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It's not a power play. I've just never felt like I needed one. I watch other people's "relationships with their cell phones" and I'm happy to skip it.
Also, people interrupt having sex to answer the phone? What the hell is wrong with you people?
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And once I'm available 24/7 for work, As a sysadmin, this is why I pretty much always insist on an on-call rotation and escalation. Humans can't actually be available 24x7. It's also not a foregone conclusion any more than a single cellphone has only one number. Google Voice has made call forwarding an inexpensive proposition.
The higher you are up the escalation pyramid, the more available you have to be (though you are hopefully bothered less often). Of course humans can't be "always" available, but there can be a (self-imposed) obligation to be as available as possible. Personally, I turn my phone off in theaters and museums, and at weddings and funerals. I've considered setting up multiple numbers, but haven't yet.
Unimpose. That's all there is to the liberation promised by not carrying a cellphone.