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People who still insist on doing things by phone
- Thread starter Cunth
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Schrödinger's cat
Banned
Phunkydiabetic
Banned
If you heard how sultry my voice was you'd be arranging mad telephonic dates bb
Talk dirty to us!
Grinchy
Banned
Just tell people you were in an accident when you were a kid that damaged your vocal chords. I've always wanted to do that at a new job so I never have to talk to anyone and everyone leaves me alone and only contacts me through email, but I never worked out the finer details of the master plan.
Spaceman292
Banned
It's a lot easier to ignore an email.
TIMSTER_777
Member
Let's set up a big fucking meeting and waste everyones time when the info can be easily sent in an email...
Phunkydiabetic
Banned
$5 for the first minute. $1 each additional minute.
that's the best part,
but seriously e-mail gives a record of what was sent, can be accessed asynchronously and can be easily shared as needed
Spaceman292
Banned
Cunth
Fingerlickin' Good!
leave me a voice mail
Tell me in email, I'm just going to ignore your phone call.
eot
Banned
Yup. Phone is for when shit needs to get done.
nush
Member
A call where they don't let you know the specifics of the discussion and blindside you with random crap even though you've tried to preempt what they might want to talk about?
Just call me now and say what you want to know.
Papa
Banned
Does anyone even actually check voicemails
Cunth
Fingerlickin' Good!
actually noone calls me
Papa
Banned
why we still got monkeys
Cunth
Fingerlickin' Good!
can i have your number?
Phunkydiabetic
Banned
Tranquil
Member
Most people at my work like to type out a well written email with instructions then follow up with an unneeded 30 minute phone conversation.
I usually ignore their call, get the job done, then phone them back. That way the phone call goes from 30 minutes to 30 seconds and I can get on with my day.
Time is money
I usually ignore their call, get the job done, then phone them back. That way the phone call goes from 30 minutes to 30 seconds and I can get on with my day.
Time is money
Free sample minute or no deal.
Richard Packer
Gold Member
It's because you sound funny. They're just gathering all their friends together to laugh at you.
Cunth
Fingerlickin' Good!
Someone once told me I sound like the Australian Keanu Reeves
Richard Packer
Gold Member
So Keanu Reeves but with missing teeth? I'd call over all my mates to laugh at you too.
quickwhips
Member
I delete them if it was important i would have answered or got a follow up with an email.
Cunth
Fingerlickin' Good!
shut up pecker
Richard Packer
Gold Member
Grinchy
Banned
I seriously think meetings are just for the people who love to hear themselves talk. They will force everyone to pretend to be invested and participate, but the bottom line is they just wanted the whole room to listen to them drone on for a bit when the actual information could have been summed up in a paragraph.
Amory
Member
Sometimes a meeting makes sense and you can get more done in 30 minutes talking to someone than hours of email exchanges
But some people are jerks and schedule meetings for every little thing. That's been a big problem at my company with Zoom and working from home. No one needs to deal with the hassle of finding a conference room now, so they throw Zoom invites out like they're nothing
But some people are jerks and schedule meetings for every little thing. That's been a big problem at my company with Zoom and working from home. No one needs to deal with the hassle of finding a conference room now, so they throw Zoom invites out like they're nothing
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Deleted member 1159
Unconfirmed Member
I don’t give a fuck if someone wants to have a call, but give me a fucking time instead of “yeah here’s my number, give me a call any time” then don’t answer and we play phone tag for a week.
Yeah, I’m taking to you doctor (redacted). If you’re so goddamn busy get a secretary. Or let’s set up a time.
Anyway yeah email is ok.
Yeah, I’m taking to you doctor (redacted). If you’re so goddamn busy get a secretary. Or let’s set up a time.
Anyway yeah email is ok.
Pejo
Member
So here's the thing, phone calls are for your older managers and bosses that like having real time evidence that you're working on their issues/problems. I've learned throughout my career that people my age or younger prefer email, and older people prefer calls. Just do both as you need to, no big deal.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.001
Phone calls work but people do things differently.
TIMSTER_777
Member
ValiantTraveler
Member
Phone calls are okay when the person calling you is intelligent, gets straight to the point and only calls once in a while.
Back when I used to work in a company I hated my boss calling just to pressure me or inquire about some unnecessary bullshit. I also hated being called by someone else, not hearing the person because I’m in a noisy open office and having to move to another room to have a proper conversation.
These days I work with clients via emails and other means of written communication and it’s perfectly convenient. Sometimes I come across a person who can’t be bothered to write but I don’t mind the voice conversations.
Back when I used to work in a company I hated my boss calling just to pressure me or inquire about some unnecessary bullshit. I also hated being called by someone else, not hearing the person because I’m in a noisy open office and having to move to another room to have a proper conversation.
These days I work with clients via emails and other means of written communication and it’s perfectly convenient. Sometimes I come across a person who can’t be bothered to write but I don’t mind the voice conversations.
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Kamina
Golden Boy
NecrosaroIII
Banned
I work in shipping. We make a call first because its quicker and we need that responsiveness. We then follow up with an email so we can get written proof of the conversation.
Clients are fucking notorious about this shit. They'll ask for discounts over everything if we don't have written proof.
And contractors will charge more too. It's an industry of everyone trying to dick each other and it makess me want to kill myself having to deal with it every day
Clients are fucking notorious about this shit. They'll ask for discounts over everything if we don't have written proof.
And contractors will charge more too. It's an industry of everyone trying to dick each other and it makess me want to kill myself having to deal with it every day
ROMhack
Member
Yeah honestly. Email > phone > meeting (video or otherwise).
The more people in a meeting, the less things get done. I even told my boss to stop including me in zoom calls the other week because I find them disruptive and largely a waste of time (constructive criticism).
Now she just emails and phones when we need to sort something out.
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Starlight Lotice
Member
Customers who pay by phone are also idiots to me.
The person on the other side (in the office) usually repeats the number to you and in an open office, that is a big NO NO! My old firm did that all the time and I had to cringe because it is blurting out their name, location, Contact and Direct Debit details....all because they couldn't be bothered adding their purchase or account online.....
The person on the other side (in the office) usually repeats the number to you and in an open office, that is a big NO NO! My old firm did that all the time and I had to cringe because it is blurting out their name, location, Contact and Direct Debit details....all because they couldn't be bothered adding their purchase or account online.....
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JimboJones
Member
I wish my work would do occasional meetings rather than whatsapp groupchat nonsense.
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
When recently quitting my job, that was one of the reasons. Im already invested 6 days a week for work but I had a crazy director who would literally send 100+ messages on Viber/Watsup and about on average 20+ emails A DAY. Safe to say, maybe 2% of that was important, rest is all fluff and someones boredom but all had to be answered to. Ill do a once a week important meeting but GTFO of my social media, i didnt need reminding of work 24/7.
MastAndo
Member
Certain people just seem to require (or at least desire) a level of interaction that an email doesn't provide. I think it more has to do with one's personality than anything else. They don't seem to get that I'm an IT guy, and I don't really have a need for knowing how you feel about something via inflection or body language to do my job.
I have a handful of people I work with that will call or would stop by my desk to ask for something that would be so much more easily conveyed in writing - like telling me these three people need these very particular things, now I have to sit here writing this stuff down. Really, the best part of working from home is to be able to screen or entirely avoid that sort of thing. Unfortunately, these same people are the ones who are currently in love with video conferences.
I have a handful of people I work with that will call or would stop by my desk to ask for something that would be so much more easily conveyed in writing - like telling me these three people need these very particular things, now I have to sit here writing this stuff down. Really, the best part of working from home is to be able to screen or entirely avoid that sort of thing. Unfortunately, these same people are the ones who are currently in love with video conferences.
