The Post About Avoiding Your Call

During my training yesterday on social media, one participant lamented they would rather folks just call them on the phone.

I joked "I really only use my phone for the Internet."

There's always truth in jest.

I'm not a phone person. There might be only 4 people I talk to on the telephone more than once a month. Two of them birthed me and say I'm legally obligated to ring them up.

Sidebar about that: My Mom and Dad get sad when I don't call every couple of days. However, even if I DO call, they say it doesn't count unless I talk to each of them. So if I call and speak to Mom on Monday and Dad on Wednesday; when I talk to Mom on Friday she charges that I haven't called since Monday. They became one in marriage 40 years ago, but they don't actually share very well.

I prefer email, text messages, Facebook wall posts, Twitter direct messages, and comments on my blog over calling me on the telephone.

When that ringtone starts, whether it's a classic bell or Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance with Somebody - I furrow my brow.

Can't we just write one another? It's so much quicker and more efficient.

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