♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

"But if you come here, I'm not gonna call you. Don't eva, eva, eva, eva eva eva come here again." - Anna Haro

THANK YOU. IM / text / email / FB / Twitter / Rejaw me. Do. Not. Call! - Mona N.

Completely agree. I know this sounds crazy but i have some friends that still use the phone to make calls and prefer it. They don't type well or aren't around a computer much so don't like email, IM, ... or just don't have a good phone for texting. - ·[▪_▪]·

There are definitely those few that you'll always deal with on the phone, but for the rest. Come on....it's almost 2009. Get with it or don't bother me with your idle chit-chat :) - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

I prefer friends to call since I sometimes miss text messages. - Rodfather

Inflection and tone are reflected poorly, if at all, in text. I could be sarcastic, snide, jovial, tired, or any number of things right now and you wouldn't know it. Hearing someone talk also provides a number of other cues: sighing, tripping up on words, pauses, etc. are important communicative tools that are completely omitted in written works. - Mark Trapp

I like using the phone: laughter to the point of tears is no fun over text. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

++SB :D - Anna Haro

Totally agreed. For me, the phone is almost emergency use only. If you call me, you better be dying, need me to bail you out of jail, or something. I usually respond to voicemails by texting or e-mailing, which often works to let the other person know that I prefer those ways of communicating. - Jandy Stone

If I am actually aiming to have a full-on convo, definitely the phone wins, but don't call me when I'm working or something and ask me stuff like "So, what you doin?" - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

Rahseen, rather than look at it as they think so little of you as to waste your time with every minor thing, you could look at it as they thought talking to you was important enough to call. A phone call is a sign of respect, not denigration. - Mark Trapp

If someone calls me, I assume it's either my husband letting me know he'ls on his way home, or something's wrong. Everything else should be via email/IM/DM. - eve shot first

If my phone rings, it's either: my mom, my doctor, or the wrong number. I like it that way. Everyone else uses email/text/etc. - Rochelle

@Mark, for conversations that require that, i just prefer face-to-face. Voice just isn't enough to impart other subtitles. Additionally, it's just become a physical burden to use the phone for any significant conversations though that's mostly resolved with hands-free. If it can be said with text, i say, say it with text. - ·[▪_▪]·

I don't see it as a sign of disrespect or anything, but as I stated in the post, it's quite detrimental to my productivity if I have people calling me for small talk while I'm working. I have ADD as it is, I don't need any assistance getting off task. For most people, I'll definitely engage in real convo when I'm not busy. :) - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

Robot Guy: A physical burden? People seemed to be able to handle the heavy physical burden of the phone, even before hands-free and cell phones, for a century. - Mark Trapp

seems we're all in the same boat, but i'll add bill collector to the mix. - Anika Malone

Rahsheen, sure, turning the cell phone off while working is prudent. But I'm not sure how Rejaw/Twitter/Facebook/Texting/etc. are any less of a distraction. - Mark Trapp

I can handle a text message in a separate process from what I'm doing right now. Respond at my leisure. I can't pay attention to someone talk and work at the same time. It's a complete and total disruption. Just like someone coming into your office or cubicle and sparking up convo. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

Plus, it takes people FOREVER to get to the point. (on the phone) Don't bore me with details, what's the bottomline? - Mona N.

Rahsheen, I get that, I'm the same way. If I'm working, you're going straight to voicemail. I guess what I'm thinking of is people responding to voicemail with emails or texts or DMs, which isn't necessarily you, but several people here said they do, so maybe they can explain the savings in productivity for doing so: if you're taking the time to respond to the voicemail, why not return in kind? - Mark Trapp

EXactly. You can't really compress a phone convo into a few words. It's not even natural to do so. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

I've always hated holding a phone to my head for long periods. Now that there are so many better alternatives, it's a burden now. - ·[▪_▪]·

@Mark, for me it's more that I simply don't like using the phone. Never have. I will drive miles out of my way to see people in person rather than call them on the phone. I don't mind someone calling me if there's something specific we need to discuss, but chatting on the phone is not something I'm interested in, so I try to discourage it in any way possible. Chatting in person or via e-mail/IM/text is fine. - Jandy Stone

uggh, hate talking on the phone. not much of a small talker in general. I have a coworker who regularly invites herself into my office, navigates my "keep out" obstacle course and has seat. She once chided me for not paying attention to her. Bitch, they pay me to work, not babysit your needy ass. - Orphan Spinster Librarian

LOL, Kaia. I have the visitors too. Anyway, I prefer email/text/IM as well. I just don't know how to do the whole phone chats anymore, I guess. Now.. when i was 12 and 13... that's a whole nother story. :) - Yolanda