I see people putting text messages on the phone or computer and I think, 'Why don't you just call?'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Texting is a lot like an answering machine. If you don't want to talk to somebody, it's like screening your calls. To me, it's a way of communication, but not one that I favor.
What I'm seeing is a generation that says consistently, 'I would rather text than make a telephone call.' Why? It's less risky. I can just get the information out there. I don't have to get all involved; it's more efficient. I would rather text than see somebody face to face.
The majority of people call or message me because they need something or they want something. You never know what people's intentions are.
Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I get text messages on my cell phone all day long, and it warbles to alert me that someone has sent me a message on Facebook or a reply or direct message on Twitter, but it rarely ever rings.
I don't mind if somebody texts me but I'm not a big texter, the things are too small. I don't mind if they text, '7 o'clock,' that's fine, that's logistics but, 'What's up?' Get real! Pick up a phone!
I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.
A lot of people have asked me to do answer phone messages for them.
Teenagers would rather text than talk. They feel calls would reveal too much.
Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.
My husband doesn't text... It's always phone calls. I like that because you hear the voice the old-fashioned way.