Comment on This is also when I conveniently forget you called, making your preferred method of communication incredibly slow compared to texting.

• klemptor@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Right? IMO it’s rude to just call someone out of the blue and expect that they’ll be able to drop everything to chat with you.

  Unfortunately, my mom loves to call unannounced, and because my parents are getting older I feel the need to answer in case something’s wrong.

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• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah its like walking into a room without knocking, while in talking to someone and just screaming at the top of your lungs. “WE NEED TO TALK RIGHT NOW”

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  • wieson@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The phone rings, that’s the knock. You can hang up for many reasons. Maybe it’s the culture of 100% availability that’s wrong, and not phoning.

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  • Matombo@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You know you can say “I’m busy, I will call you back later.”

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    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Or you just dont pick up which has the same effect…

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      • Matombo@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        nope, befcause then the other person does not know that you plan on caling back

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    • Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      then you have say something along the lines of “sorry about that” and they are obligated to respond along the lines of “don’t worry about it”, then here is where I forget what the topic was with both people because my deteriorating mind does nothing but fail me these days.

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• Matombo@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Phone rings

  “Hi, do you have time for the call now?”

  “No, Im busy right now, I will call you back.”

  Where disrespectfull?

  Way faster then text!

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  • OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Phone rings

    I’m doing the dishes and my hands are wet

    I’m sitting on the toilet

    I’m in an online game

    I just got the baby to sleep

    I’m pipetting a solution

    I’m with a customer

    My hands are covered in engine grease

    I’m meditating

    I’m on my bicycle

    I have gloves on

    I’m carrying heavy furniture

    I’m driving

    I’m swimming at the pool

    I’m in the middle of a set

    I’m trying to put out a grease fire on the stove

    Sure, I can ignore the phone, but it’s loud and distracting.

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    • Matombo@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Then turn down the ringtone volume

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      • OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Sure, I can ignore the phone, but it’s quiet and distracting

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