Catch 'Em All (With Safety And Intelligence)

By Ellie Drabnis on July 11, 2016

For all of us millennials who once dreamed of being the very best, like no one ever was, the release of Pokémon GO on both the Android and iOS app stores is indeed, a dream come true.

We can now go about our days as we normally would but with the chance to catch Pokémon, the very same that Ash and his friends did in the classic episodes of the Pokémon anime.

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But, some people are throwing caution to the wind entirely and doing anything to catch all of the Pokémon they possibly can. Catching Pokémon and getting hurt in the end is not worth the hassle. Here are some tips to indeed catch ‘em all, but with safety and intelligence.

1. DO NOT CATCH POKÉMON AND DRIVE.

This is just like texting and driving: You cannot do both at the same time and be safe. There is no reason that you can’t wait until you arrive at your destination to catch more Pokémon on your app.

Virtual non-existent little monsters in an app are not worth a car wreck or the financial mess that would follow a car wreck. It doesn’t matter if you’re not texting. Looking at your phone, in general, is a driving distraction.

According to www.cdc.gov:

 “Each day in the United States, more than nine people are killed and more than 1,153 people are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver. Distracted driving is driving while doing another activity that takes your attention away from driving.”

Catch Pokémon with this app at your leisure, but do not endanger yourself or others because of a game.

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2. WATCH YOUR DATA.

It is very easy to download an app onto your phone, not really caring about the data usage and just playing whenever you feel like it. Who needs WiFi, right?

Well, you might. Sure, there are plenty of people out there who pay their own phone bills and might even have a WiFi hot-spot on their phone. But, those who belong to a shared data plan with family members or do not have much of a data plan at all need to be aware of data consumption.

Going into settings and then apps on iOS devices allows users to turn off an app’s ability to use cellular data. On Android devices, you can set your phone to stay within your data limit and prevent further worries.

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Some cell phone companies may offer unlimited data but not all of them do. Make sure you are being smart about data consumption and if you do go over your limit, be prepared to pay for it —literally.

3. OBEY PHONE RULES/REGULATIONS.

Whether you are at your job or on campus, obey the phone regulations already set into place. For example, if you are in the middle of a lecture, do not whip your phone out checking for Pokémon and then proceed to ignore the lecture due to being obsessed with catching the Pokémon should any be present.

Moreover, do not almost lose your job over the app. Reddit user scarstruck4 explained that having used the app at work almost cost him his job. Scarstruck4 wrote that he works, “in a Banking/IT company,” and, “Employees of my company are allowed to use smartphones inside the premises [but] using camera is strictly prohibited as we have access to clients personal data.”

When he began using the app in order to catch a Pokémon for it, a higher-up accused him of “clicking photographs,” and his “iPhone [was] confiscated.” While the Reddit user did not lose his job, he was still put through the hassle of having his phone checked for anything incriminating and let off with a warning.

That should be enough to take to heart this phrase from Professor Oak himself: “There’s a time and place for everything, but not now.”

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4. DO NOT TRESPASS.

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As much as the joke keeps being made that the legendary Pokémon MewTwo could be at Area 51, by no means should you travel into restricted areas. That is not only putting your safety in jeopardy, but you could face legal issues for trespassing. The hassle of a lawsuit is not something anyone with a job or college career and opportunity for work in the future should have to deal with.

Have fun but do not be outright stupid and enter dangerous or restricted areas that you should be nowhere near.

Go ahead and catch ‘em all but with safety and intelligence.

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