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Why I Silence Calls Even When I'm Free

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Re: Why I Silence Calls Even When I'm Free

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Post by hackula1 »

alan_cx wrote: post #40

Hmmmmm. A rant.... This might be culture, or just the people I know, but... There seems to be an expectation that I'm supposed to respond immediately to any call or text, and if I don't, some how I'm an arse. I have a mobile, there for apparently I'm never possibly parted form it, have the instant ability to stop anything I might already be doing, and its damn rude not to answer with in 3 rings, or reply to a text th…

Get new friends and/or coworkers. Seriously, reasonable people do not expect an immediate response.

Re: Why I Silence Calls Even When I'm Free

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Post by hackula1 »

WalterSear wrote: post #37
gfodor wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They need to re-make American Psycho but base it in SV, just so I can hear Christian Bale's inner monologue again saying ridiculous things like this (and everything else in that interview, for that matter.)

I was going to take issue with your unfair characterization of silicon valley and then I followed the link to that interview.

Wow, I was going to choose a quote as a prime example of this guy's utter horrible nature, but I got to the end and could not decide which was most terrible. Here's one anyway:

"I have two iPhones, one for day and one for the night. When the day phone runs out, the night phone takes over. I never have to worry."

Re: Why I Silence Calls Even When I'm Free

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Post by WalterSear »

hackula1 wrote: post #42
WalterSear wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was going to take issue with your unfair characterization of silicon valley and then I followed the link to that interview.

Wow, I was going to choose a quote as a prime example of this guy's utter horrible nature, but I got to the end and could not decide which was most terrible. Here's one anyway: "I have two iPhones, one for day and one for the night. When the day phone runs out, the night phone takes over. I never have to worry."

It's very Austin Powers.

Re: Why I Silence Calls Even When I'm Free

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Post by LogicX »

ngoel36 wrote: post #15

It's funny, I'm often exactly the opposite. Sometimes I'll just call people up...without warning, without scheduling. It'll catch them off guard at first, but I find it hands-down more efficient. Often times five minutes on the phone can garner a resolution easier than eight hours on an email chain (only to end up scheduling a call for the next day). I really wish that people were more open to this; it's strange beca…

Wish they understood that in the USA South. Just recently moved here.. In the north, yes -- people understood not to call. I get so annoyed as everyone calls me for the most silly reasons in the south! NEVER is there a text first.

Re: Why I Silence Calls Even When I'm Free

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Post by WalterSear »

alan_cx wrote: post #40

Hmmmmm. A rant.... This might be culture, or just the people I know, but... There seems to be an expectation that I'm supposed to respond immediately to any call or text, and if I don't, some how I'm an arse. I have a mobile, there for apparently I'm never possibly parted form it, have the instant ability to stop anything I might already be doing, and its damn rude not to answer with in 3 rings, or reply to a text th…

There's a wide, wide gap between not being at everyone's beck and call and being so wound up in your own distractable, techno-depersonalized self as to be annoyed by pesky human contact.

Re: Why I Silence Calls Even When I'm Free

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Post by johncagula »

read wrote: post #20

the new rules of engagement: Call only if truly necessary. Text first. These new rules of engagement are also old rules of engagement. In older times people called only if truly necessary. They hand-wrote letters otherwise. I wish people started writing letters again. There could be a startup idea waiting to be discovered around this.

email?

Re: Why I Silence Calls Even When I'm Free

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Post by WalterSear »

john_w_t_b wrote: post #13

I think this is a side effect of the Internet. Smartphones give you unlimited information at your fingertips. With all the distractions online, it's easy to become detached from your friends and family. I have the same problem.

It's a side effect of being an inconsiderate person.

Re: Why I Silence Calls Even When I'm Free

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Post by ngoel36 »

LogicX wrote: post #44
ngoel36 wrote: post #15

It's funny, I'm often exactly the opposite. Sometimes I'll just call people up...without warning, without scheduling. It'll catch them off guard at first, but I find it hands-down more efficient. Often times five minutes on the phone can garner a resolution easier than eight hours on an email chain (only to end up scheduling a call for the next day). I really wish that people were more open to this; it's strange beca…

Wish they understood that in the USA South. Just recently moved here.. In the north, yes -- people understood not to call. I get so annoyed as everyone calls me for the most silly reasons in the south! NEVER is there a text first.

I'm from Alabama...this might explain it :)

Re: Why I Silence Calls Even When I'm Free

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Post by autotravis »

bcoates wrote: post #27
autotravis wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“I have two iPhones, one for day and one for the night. When the day phone runs out, the night phone takes over. I never have to worry.” talk about wasteful...

At launch, an unsubsidized 32GB iPhone 4 cost $599, let's be pessimistic and say you get two years of use out of it and are unable to sell it for anything, that's $25/month. Not exactly an extravagant business expense.

Yeah, because this guy will sit by and use an iphone for two years while watching the new versions come out...
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