I ignore calls from some people, and I lazily answer texts. This works for most people, they get that if it's not important and time sensitive, they can email or text and I'll get around to responding. And if it is important they can call. But some people insist that every little concern they have is urgent and when they learn that I don't respond to texts immediately, they start calling for everything. The way I see it, these people aren't respecting the importance of a phone call, so I screen their calls.
Calling me is literally ringing a bell and demanding I speak to you this instant. If you ring this bell for something that doesn't actually need my immediate attention then you don't respect my time and I won't give it to you.
I give others this respect, I almost never call anyone unless it's an emergency, and if I want to speak to someone I wait until it looks like they're not occupied. To me this seems like respect, but I'm open to the possibility that I have communication issues.
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I ignore calls from some people, and I lazily answer texts. This works for most people, they get that if it's not important and time sensitive, they can email or text and I'll get around to responding. And if it is important they can call. But some people insist that every little concern they have is urgent and when they learn that I don't respond to texts immediately, they start calling for everything. The way I see it, these people aren't respecting the importance of a phone call, so I screen their calls.
Calling me is literally ringing a bell and demanding I speak to you this instant. If you ring this bell for something that doesn't actually need my immediate attention then you don't respect my time and I won't give it to you.
I give others this respect, I almost never call anyone unless it's an emergency, and if I want to speak to someone I wait until it looks like they're not occupied. To me this seems like respect, but I'm open to the possibility that I have communication issues.