo…”

      Me: “wow no thanks” puts on silent

  • Selmafudd@lemmy.world
    291·
    10 months ago

    Brah mine every time.

    She loses her phone like 15 times a day and asks if I can help find it, im like yeah I’ll just ring it knowing full well she has the fucking thing on silent, and she replies with its on silent… Welp I tried to help looks like you’re on your own with this one, good luck in your search, to which she replies something along the lines of go fuck yourself

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
    232·
    10 months ago

    I couldn’t even tell you what my ringtone or sms alert sound is. I can’t be sure the speakers in my phone have ever been used. I’ll return your call/text on my time.

    • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      10 months ago

      “I love you babe, the plane is going down. I just wanted to hear your voice one more time”

      Edit downvotes:

      'uh it’s my time how dare you"

    • Classy@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      10 months ago

      Yeah my best friend is that way, absolutely unreachable by phone even though he keeps it on him at all times. He tells me “any time you need anything or there’s an emergency I’m there” but the few times anything really important has come up he’s terribly unreliable to reach. I’ll send a message to him and he may reply 3 days later?

      It’s at a point where I’ve given up considering him an emergency contact, even as he claims he wants to be. I hope you never get burned by your “I can’t be reached unless I decide I’m in the mood to reply” policy.

  • ScrollinMyDayAway@lemm.eeEnglish
    172·
    10 months ago

    My fucking life with my wife and son. I honestly hope I get into a car accident with the steering column impaled in my chest so I can call them with my dying breaths to say I love them, only to have them not pick up because their ring is on mute. Then I’d come back as a total DICK of a ghost saying ‘See? I told you to turn your ring volume up!’

    • Track_ShovelOPEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      I get the notification thing. I can’t stand abrasive notifications, but do not disturb schedules are a thing and can be set to allow certain people through (at least on Android).

      Mild sidebar: I switched from a decade’s long iPhone use to Android. They’re so much more customizable. Tell me again how my phone is better? People are there ridiculous blue bubble cult, smh.

  • groats_survivor@lemmy.world
    6·
    10 months ago

    The most frustrating thing to me is when I’m with her in person she always has her phone, when I try to call she’s like [what the hell is this ringing thing]

  • Nikki@lemmy.world
    6·
    10 months ago

    i got my watch with this in mind, i fucking hate ringers and noise so i let my wrist buzz

    then ignore it anyway because im a socially inept gremlin

    :3

  • happyhippo@feddit.it
    63·
    10 months ago

    Why TF do they keep their phone on silent is beyond me.

    Is this a worldwide wife plot, or what?

    • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      10 months ago

      I keep mine on silent too. It’s fucking annoying how often people are trying to contact me or send me shit. I ended up on the phone for two hours this morning playing therapist for a coworker, time I’ll never get back.

      Anyway, this shit is after two weeks:

      I have my settings to discard everything after 30 days but it still gets ridiculous so every couple weeks I delete all texts and recent calls. That’s only the stuff I’ve ignored too. It blows my mind how much people are obsessed with their phones.

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
      1·
      10 months ago

      Mines on silent unless I’m asleep so work can call me if necessary. If I’m awake there’s no reason not to be texting me instead. If I deem it necessary I’ll call back but you better fucking tell me what it’s about in the message and not just “Hey call me” or some other vague nonsense.