I have a tag on my keychain that came from a college Public Safetly office. I got it free at orientation. It’s metal and has a serial number on it, and says if you find these keys, drop them in a mailbox, yadda yadda. (The newer ones are plastic and have a barcode on them, which is considerably less cool.) They have my address on file, and I imagine if I move without notifying them, if Public Safety can’t track me down, the alumni association surely can. (They have ways. Waaaays. . . )
Anyhow, I also have three different grocery store loyalty program tags that say the exact same thing, and they all have my address, too. I could probably ditch the college one, but I’ve taken it off before, and my keys just felt weird without it, so I put it back on.
I bring my lip balm with me every day in my purse. I remember to use it maybe once a week. You’d think that my chapped lips would remind me to use it more often, but no.
I was cleaning out my purse tonight and noticed in addition to about a hundred Kroger receipts I had a compact mirror that I’ve never even taken out of the plastic. My SIL gave it to me when I was in the hospital almost a year ago and I’d completely forgotten about it. It’s not like I ever bother to check myself and if I do, I’ll just use one in a restroom to get a full view.
I threw it back in, still in the plastic.
One day I might need it to start a fire or something!
Probably my appendix. Or, if not that, umm. . .probably old reciepts. I have a habit of just sticking them in my wallet and then not doing anything with them for months at a time. There have been many times my wallet has been pretty thick, but just beause of old reciepts. Definitely not because of cash. That’s for damn sure.
The day I bought my car, August of 1997, I took the lighter out of the warmer and dropped it into the ashtray and shut it. I’ve never used it but leave it there, and once in awhile I can hear it clicking as it rolls back and forth. Maybe I’ll need it to start a fire since I don’t carry a pocket mirror!
My house key. If I’m away from the house, either my husband is with me, or he’s at the house. If he’s with me, we use his key, since mine is hiding at the bottom of my purse.
I gave up wearing a watch a few years ago for the same reasons you mentioned - there seems to be a clock on every consumer electrical device now.
So all I carry is my phone and a wallet with some cash, ATM card, driver’s license etc. The only useless thing I always have on me is about 20kg of excess body fat.
I have a screwdriver to repair my glasses, except I stopped wearing glasses about a year and a half ago. I figure I might still need a tiny screwdriver for something, right?
An archery patch from Camp Juniper Knoll. It serves no purpose at all. But I like to have it.
Also 3 extra CTA transfers and a Best Buy gift card with nothing on it.
In my wallet I have a blank white card that merely says “This Card Intentionally Left Blank.” I think it came with my credit card or something, as I have no idea what it could be used for other than humor value (why would someone bother to make a blank card, and write that it’s blank on it, making it not blank anymore?). There are items I carry with me sometimes that might have had or maybe will have some use at some point, but my blank card is probably the most useless thing I have.