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[enigmatic_alex44]

I made the mistake of taking public transit once and witnessed, among other horrifying things, a small unassuming businessman on his blackberry texting or whatever, and a larger man leaned over and asked him if he could use his phone. The smaller man looked terrified, I could see him trembling so he handed his phone over to the larger man faster than Sonic. He then started making a personal call, and chatting on the phone with his girlfriend and LOL'ing for the rest of my trip. I doubt the businessman ever got his phone back, he seemed really intimidated.

I was with a friend who let someone use her phone once. When she got it back, the entire glass screen was covered in that person's ear sweat, I honestly wanted to vomit. Friend was just like:

The audacity for someone to even ask for someone else's cell. Like, your facebook, email, contacts, and a ton of other stuff is on there. It's like handing someone your keys and a card with your address on it. Pray they don't take off with your phone!

I have never and will never lend out my phone. If there's an emergency, for sure, I'll call 911 for you. Some sketchy random asked me for my phone in public a while back and without eye contact I just assertively said "nope"

 

[Wario64]

No

 

[Hatty]

Hell no

 

[DietRob]

Never. I don't even give change in public. Use my cell phone? LOL.

 

[SmithnCo]

Fuck no

 

[Palpable]

Never ever.

 

[Cider X]

Fuck no.

 

[Jonnax]

No. Replacing my phone would really hurt my wallet. If I had a £10 phone I wouldn't mind as much.

 

[dejay]

"Sorry mate, it's a work phone, I'm not allowed to lend it to anyone."

 

[Drazgul]

I was with a friend who let someone use her phone once. When she got it back, the entire glass screen was covered in that person's ear sweat, I honestly wanted to vomit.

Classic Rando.

 

[MIMIC]

Yes

Last time I let someone use my phone was at the airport. This lady needed it to make a call to her son/husband to see if they had landed yet.

As long as your call doesn't last for like 10 minutes, I'm happy to help.

 

[jeremy1456]

A lady once told me she needed to use it for an emergency for a really quick phone call.

I dialed the number, put it on speakerphone so she could speak and hear, and made sure the phone never left my hand.

That's about as far as I'm willing to go.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Yeah, of course. I won't let them wander off with it, but if somebody just needs to make a quick call, I'm happy to help.

 

[Maengun1]

Strangers? No way. Some random guy actually asked if he could use my phone a couple weeks ago and I said I didn't have one on me (lol). I doubt he believed that but he just walked away. Didn't seem to be an emergency situation.

I don't even like letting my friends use my phone (though I will and do, if their battery dies or whatever on occasion). I'm hyper protective.

 

[TimeEffect]

No. Payphones exist.

Also, that poor businessman... Are you sure they didn't just know each other and were just acting out some kinky fetish/roleplay?

Who just gives up their phone like that

 

[RadioHeadAche]

Of course not. I don't know where your gross body has been.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Even though he is a Seahawks fan, rando is a good dude and I would let him use my cell phone in a pinch any time!

 

[Valhelm]

Yeah, but only if I have reason to think that they won't be able to take off with it.

 

[Puppet Shadow]

I don't have a cell phone, and if there was an emergency of some kind I'd ask a person with one to call for me. Asking to use a person's cellphone is akin to asking them if you can hold their wallet / purse.

 

[esms]

Fuck no, motherfucker. Get your own.

 

[Dennis]

Fuck no. You think I want some fucker to run off with my iPhone 6?

 

[Ghazi]

When I was working as a cashier, I lent many people my phone as long as they stayed by the counter to call their cc companies, etc and never had any problems.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Hell naw

Before smart phones I didn't really care, but phones are worth far too much money now.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Only in a dire emergency will I lend someone my phone.

 

[Sanjuro]

There is another side to this. I got shit for this actually at a outing. The group I was in wanted to take a photo. Of course, none of them had phones on them or they had ancient old flip phone. Proceeded to mock me for not handing my new device to a stranger in a populated theme park.

 

[Currygan]

ahahaha, no

 

[CDX]

Giving my phone to a random stranger to use? No. A friend probably. For a random, NOPE.

For a stranger, my phone is not leaving my possession.

For a stranger, if I somehow feel they have a sincere need to use my phone for some reason, I'd offer to dial the number & put the phone into speakerphone mode, while I continue holding my phone. ..but I doubt I'd even do that for most.

 

[Valhelm]

Actually, there was one time where a woman made a call on my phone and the recipient kept calling me back in Spanish, getting progressively angrier each time.

 

[Dead]

I did it once. I told the dude to give me his car keys in exchange.

 

[MIMIC]

For a stranger, if I somehow feel they have a sincere need to use my phone for some reason, I'd offer to dial the number & put the phone into speakerphone mode, while I continue holding my phone.

lol, really? Might as well just say no.

 

[terrisus]

Geeze, you people.

I've asked to use someone's cellphone before.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Absolutely not.

 

[jeremy1456]

lol, really? Might as well just say no.

As I said earlier I've done it before.

I think 50% less privacy in a phone call is a small price to pay for the favor of someone allowing you to make a call.

 

[Xyber]

Depends, but most of the time it's a no.

 

[Producer]

Never again

 

[Baron Aloha]

Depends on whether I think the person might run off with it. Most times yes.

No. Payphones exist.

Not anymore they don't. At least not in my city or any city I've been to in the last 5 years.

 

[Carl]

I'd probably give them some change to use a payphone

 

[Goro Majima]

Even though he is a Seahawks fan, rando is a good dude and I would let him use my cell phone in a pinch any time!

:jnc

I usually go with the "I don't have a phone" but the "it's a work phone" thing seems like a great idea.

Although, I'm probably overly paranoid since I usually assume random strangers approaching me for any reason while I'm out in public are out to scam me or screw me over somehow.

 

[ldcommando]

sure

 

[Memento_Mori15]

I still use a dumb phone so I don't mind. Usually when they want to borrow from me, they have a good reason.

 

[TxdoHawk]

I did this once, was somewhere in Manhattan and a good-looking woman in a business suit asked me if she could make a call.

Spoiler

I tried to turn it into a dinner date and got shot down.

 

[Icyflamez96]

Where do they still have payphones?

 

[linkboy]

Friends, sure.

Random person I've met before, fuck no.

My phone is to important in my daily life to just risk losing it like that (not that everyone is a phone thief, it's just a chance I'm not willing to take).

 

[Komo]

Er, no. That's how my friend's phone got stolen

Fuck no. You think I want some fucker to run off with my iPhone 6?

Yeah, man. I wouldn't want someone running off with my Samsung® Galaxy™ SII

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Uh, yeah, of course. Most of the really poor can sometimes not afford phones at all times so I have no problem lending my own. Not sure I get the trepidation at all.

 

[RM8]

Wut, no. Not that any random stranger has asked, though.

 

[Dennis]

Where do they still have payphones?

Cleveland I think.

 

[terrisus]

No. Payphones exist.

I'd probably give them some change to use a payphone

"Some change?"

Do you know how much payphones cost these days?
If you can even find one where you are.

 

[Carl]

Where do they still have payphones?

"Some change?"

Do you know how much payphones cost these days?
If you can even find one where you are.

They're everywhere where i live

 

[jeremy1456]

My brother once let a stranger use his phone.

The person in question called 911 to report that their girlfriend was beating them up. Didn't give enough details before they hung up.

The phone account address was my parent's house. The police came over to my parent's house and assumed my mom was beating up my dad.

It was hilarious.