Why Gen Z & Millennials are hung up on answering the phone
Why Gen Z & Millennials are hung up on answering the phone
A recent survey found a quarter of people aged 18 to 34 never answer the phone.
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Spam has destroyed the phonecall. I screen everything and people know to text me first.
Besides its rude to think you can just interrupt someone in the middle of what they are doing without asking via text first anyway.
35 2 ReplyI view phoning someone like popping over to their house and knocking on the door to chat with no prior warning. No one likes that.
11 1 ReplyI've been nervous of phoning people since long before cellphones were invented, precisely because it always seemed rude to make someone's phone ring and demand a conversation when they're in the middle of whatever they're doing. It's interesting to see more people coming to see it like this.
6 1 ReplyI would flat out ignore the pony express rider when he came galloping up with all that noise and dust. Who does he think he is?
6 0 ReplyIs that not what the post office is for? Were pony express riders stopping at every individual farm and cabin?
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