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I used to be one for talking on the phone but since the age of texting, I tell anyone who wants to get in touch with me to send me a text. If it is an emergency, I tell them to call. Other than that, I would only get texts.
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It just depends. I hate texting back and forth with delayed responses and something takes half a day that you could take care of in a 2 minute conversation.
I would not even talk to someone who would not answer my call. Obviously if I am calling I need to talk to you.
I had a "friend" once that was ignoring me when I called her. I called several times and finally texted and said I need to talk to you. I called again and she ignored me.
I get a hateful "WHAT DO YOU WANT" text which I should have replied with "never mind" But I answered the text with "xxx just died" Guess what? She called me. smh I should have ignored her call. I was younger. I was nicer. Today, I would probably handle the situation a lot different.
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It depends on the person and what I have to say.
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It really depends on the person calling/texting. Some people I would rather only receive a text from and others I would rather receive a phone call.
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It really depends on the person calling/texting. Family tends to call and friends and work will normally text.
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I would rather text people unless I am at home and have free time to answer.
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Short conversations by text. Lengthy discussions require a phone call. I texted back and forth with my niece for like two hours one night. And I thought, Why don't we just talk to each other?
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I prefer to talk on phone. I do not TEXT!
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If it's a close family member or a close friend, I prefer to talk. That is especially the case if we have been out of touch for a longer period of time.
When it comes to our business clients, if I have the choice of talking or texting, I'd much rather text. I can send a nice, friendly text that gets the point across very quickly. Then that frees up my time to the endless other tasks that must be handled.
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Text for sure I was never one to talk on the phone never could think of anything to talk about and got bored sitting there on the phone.
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I prefer to Text... most conversations aren't chat sessions nowd ays, at least for me, just cut to the chase & I can reread it later for reference. Fast & efficient.
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It depends, if it's an emergency call, other than that just text me.
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Yeah, it depends on the situation. Texting is more convenient for quick information back and forth - or group texting with several people when you are trying to coordinate something in particular.
When there is more complex detail involved, a voice call is best.
I also prefer texting if someone is telling me about a location or event... an address or an appointment. Then I don't have to remember it or write it down and get it wrong. I can just refer to the text message and transfer it to my phone calendar if necessary.
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I would like taking to the phone rather than texting because I'm slow on typing.
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I typically prefer to text but I do still enjoy a good verbal chat.
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I completely agree, I'm the same way.
It really depends on the person calling/texting. Some people I would rather only receive a text from and others I would rather receive a phone call.
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I'd rather talk. I don't text.
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It depends on what I need to accomplish with the conversation. For a short, I just need an answer conversation Texting is a great convenient to get that done quickly.
For a more intense conversation it's just so much easier to dial the phone and talk. You just need to have the time for some chit chat when you make a phone call because that is inevitable.
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really depends on who i am trying to reach...some things a text is fine and in others i want to talk...
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It depends, but usually after working all day and talking to people, I just want to text instead of talk more.
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I prefer texting. I am able to get to the point quickly and very little time is wasted. It also provides a reference point if someone has forgotten what they have said. 'The palest ink is better than the freshest memory'. This is especially true when communicating with my wife, kids, parents and (most recently) parent's caretakers. My harried life requires precision on my part and concise communication/texted commitment helps keep precision in alignment. I will make telephone calls once or twice a month. I am in a heavily secured area at my day time job which includes specified 'live' areas for personal calls. All other calls are done through our computers. I could make calls at my evening job but it kills my production quantity and quality.
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It depends on what I need to accomplish with the conversation. For a short, I just need an answer conversation Texting is a great convenient to get that done quickly.
For a more intense conversation it's just so much easier to dial the phone and talk. You just need to have the time for some chit chat when you make a phone call because that is inevitable.
Not really. Hey, I'm in a hurry. Got a quick question. Or need to tell ya something real quick. Gotta go. I will talk to you later.
I agree if it is something that doesn't require back and forth send a text and that is fine. But I know people that will draw out a conversation to half a day that could be taken care of in 5 minutes if they would just answer the phone.
I have also got to where if I need to tell someone something and they won't answer the phone and it is not a text thing then they either find out in text or I won't tell them. Sorry, you wouldn't answer the phone.
I think what they are saying about people and being anti social and too secluded is true. People are so wrapped up in their phones they do not even know how to talk to people any more. I see people in Walmart with head phones on (so people won't talk to them) all the time.
There was a girl in the bank a few years ago and when she walked up to the teller she had head phones on and the teller spoke to her and she says "huh" and the teller repeated herself. I told her NO WAY would I have repeated what I said. You want to conduct business take the head phones off and do your business. Otherwise step aside and NEXT!
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I love to talk. However, my daughter, daughter in law and granddaughters all mostly text. Therefore if I want to communicate with them more I have to text.
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For little short communications, I prefer texting. But to have any sort of real communication with tone and depth, I really prefer talking on the phone. When a conversation goes beyond a few sentences, I like to get a real feel for what is being said in a way you can't get with a text. Also, I prefer to talk to my kids so I can hear their voices! :peace:
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Generally text....or in person....
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Well, when I first heard about and saw people texting, I thought, "That will never be me!" You can't teach an old dog new tricks. But lo and behold, I am now texting somewhat regularly. However, regarding those near and dear to me, I still prefer a phone call and hearing a voice. That will always be my preferred communication although I admit that quick acknowledgements are best through texting rather than getting involved in prolonged conversations.
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It just depends. If it is a simple conversation, then I would rather text. If it is an important conversation that takes a lot of time, then I would rather talk on the phone. I feel like that typing in a serious conversation that I can't express my feelings except by using my voice so the person that I am talking to can really know how I feel and think.
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It just depends. If it is a simple conversation, then I would rather text. If it is an important conversation that takes a lot of time, then I would rather talk on the phone. I feel like that typing in a serious conversation that I can't express my feelings except by using my voice so the person that I am talking to can really know how I feel and think.
Sometimes a one line text can be misunderstood if you don't have the tone of voice. Or heaven forbid you forget to put an "lol" at the end. I had somebody get mad at me once because of something I said. I was kidding. But he said well you did not put 'LOL'. smh My next reply was "what ever" and NO there is no LOL. haha
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I typically prefer to talk, but depends on what it is, who is it to and the fastest of the respond I will text.
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If it's a long conversation, I would rather talk on the phone.
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I used to be one for talking on the phone but since the age of texting, I tell anyone who wants to get in touch with me to send me a text. If it is an emergency, I tell them to call. Other than that, I would only get texts.
That is pretty much like me. Some people don't know when to hang up lol. So I have to mainly say hey Im gonna go now and will chat later.
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I would rather my family text me than talk to me. I would also rather the same for some old so called friends.
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As long as I get complete messages I can deal with either one. Nothing drives me nuts more than someone sending a text or voice mail that just says call me. Why can't they give me some kind of idea what they want (unless it's a salesman or scammer).
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Would rather talk to them but somethings a text for just a quick question is enough. But during the week when we are all at work it is sometimes hard to get an answer right away.
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It depends on what is being discussed; I don't like long text trying to explain a situation, if it's short I dont mind texting but thing requiring a lot of details I prefer to talk on the phone.
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If it going to be a long conversation I had rather talk
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As long as they get my message or understand what I am trying to say,
either methods are OK with me.
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I would much rather talk, I text but i think talking is much more personal.
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It depends on the day with me. If I have a lot to say to someone I will call them. If I only have a little to say, then I will text them.
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I like both texting and calling. I can't have my phone at work so the text will be there for when I get a break. I also like texting in GROUP messages. One message to the whole group with one press of the button. Each person in the group can respond and all in the group can read and refer back to the text as needed.
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it depends on who the person is. with my gf we are on the phone all the time and can sit there and not say anything or talk to each other for a long time. its just easier to be on the phone than text. with most of my friends i'll just ft them randomly and if they answer they answer instead of texting lol. but we are college aged and we can do that
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I prefer to text because I don't really like talking much on the phone.
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It depends on what I'm doing at the moment. If I'm busy or preoccupied I prefer to text. However, I do love calling or getting calls when I'm not working.
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i enjoy both. it depends on the situation. if it is a quick question or comment i will text. if it is lengthy, complicated or i haven't spoken to someone for a while i will call them. i find that i tend to text more because it is quick and i can do it anytime without disturbing them or waiting for a good time to call. :rainbow: :peace: :wave:
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I'm okay with talking as long as people say what needs to be said but I don't like listening to people ramble on about nothing.
That being said, I prefer texting. I just feel it's more convenient.
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Two things I like about texting are I can always refer back to the message when it's convenient and it only costs me one time, instead of the minute meter running while someone rambles on.
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Yeah, texting does take a lot of time sometimes. It can be kind of annoying to wait for a reply or response even if they do come somewhat fast. But, not as bad as how long online chats take, which are blah, too long. But, texting on an actual phone, might take me longer time than I am thinking right now.
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Yeah, texting does take a lot of time sometimes. It can be kind of annoying to wait for a reply or response even if they do come somewhat fast. But, not as bad as how long online chats take, which are blah, too long. But, texting on an actual phone, might take me longer time than I am thinking right now.
You do realize you can set up Google Voice and do texting on your desktop?
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I like both texting is great to see if person is busy but I also like hearing friends voices
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It depends on the person. When you talk, you have to find something to share, whereas with a text it's short and to the point. Send.
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I would rather talk to much room for miss information or attitude in text.
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It depends. If there is something I need an answer to right away, I call. Pretty much everything else, I text. Texting is nice because the person can pick it up whenever they have the time to do so - you aren't interrupting somebody who is doing something else at the time. They can just look at the text later on.
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It depends. If it's just a quick thing, texting is great. But I don't want to text back and forth for an hour, or even half an hour. If you have a lot to say, just call me. Especially if it's family, I like to hear their voices.
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I like to do both. Text a lot. But then I get lonesome and want to hear my daughter-in-laws voice or my longtime friends. Then comes a phone call.. But to just text simple messages it is great. Love this new smartphone. I have about 30 telemarketers blocked and I never have to hear them again. It was getting tiresome. a lot of them calling for handouts. I pick and choose whom I donate to.
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I would much rather text than talk unless it’s my boyfriend and then I love talking to him or my children I FaceTime my children a lot I love doing that also but most of the time texting is the way for me to go
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Most of the time I like to send a quick text. But sometime I just want to chat and see how they are doing, to hear their voices. It also depends on what you need to talk or text about.
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I prefer to talk when necessary.
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Both
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I like to text whenever I have a hard time talking. It would be nice if we could see one another in person every so often, but flight other than from airports and teleportation still are not possible! I’ll address that when I get to run for president!
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Absolutely prefer texting. I'm much better at writing than speaking, my brain doesn't move fast enough lol
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I would prefer to talk. It is more personal to me. Prior to purchasing my cell phone, my boyfriend and I largely texted one another in order to maintain contact. While I enjoyed it, I missed hearing his voice. Now that I have my iPhone (he has one as well), we FaceTime constantly. Now, not only can I hear his voice, I can see his face as well.
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It all depends on how I'm feeling..
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I mostly text rather then talking now since it makes it easier to do for me that is.
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I do more texting than actually talking, but when the conversation goes over 2 min. , then I will call them.
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I don't own a cell because texting, I only want to talk on the phone.
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Because communication has always been a problem for me, texting would be better but if I'm having a lengthy conversation, I'd rather talk.
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I like texting because you can do it when it's convenient. So many times my phone rings when my hands are wet, doing dishes, or I'm in the bathroom or in the shower. It's only ever robo calls so I don't worry about it but, I really prefer texting these days. I don't like the onboard keyboards, though, so I got a bluetooth keyboard just for my phone.
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Depends on the question/conversation.
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I am so fascinated and amazed with all this new technology. Many of my peers refuse to even have email, and they would never consider texting. I think it's fabulous. I love texting, and typically, I would much rather text than talk on the phone. I only call if it's something I can't explain easily via text. I am always reminded of being a little girl and reading about *bleep* Tracy's wrist watch radio in the funny papers. That concept was simply mind blowing science fiction, and now almost every person you see is attached to a hand held device that can do way more than *bleep* Tracy's ever could!
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I found texting was very convenient when my dad was in the hospital. My family could keep each other updated without disturbing dad. The rest of the time, I think it depends on the situation. If someone texts and I'm driving, I usually try to call them, but understand if they don't answer, they may not be in a convenient place to talk. Texting does allow us to communicate when chatting would not be appropriate.
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It kind of depends whether I am looking for an in depth conversation or I just need to let someone know something without needing a response. Also it can depend if I am in an environment where texting may be easier than calling (i.e. a really loud place or somewhere that needs to be quieter for whatever reason).
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99% of the time I would rather text than talk. But sometimes you just need the face to face.
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If the person lives in town or close by id rather talk texting being that close is so impersonal and a waste of time. Now if the person is far away id rather talk unless they couldn't where i could just text them then id just text them
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I prefer to text. Never really liked talking much on the phone for some reason.
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I prefer to text than talk because i'm not social & I can express my feelings better & be brutally honest.
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I'm a texter.
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I am so tired of all the crap with getting my phone! Agggh! I don't care to talk to anybody!
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Text, for sure.
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It depends. I like to talk to my Mom and daughters, but can easily jot a quick text to the kids or someone at work for a quick answer.
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Text!
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Texting is okay if it's only a very short message. If it's longer I would rather talk. Texting is too tiring.
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I would rather talk, but it seems almost everyone wants to text.
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I had rather talk I am slow texter
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I'd rather text.