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PSA: My phone died right as I was about to pay for parking downtown.
I was in the city library parking garage, and the meter app needed my license plate number to start the timer. I fumbled with my dead phone for a solid five minutes before I had to run into the actual library to ask the front desk person if they had a charger I could borrow (they did, thankfully). What's your backup plan when your tech fails at a really bad time?
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martinez.hayden1mo ago
Ever think about just taping a twenty to the back of your phone case? My buddy learned that lesson after a situation like yours. He was trying to pay a bridge toll and his phone just shut off, no warning. He had to dig through his glove box for loose change while people honked. After that, he started keeping a folded bill behind his phone, which is basically what @paige562 does. It seems dumb until you're the one holding up a line.
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keith9001mo ago
Grocery criminal" is the perfect way to put it, that shame walk back to the car is the worst. I've been there with a dead phone at a gas pump. My rule now is a ten dollar bill stays folded up in my actual wallet, separate from the phone case. That way if I lose my phone or the case comes off, I'm not totally broke. Cash feels stupid until it's the only thing that works.
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the_jana5d ago
My backup plan is just hoping someone takes pity on me. The amount of times I've had to ask a stranger to spot me for a parking meter...
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paige5621mo ago
That parking garage panic is the worst feeling. My backup is usually a couple of folded up bills in my phone case, but last week my card got declined buying groceries. The real kicker was I had cash, but it was all in my car in the far corner of the lot. Had to leave my full cart with the cashier like some kind of grocery criminal. What do you keep on you for a true tech meltdown?
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