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My main care with people calling me while they are driving is the fact that I want them to concentrate on the road. It would annoy me if I told them that repeatedly and they still chose to call me there and no where else. It would have nothing to do with needing their undivided attention.
Now if they called me from home on the regular, and always acted like they were constantly being distracted, I'd be annoyed then that I wasn't getting their undivided attention, and would probably just choose not to take calls from them. I'd keep it to texting.
I like talking through the Bluetooth in my car. I also get more bars in the car. In my house, I can go from no bars in one room up to 2 bars in another. I can receive calls in most of my house, but I can only make calls from 2 rooms in my house. So when I do call my parents or inlaws, I like to do it from my car. Everyone else pretty much texts, which works over wifi, which covers my whole house. It's just easier.
I just find it sad that so many of us are too busy to talk when we are at home, like we used to do in the Stone Age. Somehow we survived.
Exactly, it's stupid. Like their lives can't function properly if they take the time to call someone while at home. What did these people do in the days before cellphones became so pervasive?
The problem I have with a friend who does this, is that she'll ask me a question, I start to answer it, and she'll blurt out "Oh, I'm here, gotta go...." And then she doesn't call me back to find out the rest of the answer to the question she asked me.
Therefore, I feel like a time-filler, as opposed to someone calling to genuinely want to talk to ME or find out how I am.
If she called me back when she left the dentist (or whatever) on her ride home, to ask me to finish my story, then I might not mind so much.
So, I take her calls if I feel like it, but I often don't. This same friend told me it's most convenient for her to answer chats on facebook than emails, etc. So, I'll send her a quick message on facebook chat - and get no response. Yet, I can see she's been on facebook posting tons of pics of her kids.
Sooooo, moral to this story, is - for those of you saying it's the best time to call people - of course the person you are calling will be annoyed with you, if they feel like a time-filler, to be used at your convenience, instead of someone you genuinely care about.
The problem I have with a friend who does this, is that she'll ask me a question, I start to answer it, and she'll blurt out "Oh, I'm here, gotta go...." And then she doesn't call me back to find out the rest of the answer to the question she asked me.
Therefore, I feel like a time-filler, as opposed to someone calling to genuinely want to talk to ME or find out how I am.
If she called me back when she left the dentist (or whatever) on her ride home, to ask me to finish my story, then I might not mind so much.
So, I take her calls if I feel like it, but I often don't. This same friend told me it's most convenient for her to answer chats on facebook than emails, etc. So, I'll send her a quick message on facebook chat - and get no response. Yet, I can see she's been on facebook posting tons of pics of her kids.
Sooooo, moral to this story, is - for those of you saying it's the best time to call people - of course the person you are calling will be annoyed with you, if they feel like a time-filler, to be used at your convenience, instead of someone you genuinely care about.
Just sayin'.
I appreciate your post because I get that tone from my brother when I call him and he realized I am in the car. I park and finish our conversation unless I am running to a scheduled meeting.
I would never trail off like your friend. The worst I do is ask to repeat because I am more focused on traffic.
The problem I have with a friend who does this, is that she'll ask me a question, I start to answer it, and she'll blurt out "Oh, I'm here, gotta go...." And then she doesn't call me back to find out the rest of the answer to the question she asked me.
Therefore, I feel like a time-filler, as opposed to someone calling to genuinely want to talk to ME or find out how I am.
If she called me back when she left the dentist (or whatever) on her ride home, to ask me to finish my story, then I might not mind so much.
So, I take her calls if I feel like it, but I often don't. This same friend told me it's most convenient for her to answer chats on facebook than emails, etc. So, I'll send her a quick message on facebook chat - and get no response. Yet, I can see she's been on facebook posting tons of pics of her kids.
Sooooo, moral to this story, is - for those of you saying it's the best time to call people - of course the person you are calling will be annoyed with you, if they feel like a time-filler, to be used at your convenience, instead of someone you genuinely care about.
Why does it matter? I do this because driving is the only time I'm alone. I'm either at work or have 2 kids in my face every other hour of the day. If not for my car, I'd never talk on the phone.
NO! It's not rude. They've got some time to kill and they thought of you!
For real! I can't believe this topic. As I spend another day home alone I'd love to get one phone call today and I wouldn't care if it was someone driving, assuming that person can do it and will not be distracted.
People are busy and I don't doubt some have long commutes. I did it when I had a cell phone and a long commute to a former job. When I got home I cooked dinner. After cleaning up and playing around on City-Data for a bit I went to bed. That left little time for anything else so I understand why some people do this.
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