[itachi]

oh my goodness. This irks me beyond belief. I HATE talking on the phone. It's such a waste of time and i feel like i'm chained down and can't do anything else. It was ok in High school because most of us didn't have many responsibilities, but I'm starting to really resent my friends. (they keep me on the phone at night until maybe 1 am or 2 am at night)

I mean, if they really live far away then i make exceptions but there should be a limit. For all of those close folks, I would rather just have them come over and we can have a convo face to face. Wouldn't that be better?

with jobs, school and other stressing matters, is it wrong to ask people to keep their convos brief or just come over to talk?

[papabear]

I don't mind if it's with someone living overseas. But in general I don't like using the phone, and prefer not to. (And I still don't trust cell phones.)

I mean, if they really live far away then i make exceptions but there should be a limit. For all of those close folks, I would rather just have them come over and we can have a convo face to face. Wouldn't that be better? who else hates this?

I agree. Hint to them, or just say it flat out--"I have to go do x, are you free on ---. Come over for --- and we'll chat more..."

[7thprincess]

I do prefer face to face convos, because its more real, there is just a better connection. Strangely, for a girly-girl that I am, I really dont like talking on the phone. I am getting used to of it, just because of this one guy. LOL. But usually my friends and I dont talk on the phone, whenever we meet, we let everyone catch up.

[Irysinon]

I freakin' hate phones!!!!!!

Good god those things ring and piss the holy blue mustard sauce out of my ears. If there's one piece of technology that I haven't gotten into, it's phones. I'd love to send an ear virus to the telemarketers that call during my sleep time. I'm more a face-to-face and online communicator. I can't remember the last time I picked up the phone to call someone other than my parents.

[HERMIT]

(And I still don't trust cell phones.)

I agree. I'm old enough to be in that generation that remembers life before cell phones. Hell, even life before pagers.
People just had to know where you would generally be if they needed to call you - or, if you had to make a call you just had to make it a point to have spare change to be able to use a pay phone. Back then people actually had to make concrete plans during the day and after that, time was pretty much on your own. But nowadays, with the advent of cell phones, time isn't necessarily your own and plans can change by the minute with a simple call or text. To me, having a cell phone is like having an electronic leash. There's no doubt that cell phones have had (and still continue to have) a very big and drastic impact on the dynamics of how society interacts.

[sokky]

cell phone are too common and now people are losing their interaction skills with others. i perfer not to use my cell but its always there and hard to live without, its become apart of me now. thats life for me. people should go out more and talk interact and socialize.


- Sokky

[annyunghee]

I don't mind talking on the phone if I know it'll be quick or if it's a couple of people I can tolerate talking to on the phone. I feel so awkward when I'm talking to someone other than the 3-4 because I feel like I have to think of things to say after the initial things that I/the other person called for. I like to get to the point and just finish it.... I just can't stand that silence that's why IM-ing works; can't think of anything to say? Just say you have to go or put away your away message. Oh yeah, thank goodness for texts!! Even shorter and to the point.

[itachi]

I know what you mean! I LOVE text messages! very short. no need for fluff talk!

[tinasarangg]

you and i both
i absolutely DREAD it.
i barely have time for myself, let alone sitting down yabbering away for hours on nonsensical things.

[sokky]

haha i talk alot, i like to talk to, face to face is always best, with cell phones and txting its now easier to not see who i speak to. babblering away all day long and nite...

[k25]

I need to get one of them prepay ones just for emergency calls....like if my tire popped in the middle of the road.

[tofu plushie]

I definitely dislike talking on the phone. I prefer talking to someone face to face or chatting on MSN. Sometimes it's just so awkward talking on the phone. Plus, sometimes I am busy so it's harder to multitask while talking on the phone and thinking of things to say.

[^w|nGz^]

i hate talking on the phone as well..
i get nervous for no reasons and hated the 'awkwardness' when u have nothing to say or when u have to repeat urself because the other line can't hear u properly...
sadly it can't be avoided..
=(

[disbkoonsta21]

I don't absolutely hate talking on the phone, but its nice one in awhile when you want to talk to just one person. I'm honestly better to talk to in person. I too hate it when you run out of things to say but the other person doesn't seem to wanna hang up. So you end up being like "So...you like stuff?"

[jN x3 sK]

yeah like 7thprincess said, personally I would prefer face to face conversations, but I don't dislike talking on the phone I'm on it quite often.

[709394]

i hate it too.
And i hate it more when friends call me up to chat when they are waiting for something.
Like waiting to goto class, or waiting in line...or some sort of waiting.
They feel bored so they call me up to "chat"
then it gets awkward because not only do i know that i'm used as a time-filler, i have to 'entertain' them while they wait.

so then i just dont pickup.

[incyphe]

I agree. I'm old enough to be in that generation that remembers life before cell phones. Hell, even life before pagers.
People just had to know where you would generally be if they needed to call you - or, if you had to make a call you just had to make it a point to have spare change to be able to use a pay phone. Back then people actually had to make concrete plans during the day and after that, time was pretty much on your own. But nowadays, with the advent of cell phones, time isn't necessarily your own and plans can change by the minute with a simple call or text. To me, having a cell phone is like having an electronic leash. There's no doubt that cell phones have had (and still continue to have) a very big and drastic impact on the dynamics of how society interacts.

you used pager? wow, you so old...


haha j/k.... I used them too.


Cellphone or no cellphone, I don't like picking up phones. I don't filter calls though...

You know, things used to be different when I was younger. I always got excited when the phone rang. I'd always rush to the phone so I can pick up it before my family did. Maybe it was the excitement of finding out who was calling, because there was no caller ID.

who knows... but now a days, I get a sinking feeling when my cell or even landline rings.... Haha it's so bad. Maybe I've turned into a hermt...

[papabear]

Being a hermit isn't so bad.

"Hell is other people."

JK.

[Take Five]

yes, i do. maybe because the only people who call me anymore are my parents. lol jk. but yeah, i've preferred internet communication ever since i discovered it, which is probably not a good thing. i used to talk to people for hours on the phone before the internet though. i feel like such a girl lol.

[Shinobu]

I'm also not a phone person and definitely hate it when people call me at home. I feel obligated to not hang up but then I don't want wasting my time on the phone talking while I can be online surfing.