Cell Phone Connection

A few days ago, as I was leaving work and on my way home, I decided to call my mother from the bluetooth feature of my car.

It’s still new, so I had to show it off.

So I pressed the little call button, practically screamed at the dashboard (because it tends to misunderstand me if I’m not screaming) “Phone. Call Mom.”

The car then said “Calling Hip-Hop.”

Huh?? Hip-Hop?

And then I remembered…I had this guy in my phone:

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Yeah, I have the Sixer’s mascot in my phone. I had an event with him at my old job and took his number down to keep in contact with him that day. I never deleted him out of my phone.

So anyway, there I am, in my car trying to call Mom when I’m really trying to call Hip-Hop. A giant, creepy, muscular bunny with a doo-rag.

I immediately screamed and tried to hang up the phone. All I could think of was “why did I keep him in my phone? What possible reason would I have to call him now that I don’t work for my old company anymore?”

I hung up before he answered, so I’m glad I avoided the awkward embarrassment of telling a giant bunny that I misdialed. (Okay, he’s actually a nice, normal looking guy, but the bunny suit still creeps me out)

But that incident got me thinking…how many people do I have in my phone that I don’t call, would never call, and probably would even be inappropriate to call?  The number is pretty high.

I’ve lost touch with probably 70% of the people in my phone.  Another 15% are people that I should probably keep in my phone because they’re family, and the other 15% are people that I would actually call or text.

So what do I do with that 70%?  Do I delete those people since neither of us call each other, or do I hang on to them “just in case” we ever reunite?

Part of me thinks “well, it’s not hurting anything to have them stored on my phone” but the other part of me wrestles with the fact that I LOVE cleaning up, tidying things and getting rid of excesses when I can.  I’ve moved on from this friend, they’ve moved on from me, shouldn’t I just let it go?

Plus, there’s always facebook.  That would be a much more appropriate venue to contact some of these people if a reunion ever did take place, right?  And then if we become close enough later on after this miraculous reconnection, I could get their number again, right?

Right.

So I deleted about 40% of my contacts.  I kept all my high school buddies and college friends even though we don’t chat over the phone–I still care about them and want to leave the door open for those relationships.

Could I go and take more away?  Yeah, probably, but maybe I’ll do that in another year or two.  It feels good, actually.  It probably wasn’t absolutely necessary since our phones can hold a bajillion numbers and stored data, but I feel better anyway.

Do you have people you could delete off of your phone?  Would you want to, or do you want to keep their numbers just in case?