{"id":337,"date":"2013-09-30T07:35:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T11:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?p=337"},"modified":"2013-10-29T14:55:21","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T18:55:21","slug":"phones-and-toilets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"Phones and toilets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-0229614676767015\"; \/* Anthony&amp;Me *\/ google_ad_slot = \"4865788629\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phone-in-toilet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-338\" alt=\"phone in toilet\" src=\"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phone-in-toilet.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phone-in-toilet.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phone-in-toilet-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Apparently phones and toilets don&#8217;t mix.<\/p>\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t heard from Anthony for three or four days. I had tried to reach him but just got his voice mail. Worried that something might have happened to him, I wandered down to 19th and M on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Leaning up against the brightly colored newspaper boxes that anchor the corner there, Anthony was talking with a parking enforcement employee. &#8220;You are just the person that I need to see my friend,&#8221; he belted out when I dropped my backpack on the curb next to his own bag.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"JRS-2013-0925-003.jpg by reed_sandridge, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57043777@N03\/9984944546\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JRS-2013-0925-003.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7372\/9984944546_d5fca18832.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Although the box says that the plan is $40&#8230;if you ask, they have a $30 plan as well without internet service. It helps to ask! (photo: Reed Sandridge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It turns out four days earlier Anthony accidentally dropped his phone into a toilet. &#8220;Oh man&#8230;it&#8217;s dead.<!--more--> I tried everything,&#8221; he said more animated than normal. &#8220;I even let it sit in a bag of rice overnight like they say to do and all, but nothing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He took me into the lobby of the Wells Fargo bank that is in front of his corner. Plugged into an outlet inside the bank was Anthony&#8217;s phone. &#8220;They keyboard lights up and all but that&#8217;s it,&#8221; he said shoving the phone into my hands.<\/p>\n<p>I have to be honest, I couldn&#8217;t stop wondering whether the toilet was empty or full when the phone fell in. I know that&#8217;s kind of gross&#8230;but that&#8217;s what ran across my mind as I held his broken piece of equipment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reed, I need your help. I need a new phone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We walked over to Radio Shack and after a lengthy study of all the plans and all the available phones, he choose a Virgin Mobile prepaid phone with a $30\/month unlimited calls and texts plan. I bought him the phone and one month&#8217;s worth of service thanks to the kind donations I have received from you. I wouldn&#8217;t be able to help him the way I do without your generosity.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"JRS-2013-0925-002.jpg by reed_sandridge, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57043777@N03\/9984933426\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JRS-2013-0925-002.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7394\/9984933426_924cc5668f.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: Reed Sandridge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today he&#8217;s back at his corner and in touch with the world again. It&#8217;s amazing how much phones have become a part of our lives. Just a few days without his was driving him crazy! Kind of reminds me of something I heard recently: Life is what happens when your cell phone is charging &#8211; or perhaps the toilet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently phones and toilets don&#8217;t mix. I hadn&#8217;t heard from Anthony for three or four days. I had tried to reach him but just got his voice mail. Worried that something might have happened to him, I wandered down to 19th and M on Tuesday morning. 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