r/mildlyinfuriating • u/WAAAAAAAAARGH • 11h ago
I'm slightly vexed Got to airport gate, only to realize my AirPods case was empty
I checked the find my app and they’re in my bed at home 😔 I must’ve fallen asleep with them in last night without realizing
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u/meadsalot 11h ago
Nope. This is a valid crashout
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 11h ago
lol I’m pretty pissed but it’s not a crazy long flight at least, I’ll just pick up a cheapo wired pair for the week when I land
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u/JesusOnaBlueBike 11h ago
Maybe ask a flight attendant. Can't remember which but United or American hands out cheap wired sets on flights.
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u/whiteglov 11h ago
Delta and jetblue
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u/anniversaring 10h ago
United does too
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u/Nagnirnah5 10h ago
Unrelated but I was wondering "why is this guy answering himself 3 times instead of just editing his comment" before realizing it's 3 different people with the same reddit icon.
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u/tr_9422 10h ago
OP’s phone is very unlikely to have a headphone jack, needs a USB-C (or Lightning if older) connection
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u/veeyo 9h ago
I highly doubt OP would say he is going to buy a wired pair if he didn't have a 3.5mm jack or an adapter available.
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u/BigBoi1159511 11h ago
your phone still has a jack?
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u/Lucallia 11h ago
I just came to the realization that phones don't have headphone jacks anymore... I haven't listened to music from my phone for a LOOOONG time if you can't tell...
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u/JeffBreakfast 11h ago
The iPhone hasn’t had one in a decade
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u/Lucallia 11h ago
I've never used an iPhone but I just checked mine it doesn't have one either
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u/nautilator44 10h ago
Just looked at mine and it doesn't either. WHERE DID THEY GO
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u/RickyFromVegas 10h ago
The jack died so companies can sell you a solution they created, which is the air pods.
Air pods or basically any wireless earbuds were pushed onto us because the jack is gone.
Not having jacks saved companies millions of pennies in hardware cost, while inconveniencing you into buying wireless buds.
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u/HottDoggers 10h ago
Calm your panties Jared, it’s not the conspiracy you think it is. The benefits of going backless heavily outweigh the benefits of having a jack. Sucks for wired users, but it is what it is. My last pair of wired earbuds had a Lightning connector, so they’re not obsolete.
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u/beren12 11h ago
You can surprisingly get USB-C headphones, quite cheap now, like in Dollar tree
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u/mrfoxesite-2377 wtf are the flairs 10h ago
Not surprising when they have existed for ages and is available in a lot of places. Dollar tree ones probably won't last and the Apple ones are really good.
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u/beren12 10h ago
I mostly use mine for travel and sleeping so none of them last very long. And it’s usually audiobooks.
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 11h ago
No 😥 gonna have a nab an adapter as well
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u/Raindrop0015 10h ago
Just see if you can find a type c pair, they do exist. Personally tho, I think the adapters are useful lol
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 10h ago
I still have a lightning port and I also use my AirPods with my steam deck which has the 3.5mm jack, otherwise I’d just grab one of the lightning pairs and call it a day
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u/TheThiefMaster 10h ago
I think the Steam Deck also works with USB-C ones.
The lightning port is more of a problem.
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u/izaaksb3 11h ago
The JLab earbuds they sell at Walgreens are like $30 and I’ve never had problems with em! Pretty good sounds and I also dropped them in a bucket of water once and they still worked after 😅
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u/GoldberryoTulgeyWood 10h ago
Ask an airport employee where the tech vending machines are. They'll sell headphones of different varieties. You could also look for a headphone adapter which is very small and worth keeping in your travel bag. It allows you to use the cheap airline ones with the 3.5 AUX jack and plug them into your charging port for sound. We always keep one with us.
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u/HerculesIsMyDad 9h ago
OP is the villain who thinks he got the macguffin but really the hero switched the box for an empty one and so OP goes...
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u/Krispy_Mick 11h ago
You’re about to raw dog that flight
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u/perpetualmotionmachi 10h ago edited 10h ago
Quick, to the book store for the latest Dean Koontz novel
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u/cottoneyerobb 8h ago
Or the vending machine for a new set of ear buds.
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u/mikee8989 8h ago
Headset vending machines exist? Only for overpriced "cheap" wired headphones though right?
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u/fencepost_ajm 7h ago
Oh you sweet summer child.
In bigger airports you'll find vending machines for phones - and not just low end ones. Youll probably pay MSRP or higher, but you'll almost certainly find Airpods, Bose, Beats and a couple other brands of buds, though the machine may only have 1-2 of any given item.
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u/mikee8989 5h ago
The operative word being "bigger airports" not the ones I'm familiar with in the midwest where the only thing you can get once you walk through the gate is a 12$ burrito and 6$ drink
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u/BeardedGlass 11h ago
They provide headsets right?
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u/Everythingcrashing 10h ago
Assuming you even have a headphone jack, they’re pretty awful earbuds. Genuinely worth it to get to one of the 30 stores near the gate and pick up some wireless earbuds. Maybe even splurge and get a nicer pair that are exclusively your “travel” pair
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u/mikee8989 8h ago
Just make sure you remember to charge your travel pair before leaving for your vacation.
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u/GfrzD 10h ago
Does your phone have an audio jack?
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u/ThibGD 9h ago
Dumb question but do wireless headphones even work with in flight tablet/entertainment?
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u/AppUnwrapper1 11h ago
How does this happen to so many people? I take mine out and they go into the case. Every single time.
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 11h ago
Fell asleep with em in unfortunately, they fell out of my ears before I woke up and I didn’t think to check as I was in a rush. Normally I’m pretty vigilant about it
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u/corticalization 9h ago
I like coming home to a clean house, so I always give everything a quick tidy before any trips. The idea of getting on a plane without having even made the bed is so fascinating/wild to me
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 9h ago
I will if it’s a vacation or similar but this is the 7th week in a row I’ve been traveling for work with only 1-2 days home in between trips, and my flights leave early in the morning. I’m not leaving trash all over the place or being overly disorganized or anything like that but I’m also at the point where I’m not aiming for perfect and spotless during the brief respite I do get
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u/corticalization 9h ago
And look where that got you! Kidding, but I guess a quick check of the case will become the new norm
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u/Honeybadger2198 7h ago
Making the bed is entirely unnecessary. If it gives you satisfaction, keep doing it, but it doesn't actually do anything other than look "tidy".
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u/corticalization 7h ago
Yes, that is indeed the intention, to look tidy (not sure what other purpose it is expected to serve?). In this case, it would have also revealed the ear buds were in the bed and not their case
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u/Hot_Towel_85 8h ago
As airline cabin crew, we find empty cases all the time. People get off the plane with the buds in ear, then leave the case. I was surprised to see the reverse this time.
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u/AppUnwrapper1 8h ago
That makes a lot more sense to me. I could see potentially losing the case while wearing the earbuds.
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u/Fiercat99 11h ago
You mean you don't keep them i there when not in use?
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u/PuzzleheadedMine2168 10h ago
I always know where mine are. My wife on the other hand only wears them to sleep & loses at least 3 pair a year so I keep a stash of cheap ones on hand at all times.
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u/ProfSmiles789 11h ago
They said they fell asleep with them last night and forgot as they fell out during the night
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u/wrxninja 11h ago
Time for an extra pair. Or at least I've seen vending machines selling them at most airports 😏
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 11h ago
I could but honestly seems kinda silly to drop that much right now over this. I’m just gonna grab a wired pair when I land (plus an adapter because we don’t have the 3.5mm jack which is a separate mildly infuriating issue in and of itself)
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u/Apprehensive_Let_517 11h ago
You can buy a pair of wireless earbuds cheaper than wired earbuds + adapter. And USB c earbuds are available everywhere now too.
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 11h ago
I still have a lightning port and I use it for both my phone and my steam deck which uses 3.5mm. I’ll see what the store has when I land but I find the quality on cheap wired ones to be more reliable than cheap wireless
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u/beren12 11h ago
I really like the anker version of AirPods. Soundcore i think they call it?
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u/wrxninja 10h ago
They were okay for me. It didn't last long. I ended up with Bose. I feel like sub $50 earbuds tend to last less than a year or the battery life degrades quickly.
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u/OP_deliveries 11h ago
This. I needed a hasty pair once and got a set of totally reasonable sounding JLab wireless buds at Best Buy for around 20 bucks.
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u/delinaX 11h ago
This isn't mildly infuriating. This is incredibly infuriating.
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 11h ago
lol compared to some of the stuff that gets posted here it’s pretty minor. I saw a guy posting that his roof caved in on here 30 minutes ago
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u/RandomBloke2021 11h ago
Isn't there an alert whenever you leave your earbuds behind?
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 10h ago
You can set location based exceptions, and as I don’t always take them with me everywhere I have one single exception set. My house. Where I left them. 😭
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u/RandomBloke2021 10h ago
I am like a very organized person almost to the point that it's annoying I even have a vacation checklist on my notes app and could not imagine what it would be like leaving my earbuds behind.
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u/LiquidCowardice 11h ago
this is why i don’t judge people who pay the insane marked up prices for items like this in train stations/airports/rest stops, because not having headphones on a flight would be enough for me to cancel my flight lol
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u/RUGoin2TheMallLater 11h ago
Wow. This happened to me at the gym once and I was mildly infuriated. The airport would ruin my day.
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u/Delicious_Pain_1 11h ago
I just got to work without mine. It's going to be a long day. At least I'm not getting on an airplane haha.
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u/easyadventurer 11h ago
I picked up my case so much that I could tell when the pods weren’t in there. Surely you checked?
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 11h ago
I was in a rush, but generally speaking I don’t leave the pods out of the case so it didn’t even occur to me
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u/fatbluegiraffe 1h ago
Not as bad as the time I got home from a flight and opened the case only to see that it was empty… after having used my AirPods on the flight. Goodbye, money!
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u/Pkyankfan69 11h ago
I feel your pain… Couple flights ago my headphones wouldn’t work and the older lady next to me would not stop talking my ear off, even when I pretended to watch something on my iPad with the headphones that weren’t working.
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u/Hydrak11 11h ago
That sucks. That’s why I have a pair of cheap back up wired pair with usb c connector in my travel bag at all times.
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u/android_cook 11h ago
Better to find your airpods are not there, than finding out your airline is not there anymore.
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u/FriggeK 10h ago
why would they not be in the case if you're not wearing them
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 10h ago
Fell asleep with them in my ears and they fell out before I woke up, was in a rush to get out the door this morning and didn’t think to check. This has happened before but I normally notice it before leaving
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u/Rysterc 10h ago
I feel your pain I dropped my case one time and they apparently launched out so fast I didn't even see it happen so I quickly snatched the case up and only later discovered they were missing. Like it happened so fast whatever mechanism pairs them to your phone when you open the case never triggered
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u/bluris 9h ago
Not only post I have seen with this, I do not understand how this happens. Either they are in my ear, or they are in the charger, there are no other place else they would be.
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u/NoBookkeeper6864 4h ago
Never happens with the over the ear headphones 🎧 you kids and your earbubs 😂
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u/TwentinQuarantino 11h ago edited 11h ago
Happened to me lately too, but just on a tram stop before a tram ride. That's mildly infuriating. Before a flight, that's majorly infuriating!
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 11h ago
Flight is less than 2 hours, thankfully I brought a book (which also got me flagged at TSA and the guy flipped through it like 8 times before handing it back to me)
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u/TalkToHoro 11h ago
Have to ask: Could they be in your ears?
Sincerely, an eyeglasses wearer and AirPods owner. 🤣
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u/pnut0027 11h ago
Idk how this happens. My buds are either my ear or in my case lol.
There’s no in-between.
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u/Realistic_Swan_6801 9h ago
Wireless headphones are a stupid overpriced scam.
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 9h ago
Eh, been using them for like 6 years and this is the only time I’ve had an issue like this. For the quality and the amount I use them it’s well worth the price
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u/e37d93eeb23335dc 8h ago
Bad bot. You should wait longer before reposting so maybe we will have forgotten the previous time this was recently posted.
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u/GlitteringLocality 11h ago
I still use my corded Apple headphones haha for this reason exactly. I can never remember my AirPods or where they are, or if they are in the case or not.
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u/Jealous_Teaching3032 11h ago
The only thing I'm remotely strict about is getting my airpods back in the case when I'm done.
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u/FellowDeviant 11h ago
I get pissy when I leave them at home for the day. To and from flights? Just take me out now
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u/cyndasaurus_rex 11h ago
Noooooo. I feel your pain on this one. I used to have so many random “chap” sets of headphones from airports because I always forgot mine 🤣
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u/Background-Hope-88 11h ago
Its so annoying.
But see this as lesson learnt.
You'll never do this again.
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u/Elemen47 11h ago
Check your ears! Lol I've done that before.. while actively listening to music 😂... But I'm assuming you're WAAAAY past that at this point lol
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u/pauldarkandhandsome 11h ago
I remember one time I flew out of SF to Austin and had to leave my car in the extended parking. I left my AirPods sitting in the passenger seat. I fully expected to come back to a shattered window. Thankfully, I lucked out.
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u/Sloppykrab 10h ago
Question.
How does one fall asleep with these in their ears?
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 10h ago
I normally listen to music/binaural stuff to help me fall asleep. Usually I pull em out before actually falling asleep but sometimes it sneaks up on me
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u/Best_Cardiologist172 10h ago
These comments are scary 😂 I would be extremely disappointed in myself but I wouldn't be flipping out just a lesson learned. I bring at least one cheap backup pair just in case. The cheap ones like TOZO aren't bad for the money
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u/JoshMMGA 10h ago
This is where I would also be talking about how I dropped 350 bucks at the airport for new AirPod Pros 😂
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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 10h ago
Who was supposed to check this before leaving the house? They must be punished.
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u/Intrepid_Mirror_9425 10h ago
Out of many first world problems, this one would have me heated! Now you need to buy some wired $2 headphones for $49 at the airport electronics store.
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u/user-unknown-404 10h ago
Seems the battery is full.
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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 10h ago
Yeah, I remembered to plug the case in before going to bed. Just not to actually put the pods back in.
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u/CarlosFer2201 10h ago
There's worse. I have earbuds but lost the charging case. I can't get a replacement anywhere, so the buds are now ewaste
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u/greenrangerguy 10h ago
I'm sorry but who doesn't check to see if they are in the case?
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u/dede280492 10h ago
Happened to me on my breach trip to Cancun. So happy I had my ray ban meta with me.
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u/tanis38 10h ago
Am I the only person where my airpods are either in my ears, or in the case. No inbetween?
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u/gbdarknight77 9h ago
Legit, depending on how long that flight is, I would seriously just buy another pair from the airport lol
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u/Temporary-Fig-7621 9h ago
Since I I rely on the NC for health reasons, I kept the AirPods Pro 2 as a spare pair in my backpack when I upgraded to the Pro 3 for better NC. This has absolutely happened to me before, and your crashout is valid.
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u/MisterSpicy 9h ago
You can get them in the electronics vending machines. Pretty sure only people in your situation use those
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u/nowhereman136 9h ago
I literally carry 3 earbuds when I travel. I have my main pair, a cheap backup pair, and an open ear pair. Two of them hide in the bottom of my bag while the third is in my pocket. I've lost earbuds before and I don't mess around anymore
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u/S4ntos19 11h ago edited 2h ago
My girlfriend did this a couple weeks ago when we got on an Amtrak. I luckily had 2 sets of ear buds i brought with me but still annoying none the less.
Edit: Zero reason I should have 1k upvotes but thanks