re: What's up with people not wanting to, or afraid to call other people?

That is my issue. I am at home soooooo I am probably not wearing clothes appropriate for outside of my home. No makeup. Hair not fixed. If I am going somewhere after work I get properly dressed after work

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My father in law usually texts me when he needs crushed concrete to call the business right near my work. I give him the number every single time and when I ask if he got in touch, he says "Oh, I never called..."

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Pics of his daughter?

I can control what I want to say more when I text because sometimes you can get caught in a conversation and just start saying shite and then its like "why did I tell that son of a bitch that".

But its not that I don't like talking on the phone, I don't like talking to long winded people because then I have to think of how to get them off the phone.

I’m in sales so I’m on the phone a shite load. Hated it at first, just the unknown, but at this point I’d much rather do it all over the phone.

I can’t stand to talk on the phone most of the time. I don’t mean to be this way but I find it abhorrent and I will do almost anything to avoid talking in the phone or having to call someone unless I REALLY WANT to talk to them.

I’ve been told that my phone communication often comes across as terse or somewhat abrasive. I understand, however, its asinine when people think you need to carry on with empty pleasantries and platitudes when you’re calling me to ask me about why your email isn’t working. Most people that do this don’t REALLY care how my fishing trip went or how the wife and kids are, because it’s obvious you’re not listening when I drop the note that they’ve been abducted by aliens or eaten by a pack of wild moose-people. You’re just being needlessly verbose and coming across as disingenuous.

Conversely, if you’re genuinely friendly, it’s usually obvious and I have no problem carrying on a conversation for quite a long time. I have a close friend of mine that is a talker and I find myself on the phone with him for over an hour often. Which for most people if you’re on the line for more than 10 seconds I’ve probably thought of 10 different ways to push you off a bridge.

I would much rather talk to someone face to face than text or call. Unless we are work colleagues then you should probably just send me an email with the pdf that you say is “broken.”

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Email is the very last attempt I make to follow-up with a sales lead. This is my method. LINK It gives me up to 8 opportunities to speak with a possible client. Email gives me only 1.

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See this bullshite!? You have a freaking chart on how to make communication between two people needlessly complicated. You’re part of the problem!

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I still prefer phone calls over any form of digital communication.

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I still prefer making my own phone calls, then follow-up with an email. Because undoubtedly I'm going to catch someone off guard with a phone call and make them so anxious that they can't remember half of the conversation.

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It depends. I have a sister in law who is always wanting free shite, or for me to do some chore for them with my truck, etc. So, she won't text, but rather call and say "Hey I need to ask you something call me back."

No shite you need to ask me something...I figured that's why you called. But she won't leave what she wants in the message so she can trap me when we are talking on the phone.

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Tell her No. Short, sweet and to the point. Set your boundaries or it will keep happening. The universe is testing you.

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Pics of his daughter?

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Why do you want pictures of my underage sister-in-law?

Pervert

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Can't stand frickers who won't pick up the phone but will then immediately respond to a text or an email. It makes something that could be handled in 30 seconds over the phone turn into something that takes much longer

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Exactly. And it ain't generational; some of the people I've worked who were worst about dodging calls in favor of texts or emails were guys in their 50's.

In general, they were just lazy bullshite artists who tried to cover it up by acting like they were too busy to talk.