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Poll: Do you switch off your mobile phone at night?
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Nov 2, 2021

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Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Holanda
Local time: 00:24
Membro (2016)
Inglês para Holandês
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No, but ... Nov 2, 2021

... I leave it in the living room. Actually, my "stationary phone" is over there most of the times, also when I'm at work (elsewhere in the house) and even when I leave my home and don't need any specific apps on it.

 
Ian Keith Jones Williams
Ian Keith Jones Williams  Identity Verified
Espanha
Local time: 00:24
Francês para Inglês
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Mute Nov 2, 2021

It is muted from around 9 p.m. I virtually always have it with me at home but curiously won't always take it with me when I go out.

Samuel Murray
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
França
Local time: 00:24
Francês para Inglês
. Nov 2, 2021

I leave it on, but only answer if it's one of my children or my partner or a lodger who's out and may have lost their key. Clients would be ignored, because I couldn't trust myself to remain polite at 3am. Nobody has ever called me when I'm in bed though, probably because I only work with people in the same time zone as me.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 23:24
Membro (2007)
Inglês para Português
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No Nov 2, 2021

At night it sits in the living room (or in the place I last used it), during the day it is always with me.

Rita Utt
Josephine Cassar
Aline Amorim
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
Reino Unido
Local time: 23:24
Italiano para Inglês
Most boring quiz question? Nov 2, 2021

Is this the most boring quiz question ever or can you think of an even more uninteresting one ?

Angus Stewart
Robert Rietvelt
Susanna Martoni
Anja Hajek
IrinaN (X)
Chris Foster
 
Jean Dimitriadis
Jean Dimitriadis  Identity Verified
Inglês para Francês
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Airplane mode Nov 2, 2021

Airplane mode and sleep tracking app (Sleep as Android).

Mariana Catarina
 
Professional suicide Nov 2, 2021

Of course not. I turn the volume up too so I don’t miss job offers in the early hours from India and the Philippines, by far the best sources of work from the Scandinavian languages.

It’s first come, first served in the gig economy and we have to be available 24/7, fingers on the buzzers, snooze or you lose. Anything else would be madness.


expressisverbis
Thomas T. Frost
Vasaporn Chaiyakul
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Baran Keki
Liena V.
Aline Amorim
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 23:24
Membro (2007)
Inglês para Português
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Me too... Nov 2, 2021

Ian Keith Jones Williams wrote:

I virtually always have it with me at home but curiously won't always take it with me when I go out.


I never take my mobile with me when I go out to walk my dog. My phone is too big for my hands and I’ll have my house keys plus one or two bags for the residue collection in one hand and the leash in the other one. I thought of buying a foldable mobile but I’ll wait until the price drops as I’m not paying over 1,000€ for one…


Tom in London
Aline Amorim
 
Mr. Satan (X)
Mr. Satan (X)
Inglês para Indonésio
ROFL Nov 2, 2021

Ice Scream wrote:

Of course not. I turn the volume up too so I don’t miss job offers in the early hours from India and the Philippines, by far the best sources of work from the Scandinavian languages.

It’s first come, first served in the gig economy and we have to be available 24/7, fingers on the buzzers, snooze or you lose. Anything else would be madness.


This is so sad. Alexa, play Il barbiere di Siviglia.


Roy Chacón
Barbara Villa
Tony Keily
P.L.F. Persi (X)
 
Mariana Catarina
Mariana Catarina
Portugal
Local time: 23:24
Inglês para Português
+ ...
Airplane mode Nov 2, 2021

I switch off the wifi and put it in airplane mode during the night. During the day is on silence and app notifications are always off.

Tony Keily
 
Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD  Identity Verified
Alemanha
Local time: 00:24
Membro (2008)
Inglês para Alemão
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Agree, and... Nov 2, 2021

Tom in London wrote:

Is this the most boring quiz question ever or can you think of an even more uninteresting one ?


... what's the difference between No and Never btw.?


Ivan Fosin
 
Tony Keily
Tony Keily
Local time: 00:24
Italiano para Inglês
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The what? Nov 2, 2021

I have an on/off relationship with my phone at the best of times. Maybe we spend too much time apart, I don't know.

At night it's off, but daytime it's really only on when I'm AFK.

[Edited at 2021-11-03 12:17 GMT]


expressisverbis
P.L.F. Persi (X)
 
Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Holanda
Local time: 00:24
Membro (2016)
Inglês para Holandês
+ ...
Absolutely not my experience Nov 2, 2021

Ice Scream wrote:

Of course not. I turn the volume up too so I don’t miss job offers in the early hours from India and the Philippines, by far the best sources of work from the Scandinavian languages.

It’s first come, first served in the gig economy and we have to be available 24/7, fingers on the buzzers, snooze or you lose. Anything else would be madness.

I don't recognise this, at all. While I may occasionally reply to emails of American clients in the evening at my place (not always, just when I happen to check my business mail on my phone), I never, ever am available for work during the night. Any assignment I may have missed due to that wasn't worth it anyway. My private phone (landline) can ring - but never does - 24/7, just in case something is wrong with a relative. Otherwise, people will need to ring my door bell to get me out of bed at 3 a.m. And I'm making more than a decent living, so availability during daytime only works well for me

[Edited at 2021-11-02 15:10 GMT]


The Shredder
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
 
Thomas T. Frost
Thomas T. Frost  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 23:24
Inglês para Dinamarquês
+ ...
Misunderstood Nov 2, 2021

Edith van der Have wrote:

Ice Scream wrote:

Of course not. I turn the volume up too so I don’t miss job offers in the early hours from India and the Philippines, by far the best sources of work from the Scandinavian languages.

It’s first come, first served in the gig economy and we have to be available 24/7, fingers on the buzzers, snooze or you lose. Anything else would be madness.

I don't recognise this, at all. While I may occasionally reply to emails of American clients in the evening at my place (not always, just when I happen to check my business mail on my phone), I never, ever am available for work during the night. Any assignment I may have missed due to that wasn't worth it anyway. My private phone (landline) can ring - but never does - 24/7, just in case something is wrong with a relative. Otherwise, people will need to ring my door bell to get me out of bed at 3 a.m. And I'm making more than a decent living, so availability during daytime only works well for me


Chris was being heavily sarcastic. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously.


expressisverbis
Liena V.
Michele Fauble
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
P.L.F. Persi (X)
Mr. Satan (X)
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