whiskywill
Established Member
I have mobile phone but rarely use it.
Recently I was instructed to switch it on when I was supervising the kids in a playground whilst my wife went to a nearby hospital appointment. The plan was that as soon as she was finished she would call me and I would start walking back to the car park to meet her. It was a very sunny, hot afternoon and, without my reading glasses, the telephone screen was a complete blur.
After a rather long wait I tried to call her by finding her on my contacts list. I pressed what I thought was her name, Laura, but later found out that I had called our local child minder, Karen. Any five letters look the same when you are looking at a sunlit blurred screen. I did this three times apparently.
When I had an incoming call I pressed what I thought was the receive symbol but the call abruptly ended.
When I eventually met up with my wife her first words were "Who did you mean to send that text message to?"
My response, of course, was "I didn't send any message. I can barely see the screen let alone type a message".
She produced her phone and, sure enough, there was a message sent from my phone saying "Can't talk now. Call me later?"
My phone also showed that I had sent it.
After an evening of very suspicious looks from my wife, I told a work colleague what had happened and he immediately said "That's the default message sent by your phone if you can't take a call"
I had obviously pressed something to block her incoming call but had no idea that a message would be sent and nether did my wife. It was a very awkward few hours.
Recently I was instructed to switch it on when I was supervising the kids in a playground whilst my wife went to a nearby hospital appointment. The plan was that as soon as she was finished she would call me and I would start walking back to the car park to meet her. It was a very sunny, hot afternoon and, without my reading glasses, the telephone screen was a complete blur.
After a rather long wait I tried to call her by finding her on my contacts list. I pressed what I thought was her name, Laura, but later found out that I had called our local child minder, Karen. Any five letters look the same when you are looking at a sunlit blurred screen. I did this three times apparently.
When I had an incoming call I pressed what I thought was the receive symbol but the call abruptly ended.
When I eventually met up with my wife her first words were "Who did you mean to send that text message to?"
My response, of course, was "I didn't send any message. I can barely see the screen let alone type a message".
She produced her phone and, sure enough, there was a message sent from my phone saying "Can't talk now. Call me later?"
My phone also showed that I had sent it.
After an evening of very suspicious looks from my wife, I told a work colleague what had happened and he immediately said "That's the default message sent by your phone if you can't take a call"
I had obviously pressed something to block her incoming call but had no idea that a message would be sent and nether did my wife. It was a very awkward few hours.
strangely I cannot use scroll screen due to having the wrong "grease" on my fingers - apparently its an issue for those that work with their hands ie solvents etc btw I'm 57 haha. It looks dead naff but at least i can use it....
