Hot take: it’s no longer appropriate to just call someone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of you need to get over yourselves? You are not that important!!!!!!!!!!

Neither are you, weird Boomer-sequel phone callers!!!!!!!!! Send a freaking text or email like a normal person in 2023.

That’s not quite the sick burn you think it is.

[Anonymous]

So in DCUM-land we can't call, we can't email and we certainly can't text asking for a call,

I wonder why there's almost a post a day on here by lonely people with no friends. 🤪

[Anonymous]

At least with emails you can have a signature line saying what your preferred method of contact is. You could have a phone message saying you hate the phone and to text you or that you will text or email them back. If you hate texting then you can just not respond and they might email or call. Everyone is different. This is probably why people can't make friends because their preferred method of communication does not align. One of my kids' teachers even said he hated the telephone and not to contact him that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So in DCUM-land we can't call, we can't email and we certainly can't text asking for a call,

I wonder why there's almost a post a day on here by lonely people with no friends. 🤪

+1

This is a site for socially inept people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So in DCUM-land we can't call, we can't email and we certainly can't text asking for a call,

I wonder why there's almost a post a day on here by lonely people with no friends. 🤪

+1

This is a site for socially inept people.

+2 also don’t stop by their house. They will not come to the door. Also don’t talk to your neighbors or strangers anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:100%. Calling out of the blue is not acceptable any more. If someone calls me randomly esp on a weekday it makes steam come out of my ears

But why?

Does everyone here realize that you are not obligated to answer the phone at that moment?

Is this just for personal calls or are you also not okay with your boss/colleagues calling?

Op - colleagues all understand that if for some reason they try to call and I don’t pick up - I will message them and say ‘can’t talk all day - text or teams?’ - our culture is busy af. My boss is the one person besides the kids school or camp or dh who can call and I feel like it’s acceptable (clearly my boss can do whatever they want)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:100%. Calling out of the blue is not acceptable any more. If someone calls me randomly esp on a weekday it makes steam come out of my ears

I turn off my text messages. If it’s important, you’ll call me. And if I haven’t had an online convo with you in the past year, I delete you from my contacts. Texts are for appt reminders and meet ups. I’ll get to your text when I get to it. It could sit there for a week.

What’s an online convo? Like under your fb post?

[Anonymous]

I am 47, I don’t like phone calls esp from and to businesses. 99% I let it go to voicemail. If it’s a friend I will text back to try and find out what it was about. Only one friend actually calls me to talk; the rest want to burden me with something and/or their business can be stated in a text.
I also wish every business had a live chat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So obviously this has nuance, but I think there is something in 2023 really sub optimum about calling someone randomly in the day. I am always in meetings but typically answer in case it’s the kids camp or school. These are all cases where they have email info or could text. Does anyone else find it super non ideal when people just… call? Unless it’s emergent?

Are you....22 years old? You write like you are straight out of college and trying to use big business-y words.

No, we all have caller ID. If you don't know who it is or don't want to talk, just don't answer. It's not hard. Grow a spine, little baby.

[Anonymous]

I'm scared about the future of society after reading this whole thread, LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So in DCUM-land we can't call, we can't email and we certainly can't text asking for a call,

I wonder why there's almost a post a day on here by lonely people with no friends. 🤪

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of you need to get over yourselves? You are not that important!!!!!!!!!!

Neither are you, weird Boomer-sequel phone callers!!!!!!!!! Send a freaking text or email like a normal person in 2023.

*Boomer-esque. Thanks, Autocorrect.

And this is how text/email messages *start* to get messy confusing people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least with emails you can have a signature line saying what your preferred method of contact is. You could have a phone message saying you hate the phone and to text you or that you will text or email them back. If you hate texting then you can just not respond and they might email or call. Everyone is different. This is probably why people can't make friends because their preferred method of communication does not align. One of my kids' teachers even said he hated the telephone and not to contact him that way.

My primary number is a landline. It annoys me that text does not have an effective way to let people know you don’t want to be contacted via text. No one respects the Do Not Disturb function.

[Anonymous]

It depends on from who it is. If a close friend or family member, not a big deal to call me and say hello. I prefer when businesses text or email to confirm appointments and reservations.

However, super annoying when an overly needy friend constantly needs attention during work hours and sends messages with: "Are you free? I really need to talk" and then wants to spend an hour complaining about their life....but their life is the way it is due to their awful choices and no matter what advice you give, they choose to make the bad choice over and over again. I had to learn to let those people go especially over years of them being a taker and only wanting to meet up to talk the entire time about themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of you need to get over yourselves? You are not that important!!!!!!!!!!

Neither are you, weird Boomer-sequel phone callers!!!!!!!!! Send a freaking text or email like a normal person in 2023.

That’s not quite the sick burn you think it is.

“Sick burn?” Are you writing from 2003?