Ew, calling? No thanks.
Comment on I’m not ignoring your message – I’m overwhelmed by the tyranny of being reachable
Photuris@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I let everyone know:
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Text messages are for asynchronous communication. That’s literally what they’re designed for. I will not communicate over texts synchronously.
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I will respond to texts within 2 days usually. Do not expect an immediate response.
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If you need me immediately or within short order, call me.
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If you call me for non-urgent matters that could have been handled over text, I might not pick up the phone right away. The boy who cried wolf, and all that.
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I do not always have my phone on me 24/7. Sometimes I am untethered. I return calls far more quickly than I respond to texts, because I assume a call is more important than a text. It had better be.
SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 23 hours ago
PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
If you call and I don’t pick up, leave a voicemail. If you don’t leave a voicemail, I assume it wasn’t important
this a thousand times. IDK when people decided to not use the voicemail anymore.
But to be honest I make it more radical and not even return all calls. because. priority 1 - call, not answered but with a voicemail
priority 2 - unanswered call but a message sent afterwards.
priority 3 - message only.
an unanswered call on my side and no further information is for me simply to forget about it.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 hours ago
Voicemail is annoying. Please never leave me a voicemail. Just text me.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 day ago
I tell people I have a 24 hour response window. Barring exceptional circumstances, I’ll get back to a message within 24 hours. Often faster, but that’s not guaranteed.
TehPers@beehaw.org 1 day ago
I get asked sometimes when I don’t leave a voicemail why I didn’t. It’s because I don’t really care if you call back. I called because of something urgent, but not important. Just text me instead.