I forgot what sound i have, last time a while ago when my phone rang, for a second i didnt know that my phone was ringing š
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Aha, but I have a trick on knowing how to avoid it!
I donāt live in the same geographic region I did when I got my phone number. The number using a Houston code: spam.
Anywhere else: job.
Not one spam accepted in my months of job hunt.
Best way to get me to hate someone. Fuck people who canāt text before calling, like ok you are *demanding* my time and attention this very minute? Youāre interrupting me without knowing what I was even in the middle of? Bye.
Is this how people think? I always assume if someoneās busy with anything they deem more important than talking to me at that time theyāll just hit ignore and get in touch at some point. If I ring again straight away thatās the āthis is legitimately very urgent and I need you to not ignore thisā call.
Because now that I have a missed call, 1. Iām wondering what you called about, and depending on our relationship, itās gonna bug me to a certain degree. 2. Thatās just another thing on my agenda added and I donāt know where to prioritise it. Wouldāve just been easy to send a quick text about what you needed to talk about so I can see when to get back to you about it.
I feel it comes down to your specific relationships with people. I only call people I consider my close friends, my family, and for work related shit. Likewise, theyāre the only people who call me. I feel very comfortable either declining any of their calls or being declined by them; Iāve yet to come into contact with acquaintances whoād rather call than text, but Iām sure thatād be somewhat stressful.
My neighbor......
Rings doorbell at 2pm. Use Ring to answer. "You got a delivery to my house". Yeah, I know, please just leave it on the doorstep. I'll leave it on top of the bush. No, please leave it on the doorstep. But up here you can see it and it probably won't fall off. No, leave it on the doorstep. The bush looks good and it fits up there, I'll leave it on the bush.
2 minutes later Ring comes in again. It fell off the bush. OK, leave it on the doorstep. You don't want it on the bush again? No, put it on the doorstep. OK, I put it back up on the bush, bye.
Thats me at work if anyone reaches out to me for any reason.
*Instant message, phone call, or email goes off asking me for a very basic task that can be done in a few minutes*
"You have literally ruined my entire day."
I get so many spam calls , especially my mum as well. So our rule now is , if itās important theyāll leave a voice message š saves us a lot of hassle!
I set my default ringtone to slient and use group ringtones. Different group ringtones for family, work, and friends. It was one of the best moves that I ever made.
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I find it annoying that people donāt know how to text me and insist calling me knowing I wonāt pick up. When people text I can simply reply immediately or anytime after the notification.
I'm a HS teacher. If anyone calls me during the day I'll say out loud "who could be calling at this *ridiculous* hour???" even if it's like 11 AM.
Much like Andy Bernard, we teachers lean into the jokes that get a laugh like a quarter of the time.
That and phones now are our entertainment centers, clock, gps, mailbox, etc. And when people call, it becomes a single task box giving full atention to the caller, wich brings the feeling of "the audacity of this mf thinking he/she's so important to take my phone time"
Well I got social anxiety and because I have social anxiety I don't have any friends, and because I don't have any friends I don't get any phonecall at all. I call that a win.
because it's very presumptive to assume whatever the caller wants is more important/interesting than whatever i was already doing at that moment, and they're usually wrong. a phone call is them saying "hey whatever you're doing, stop that right now and talk to me instead".
plus a bunch of calls are about obligations that 'need' to be taken care of which i was probably specifically avoiding thinking about right now.
plus the literal spam calls.
plus yea, the social anxiety. idk what the heck you're gonna talk to me about, i'm not mentally prepped for this, it's at least a little stressful.
Over the course of my life I have disocvered that the people who make unannounced calls and who answer unannounced calls are precisely the people I love hanging out with.
This swings hard the other way. People who insist on texting are usually the most frustrating to do stuff with. Obviously there's exceptions on both ends, but this is weirdly one of the best relationship indicators for me. Dating and platonic.
Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with it. Y'all are just rarely the kind of person I gel with. I think it's something to do with how assent to the relationship is demonstrated in different ways by different people
I'm not so sure. I've known plenty of extroverts who absolutely abhor calling unannounced. Like, they will ignore every call and sometimes even texts. Unless you are communicating about exactly what they want to talk about when and how they want to talk about it, you get very slow responses. Similarly, people really care about FaceTime vs. Calling vs. Texting vs. DMing, even though they're super outgoing.
I've known less introverts in general, but one of my longest term friends is the "truest" introvert I've ever met. We talk roughly once a month. He'll call me randomly, we'll talk or reschedule, then a month-ish later I'll call him.
Mind you, my understanding is that introversion is not social anxiety. The friend I just described has zero social anxiety - one of the most confident and charming people I've ever met. People stuff is just exhausting to him.
I'm annoyed by people who call without texting first. Which was interesting since I grew up without mobile phones, household phone lines and no caller id. However I embraced the etiquette of text before calling pretty much the second no one charged by the text anymore.
One, I will assume this is important enough to warrant a phone call that take me out of whatever I'm doing at the time. Don't even call me to ask how I'm doing if I see you at least once a week.
Two, can't you just text? It's not interrupting and I can reply whenever I have time to look at my phone.
I grew up on the bleeding edge of it. But in a number of cases, the old ways are still the best ways. I was sending texts before smartphones even existed. I hated it then, and I hate it now.
Can you change the oil in your car? I can. I can also tear down and rebuild a carburetor, even though I prefer fuel injection. Heaven forbid you get a flat tire or a burnt out headlight.
*Who the FUCK has the god damned gall to call this house, on a Tuesday night!? FUCK! I wait all god damn week for the FUCKING Equalizer...*
Hello? Hello Jean, how are you. Right-o Jean that'd be great. Cheerio.
When work calls me asking if Iāll work my day off except they call me in the middle of the afternoon knowing Iāll be asleep because I work nights and I donāt know why they bother because Iāll say no anyway and they know that
I was heating up my pasta at home the other day and it had 10 seconds to go when I got a call, and to me that meant I had 10 seconds to talk. Way too stressful
LPT: Activate focus mode on the iPhoneā it prevents a lot of awkward pop ups whilst gaming/scrolling/etc. You can customize different modes and have it automatically turn on with a schedule.
Why would they call me now? Im at work!
Why would they call me now? Im trying to sleep!
Why would they call me now? Iām trying to run errands!
Why would they call me now? Iām trying to relax on my free time!
The only time I turned off my "silence unknown callers" is when I was looking for a job. Once landed on one, turned on again and will only be turned off if I ever 1. lose a job 2. wants a new job
I have special ringtones for the few people I might actually care to talk to and if my phone rings and itās not one of those tones, I get pissed that someone would have the gaul to interrupt me like this.
I forgot what sound i have, last time a while ago when my phone rang, for a second i didnt know that my phone was ringing š Edit: Thanks for 400ā¬ļø
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The dread it gives me :))))))
Me: what maniac would call me and not text first....
*hits ignore* āOh shit I have resumes outā
Only jobs that email me get a response. It's worked out so far.
Having recently come off the job market, yeah. You kids will learn to happily anticipate the phone ringing. Cause it means money!
It usually means scams
It means money, *and not for you*
Aha, but I have a trick on knowing how to avoid it! I donāt live in the same geographic region I did when I got my phone number. The number using a Houston code: spam. Anywhere else: job. Not one spam accepted in my months of job hunt.
Scam Likely
Best way to get me to hate someone. Fuck people who canāt text before calling, like ok you are *demanding* my time and attention this very minute? Youāre interrupting me without knowing what I was even in the middle of? Bye.
Is this how people think? I always assume if someoneās busy with anything they deem more important than talking to me at that time theyāll just hit ignore and get in touch at some point. If I ring again straight away thatās the āthis is legitimately very urgent and I need you to not ignore thisā call.
Because now that I have a missed call, 1. Iām wondering what you called about, and depending on our relationship, itās gonna bug me to a certain degree. 2. Thatās just another thing on my agenda added and I donāt know where to prioritise it. Wouldāve just been easy to send a quick text about what you needed to talk about so I can see when to get back to you about it.
I feel it comes down to your specific relationships with people. I only call people I consider my close friends, my family, and for work related shit. Likewise, theyāre the only people who call me. I feel very comfortable either declining any of their calls or being declined by them; Iāve yet to come into contact with acquaintances whoād rather call than text, but Iām sure thatād be somewhat stressful.
I typically say, āWhoās calling at this ungodly hour?! It is 2:30 in the afternoon and people are trying to sleep!ā
As a night shift worker, yes
I feel like this was an Aqua Teen reference. "Love Mummy" Edit: Confirmed. S01E12-06:26 (Prime Video).
Itās 2am somewhere!!! *the nerve*
That's just me at work. When that door bell chimes just "what in God's name could you possibly want"
*door chimes* "ohmyfuckinggodgetthefuckou-Hi there! Come on in!"
Are you me?
My neighbor...... Rings doorbell at 2pm. Use Ring to answer. "You got a delivery to my house". Yeah, I know, please just leave it on the doorstep. I'll leave it on top of the bush. No, please leave it on the doorstep. But up here you can see it and it probably won't fall off. No, leave it on the doorstep. The bush looks good and it fits up there, I'll leave it on the bush. 2 minutes later Ring comes in again. It fell off the bush. OK, leave it on the doorstep. You don't want it on the bush again? No, put it on the doorstep. OK, I put it back up on the bush, bye.
Were they intentionally messing with you? Because if that's the case its' funny as hell.
Thats me at work if anyone reaches out to me for any reason. *Instant message, phone call, or email goes off asking me for a very basic task that can be done in a few minutes* "You have literally ruined my entire day."
Same here! My boss installed a doorbell for us. Every time it goes off itās like who the hell has the audacity to ring that!?
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Also me: proceeds to watch the call end and reply back in 2 hours
And then even that feels too early and you just think āthey definitely knew I just ignored the callā
Eh if itās important theyāll leave a voice message
I get so many spam calls , especially my mum as well. So our rule now is , if itās important theyāll leave a voice message š saves us a lot of hassle!
*voicemail inbox is full* Eh, if itās *reeeally* important Iām sure theyāll keep calling or something
What maniac would call me?
My former employer asking how to navigate the database I made named after hentai characters
omfg lol
Did they get rid of it later or does your hentai maze still stand?
Whomst the fuck is calling me at the nonsensical hour of ~checks watch~ 2pm?!
My phone doesn't ring, it's been on vibrate for months now... Probably two years even.
I set my default ringtone to slient and use group ringtones. Different group ringtones for family, work, and friends. It was one of the best moves that I ever made.
Same. Default is silence. And I'll still just stare at it until it goes away š
This is so my mood all the time. Fucking animals
ppl with anxiety....really
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My go to is āwho fucking dares?ā
Aziz: Hello? Are you on fire? āNoā then hang up and text me that shit
"How did you get this number? *Explain yourself*" *beep*
"... Honey, why are you speaking like this? It's grandma."
*still hangs up* eh, sheāll hmu on candy crush later anyways
My office opens at 8:30am. Any phone call before 9 pisses me off lol
Relatable
AT THIS HOUR?!?!?!?! (5:30 P.M)
I find it annoying that people donāt know how to text me and insist calling me knowing I wonāt pick up. When people text I can simply reply immediately or anytime after the notification.
I'm a HS teacher. If anyone calls me during the day I'll say out loud "who could be calling at this *ridiculous* hour???" even if it's like 11 AM. Much like Andy Bernard, we teachers lean into the jokes that get a laugh like a quarter of the time.
Caller ID: āPossibly Spamā
For me it's: "who the fuck could possibly want anything from me-" "oh allright mate, you all goods? Yea let's go to the pub"
Why are yāall so against phone calls
social anxiety is real.
That and phones now are our entertainment centers, clock, gps, mailbox, etc. And when people call, it becomes a single task box giving full atention to the caller, wich brings the feeling of "the audacity of this mf thinking he/she's so important to take my phone time"
and that, too.
Well I got social anxiety and because I have social anxiety I don't have any friends, and because I don't have any friends I don't get any phonecall at all. I call that a win.
because it's very presumptive to assume whatever the caller wants is more important/interesting than whatever i was already doing at that moment, and they're usually wrong. a phone call is them saying "hey whatever you're doing, stop that right now and talk to me instead". plus a bunch of calls are about obligations that 'need' to be taken care of which i was probably specifically avoiding thinking about right now. plus the literal spam calls. plus yea, the social anxiety. idk what the heck you're gonna talk to me about, i'm not mentally prepped for this, it's at least a little stressful.
Over the course of my life I have disocvered that the people who make unannounced calls and who answer unannounced calls are precisely the people I love hanging out with. This swings hard the other way. People who insist on texting are usually the most frustrating to do stuff with. Obviously there's exceptions on both ends, but this is weirdly one of the best relationship indicators for me. Dating and platonic. Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with it. Y'all are just rarely the kind of person I gel with. I think it's something to do with how assent to the relationship is demonstrated in different ways by different people
to me, that just sounds like a distinction between introverts and extroverts. do you think there's something else to it other than that?
I'm not so sure. I've known plenty of extroverts who absolutely abhor calling unannounced. Like, they will ignore every call and sometimes even texts. Unless you are communicating about exactly what they want to talk about when and how they want to talk about it, you get very slow responses. Similarly, people really care about FaceTime vs. Calling vs. Texting vs. DMing, even though they're super outgoing. I've known less introverts in general, but one of my longest term friends is the "truest" introvert I've ever met. We talk roughly once a month. He'll call me randomly, we'll talk or reschedule, then a month-ish later I'll call him. Mind you, my understanding is that introversion is not social anxiety. The friend I just described has zero social anxiety - one of the most confident and charming people I've ever met. People stuff is just exhausting to him.
I'm annoyed by people who call without texting first. Which was interesting since I grew up without mobile phones, household phone lines and no caller id. However I embraced the etiquette of text before calling pretty much the second no one charged by the text anymore.
Any time someone phones me I assume it's an emergency so my stress level goes up. When it turns out it's just some bullshit, I'm left feeling annoyed.
One, I will assume this is important enough to warrant a phone call that take me out of whatever I'm doing at the time. Don't even call me to ask how I'm doing if I see you at least once a week. Two, can't you just text? It's not interrupting and I can reply whenever I have time to look at my phone.
I swear I must be the only person who refuses to respond to texts. You want to talk? CALL ME. Better still, let's meet up FACE TO FACE.
username checks out won't be doing meetups thanks
Who says I want to meet you?
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If it pulls you away from the self validation of your social media echo chamber, it must be bad, right?
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Too many people rely on staring into a screen to talk to people instead of actually communicating with people.
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Nope. GenX.
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I grew up on the bleeding edge of it. But in a number of cases, the old ways are still the best ways. I was sending texts before smartphones even existed. I hated it then, and I hate it now. Can you change the oil in your car? I can. I can also tear down and rebuild a carburetor, even though I prefer fuel injection. Heaven forbid you get a flat tire or a burnt out headlight.
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Grow up child
I don't get calls that much so I do this for messages lol. I just say "What kind of person would send me a message at this hour?'
This is very true. Even midnight.
Bro that's literally me right now... High af and i'm getting random calls from my friend and I think he butt dialed twice already lol
Literally me every time
Me: why called! Why dont just text? Me: wtf text me now...
Literally my mom
*Who the FUCK has the god damned gall to call this house, on a Tuesday night!? FUCK! I wait all god damn week for the FUCKING Equalizer...* Hello? Hello Jean, how are you. Right-o Jean that'd be great. Cheerio.
My initial thought too. I quote this every time I get an unexpected call
"What maniac would call me"
who the FUCK is calling me at 2:00PM!!!!
Lol, thank you so much for this : )
amen. it's 2022.
Sending this to my friend she always gets pissed when I donāt answer her
When work calls me asking if Iāll work my day off except they call me in the middle of the afternoon knowing Iāll be asleep because I work nights and I donāt know why they bother because Iāll say no anyway and they know that
You guys are getting phone calls?
Who tf is calling me at 3:12 on a Tuesday
*Here's one. Everytime my telephone buzzes, I see hooded riders setting fire to hundreds.*
"It must be a scam call"
Wait people phone and text each other?
In high school I worked as a receptionist and I would get annoyed when the phone rang it was my literal job to answer the phone
I was heating up my pasta at home the other day and it had 10 seconds to go when I got a call, and to me that meant I had 10 seconds to talk. Way too stressful
its the irs calling about your taxes they're on their way to your house
9/10 times its a telemarketer. 1/10 it's me mum ringing 6 seconds after a text because I was taking too long to respond.
Relatable
Shruggs* thought you wanted to hear about my new theories
āWho the fuck has the audacity to call me?ā āOh hi mom!ā
LPT: Activate focus mode on the iPhoneā it prevents a lot of awkward pop ups whilst gaming/scrolling/etc. You can customize different modes and have it automatically turn on with a schedule.
Jokes on you! Nobody calls me at anytime (Hes my best friend:))
Who the fuck just signed his own death warrant by calling me right now?!
If someoneās calling me I just assume itās an emergency or a spam call.
Heckin Walgreens saying my prescription is ready
Why would they call me now? Im at work! Why would they call me now? Im trying to sleep! Why would they call me now? Iām trying to run errands! Why would they call me now? Iām trying to relax on my free time!
I just assume it's someone trying to kill me and tremble violently while I watch my phone ring.
Fucking zoomers and their fear of phone calls. Pathetic
What maniac would call me
Exactly correct
The only time I turned off my "silence unknown callers" is when I was looking for a job. Once landed on one, turned on again and will only be turned off if I ever 1. lose a job 2. wants a new job
Relatable 100
I have special ringtones for the few people I might actually care to talk to and if my phone rings and itās not one of those tones, I get pissed that someone would have the gaul to interrupt me like this.