To Dislike Voice notes?

theorangebox · 2024-02-13T10:07:24+00:00

Just that really, people who voice note instead of texting or phoning. Maybe it's just me but I find it quite overwhelming to stop and find time to listen and then remember what they have said so that I can reply. I tend to just avoid the message for ages as I know that it will require me to make mental notes. Am I the only one?

SoEmbarrassed2024 · 14/02/2024 15:53

mooncloud1 · 13/02/2024 21:49

I love them. I think the longest I've received is about 30 minutes! I just reply as it goes to any points, by starting and pausing a voicenote.

Oh good god, 30 minutes? I'd be bored to tears and frustrated as hell trying to listen to that!

mooncloud1 · 13/02/2024 21:49

I love them. I think the longest I've received is about 30 minutes! I just reply as it goes to any points, by starting and pausing a voicenote.

Scootboot · 13/02/2024 21:45

I voicenote myself to rubber duck my work. I find it v useful.

ani4ani · 13/02/2024 21:43

I don't see the point of them, just ring and talk or leave a message instead! Texting takes seconds. Messages should be short and to the point however they are sent, who wants to listen or read to a load of old bilge?

EarringsandLipstick · 13/02/2024 21:42

Pickledprawn · 13/02/2024 21:30

I like them between me and my friends who live far away we don't have time to call each other these days and texting is a pain for long messages so voice notes are more convenient and conversational.

I've one former colleague that I exchange voice notes with. She's retired & is a lovely bubbly person.

She leaves voice notes like podcasts, full of news and updates. She'll often realise she's been talking for ages & will finish, only to send another one a few minutes later when she's remembered something else.

I reply when I can, and there are usually a few months between our messages.

But I like them because there's no expectation, I don't have to do anything.

I hate with a passion the voice notes that are sent about a task they want me to do or a date something is on & I am frazzled & rushing replaying & trying to note the details.

EarringsandLipstick · 13/02/2024 21:39

NoNameisGoodEnough · 13/02/2024 21:28

I detest them.

They always seem to start with "I thought a voice note would be easier..."

No.

Yes! They do 😂

And they are never easier!

jelliebelly · 13/02/2024 21:37

Hate them - thought it was just me being an old fogey - my teenage kids use them all the time with their friends to chat. I either listen and forget or forget to listen!

Pickledprawn · 13/02/2024 21:30

I like them between me and my friends who live far away we don't have time to call each other these days and texting is a pain for long messages so voice notes are more convenient and conversational.

NoNameisGoodEnough · 13/02/2024 21:28

I detest them.

They always seem to start with "I thought a voice note would be easier..."

No.

BigFatCat2024 · 13/02/2024 21:20

I just don't bother listening to them if I'm honest, people seem to blather on with little point and i have to go at their rambling pace and I just switch off

(I detest instructional/training videos for the same reason, give me something I can read any day)

cocoapalm · 13/02/2024 21:13

I don't like them, as in I wouldn't send one and would reply in text form, but I don't mind listening to them. One of my children's teachers (extra curricular) sends me voice notes, but he's an extremely busy person and I suspect it is a time saver.

RenegadeKeeblerElf · 13/02/2024 21:10

sparkyspark · 13/02/2024 21:06

Speed them up them up to 1.5 or 2 then?

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Wouldn't help - like a pp I read very quickly so I'll have read a text almost instantly that I look at it. There is no way I could take the information in as quickly in audio form.

PrawnDumplings · 13/02/2024 21:07

It's just like an answer phone message 🤷🏻‍♀️

sparkyspark · 13/02/2024 21:06

RenegadeKeeblerElf · 13/02/2024 10:10

I hate them too. It takes so much longer to listen to the message than to read it, and people also seem to take ages to get to the point. I get really impatient listening to them

Speed them up them up to 1.5 or 2 then?

Thementalloadisreal · 13/02/2024 21:04

C1N1C · 13/02/2024 14:40

People who leave voice notes have a special place in the tenth level of hell.

“I could type a reply but no here’s a little mini podcast just for you” 🙄🙄

Chanxex · 13/02/2024 20:38

Cant bear them. I don’t listen to them

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 13/02/2024 20:18

I find them really annoying. Fortunately only one person I know sends them.

NewYearNewJob2024 · 13/02/2024 20:15

I hate them too!!

ThirtyThrillionThreeTrees · 13/02/2024 19:51

I hate them.

Can't listen to them in meetings, on public transport etc.

If you want to talk phone me when it suits us both otherwise text.

Deadringer · 13/02/2024 17:58

My sisters send voice notes, drives me mad! Often a simple thumbs up or ok is all that's needed but they drone on about rubbish. And I see them all the time!

EveryKneeShallBow · 13/02/2024 17:15

MirrorBack · 13/02/2024 17:14

To be fair if people could speak like they text they wouldn’t be so bad, like ‘Hi it’s x, is 5 a good time to meet?’
The problem is its
’hi hope you’re having a good day. It’s raining so much here that I’m feeling down, looking forward to getting out as a pick me up. Need to build the positive energy right now, the gyms not enough in January is it. I’m not the only one just staying in. I was thinking ahead about later and the best time and venue. Maybe also we should ask Joyce? The benfit of…’
just ARGHHHH

Exactly this.

MirrorBack · 13/02/2024 17:14

To be fair if people could speak like they text they wouldn’t be so bad, like ‘Hi it’s x, is 5 a good time to meet?’
The problem is its
’hi hope you’re having a good day. It’s raining so much here that I’m feeling down, looking forward to getting out as a pick me up. Need to build the positive energy right now, the gyms not enough in January is it. I’m not the only one just staying in. I was thinking ahead about later and the best time and venue. Maybe also we should ask Joyce? The benfit of…’
just ARGHHHH

Odingodof · 13/02/2024 17:14

@EveryKneeShallBow 😂

I don't mind my friends waning on and on.

EveryKneeShallBow · 13/02/2024 17:12

I think the main benefit of WhatsApp is that people can’t be arsed to type long messages. Whereas with voice notes they wang on and on and on.

Odingodof · 13/02/2024 17:08

I absolutely love them!!
Far less intrusive than phone calls and you can listen at your own time and pace. I listen when I get in from work or, in the car or whilst I'm cooking.