Board 8 > Anyone remember my friend who got fired for msging the FB instead of calling?

(+) Yeah! (+)

Don't ask your friend about it anymore. He doesn't want the job.
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Listen, I'm just going to reply to this part because it just makes my entire point.

You can disagree that speaking is more personal than typing something, but here's the deal. I argue that with examples and well-placed reasoning for why that is, backed up by what is frankly just sense.

No, you don't. Your whole argument is "it is because it is", which is the same as my argument, because it's entirely subjective and comes down to what you see as "personal", which is a philosophical argument. What do you want me to do, say "yeah well I text my girlfriend because we consider it more personal than phone calls"? Now I'd have an example too, but what would that prove?

Also pro-tip if you choose to continue this argument -- quit doing stuff like this:
PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

And you cannot tell me that it isn't more personal hearing someone's voice than it is seeing words they type.

Okay, so what would move you more?

I guess if you want to delude yourself into thinking you don't get anything more out of a conversation with one of your friends by speaking and hearing their voice and playing off their tone than you do from them texting you, but sure brother.

Cuz me and a few others have already told you our position; we're not just going to suddenly agree with you if you ask enough times and act like we're just lying for some weird reason.


PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

But hey, I guess saying "lol" gives you the same personal feeling to someone than them actually laughing.

No, "lol" these days usually means something akin to "I know what I just said can be taken as me being rude but that's not my intent". It would normally be communicated by body language, but you don't have that in text messages. Or phone calls lol
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

I don't think it's anxiety, I think it's laziness.

The dude has zero problem calling people up if they're selling something on Craigslist for a good deal.

...well shit.
i mean the confidence issue maybe could be there but uhhh....
this is really bad.
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Anxiety can be fickle. I have issues with phones too, but I can still make simple calls like asking a store if they have something in. I generally know exactly how the conversation will go, I'm the one "in control" of it, so I have no problems making the call. It's when I'm unsure of how the conversation will go that I have trouble.
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It does sound like laziness, since "Call us back" for him turned into..Find the e-mail and email to ask if he should call. That feels like taking an extra step in order to attempt to just... Not go through with it.
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