No. Do not call me. Send me a message. Calls are terrifying and make me want to crawl under the bed and stay there all day in case someone else thinks it's acceptable to call...
Allow me to rephrase it in a way that will actually get results : they're banking on you not calling to take advantage of you. Def not every service or whatever, but a lot of the time, vibing on spite is a better motivator.
Its actually a problem in business and offices with new workers not able to or are not willing to pick up a phone and call. They just send emails and texts even if those don't get a response. They won't pick up the phone unless someone directly tells them to
My favorite iteration of this is when I ask for a home improvement quote on Thumbtack and I get 3-4 contractors suddenly calling me immediately. As a member of the introvert club, I then ghost the calls and only reply to their texts or emails.
This is so accurate. After working with people my whole life (both in the legal profession and in retail) I'm pretty much allergic to talking on the phone. Or in person. Or ever.
I just absolutely HATE making phone calls! My hearing is not the best and I never know what the sound quality will be like. I sometimes have trouble understanding what’s being said. I avoid phone calls if I can.🙄
I have no apprehension about calling the weather lady (anymore). But some people write better than they talk. And in writing, everybody can say what they want to say in the way they want to say it. They can correspond without being interrupted or distracted in the moment.
Esp when it's work related and I don't know the information well enough to discuss it. I really hate calling clients, but at times it's easier to call than it is to wait and correspond via email. Then I annoy folks by asking them to repeat what they are saying because I don't follow their responses.
If something is important enough then you probably *should* intrude, rather than text and potentially have them miss the message for a long time because they didn't check their phone.
Yes! It’s very important to discover a persons preferred channel for communication. I prefer texting. But some people really don’t text, particularly older people.
😂 I don’t mind phone calls, texts are better but it’s harder to understand context if you don’t know the other person well. What I dislike is an out of the blue video call from a stranger. I’ll decline every time! 💙
I stopped receive calls from unknown phones at all. Bank\city munitipal company\ etc. are caling from known sources. 98% of unknown calls is scam, 1% is advertizing (a different kind of scam).
I've always told my soldiers and my employees, (we didn't have text during my twenty plus years of service). If you need to reach me call me. I don't care if it's 2 in the afternoon or 3 in the morning. If I need to know I need to know when you do. Saying you text or emailed me will not help you.
If it's about work inside a team and takes long explanation, ok, then calling is easier.
But as a customer, you should NOT file complaints or inquiry by phone. They have dozens of that in parallel and it takes an undue amount of time until you made the point. If necessary, they will call back.
Not remotely. I like chatting with people all the time. I like going out. Just don't do it over the phone, there are few things more frustrating that being called and remembering none of it 20 minutes later. Don't make me interpret your intent by your words and tone with no body language or face.
I would prefer to email them so my hands and brain have time to sync up, so I don't sound like a chattering Furby calling them to them from a dark closet at 3am.
I have a supervisor that simply will not answer the phone. But in an act of hypocrisy, created a document on how to answer and talk on the phone. Simply amazing.
It's not a problem, calls are obsolete for all communication where hearing someone's voice isn't the entire point. Texts and emails leave a built-in trail of records, calls don't
The pic is about someone being unable to because of anxiety. I'm tired of this narrative that things like this should be seen as acceptable instead of worked past
I agree that having a record of things is certainly handy. But sometimes you just want to get your point across in a quick conversation. A lot of people (especially older generations) don't know all the nuances of expressing themselves over text (bad texters).
If it's a home warranty company and you're trying to get your washer fixed, the phone # you call is a machine that sends you a text link to their website and 2.5 months later your washer still isn't fixed. (Note: I hate phone calls, but when the repair dude skipped 2 appointments I tried to call.)
Found a link to live chat on the website, which was powered by AI, and insisted my appointment was confirmed (which it was, but it was in the past because nobody showed up.)
Reporting some issue\demanding something being solved that already should have been solved?
But currently it's worse, when you call for these reasons, you usually stuck either dial-the-number menu with no correct options anyway or with an AI consultant, which is even worse.
I completely get the sensation that people like the one in this comic are going through. But the only way to get past that and see "making a call" as a trivial action is to actually do it consistently. Avoidance will only stunt you further.
No. I don’t want to call, especially to be shuffled from one line/responder to another 4 times, wait and waste time and try to explain how things are written over phone. (“B like a Banana…”). Everything is way better through an online form. Socializing is better in person.
Why is it better to call them? It's not better to call me or any of the people I know. Are you talking about corporations? They intentionally add delays to their phone systems and make them difficult to use. The answer isn't to just keep encouraging people to use the worst medium.
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Its actually a problem in business and offices with new workers not able to or are not willing to pick up a phone and call. They just send emails and texts even if those don't get a response. They won't pick up the phone unless someone directly tells them to
I’ve had a lot of crooked bosses.
Press:
1 for waiting 30 minutes to crap audio play back about how busy we are
2 for transfer to another ambiguous phone line to get immediately disconnected
3 for giving us your caller info for targeted advertisements / scam calls
But as a customer, you should NOT file complaints or inquiry by phone. They have dozens of that in parallel and it takes an undue amount of time until you made the point. If necessary, they will call back.
"Hi, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-"
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Just avoid calling them..
..and also indefinitely postpone texting or emailing them..
..because now you have to start by explaining why you didn't call them or text them or email them before..
..and the anxiety from that is more than the anxiety from calling, texting, or emailing them👍👍
But currently it's worse, when you call for these reasons, you usually stuck either dial-the-number menu with no correct options anyway or with an AI consultant, which is even worse.
This checks.
I've simply come to this conclusion: phone calls are for emergencies, offices with old employees and advertising with call centres.
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