Zoomers are an interesting breeds. My zoomie girlfriend stresses about phone calls too. I just find it to be the quickest way to actually handle things. And much easier for me at work
I’m sorry would they prefer me to take my gear off, type a message and wait at the bottom of the muddy dig with the rest of the crew for whenever they bother to reply?
I’m a Gen Z but I prefer phone calls over text messages. Also, I think it depends heavily on who you arw talking to over the phone. If it’s friend or family it won’t be too scary.
the way you worded this sounds as though there is no justification possible for not wanting to do phone calls.
There are the more common reasons for not appreciating calls such as introversion (which you can’t easily remove as though it’s a band-aid) as well as generally being too tired or overworked to do a call at that time.
Theres also, less commonly, neurodivergent traits that make phone calls very overwhelming, such as autistic folk’s over analysis of how they may sound, what they say and the tone and other characteristics of the person on the other side, or ADHD folk’s executive dysfunction, effectively preventing ease in taking a phone call in the first place, and many other neurotypes having differing traits.
It’s not an issue of people being scared by phone calls most of the time, it can simply be apathy, inconvenience, and other aspects that prevent genuinely wanting to take a phone call.
For myself, I hate phone calls unless I’m on a commute with people I know since I know I won’t be disturbing them by calling someone else, or at times I have nothing provisioned for a specific time of day. I’m not weak willed, im not stupid, I just am neurodivergent, possibly with ADHD and autism (although not entirely sure, I don’t want to completely agree with my self diagnosis until I’m close to getting assessed).
Lastly, I don’t blame you for taking this point of view, it’s natural for many people to think this even if they have a wide perspective, it’s just better to dive into the reasons why these phenomena happen.
It didn’t use to be. I’ve been making phone calls since I was a kid (more than 40 years ago) so no, I don’t think the phones themselves are the culprits.
People scared by phone calls. What a time to be alive.
Zoomers are an interesting breeds. My zoomie girlfriend stresses about phone calls too. I just find it to be the quickest way to actually handle things. And much easier for me at work
At work you are forcing people to drop anything and give you half assed answers.
I’m sorry would they prefer me to take my gear off, type a message and wait at the bottom of the muddy dig with the rest of the crew for whenever they bother to reply?
I think I prefer calling
are you lost?
I’m a Gen Z but I prefer phone calls over text messages. Also, I think it depends heavily on who you arw talking to over the phone. If it’s friend or family it won’t be too scary.
the way you worded this sounds as though there is no justification possible for not wanting to do phone calls.
There are the more common reasons for not appreciating calls such as introversion (which you can’t easily remove as though it’s a band-aid) as well as generally being too tired or overworked to do a call at that time.
Theres also, less commonly, neurodivergent traits that make phone calls very overwhelming, such as autistic folk’s over analysis of how they may sound, what they say and the tone and other characteristics of the person on the other side, or ADHD folk’s executive dysfunction, effectively preventing ease in taking a phone call in the first place, and many other neurotypes having differing traits.
It’s not an issue of people being scared by phone calls most of the time, it can simply be apathy, inconvenience, and other aspects that prevent genuinely wanting to take a phone call.
For myself, I hate phone calls unless I’m on a commute with people I know since I know I won’t be disturbing them by calling someone else, or at times I have nothing provisioned for a specific time of day. I’m not weak willed, im not stupid, I just am neurodivergent, possibly with ADHD and autism (although not entirely sure, I don’t want to completely agree with my self diagnosis until I’m close to getting assessed).
Lastly, I don’t blame you for taking this point of view, it’s natural for many people to think this even if they have a wide perspective, it’s just better to dive into the reasons why these phenomena happen.
It’s so common there’s clearly something wrong with phones. Maybe they’re cursed?
Over ten years ago I had to make a phone call to a foreign country to book a hotel, and my heart rate was as if I’d just sprinted somewhere
It didn’t use to be. I’ve been making phone calls since I was a kid (more than 40 years ago) so no, I don’t think the phones themselves are the culprits.
Cursed, I’m telling you.