Two panel image. Line art side view of a woman looking at her phone. Second panel shows same woman looking up in exasperation while holding her phone.
Text above reads: ‘Are you busy?’ Me: ‘No’ Incoming video call
*decline*
Two panel image. Line art side view of a woman looking at her phone. Second panel shows same woman looking up in exasperation while holding her phone.
Text above reads: ‘Are you busy?’ Me: ‘No’ Incoming video call
22 Comments
marcos@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 25d
"Oh, sorry, you meant for a call? No, I'm in a meeting already, I'm free to do stuff but I can't answer a call."
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 38 pts · 25d
I can hear the groan in this image.
placebo@lemmy.zip · 31 pts · 25d
dudeface@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 25d
My boss likes to remind me I am showing as offline on slack, I turn it back on 5min and then back off
Zarobi@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 25d
My Slack used to bug out or something and show me as away or offline constantly. My boss would call me and accuse me of slacking off when I was actually too hyper-focused on my work to notice
NewNewAccount@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
Sounds like a horrible boss.
CorrenteAlternata@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 24d
For real: my boss has one policy, as long as the job gets done I don't care. I'll start caring as soon as the job's not getting done.
This means I can work on my own schedule and if I keep delivering nobody asks me a question!
vaionko@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 24d
That's how it should be. You're paid to do work, not to look busy.
AEsheron@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 24d
This is why my answer is either "yes," if I'm busy, or "kind of, why what is it?" Judging by the followup I can determine how exactly how "kind of," busy I am.
popekingjoe@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 25d
swipes to decline
Not being busy != Free for a call of any kind.
Leave me alone. 😭
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 13 pts · 24d
"I am shitting, so i'il not answer unless ya want to ear the orchestra"
MCTamTam@feddit.org · 5 pts · 24d
"Sorry, I hate video calls. You can call me the old school way if you want to talk."
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 24d
I don’t mine regular phone calls but fuck video calls. I only ever do those if I am far away and haven’t seen my parents in a long time. Also fuck spam callers in general and hope they all get throat cancer for being leaches on society.
other_cat@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 24d
That isn't asking me if I'm available for a call. So rude.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 25d
"yes unless it involves beer"
gibson@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 25d
Just reply with Nohello.net
boboliosisjones@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 24d
I hate typing on a phone and I love the opportunity to knock a conversation that would've happened over 2-4 hours in 2 minutes.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d
No, you must refuse to talk to anyone on the phone like a good little autistic person with phone anxiety.
boboliosisjones@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 23d
I get time anxiety instead. So many misunderstandings chatting back and forth and fuck typing on a touchscreen in general.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d
You definitely miss a lot when you can't hear tone. It is hard to detect emotions when texting and this can definitely cause misunderstandings.
I am old school so to speak because I was around during the time of pagers before cell phones. Texting through pagers was the old technology and making a voice call through a cell was the new technology.
Obviously texting has it uses, but it will always feel a step backwards from voice calls for me.
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 24d
When they are concise and with purpose , phone calls are great. But I have so little patience to draw it out into an hour-long affair. And even less for video calls, because then I can’t even be tidying up or doing anything while it happens
cyclonedusk@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 24d
huh. i have somehow managed to instill within myself a penchant for unambiguous specificity in response to this question before this ever became a problem for me.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 25d
Haven't had one ever. You know you don't have to have them?