busyI agree with these. I will add that telephone technology has evolved in ways that make me hate them more, not less. They are more pervasive and intrusive now. They demand attention in being charged. The sound quality has become so horrendous that I can barely make out what anyone is saying, and in the case of any speakerphone function actually hurts my ears. And they're ruining the restaurant experience, which creates fallout that I have to deal with even though I know better than to play with my fucking phone at the table.
So if you like me and wish to communicate with me, I am happy to do that via email or facetime. I am never happy on the phone and use it only as an absolute last resort. The chance of accurate communication is only so-so and the chance of pleasurable communication approaches zero and costs me spoons to fake it.
inversion of priority
August 19 2015, 08:17:26 UTC 5 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_inversion
The worst abuse of that: a dope answering every phone call WHILE INTERVIEWING ME! I was tempted to call the person in front of me just to regain my priority!
Folks in queue/line for something have "gamed" that at times, calling ahead to somehow get priority over everyone else and jump in front of the line.
My most successful version of that: I was having problems renewing my driver's license. Nobody at the local office would help me. So I called the main office and got someone to call the local branch mgr, who came over to me WHILE ON THE PHONE and solved my problem.
Re: inversion of priority
August 20 2015, 20:38:03 UTC 5 years ago