I read an interesting article about the death of the phone call that changed my viewpoint a bit on this subject. The author was basically saying that in the days before text messaging and even answering machines, a phone call was nothing more than an interruption. The caller didn't know the schedule of the person he called, whether it was convenient or not, etc. Nowadays we can schedule those synchronous phone calls using asynchronous email, text messages, or IM so that the actual phone call can be as productive as possible.
Of course, this doesn't make up for the fact that people are using one to replace the other, but a little balance can help rather than hurt. On 8/16/10, Chuck B. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Tony Cooke > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> And, (said he starting the sentence wrongly!) I am at great pains to >> always spell and punctuate my SMS texts correctly when texting my >> grandkids. >> > > Which brings me to one of MY pet peeves these days. Why doesn't anyone > CALL any more???? How much time could we save if we stopped texting and > started calling! Not to mention the potential for a return to > actual "Customer Service" from vendors! > (Sorry to stick my two cents in on you "old-timers" here on the board, but > texting and email as the foundation of modern human interaction has become a > real bug up my b*tt the past year or so . . . and I found that I needed to > vent too.) > > Chuck B. >
