I was obligated to call but did not want to make the call. Now I can report back that the call was made and that there was no asnwer.
Perfect score. Social obligations fulfilled: 100%. Words spoken: 0. Emotional energy cost: 40%.
You technically did your job, nobody can fault you!
I didn’t want a talk to you in the first place but was obligated to try.
You had your chance and lost it.
Ignoring my phone because I prefer to text anyway, so you not answering was a massive relief to me. Chances are if you text instead I’ll respond, or can leave a voice mail, but honestly if I didn’t leave a message or send a text about it, it wasn’t important enough/mission critical in the first place so don’t worry about it
probably moving on to the next task in my to do list. my phone is not attached to my hand
I get that but even if you were to sprint away from your phone at full speed you’d still hear the ringtone and be maybe 1 foot away. I’m literal when I mean “call back right away”. Like if I’m working and I see a phone call, and I go to hit “answer” but the call ends just before. And then I call them back within 5 seconds. There’s no way your phone is on a table and you’re 10 yards away.
What kind of sociopath has their phone ringer on in 2025?
I do, but im getting called rarely and my number is still save from scam lists so every call is probably important
I do. It’s the Austin Powers ringer
I run a business. If my phone rings and I don’t answer the customer is probably calling the next business. That’s not good for me.
Ringtone? My dude, the only people I know who have their ringer volume on are all in their seventies.
Man I’m only 38. I just can’t hear my phone vibrate when I’m working on a car lol.
But dialing with a silenced phone?
Depends on the person, an ass could pass for face id.
You’ve never seen someone put their phone in their pocket or purse, without turning off the screen first?
I’ve seen lots of people do that. A couple times I pointed out why it’s not a good idea. But people who do it, just don’t seem to care. My mother has done this exact thing to me several times. She calls me back later, when she sees that I called her, wondering what I wanted.
Calling someone else.
I’d rather get sent straight to voice mail than hang around in the limbo that “Call waiting” is.
I don’t answer calls.
Exactly. My phone is for texting and calling out. Receiving calls is an unfortunate bug.
If I called, it was an emergency, and I can’t answer the phone because I’m elbow-deep in emergency.
You only call people in an emergency? How do you communicate with people outside of shouting range for less important topics?
I don’t
I send them text messages if it’s not urgent.
If I indulged my terrible impulses, I’d probably be laughing to myself and saying “Yeah, how do you like it?”
Driving or going to the bathroom.
