The professional thing to say here is “spam prevention”.
Because sms respects my time. I can check it when I can I do not need to stop everything I am doing for it. A call doesn’t, I have to stop everything to pick it up.
I wouldn’t mind people calling me if I didn’t expect 90% of my calls to be scams.
I’m the same way with my mail.
I’m a millennial - I don’t check my mailbox for 6+ weeks at a time.
If I order something, then I know about it and expect it at my door (because it’s fedex, amazon, or ups).
Otherwise, it will have to wait until I happen to remember I have a mailbox.
For example, with bills - I expect you to have my email address and use it, because I supplied it whenever I established xyz account.
Exceptions:
- Around the holidays when people send out holiday cards!
- For a local property tax exemption, my county refuses to email it. Their requirement for receiving the exemption is that you live here locally, and part of their way for verifying that, is by sending the request form to your local physical address.
I don’t check my mailbox for 6+ weeks at a time.
That seems dangerously negligent.
Welfare checks have been conducted over less.
When it’s too cold out to wanna walk all the way up there, I’ve gone for 3-4 months at a stretch. All I ever get is garbage anyway, so it’s only ever mattered twice, and one of those was an expected package.
No one’s ever called me a welfare check :(
I’m in the military lol. The government definitely knows I’m alive by 0600 sharp every morning.
I’ve had a P.O. box for years because I don’t want to disclose my home address when I register domains. Maybe I should check it one of these days…
I’m like this with email. I do a quick visual scan about once per week… or fortnight… because it’s almost all SPAM, and no matter how many blocks and filters I create, it does little to hold back the tide of trash.
Everyone who matters knows the only way to reach me reliably is via text message.
If you live in the US, you can get your mail sent to your email inbox every day you are getting something that is directly addressed to you (i.e., not spam). It’s called USPS Informed Delivery.
It doesn’t always work if they get your address slightly off (say they put STE instead of APT), but it’s a lot better than nothing.
Just signed up for this, thank you. It’s fantastic!
Now I can check my mail from the comfort of my bed. USPS email comes daily at 0400.
I nearly missed a jury duty notice because of this habit. I only check if I know money or a specific bill is coming.
Im just autistic and can’t hold an unrehearsed phone conversation, let alone irl conversation, to save my life.
Sms aren’t limited by my availability…you can send them at 4am in the morning so i can ignore them for 2 weeks for no reason. Meanwhile if you call me at 4am I’d still be awake but it’s none of your business why and i wouldn’t answer them anyway so why bother.
“because I don’t want it.”
As an older millennial I use the phone just fine, thank you very much.
It’s Facebook and other random proprietary crap being used for IRL communications (especially important stuff like community associations, etc.) that I can’t deal with.
I refuse to use Facebook and any time I hear someone talking about using it I just think of how much better off everyone would be without it. I haven’t used it in probably 5 years but I could only imagine it has got worse.
It’s the only Marketplace in the use where I live. Sucks so bad but I have to have it for work
Shit I ignore texts for days too. 😒
Why should I feel obligated to be available for a phone call?
Am I the only millennial that doesn’t mind phone calls? Don’t get me wrong, I very much prefer an SMS or email if it will suffice but phone calls tend to be quicker if you need something taken care of immediately.
Phone calls are for immediate concerns that’s why you need to answer your phone. No one will call you unless it’s important
No, it’s just become en vogue to parade around your social incompetence/anxiety issues/whatever for clout.
That being said, I don’t give out my number willy nilly, although getting annoying robo/spamcalls seems to be more of a US issue anyway.
I would love to get contacted by telephone. I hate SMS.
Why would they even ask that lmao. “Eat my entire ass” that’s why, fuck you.
Genx and haven’t liked to pick up the phone my whole life
How did you make plans with friends before cell phones? You never talked with a boyfriend or girlfriend for hours on a landline?
Most likely I’d make plans face to face. I have spent too many hours on the phone with loved ones, but that’s usually planned or expected. I don’t like picking up the phone if I don’t know who it is, and even then I’d often rather avoid. Just send me a message please instead.
“My rate for voice services is $0.35 per minute. Ask about by bulk rate for 15, 30, or 60 minute increments when prepaid. Any calls without prepayment will be billed at the per minute rate, net30 terms. Please have a PO# ready when calling.”
