Text and email are polite invitations to a conversation. They happen at the speed and leisure of both the sender and the receiver. In stark contrast, when you get a phone call, it’s almost always a convenient time for the caller and a bad time for the recipient, who I refer to as the “victim” because I insist on accuracy. My philosophy is that every phone conversation has a loser.
—Scott Adams: Phone (via marco)
Heartily agreed, though I’d much rather be reblogging Dylan Moran’s thoughts on the subject (which are more or less the...
“Text and email are polite invitations to a conversation. They happen at the speed and leisure of both the sender and...
(Except, of course, when you’re calling.)