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Originally posted by GeorgeG. View Postwell, no, not in that sense. I hear it with people in an office. It's used when someone will be on vacation and will not be available by phone or do not expect to have service where they're going.
"I'll be out of pocket the week of...."
It never made sense to me either, so I started asking. The best explanation I heard, true or not, was that when cell phones werent everywhere, if you werent in your office, and you have to make a call, you were pulling a quarter out of your pocket at the pay phone to make a call."If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford
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Originally posted by Baron Von Crowder View Postat my old company, it was used often, since we were always "away from our desk in the field"
It never made sense to me either, so I started asking. The best explanation I heard, true or not, was that when cell phones werent everywhere, if you werent in your office, and you have to make a call, you were pulling a quarter out of your pocket at the pay phone to make a call.
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Originally posted by Silverback View PostI remember being told it was from the oil field days (very Texas term) when radios were used or even the first short band "cell phones". Being out of pocket meant you were unreachable via radio, not within signal range (pocket)
"sorry, he's out of pocket"
"well tell him to drop a dime to me when he checks in""If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford
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