Texts Vs. Phone Calls

dylanjacobson (54) in steemit • 7 years ago

Good Evening Steemians,

"I assert dominance over other millennials by responding to their texts with phone calls."

This gave me quite a chuckle

But the reality is that the joke it is poking fun at a very relevant cultural shift.

Many of my friends would rather communicate through a 20 message text exchange instead of picking up the phone and clearly communicating their point in minutes if not seconds.

Time and place for everything, but phone etiquette and skill sets are becoming a lost art form as less and less practice it.

Do you think it is important to still practice phone skills?

Working in a relationship based role I definitely do.

I can build a genuine relationship with someone through the use of tone, cadence, and responsiveness in real time. None of witch can be utilized through simple text, email, etc.

This is a marketing question, a sales question, and a cultural question.

Written competency is extremely valuable for conveying detailed concepts and establishing credibility to those who you haven't yet spoke with. Ideally, a speaking relationship will take center stage once credibility has been won.

Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?

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7 years ago by dylanjacobson (54)

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evanrvoss (67) · 7 years ago

The only good reason with a text message is it keeps a record...kinda like the blockchain.

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steemit-stats (67) · 7 years ago

Great post comparing the two!!

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puravidaville (61) · 7 years ago

I, too, believe spoken and even written communication is a lost art. Many times I receive cryptic text messages with several grammatical errors, followed by a ton of emojis, that’ll take me several minutes to decode and respond. I very much prefer someone pick up the phone and call me versus trying to articulate large points of view via text. You know, the same goes for small talk. So many people are so plugged in to their phones that they’ve lost all ability to have a shared verbal pleasantry with a neighbor or grocery store attendant.… when we go out to eat, one of our games is to count how many couples are glued to their phone rather than each other. It’s always amazing to me how much life seems to be missed by being so preoccupied with phones all the time. That’s my 2 cents, thanks for sharing.

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dandays (67) · 7 years ago

“Will you be needing separate checks?”

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puravidaville (61) · 7 years ago

@dandays “are you guys texting each other?”

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td4me80 (44) · 7 years ago

I vote Animojis! lol Intuitive post, keep them coming!

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sorayakhatun1 (51) · 7 years ago

I like text bro, Thank you for a great poll.

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