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re: Epidemic - Not Answering the Phone
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:03 pm to zadams_318
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:03 pm to zadams_318
Im sorry I didnt want an extended warranty on a truck I owned 10 years ago.
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Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:15 pm to zadams_318
Phones are for everything except phone calls these days
Posted on 9/10/25 at 11:06 pm to zadams_318
Letting people go to voicemail and sending low importance emails make my day.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 12:04 am to zadams_318
quote:Not interested in being the 34th person you’ve called today
I make 40-50 work related calls every day
Posted on 9/11/25 at 12:06 am to zadams_318
If I answered every call I get between 8-5, I’d never get any actual work done. Most of the time, it’s phone calls that could’ve been emails so I’ll get back to them when I can.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 6:25 am to zadams_318
My wife is so bad about not answering her phone that I had to make one of my kids my emergency contact.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 6:29 am to zadams_318
A lot of the time Im in a place where I can’t answer the phone. Just text me if you need something it’s not that hard
Posted on 9/11/25 at 6:43 am to zadams_318
With the technology that we have in this day and age, there are better ways to reach out to people without unexpectedly disrupting whatever it is they may be doing at the time.
It is actually somewhat arrogant to expect people to just drop whatever they are doing in order to attend to your unsolicited interruption, unless that person happens to be a subordinate of yours.
If I need to talk to someone, most of the time I will text them first and ask if they are available.
If I do cold call, I don't expect them to answer. I have a speech prepared in advance to leave with their answering service. Pretty easy - my name, phone number and a brief description of why I need to talk to them.
If they do answer, I consider that to be a bonus.
If someone calls me, I don't normally answer unless it is someone returning one of my calls, or my 93-year-old mother.
It is actually somewhat arrogant to expect people to just drop whatever they are doing in order to attend to your unsolicited interruption, unless that person happens to be a subordinate of yours.
If I need to talk to someone, most of the time I will text them first and ask if they are available.
If I do cold call, I don't expect them to answer. I have a speech prepared in advance to leave with their answering service. Pretty easy - my name, phone number and a brief description of why I need to talk to them.
If they do answer, I consider that to be a bonus.
If someone calls me, I don't normally answer unless it is someone returning one of my calls, or my 93-year-old mother.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 6:46 am to zadams_318
If it takes more than 2 text or emails back and forth, pick up the phone or walk down the hall and have a conversation. I drill this into our company’s culture as a major function for success.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 6:53 am to zadams_318
I try to stay on task during the day. Calls are an annoyance and only answer if I think it’s an emergency. Or the slack or texts require a conversation for clarity or something we don’t want documented.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 7:38 am to dgnx6
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Phone stays on silent.
Pro tip right there.
On a day when we are working on something massive and I’m in the field- phone has ringer on and text alerts.
Other days, phone is slienced and my assistant (yeah, I got one) gets all calls forwarded to her after 4 rings.
I see the calls come in on my Car Play- so 99% of the time I answer when I’m driving- which I do a pretty good amount of.
But, If I am working at my desk, speaking with an employee or customer, there us no way your call is getting answered by me.
I find it terribly rude to think the caller(as the OP has insinuated) believes they have priority over whatever the recipient is doing.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 8:42 am to Mingo Was His NameO
quote:I would imagine 90% of em are along the lines of "where the hell are you" "When is blah blah blah being delivered' 'no, come on in, ICE is not gonna be here, we are good"
Then why are you making 200-250 calls a week? Something doesn’t make sense
Posted on 9/11/25 at 8:44 am to zadams_318
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40-50 work related calls every day,
That would be hell for me.
I'm antisocial.
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