Do you also hate talking over the phone and the Internet?

 -You have to do it today.

-Okay, I'll send a text and it'll be ready for today.

-No, better call.

-I'll send an email too.

-Just call!

-I'll also send a fax, a letter and a carrier pigeon, but I won't call for anything!

➡️ Do you have it too?

I do.

Call-anywhere proponents argue that you can't be so antisocial, introverted, shy, and Asperger. That they'd rather do something over the phone in two minutes than write.

I see it differently. Now, once you have something written down, then you can go back to it at any time and do what needs to be done, okay. During a telephone conversation, you may forget or miss something.

➡️ On the same principle, I prefer to read an article than listen to a video, broadcast or podcast, and I prefer a book with text to an audio book. You celebrate the written word, you even meditate on it. And when you turn on a YouTube video, it often goes in one ear and out the other. Or at the same time you pick up your phone and scroll through some nonsense, and then you register at most every third word.

Secondly, what you have in writing (e-mail, SMS) from your employer or colleague can be evidence, for example, in a labor court, if your paths cross. And what is out of mouth, no judge will consider as credible evidence. This may also be why employers and managers are pushing voice calls so hard. 😉

And the peak of insolence for me is calling via Messenger on FB. I don't answer these calls at all.