I've been musing on this for the last few weeks. Everybody has different items that they consider vital to their daily life. These items stay on or near them at all time.
For instance, here what's in my pockets at all times:
Front left pocket - Pens (one black and one red -- and the black one is always a Uni-ball Vision Micro), eye drops, cellphone, and whatever change is on me.
Front right pocket - Keys (I have enough of them that nothing else shares the pocket with them).
Back left pocket - Wallet.
Back right pocket - Nothing.
And as soon as I get home, all of this stuff gets dumped in a little basket right inside my back door. Except for my cellphone, which is pretty much always in arm's reach.
How about you?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
preciousssss Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
By "everyone", you mean men, right?
Because women keep their "items that they consider vital to their daily life" in their purse.
My pockets contain the stuff I pick up off the floor or take away from the baby that I haven't had time to go put away yet. Currently: a pair of tiny socks and some change. Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
I have five pockets currently (4 pants, 1 shirt) and nothing in any of them. My wallet is in my jacket hanging by the door, but I often leave it home. I don't generally carry pens except by accident (what the!.. I thought I left this with my notebook). I refuse to get a cell phone. I get a ride to work, so don't need keys.
Fear me, I am the pocket minimilist.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
I agree, Jenna; I was gonna say something about this being a pretty thoroughly male phenomenon.
That said, my winter coat pockets tend to attract a fair amount of random things (at the moment: gloves, chapstick, and a pack of cards).
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
The only thing ever in my pocket is my phone when I'm not carrying a purse, or change that I don't want to put back in my purse.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
My room key is in my pocket.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I know this is a male-centric topic, since women put all the important stuff in their purse. But in the interest of simplicity I decided to just ask about pockets. I didn't restrict it to just men (cause that would be sexist). But I also purposely didn't ask about purses because purses are so much bigger (in a lot of cases) that it's not an even comparison. A girl with a medium sized purse can put more stuff in their than I could ever dream of cramming in my jeans pockets.
I do know this about purses, though -- if the woman has children, it's a safe bet that she has food, wet wipes, and tissues in her purse.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
I don't like keeping things in my pockets...so I only do temporarily.
But to answer what things I find essential to life...
Chapstick, lotion, some sort of hair tie, a brush, and nail clippers.
In that order.
Other things I really can't leave home without: my keys, my license, and a debit card.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Not all women keep items essential to their daily life in their purse, thank you very much. I don't carry a purse 95% of the time. The only time I do is when nothing I am wearing has pocekts. So I appreciate JT's non-sexist approach.
Today I am wearing a dress (no pockets ) with a nice hoodie over it (pockets! ) In my hoodie pockets are my cellphone, work ID, and work pager. In my coat pockets in my cabinet are my wallet, car keys, change, gloves, and random junk. I prefer to keep my wallet on me, and try to buy pants that have a back pocket so I can do that, but that is hard to find in women's pants except jeans. When I'm wearing jeans or other pocketed pants the wallet is in the back right pocket, keys front right, and cellphone front left.
When I must carry a purse, I have a tiny one that is just big enough for my wallet, keys, and maybe a tube of chapstick. And my wallet is really small, more of a combined moneyclip and card holder. I like it that way.
Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :
Front left pocket - If I bring a pen, which is always a Cross ballpoint, it will be in this pocket. My cell phone will also be found here if I don't have a coat pocket or other convenient place to put it.
Front right pocket - Keys are usually in my coat. If not, then they get put into this pocket. Money clip with a few bills in it.
Back left pocket - Phone numbers of hot women (usually empty)
Back right pocket - Small case for driver's license and a credit card.
And as soon as I get home, all of this stuff gets dumped onto my dresser, except for the keys to my car, which stay in the ignition of my car. My cell phone gets put wherever is convenient (which is usually the least likely place for me to find later on).
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
Front Right, my wicked-slick pocket knife. Back right, billfold. Shirt Pocket, cell phone. Everything else (and sometimes even these things) go in my jacket pocket. And I usually take everything out as soon as I sit down, so I leave things everywhere....
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
Shirt Pocket: Cross Pen and Pencil and a small week-at-a-glance planner. Years ago I thought my back was going south. The orthopedist had me move my wallet to the left side pocket and all symptoms resolved. So, left trouser pocket: wallet, right trouser pocket; keys and a whittlers 3 blade pocket knife and nothing in the back. On the weekends I use a bigger knife (Victorinox Hunter) in a belt case. But, that doesn't seem appropriate for the office.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Yikes!
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
Yikes? Yikes? Politically correct or not, it is highly impractical to live in this world without a pocket knife. Airport security is not likely to reverse several million years of evolution.
Oh, maybe you didn't know, a Hunter is a folding "swiss army knife" with a three inch blade. If it won't fold, you don't need it.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
I didn't mean to imply that no women did it, only that it's mostly men.
I say, carry stuff the way you find most convenient, be it pockets, purse, man-purse, totebag, or plastic grocery bag. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, what if the knives were designed intelligently?
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
Tante, you're funny.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
When I have stuff in my pockets (mainly when I go out) this is how it is:
Front left pocket - Cellphone, folded papers (maybe class schedules with room numbers, or maybe a shopping list or something like that), change possibly (if I end up getting change as some point)
Front right pocket - Keys (kept separate as to not scratch anything up and all, plus they are fairly bulky what with the remote keyless entry thing and all).
Back left pocket - Nothing. Typically if the pocket has a button (say like with khaki pants), the button is stilled buttoned closed.
Back right pocket - Wallet, the big somewhat bulky thing that it is.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
One nice thing about winter is that I get to have more pockets. Year round I carry wallet, cell phone, keys, and lighter (I don't smoke; I just find lighters to be handy things to have on hand). I had a pen burst in a pocket in jr. high, which pretty much cured me of the desire to keep one in a pants pocket.
In the winter I add gloves, a pen, scratch paper, a compass/thermometer thing, often a pocket knife, and occasionally a magnifying glass.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
quote:Not all women keep items essential to their daily life in their purse, thank you very much. I don't carry a purse 95% of the time. The only time I do is when nothing I am wearing has pocekts. So I appreciate JT's non-sexist approach. [Big Grin]
Word.
Front left: Phone so I can feel it ring (hooray vibrate!).
Front right: Money.
Rears: Nada. I don't like sitting on random stuff. Everything else is in my backpack.
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
Pockets...
Front left - cell phone, chap stick, lighter
Front right - Keys (car, home, garage, grandpaents guest house, grandparents garage, ex-wife's car)
back right - Wallet
Back left - empty
hooked to belt loop - Keys (classroom, desk and drawers, wrestling room, coache's office, storage room, stereo system and two fobs for the building doors) This one makes me feel like a janitor, but it's easier than trying to keep these in my pocket and I use them all the time.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
I'm with you ElJay!!
I always carry my wallet in my back right pocket. My keys (and chapstick if I have it with me) go in my front left pocket. My front right pocket is where my cellphone goes. If I'm wearing my sweatshirt (with pockets) my PDA goes in the left pocket.
If I'm wearing something without pockets, then I might carry a purse...
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: Because women keep their "items that they consider vital to their daily life" in their purse.
Not so! I hate carrying a purse. I do carry one when going to places where I might be awhile and might need MORE stuff, but for basic running-around, I just use pockets.
And in wintertime it is even better since I'm wearing a coat I have MORE pockets!
Currently in pockets: Right coat pocket - keys, cellphone, one kleenex left coat pocket - employee badge (that I'm supposed to wear) and a small coin purse I carry that is just larger than a credit card width/height and has an outside pocket. I keep my cash inside the zippered coin part, and on the outside pocket I keep my driver's license, debit card, and parking garage card. That's all I need.
Sometimes pockets will include a small comb, or a hairband.
Farmgirl
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
Nothing in my pockets except gloves in my coat. You would be astounded at the contents of my purse, though.
Posted by Avatar300 (Member # 5108) on :
Front left: phone
Front right: keys
Back right: wallet
back left: nothing
left coat: coffee coupons
right coat: one penny
inside coat: work schedule
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
At least 75¢. I always start the day with 3-6 quarters for coke(s) at work.
My wallet - when it is not lost.
My debit card - when it falls out of my wallet before it gets lost.
My keys to my house, my car, my wife's car, my mom's house, and both jobs.
Cruzer mini 1.0 GB ScanDisk.
EDIT: Fixed "tense" problems in a sentence.
[ January 26, 2006, 04:43 PM: Message edited by: lem ]
Posted by Chris Kidd (Member # 2646) on :
Front left Pocket: Wallet , so i can keep a hand on it when im in a crowd. If im wearing a jacket my wallet will be in the left hand pocket of the jacket. ( you can't trust those pickpockets)
Front right pocket: My keys on a foot and a half chain. (incase pickpocets get to freindly)
Back left Pocket: Usually nothing maybe a boxcutter while im at work.
Back right Pocket: Sometimes a small F.M. Radio while im working,
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I think there's something to the fact that most people keep their keys in their front right pocket.
I think it probably has a lot to do with most people being right-handed, although I'm a lefty and I do it too. The other thing is that keys is something that nearly everyone carries with them at all times, so it's the easiest to use for comparisons.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
An ink pen, my wallet, the rules of Fight Club (of which I am breaking the first and second), and a quarter.
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
Front left pocket: My great grandfather's Case pocketknife Zippo Lighter (USS La Moure County -- before the shipwreck) Cigarette butts (to be thrown away properly later)
Front right pocket: Nothing
Rear Left: Wallet
Rear Right: Nothing
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I don't have pockets. And when it is buried in my purse, I don't always hear the cell phone ring. So I tend to keep it tucked in my, uh, cleavage. Which can be a problem if it starts ringing and I have to reach in to answer it. And if I have it set to vibrate, I commence jiggling.
I really ought to figure out a better place to keep it.
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
String, or nothing!
I'm surprised I'm the first to say that.
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
String, or nothing!
I'm surprised I'm the first to say that.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Actually, I think you are the second. Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
When I leave my apartment not wanting to carry a purse...
Back right: phone, license, cash Front left: keys
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
When I am wearing clothes with pockets, I always keep tissues in my right pocket of slacks, a skirt or a dress. My left pocket will contain miscellaneous objects, depending on where I am and what I am doing: sometimes my watch (when it bothers my wrist), sometimes my keys, sometimes my reading glasses (they are very little, so they fit in a pocket), sometimes my cell phone. Etc.
When I am at work, it's a different story. Then, I still keep tissues in my right pants pocket. Sometimes I may also have part of a card of allergy medicine or a sample size bottle of tylenol or the like, for my own use. In my left pants pocket, I keep some notes that I refer to during the course of my work shift (frequently used protocols, passcodes, etc). I wear scrub shirts with big patch pockets at the front lower hems of the shirt, on either side - in the right pocket, I keep my pens, small tools I need (like a penlight, scissors, etc), work related keys, notes on the patients I am caring for; in my left pocket, I keep my stethoscope and a bunch of alcohol swabs.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
There is a wocket in my pocket.
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
I've never even *owned* a purse, let alone worn one. I don't think I'll ever have one. If I need to take books/clothes/stuff somewhere that won't fit in my pockets, I bring a backpack.
In my pants pockets, I normally just have keys in the front right pocket, but I haven't had those for months because there's nothing to unlock here. So they're empty. In my coat pockets, I usually have my wallet and a book for walking, along with assorted dog treats, change, receipts, etc.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
I keep thinking of George Costanza's huge wallet that was giving him back problems and made him sit crooked because he kept it in his right rear pants pocket.
And I'd love to not carry a purse, but with 4 kids it ain't happenin. Actually I have a nice leather backpack that serves as purse/diaper bag. And STILL I end up leaving my credit card in my back right pocket and going out the next day without it. (Get it out of purse, use it, put it in back pocket because it's easier.)
Tante - you don't have pockets today, or you don't have pockets? Ever?
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Nothing. I'm just happy to see you.
-pH
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
My skirts don't have pockets. All but one of my blazer jackets don't have pockets. My dresses don't have pockets. I don't wear pants. Some of my blouses have breast pockets, but you can't put anything in that, or you ruin the line. I don't wear hoodie sweatshirts.
I do carry a little purse. I'm not telling you the stuff that I keep in my purse. It's not knives, though.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: Nothing. I'm just happy to see you.
pH
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
For me it's just the basics. Wallet, which contains my house key in a zipper, in the right pocket, cell phone in left pocket, semi-automatic pistol in the back left pocket. And a nuclear warhead in the back right pocket. Oh yeah.
Posted by Onanism Thread (Member # 8525) on :
pH beat me to it!
er... so to speak.
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
Right now, nothing.
When I am off work, I keep my wallet in my back pocket, my cell phone in my left pocket, and my car keys in my right pocket.
At work I keep my work keys and a pen in my right pocket, and my car keys in my left pocket, and my wallet in my back pocket.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
I hate women's clothes without pockets. Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I don't carry a purse in the wintertime, I just use my jacket pockets. In the right, my wallet and reciepts and random stuff. In my left, keys and pens and my cell phone. Inside pocket: My passport, for some reason.
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
gah! Steve beat me by 3 hours!
quote:There is a wocket in my pocket.
Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :
My hands. In my wardrobe, the chief purpose of pockets is to keep my hands warm.
That is not true of my kids. When doing the laundry, I find sticks, rocks, candy, confetti and assorted bits that may have been a whole organic item at one time.
At what point do boys stop putting organic items into their pockets?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Never.
Which is probably why (according to Jewish tradition) burial shrouds don't have pockets.
Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :
LOL Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
I always carry my 128 mb pen drive, a stab-o-rific pocket knife, two pens, and a massive amount of money to encourage thieves.
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