Changing the paradigm for texting

[jeepman3071]

Originally Posted By: JeepWJ19
Sounds like she lacks self control.


Bingo.

When I'm at work, my phone goes on vibrate. If it is important then someone will call me. Same with driving, my phone goes in my pocket. People just don't have any self control, and choose to blame others or the device.

 

[raytseng]

This isn't a peer-to-peer situation, this is a family Parent GrownChild relationship, where Parent is a senior or close to senior.

At this point the child begins helping or worrying about the Parent.
My mom got scammed by someone on the phone from someone who got her to charge her credit card to him about some bill. She felt it would be too intrusive to call me at work to ask me what was going on and it was only $99.99 so no big deal.
But on the same token she sends me emails telling me what the weather is like today.

So there is a balance there so it's harder to say this is just a black/white situation, and parents begin not to be able to tell what's important or not.

Yes I'm busy at work, should i just ignore my mom if she calls? I cannot tell if it's about the weather, or if I ignore this call, I will then have to clean up credit card situations later that night for an hour cancelling and requesting new cards? Then having to go back in a week to setup auto-pay on a bunch of things.

 

[SeaJay]

Originally Posted By: JeepWJ19
Sounds like she lacks self control. If she doesn't want the smart watch to give her notifications why not just get a regular watch?

I like your advice.


She wants to receive texts at anytime from certain of her friends. She does not want to receive texts from her father unless it is at a convenient time for her.

 

[delirious]

Originally Posted By: SeaJay
Originally Posted By: JeepWJ19
Sounds like she lacks self control. If she doesn't want the smart watch to give her notifications why not just get a regular watch?

I like your advice.


She wants to receive texts at anytime from certain of her friends. She does not want to receive texts from her father unless it is at a convenient time for her.


Going off of what has been said (the mentioning of stress) how did you deduce that's her implications?

 

[supton]

Originally Posted By: Lolvoguy


I've even shut off the ringer on my desk work phone. As a result I now can use call display and not disturb my co-workers when I decide to avoid certain callers (and let it ring thru to voice mail).

So far I've been doing this for over a year and no complaints from bosses etc.


Huh, I should try that. I hate the phone. Send me an email; is it that important you have interrupt me from whatever it is I'm doing? Maybe I'm just multi-tasking too many things.

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I've kept my phone on vibrate-only for quite some time. Even so, in my house I can hear it on a different floor--it's not that quiet. Still, it's unlikely to bother anyone, and it's easy enough to ignore.

 

[E150GT]

my dad has a smart phone and does not use it. He wont answer a text. If the smart watch is for fitness, then perhaps it shouldnt be needed at work as it too is also a distraction. Smart phones are in fact a major distraction.

 

[oilpsi2high]

Nothing angers me more than taking the time to send someone a text message, see that they read the message, and then they don't respond.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted By: oilpsi2high
Nothing angers me more than taking the time to send someone a text message, see that they read the message, and then they don't respond.



Haha yeah that [censored] me off too! Unless maybe they have their iMessages turned off or the settings set to not show sender if they've been read ) on iPhones).

 

[aquariuscsm]

One thing I love about texting (and instant messengers back in the day) is that you can say what needs to be said,get straight to the point,and avoid any small talk. I'm not much of a small talker and hate being on the phone for hours paraphrasing what's already been said over and over again.

 

[blupupher]

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
One thing I love about texting (and instant messengers back in the day) is that you can say what needs to be said,get straight to the point,and avoid any small talk. I'm not much of a small talker and hate being on the phone for hours paraphrasing what's already been said over and over again.

One think I love about talking is it takes 5 seconds to get the message across, not 50 texts taking 10 minutes to do.

 

[Vikas]

if only somebody would come up with a technology to automatic convert voice to text and then read it back at the other end automatically



























Use the voice portion of your phone, dummy!

 

[supton]

Depends. An idea not fully fleshed out needs to be talked out. A request or demand is better typed out.

"What should we do for dinner" is probably not going to work well over text with the wife. "Get milk eggs ice cream" works great on text, no forgetting when I get to the store.

Usually at work when someone calls me (or stops by) I have to pause them, pull up whatever project it was they are interested in, read through some notes, come back to where they are. Then after a minute I am able to communicate with them as to whatever it is they need. They might be moving at full speed on whatever--but they're going to have to wait for me to get there.

 

[Al]

Originally Posted By: Vikas
if only somebody would come up with a technology to automatic convert voice to text and then read it back at the other end automatically

Maybe I am missing something..its been invented. Talk on the phone send as text and person on other end can either read it or hear it.

Use the voice portion of your phone, dummy! [/quote]

 

[Vikas]

You talk on the phone and other person listens. I think Alexander Bell invented that
If the other person does not want to listen immediately, somebody invented voicemail from _extremely_hot_place.

Don't you think talking->texting->texting->talking is somewhat stupid when we always had talking->talking ability?

 

[aquariuscsm]

Texting keeps you from getting stuck on the phone with a Chatty Cathy.