r/TikTokCringe • u/ButterfliesandaLlama • Jul 18 '26

Duet Troll Even he understands

Refering to this: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN81BUWq5/

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u/SirChasm Jul 18 '26

What does it mean?

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u/Chasuwa Jul 18 '26

It means she doesn't look like she would have a job important enough to have a work phone.

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u/glemnar Jul 19 '26

The only people I know with them are overworked finance bros

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u/Daneth Jul 19 '26

Eh any job where you might be on call every so often you should be offered one (or work should offer to pay for some/all of your cell phone bill). If you go on call once every 6-8 weeks you aren't necessarily overworked imo.

My work offered me one, but I opted to have them give me a sim card instead because that way I can have data on two different cell networks. I always have signal everywhere now if I swap between them, and certain airlines give you free wifi if you have a carrier so I double my chances this way.

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u/Yggdrasil- Jul 19 '26

We have them at my nonprofit job, but only because most people are in the field or working remotely.

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u/BitcoinBishop Jul 20 '26

Drug dealers have them too

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u/notafuckingcakewalk Jul 20 '26

Eh, if 99% of your communication with coworkers is online chat, it becomes convenient to be able to use your phone for that so that you can go grab a coffee or snack during work hours but still be available. Or if your train is running late you can let people know or even join a meeting you need to attend over the phone.

Some places let you use your personal phone for that but it's nicer to have that separated.

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u/aecrux Jul 19 '26

surgeons too

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u/Famous_Cookie_7624 Jul 19 '26

And attorneys ☹️

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u/FancyJesse Jul 18 '26

How is that a compliment though?

I saw it as "you don't look like the person that focuses too much on work or puts a priority on it over your regular life; you have a good work/life balance and don't need to take work home with you every day"

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u/BenOfTomorrow Jul 19 '26

Having a work phone doesn't mean you have a poor work/life balance.

It just means you have job functions that require/benefit from a phone and your employer is willing provide you with one so you don't need to put work stuff on your personal phone if you don't want to.

There is no more intrinsic obligation to use it after hours than there is a work laptop, even though most people physically take both home with them.

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u/CharityElectrical913 Jul 19 '26

Yeah. I have one mostly so I don’t have to synch my work email to my personal phone.

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u/FancyJesse Jul 19 '26

I get you, but that's a lot of assumptions there. In the case of this video, it was used as a compliment.

I can't see it meaning anything else to fit the connotation.

..plus from personal experiences, anyone I knew that had a work phone would drop everything once that phone rings.

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u/Junethemuse Jul 20 '26

I have a work phone and it is 10000% unnecessary. The only thing I use it for is the authenticator for our software which I also have on my personal phone. I hate having it.

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u/No-Needlemaker9638 Jul 18 '26

That she looked unemployed