Oleg "Ole" R. 🇱🇹🇨🇦🇺🇦
Mina Li (she/her)dear corporations/orgs:
we millennials are in our late 20s to early 40s, which has given you ample enough time to realize that WE DON'T LIKE GETTING PHONE CALLS. Stop it.
--signed, a 1980s baby.
(to be fair, they stated it was nothing urgent, but I think having 95% of my calls be spam/scams/alerts has done a number on my anxiety)
these toots do not contain questions.
oshyI hate having to get phone calls for shit
I made an appointment for an eye doctor and asked me for my number so they could call me later if they needed to, and I was like "what number will you be calling from?"
Because I legit have my phone set to just fully ignore any call that isn't on my approved list
Syrup@ocean @CodenameMinaLi
that honestly sounds nice
I'd get too paranoid over the thought someone might be trying to call, though
that honestly sounds nice
I'd get too paranoid over the thought someone might be trying to call, though
If it's something really important they can leave a voice mail uwu
My voice mail does the thing were it comes in as text so you can just read them as you would an email! It's pretty comfy.
I think Apple knows that people our age hate phone calls and they try to make it as painless as possible
Shouty personHonestly, the only ones still doing phone calls at this point are boomers. And Tories.
@clacksee LOL, this was actually from my bank. I've trained myself to be calm whenever my boomer mom/relatives call, though!
@CodenameMinaLi
Ugh. I hate that. I moved to a modern bank. They message me whenever there’s an issue. The only people I can’t persuade to stop phoning me are the vet’s office, weirdly.
Ugh. I hate that. I moved to a modern bank. They message me whenever there’s an issue. The only people I can’t persuade to stop phoning me are the vet’s office, weirdly.
@clacksee this bank is a decently big one here in the US and yet. they did improve with texting me first with any weird transactions, at least.
@CodenameMinaLi
Ah, I don’t know anything about the US retail banking system.
The UK bank I’m with has only existed for 8 years. All new tech is a good thing.
calumn@clacksee @CodenameMinaLi heh, I initially read this as "every bit of recent technological innovation (across all fields of research) are fabulous" but on double-take I assume you mean "starting up a business without legacy systems to integrate provides benefit"
On topic: I finally got my boomers to use my mobile number, so the landline could go. Little steps!
On topic: I finally got my boomers to use my mobile number, so the landline could go. Little steps!
Yeah, that was poor wording. I meant ‘Having all-new tech (and not being encumbered by legacy systems) is a good thing’ rather than ‘All tech that is new is better than anything that existed before’.
@CodenameMinaLi I need thhis as an autoreply or a voice message greeter.
Zorro Notorious MEB 😡@CodenameMinaLi I'm an old cishet retired white dude and I don't like getting phone calls either. Text or emails are fine. You can try carrier pigeons but I'd probably have them for dinner. 😉
@AlgoCompSynth are the pigeons best served roasted or stewed? that's what I want to know.
@CodenameMinaLi Roasted
That was a subtle reference to an obscure comedy, "The Pigeon That Saved Rome".
Matt Stine@CodenameMinaLi phone calls are the absolute worst
mittfh@CodenameMinaLi I get a mixture of Indian accents from call centres asking for someone else, callers who listen to my voicemail then hang up, and the infernal robocall scams (NI number linked to illegal activity - press 9 to speak to someone; IP address compromised from multiple sources and will be deactivated - press 9 to speak to someone). At least the sunset for PPI refund claims mean I don't get those robocalls any more.
@mittfh I've gotten the ones who hang up, robocalls in Mandarin that are clear scams, and VMs from live folks who *also* are clearly scammers. drives me up the wall.
Joy Denebeim@CodenameMinaLi we boomers fought that war back in the '80s. There's the TCPA and a couple other laws. You can sue people for spamming you.
I can't imagine what it would be like if that wasn't in place. Have you looked at an e-mail queue? Check your spam folder lately? That's where we were heading for phones.
I can't imagine what it would be like if that wasn't in place. Have you looked at an e-mail queue? Check your spam folder lately? That's where we were heading for phones.