People you cant get hold of.

[QuintShhhhhh]

My husband is one of them. His phone is frequently off or on silent, or because we are with O2 our connectivity is dreadful. He has a smart phone, but he is on no social media, so cant send a snap, or instant message over wifi/3G. He does not check his email on the phone during the day.
I guess I could always phone the receptionist at his office, but I would not do that unless there is an emergency.

And my friend. She keeps forgetting her phone at home, so she does not reply to texts or she does not pick up her phone. Then I get a message saying "sorry forgot my phone at home", so I try to call, and nobody is picking up - most likely on silent and not vibrating.

I am trying to arrange an outing with her, but it is impossible to get hold of her! Same problem when we were arranging our dc joint party recently, just could not get through to her.

What is it with people? How can you just disappear and go NonCommunicado in the middle of discussing what to do?

[cailindana]

I think it's fine not to be contactable, but then do not complain if you're left out of things or if friendships fizzle out. I met a lovely woman years ago who said she struggled to make friends (she's an immigrant, like me). I really tried to be friends with her but she was so hard to contact I gave up. I see her now and again at the school where our kids are in different classes. She said again recently how she feels lonely. I struggle to have sympathy tbh. I really tried to make her part of the group of friends I've made but you can't build a friendship with someone if you have no way of contacting them. Short of turning up on her doorstep everytime a night out was arranged I have no idea how I could have done it.
I absolutely love an impromptu call from a friend.

[firesidechat]

I'm probably one of these "people" you are talking about op. I'm not surgically attached to my phone and it can stay in my bag for hours at a time without me feeling the need to check it.

I'm also old and remember a time before mobile phones and email. A phone is a tool for me to use and it doesn't get to dictate to me how I use it. And with all due respect neither do you op.

[muminhants1]

I'm on the fence about this one as well. Mainly because whenever I need to contact my husband his phone is switched off or the battery has run out.

I can generally send him an email at work, which I do, or if it's really important I can phone him at work.

I'd generally want to contact him when he's on his way home from work to tell him I can't collect him from the station or that I'll be late. But in that instance he'd probably switch it on eventually if I didn't turn up.

The one annoying time was when we were on holiday in May. My son and I had gone to the local pool with flumes and had planned to meet my husband again at 11.45. Flumes were supposed to open at 10. But they didn't open until 11 so giving us only about 30 minutes before we had to get out and meet him. We tried to call him several times and even had a wander around the town looking for him to say we wanted to meet later, but in the end we had to settle for 30 minutes on the flumes. That was annoying.

I email and text, I very rarely phone anyone other than my parents. And I use computer conferencing to have calls with work colleagues.

I really dislike traders who don't have email addresses. I don't want to phone you. You won't be there. And then when you call me back, I won't be there. Just let me email you and then you can email me back when it's convenient, and if we need to speak we can arrange a time. I hate phone tag.