To think you should text before you call someone

[Sparklyspoon]

This might just be me but it annoys me when someone randomly calls and doesn't text first to check if I'm free to talk. I would understand if it was something urgent but when it's just for a catch up or something non important I feel like it would be more polite to just text and asked me first

What would you do if texts didnt exist??

But they do, so those of us who prefer them can use them (even those of us who coped perfectly well in a pre-mobile world and enjoy communicating even more now we have things like texts and instant messages at our disposal). What a daft question.

Pathetic.

I get where you are coming from OP, but I think always texting before phoning is a bit OTT. But I do think it is rude to phone someone who is know could be busy/pushed for time launching straight into the phone call and not checking if it is convenient for the recipient.

And again.....speechless at the stupidity of this thread

A. Pick up and say can you ring them back as your busy
B. Don't answer and ring them back at a time that it is convenient for you.

Actuallt yeh possible develop this like that you use at the beginning of the call:

hi, hello. What’s up? I’m currently doing something is it urgent or shall we agree on a good time by text ?

Especially if it’s a friend that talks too much

Actually I think most pp here are just plain rude..

While you might not agree with ops suggestion to text before.. however you can surely see why some people feel pressured to take control of the conversation and end the distraction and she obviously needs help.

People who don’t check if the person has time for chit chat are time wasters. However, this doesn’t need to be done by text.

Most pp here seem limited in their capacity to visualize if I’m honest. It’s not the op that’s stupid.

There are many people who have different confidence levels and social skills and it’s not hard to understand that for some it’s hard to put their needs first and disappoint someone who hasn’t launched into the conversation head on and so you feel rude to just interrupt someone saying “I really need your advice I’m So confused, my boyfriend just broke up and I’m in tears bloody bla..” while you’re in the middle of your lab experiment.

It’s not always easy to tell someone who is dumping emotions at you that you can hear them right now.. so here goes the dilemma

What would you do if texts didnt exist??

Not text?

I mean, I think the OP is ridiculous, but so are these ^^ comments.

Just dont answer the phone then

"Just dont answer the phone then hmm"

And then they say they tried to call you 20 times at different times and you didn't answer at all and they get upset.

Gwenhwyfar, if they're going to get upset by you not answering, they'll get equally upset by you responding to the text by saying you can't speak to them.

it’s not hard to understand that for some it’s hard to put their needs first and disappoint someone who hasn’t launched into the conversation head on and so you feel rude to just interrupt someone saying “I really need your advice I’m So confused, my boyfriend just broke up and I’m in tears bloody bla..” while you’re in the middle of your lab experiment.

What is hard to understand is why you answer the phone at all when you're in the middle of a lab experiment.