r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

Post image

My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this 🫠

17.9k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

3.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

839

u/everythingwastakn Jul 16 '26

I get it

But… as a teacher in a high school Yondr pouches would be so awesome (or just having a school district that mandates zero phone use in school but that’s hard I guess)

110

u/Moonah_Ston Jul 16 '26

My daughter's school had a no phone policy. I completely understood it in lesson times but I don't understand why they couldn't use their phones at break times. Especially when I would call the school to ask them to let her know i was picking her up and not to get on the school bus, and they would say "have you tried calling/texting her?" Er, no, because by your rules she can't use her phone otherwise I wouldn't need you to pass the message on! 😒

78

u/CliffMourene Jul 16 '26

It is insanely depressing to walk through the halls of a school and every kid is staring down at their phone.

30

u/One-Flow-8985 Jul 16 '26

Or see them sitting around a table at lunch staring at them in total silence.

1

u/ohmygodcrayons Jul 16 '26

Damn. I'm glad I went to school in the 90s. Lunch was so fun talking to all my friends, laughing and being silly having a great time. Miss those days so much :(

1

u/Moonah_Ston Jul 16 '26

I went to school in the 90s. We had phones and still had fun and chatted at break times.

21

u/Parking_Champion_740 Jul 16 '26

I loved that at my kids’ middle school they were not allowed to used phones during lunch….you’d see kids playing card games etc

3

u/[deleted] Jul 16 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/newpotatocaboose54 Jul 16 '26

The powers that be want kids on Draft Kings or Kalshi--they want their cut, and they'll extend credit to kids if they can.

4

u/ChimpoSensei Jul 16 '26

Blackjack, three card monte, all the classics

9

u/CliffMourene Jul 16 '26

EXACTLY! I want students talking with one another.

2

u/NYanae555 Jul 16 '26

I'm shocked your schools allowed cards. Ours forbid them.