I used to have my voicemail say “Please hang up and text me instead”
And now you disabled voicemail and calls so they have to text you, right?
Nah I just don’t pick up if someone calls and I don’t listen to voicemail
Hi this is your doctor, we need to talk urgently about your test results, please call us back.
I literally used a chess clock once to see how much they talk versus how much I talk, 4 minutes in an hour is all I got to speak.
All you got had to speak.
You didn’t really want more, did you?
For most of these calls, letting them have their say is the goal for both of you.
On your side that might just be because it helps prevent another phone call later, but good enough.
On their side, they made the call, so they either enjoy calling or they got all prepared and need to get it out.
Any follow-up you have can be done the decent way, by typing.
Literally on one of these calls right now.
I let my email fill up and now my outgoing msg is “if you need to reach me, it’s best to text”.
I got a VOIP phone number included in my ISP bundle. Only my MIL uses to call my wife and we don’t use it or give it out. Heck I don’t even know (or care) what the number is. But EVERY telemarketer knows that number.
IOW: Bell Canada sells the phone numbers it provides to telemarketers.
