Each morning my friend, Emily, would bring a thermos of coffee and take my phone away to charge it.

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The couple featured in the introduction caused me to grab my smart phone to take pictures of the serial numbers and descriptions of my appliances to look up for recall alerts.

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So I take the phone call in my best professional voice - Monica Crowley here.

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But holding up my phone to take a picture of him seems like a bad move, one that could possibly further ignite his rage.

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You find people saying, 'I'd rather get a discount on my network subscription than take up a new phone.

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The Hex Code Wallet got me plenty of compliments in lines and at registers, but I had to remove my phone if I wanted to take photos.

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There were times when I had to grit my teeth, steel myself and take a deep breath before making the weekly phone call to see how she was.

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"I then did what I have nearly always done and that was to pull out my phone to complete any other messaging I had to do before take off, " he said.

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