During the show today, Nicole reached over to take a look at Stan’s Blackberry. She wanted to see what his highest score was on Brick Breaker (she is obsessed with Brick Breaker). Stan was none too pleased with this and lost it. He chastised Nicole for taking his phone without permission. No one goes through his phone, not even his wife, because he feels what’s his is his and that it is an invasion of privacy. Nicole couldn’t see what the big deal was, she just wanted to see his Brick Breaker score. Ryan and Rich, on the other hand, agree with Nicole. What’s the big deal? Rich thinks that the only reason someone doesn’t want anyone going through their phone is because they have something to hide. Although, if you have nothing to hide, then who cares? Is taking a look through someone’s phone an invasion of privacy or should it not be a big deal? Is the only real reason you wouldn’t allow anyone to see it is because you are hiding something, or also a sign of someone who is just possessive? What about things other than your cell phone?
Totally private !!!
My husband goes through my phone and my purse to for that matter all the time. I don’t care that he does that b/c I have nothing to hide. So I don’t see what the big deal is…unless you have something to hide.
These days just about everyone has their own phones, I would feel an invasion of privacy if someone just picked up my phone. Ask. People have a lot of private information stored on their phones. I keep my Gyno appointments, work information, and reminder notes, I don’t wish to share with everyone. Seriously, if you just grab someone’s phone, what are you looking for? I feel the same way about a digital camera, NO you can’t just look through my pictures!
I have 2 cell phone. I have a personal one and a work one. My best friend sits next to me at work. And of course he is a male. When my phone starts going off with a text message he always grabs it and looks at it and reads it. Sometimes he will even respond for me. I dont care cuz I dont have secerts. When he gets bored he will start texting my girlfriends with stupid comments. They think it is funny and will respond. If my kids or someone else was to grab it i would probably freak.
I personally don’t mind if someone grabs my cell either. My wife and I use each others cell phones all the time. I have to agree if with Nicole. Does Stan have something to hide?
On the other hand, what if they are hiding a surprise for you? My friend grabbed her boyfriend’s phone and saw some pics of engagement rings that he had taken to compare. Oops! No surprise now!
I don’t have a problem with my family and friends going through my phone at all! I don’t have anything on there that I wouldn’t want any one to get their hands on. For all these people that do have naked pics or work stuff…what would happen if you LOST your phone? If you loose you wallet..yeah it sucks but you can cancel your credit cards. But if a naked pic of you or some one else you care about gets posted on the Internet..that is there FOREVER!
My roomate just broke up with her bf…she always looked through his phone with or without his permission. I would ask her why and she always said “just to see who he is talking to”. Well I always told her if you have to look through his phone to see if he is cheating on you, then don’t you already know the answer. She never really found anything profound on his phone, I think that he is smart enough to erase an text messages or calls he got from other women. Low and behold he had been cheating for the last 7 months of there 3 year relationship. I say go with your gut and make a smart decision, when you know, YOU KNOW!!!
I think if you have a good relationship with the person, then it’s fine to look at their phone. But it should be a given not to go through their texts or pictures without permission. But just checking it out is perfectly fine…what information that you want to keep private is right there as soon as you look at a phone?
I heard you guys talking about this on the radio this morning, and I almost called in to share my two cents. It completely depends on the person in one situation, since I wouldn’t let a stranger just pick up my phone. Secondly, the cell phone is something to me that holds our sense of being. Think about the fact that you pretty much will never leave the house without it! Just like your wallet, keys; would you let someone go rifling through your wallet? I know I wouldn’t. When people pick up my phone I get a little self-concious, not because I have something to hide, but because it’s my connection to the world, and I don’t like people having even the possibility of messing that up!
This goes two-fold: What if you have a phone that can text but you can’t use the web? Someone picks up my phone and starts browsing the web on it without my knowledge. I then get slapped with a huge extra bill from the phone company for the web browsing. If you always hold your phone, you know how you used it. Same goes with text messages. What if you have the phone numbers of lots of people, and someone picks up your phone, and sends random people texts from your phone. I always want to be in control of my phone’s usage, and not have to worry about someone secretly sending a text under my nose.
It could sound like paranoia, but I think Stan was completely justified in freaking out; I would probably be ok with it, but I’d be looking over at your shoulder watching your every move while it’s in your hand. That way I know what you’ve done, and how and I can fix anything that you may have broken. Imagine someone picking up your phone and they break it…you’d be screwed if you were like me…who has their life on a BlackBerry.
OMG you guys are hilarious. I live in Calgary Alberta Canada and I drive my girls to school every morning and we listen to you guys (its like a 35 min drive traffic pending) and then I get the follow up on the way home so I can tell them what happened afterschool on the ride home. The phone one well we all have to agree that if your freaking out over noone touching it its either because A your hiding something or B your parents pay your phone bill and you dont want someone messing up your bill by sending texts or downloading stuff by accident or on purpose.
Like on iphones, instincts or blackberry sometimes you can just go to check out an app and bango theres an eight dollar charge for GPS that you really didnt want!
I think Stan has nude pictures on his phone or maybe evidence that he’s been cheating. No one else would freak, they would just be like please give me my phone back or watch your every move if they cared.
Having perverted roommates, I sometimes open my phone to an obscene background picture as a practical prank. They will also text an unattractive girl or ex girlfriend while my phone is unattended, which is wrong. Changing my ringing profiles so silent is actually loud is another good one. Because of all the trauma, I usually grab my phone when someone takes it, not because I’m hiding something, but because I’m used to it getting messed with. Maybe Stan thought Nicole was going to take some dirty pictures?
My S/O did something he wouldn’t normally do, and I KNEW he had done something he knew would upset me. Checking his cell confirmed it. Hard to confront him, tho. Damned if I do, damned if I don’t.