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I just put it back in the box when I'm done

I have a stack of boxes in the closet, because I might need them someday

not whether you have it – it’s whether you know where it is

Or, you know, a hoarding problem…

Laughs in paper clip

It's good to finally get some recognition!

it's within my phone's protection case, so i do have it right now. Also, anecdote, a random stranger on a bus was switching sim cards, and asked me if I have the tool, which I indeed I had!

I keep one in my wallet.

I keep one on my key ring, never know when you need to pop in a burner sim.

I open so many tablets and shit at my work I have preferences on form. Samsung has the worst ones.

How about just messy? Occasionally I still find them laying around

I found a pencil holder I had in the 1990s. It has these little drawers for erasers and stuff. I was like "oh cool, I can fill the rest of these with my SD cards and USB sticks."

So, while cleaning my desk looking for those, I found one of these. I was like "I'm pretty sure I had at least 2 of these." ...I found three.

I have one in my wallet - they are quite handy for cleaning lint out when the phone charging port inevitably collects enough to be annoying.

I need them for work so I got a fancy keychain one

I threw all of those away. I have paper clips, and those eject holes are intentionally designed to be the width of a bent paper clip.

Those things are just a less useful paper clip.

My kit:

I generally prefer the clear toothpick - easier to hold, came with a designer cupcake once (and I keep the flag on it because it's otherwise easy to lose a clear toothpick), generally better if the button is deeply recessed.

The paperclip phone tool is kept on the keychain between the USB micro card reader and the wallet sized SD card holder

Just keep it in the box the phone came in with all the warranty documentation. I've never lost one of these

smug look of superiority

Ah Fairphone 5 life

or a hoarder

I have the ifixit screwdriver kit and one of the bits is a Sim card ejector. Does it count ?

Raz keeps track of mine

"Looks like you lost your sim tray ejector"

I have one... somewhere. Probably in a tiny box, mixed in with my random cables

Yes, I keep them in the box.

I have about 8 of those. I'm a fucking packrat

I still have my first smartphone. It's from 2011 and the screen is undamaged.

I also still have the extra plugs for the in-ear headphones that came with it.

I have the whole box. Because you know, it might be needed sometime :P

Like seven a drawer somewhere. I don't know where though

I have 3 lying around somewhere. Comes in handy every few years

I still have like eight of those. I bought some smart devices a while ago that all had them for the reset hole, so I’m stocked up for life.

What if I have three sitting on my desk right now?

I have a small zip bag of 100+ of these in a drawer. Sometimes you gotta pop out a SIM card. Other times you gotta hit a pinhole reset button to fix a rogue router. In a pinch, they're also a good shiv or shank.

You only need it when setting up a new phone. So once you put the card in, you put the tool back in the phone’s box and just stick that in a closet.

So I’m asking… how CAN you even misplace one of those?

I have one with a big duct tape flag/handle. Stays in the phone kit with spudgers, tiny screwdrivers, etc.

I got like 20 of these motherfuckers and one hanging around my neck.

I can confirm that this is false