Always start phone conversations with 'my phone is about to die' so you can hang up whenever you want.
@ADDiane Boss move is to say this on a landline.
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*looks at her dect phone*
Not unplausibe. o.o
@KanaMauna @ADDiane Can do that - just say you forgot to put the phone back in the base the previous day.
@ADDiane Works well unless your contacts know you as someone who panics when battery hits 80% 🤣

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This is Standard Operating Procedure.

@ADDiane this might lead to close relationships gifting you chargers, which honestly I’m thrilled with 🤣
@ADDiane I love this idea, I need to implement it into my everyday life
@ADDiane We gotta be quick. I'm about to die.

@ADDiane Wait - I always thought you were supposed to let all calls go to voicemail by default

I haven't answered the phone since 2010

@ADDiane My phone’s about to die, but that’s just about best idea I’ve heard all da*beep beep beep*
@ADDiane Sometimes I just have the call "drop". Since cell phone signal reliability is still the same as it was in the 90s, no one doubts this.

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And always hang up while you yourself are speaking, right in the middle of a sentence. It's more believable this way.

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protip: start a sentence, and hang up in the middle of talking. Nobody ever hangs up on themselves!

@ADDiane How're you just gonna expose the ancient techniques used by the neurodivergent for decades? 😭
@ADDiane "I'm getting the low-battery warning noise from my hearing aids."
@ADDiane This is fucking genius.

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Been doing this for ages now. Also "I'm about to enter an area with terrible signal"

@ADDiane To phones about to die… we salute you.
@ADDiane Just remember to turn off the phone in case they try to call back
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"Listen, baby, I'm sorry
Just wanna tell ya don't worry
I will be late, don't stay up and wait for me"
"Say again? You're dropping out, my battery is low
Just so you know, we're going to a place nearby
Gotta go!"

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Alexander Graham-Bell: “Come here, Watson. I need you”

Watson: “My phone’s about to die…”

@ADDiane Or hang up while you are speaking so they know it couldn't have been you.
@ADDiane many thanks for your connection 🙏🌹😍☮️