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How did a simple phone call become so problematic?
Submitted 2 months ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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zhill29@lemmy.world 2 months ago
MTK@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No no, teams is number 2
Because it is only on my work computer that I shutdown when I’m done
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For me I hate phone calls because it’s someone demanding I drop what I’m doing to address whatever they want. Keep in mind, 99% of phone calls I get are at work form co-workers.
The number of “quick calls” that are actually quick I can count on 1 hand, and still have room for more. I have tasks to accomplish, things to do. And I’m spread so thin between all the things I do, there’s a fair chance I’m going to forget something about what you asked/told me. If it’s in text form I can review it when I loop back to it. You need me to check/validate/run something, cool. I have record of what, when, and if I completed it. Just because you have a question does not make it an emergency on my part.
As for my phone phone, the only folks who ever call me are either telemarketers or scams. If a friend called I’d probably answer (if I have the time). But I think most of my friends are in the same boat, we have so much to do these days (non-recreation) that it’s just not easy to find time. A lot of my friends have side-hustles or a second job or are in class (like me) in order to stay competitive. When I was a kid, I remember my parents could unwind at the end of the day, friends would just come over to hang out. It just ain’t like that no more.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Just because you have a question does not make it an emergency on my part.
This is it for me. If someone is an auditory processor, or needs a more nuanced conversation in order to understand something, I sympathize. But not everyone is like that. Just send a quick message asking to chat (or better yet, find time on my calendar if it’s for work), and then I can prepare what I know on the subject, review it, and get back to you.
Otherwise you’re going to get an ear full of ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm uhhhhh hmm hang on, just loooking that upp… click scroll scroll click click scroll scrolllll Right, so silence while I’m reading Right, uh, so Okay It was last Tuesday Was that it?
Sea_pop@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Two words for me. Read. Receipts. I have found that someone will inevitably text me and say, “why didn’t you respond?” Fucker. You texted me. Want me to actually engage with you? Call me. Otherwise you’re now at my mercy.
I prefer calling because it’s easy to silence and just let it go to VM if I am busy. Call back immediately and that’s usually a sign of being needed.
merari42@lemmy.world 2 months ago
How is skywriting so low on the list?
MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
It’s not very good at night
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I say this as an autist who used to fucking loathe talking on the phone: Its that the phone takes up too much mental energy and time, yet has a time limit on your own responses. Its hellishly stressful when you are socially incompetent, and now a lot of even non-autistic people are becoming socially incompetent.
Now its funny, I hated phone calls back when everyone loved them. Now I’m pretty OK at them because I worked at a call center for a year and now it seems like everyone now hates phone calls. I kinda recognize that the one nice thing about phone calls is there is no “set up your account before ordering your food” type bullshit. There is a consistency.
pyre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think I’m fairly neurotypical but I don’t like calls either (though I recognize some things are better on a call). for me it’s just that it’s feels unnatural that you’re supposed to be talking to someone just as you would normally but there’s no visual component. it’s awkward. imagine two people in the same room having a conversation but they’re looking at the wall instead of each other.
colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
There’s also a faster sense of done-ness with a phone call: the conversation is almost always over at the end of the call, whereas with something like text it can take ages because it’s so spread out.
monolalia@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That… and my insecurity as to what a sane-and-polite-but-not-overdone phrasing would be fades quicker than when that phrasing has been immortalised through writing. It’s just over sooner (provided you actually manage to get through to someone)
cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not having to be available at the ready for people is great.
If you arrange for a call, through another asynchronous mechanism, then it’s fine. If you cold-call me to ask about the weather (or, more seriously, anything that could have been a text message), I’ll leave decapitated horse head in your fridge.
ngn@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
why there are no dots after the last numbers
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ran outta dots I imagine.
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For me, calls interrupt my workflow with things that don’t need immediate attention anyway. So it draws focus away unnecessarily.
I also prefer to have a written record of things if they’re important. That way you can always refer back to it. A phone call just annoys me at best and divides my attention. So it’s in their interest as well that I can respond when I’ve got time.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Majority scam
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 months ago
When I need to solve a problem I use the fastest method. Talking about the problem. Anyone who thinks they can do that as quickly through texts or emails is just not interested in quickly resolving it. No way anyone can solve a problem faster with anything less than a conversation.
LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Has anyone ever actually thought otherwise? I know plenty of people who even say “I know it’s faster to call” before sending a text or something. I feel like you created a scenario that really doesn’t exist. People don’t dispute what is quicker just that they don’t wanna do it that way.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There are people in this thread trying to say its faster through text.
Paddzr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m really tired of this self imposed bullshit.
I’m sure the same people who post this are also top contributors in anti work. Just miserable people being miserable. Worst part, they’ll call on self identified autism or neurodivergence making it slap to the face for those actually affected by it.
I’ll forever fight for those on the spectrum and I’ve got no patience for pretend victims.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Triggered.
kamen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why do 98, 99 and 100 have no dots?
satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The paranoid narcissim in this thread in incredible. I have no idea how some people function at all if the idea of a phone call unravels them.
LeonenTheDK@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
My biggest reason for not liking calls is that I often very much struggle to actually hear what’s being said. I’ll take talking in person over a call. Text mediums also have the benefit of being able to be referred back to. Great to double check something, or to cover your ass. I’ll take a paper trail any day of the week.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 months ago
How did voicemail (or voice message) make it above skywriting?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have never liked to talk on the phone. I hate talking to someone when I can’t see their face… which is weird because I did VO for years and often did it with someone directing me remotely, but somehow that was different.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Calling is 10 times faster for 90 percent of my issues in my job. And my job is dealing with issues for 30 different people happening simultaneously. So yea, I like to cut back time when I can.
bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Yeah
It completely depends on this. Do you need a conversation, or do you need a response.
People don’t know how to do the one they need to do, so they hit every fastener with the hammer they got.