Why couldn’t this call be an email? Why would you call, when you know that you are near indistinguishable from spam calls about Microsoft services and Nigerian princes?

  • @[email protected]
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    66 months ago

    When my dad wants to talk, he texts me something like “Hey Stephen, give me a call when you have a chance”, and then I oblige when I have a chance. Most of the time it probably could have been an entirely text exchange, but whatever.

    When my mom wants to talk, she just calls out of the blue, I don’t answer, and usually we don’t end up talking.

    …I forgot where exactly I was going with this, but something about lining the call up beforehand

    • @owenfromcanada
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      36 months ago

      Yeah, at this point, it’s polite to arrange a call, especially if it’s probably more than a minute or two. And as you’ve noted, it’s also more successful than a cold call.