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.
August 19 2015, 16:08:10 UTC 5 years ago Edited: August 19 2015, 16:14:10 UTC
If it's important, they know what my email address is.
and as they're increasingly making phones you can't really turn off [only to 'stand-by'] or remove the battery from... there's metal boxes and/or tin foil.
I don't care who the person calling me thinks they are, I control when, where and to what I give my attention to.