Bdtyk

If I'm sitting down to pee, I put the phone inside my pants. Perhaps crude for some people, but I don't forget it and i can use it without dropping it, too.

Place the phone somewhere where you literally have to stumble over it on your way out.

One such place is the door handle of the cubicle / toilet. If there's an old-fashioned handle there, you can carefully lay the phone on top. Now it's impossible to forget your phone.

But not all toilets are build that way. You can:

• Lay the phone on top of the toilet paper dispenser (if it has a horizontal top)


• Lay the phone on the floor right in front of the door (if the floor is clean). If you have a booklet-style phone case, you can stand it up like an open book to minimize the area that comes into contact with the floor.


• Balance the phone on the top of your shoe or put it in your shoe like an ankle knife.


• Just hold it in your non-dominant hand

Remind you with the phone itself in your way

Get a small loop, strap, or lanyard which can attach to your phone or otherwise hold it (such as in a small bag). When you enter the stall, hang or clip the phone/bag onto the lock, handle, or knob that you must use to exit.

1. Forget phone.


2. Exit restroom.


3. Whoa, what's that thing on the door handle? Oh yeah, my phone.


4. Leave with phone, not without.

Attach the phone to you securely

Alternately, get such a loop, strap, or lanyard, that can clip onto your pants or belt loop or attach to your wrist. Attach it before you sit down, either holding the phone to the side of your pants or in your pants pocket or in your hand, as convenient per attachment location.

Remind you with something else in your way

Alternately alternately, tie a string from your pants to the door handle or put any object in your way that would prevent you from leaving: a string hanging down across your path or any object at all hanging from the knob/latch.

I do this when I need to get gas in the car, but I can't do it right that moment: I place some random object behind my steering wheel, in front of my speedometer and other dials, such as an empty soda can. Anything that will make me go "what the heck is that doing there?" and suddenly remember... oh yeah, get gas. Whew, I'm so glad I remembered!

Get a bluetooth device that alerts when your phone leaves your presence

I don't have time to really research this to give you a solid recommendation, but many of the bluetooth fob-style devices that are intended to alert you when you left your wallet or keys behind, can also alert you (through the device itself making a tone) when your phone goes away from you. Check out bluetooth tracking devices for an introduction to these kind of devices. I don't know if any on that page actually support this use case, but you can search for some.

I have heard that they can be a little unreliable and make an alert when they shouldn't, or that they can have an unacceptable lag, but perhaps you can find a good one that fits your use case or you can live with any down sides because of the up side of not leaving your phone behind for very long or getting very far.

Would it work to take your phone out of your pocket before you even walk to the bathroom? For example, if you are at a desk or table, put your phone on the desk or table and then walk over to the bathroom. It will be where you left it when you return (provided someone else hasn't swiped it; I'm not sure if this is an issue at home or in school / work).

I keep my phone in my front pocket, and don't remove it in the bathroom. Even when I sit. In this position it does not have a danger of falling into the toilet, nor will I forget it when I leave.

When traveling, such as on a plane or train, I take my phone with me in case I have to wait for the bathroom. When I go into the bathroom I tuck the phone into my bra strap.

Oh, you're not wearing a bra? Well perhaps you have a shirt pocket. Or you can put it under your arm if you're using both hands for whatever you're doing. Or hold it in one hand and only use the other hand. If you're sitting down and planning to do a lot of leaning and twisting, put the phone in your sock. Lots of options.

Don't put it down on any surface in the bathroom. Germs aside, you can forget it, as you mentioned in the question.

I almost always have a shirt pocket to slip my phone in whilst visiting the loo. Alternatively, I just slip it into my pants pocket before I get up.

If you just get into the habit of putting your phone in your purse, pocket, or wherever you took it from right before you begin the paperwork then won't have to worry about leaving it behind.

Piss on the phone. The mild electric shock will remind you to pick up. Apparently Bruce Springsteen does this as he suffers from the same mental block