I go ahead and call anybody I know anytime I want, except late at nite, if there busy or not there, the answering machine will take the message, talking is still a very cool way of communicating with people !
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How Long Should I Wait
- Thread starter FunkySpoo
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Just talked to sax guy. He won't be able to give me an answer till after the holidays. He's in another band and has 2 kids 6 and 8 so he says he need to asses his availability. Says he doesn't want to say yes and then not be available.
Yeah, for the longest time I wondered why they called it an iPhone. That's the one feature I almost never use. But you guys probably already figured that outNo, they only text on the phone
Homie on another TB thread called it his iAlarmclock, as that's all he finds himself using it for.
Good to hear it's going well for you! I'm (only) 20 years old, but I remember when I was about 13, calling home to a girl to wish her a happy birthday and hoping her parents wouldn't pick up 
Welcome to the fun combination of social anxiety and running a band!
I feel your pain. I work with a lot of different musicians right now and they all have different communication styles. I myself want to see things in writing because words spoken into the air are ephemeral. But when people contact me I try to get back to them within a day. There are some I work with that do not like to respond until all details are solid. The ones I'm thinking of hire me, and I will ask for a setlist so that I can be prepared and I MAY get an answer but all to often it is the night before the gig.
Sure is, and that was his point too -- that his phone was essentially a $60 a month alarm clock.
Every month when the bill arrives I tell myself I should dump my phone... at $50 a month that's $600 a year lost to something that never happens.
Even little amounts frittered away add up... I remember in the mid-late 90's I added a "mailbox" function to my phone for $5 a month and dumped the physical answering machine... A decade later, when I dropped that land line, I realized I'd spent $550 cumulative on a service my original $30 answering machine did perfectly well all along. But, you know, I had to keep up with the Jones and all... Could have had another MIJ Fender with that $550...
Good to hear it's going well for you! I'm (only) 20 years old, but I remember when I was about 13, calling home to a girl to wish her a happy birthday and hoping her parents wouldn't pick up
Being a teenage boy asking a would-be girlfriend's dad to call her to the family phone was indeed an old school trial by fire.
It was hard not to feel sheepish and a little guilty, considering one's intentions, which the dad knew all too well.
Call them....right now. Leave a message and sound upbeat...."you're in ! call me back at xxx-xxxx. Click." I like email but it's not good enough for hiring someone.....for anything.
This thread has made me realize a few things. One is I dislike everything about cell phones and their place in today's culture. The ONLY reason I have one is so family and friends with a problem can reach me at that moment. When in hindsight, a pager served the exact same purpose, but without the added annoyance of discussing by QUERTY the benefits of a high-fiber diet, how many sequels Friday The 13th spawned or your thoughts on the DH rule!
The sad - but good - thing is, you can type "Lemme get back to you a little later on, Marty. The Feds are here with a search warrant" or "Gotta cut it short, Hon - my Boa got loose and I don't see your kitten around either." Unless, of course you're of the iOS persuasion, and engaged in a round of "Face Time" - I don't even want to be speaking with you right now, but I have to see your mug, as well?
Finally, the cellular-cynic coup de grace, and the Galactus of my disdain... the Group text. You've complimented the new-born pic from the Grandparent sender, but 2 or 3 out of the other dozen participants want to "catch up" while your notification tone continues to haunt you like a Chinese water torture, even though you've deleted the text multiple times!?!
Sorry to hijack the thread, but the OP must've found the final brass member by now, eh?
The sad - but good - thing is, you can type "Lemme get back to you a little later on, Marty. The Feds are here with a search warrant" or "Gotta cut it short, Hon - my Boa got loose and I don't see your kitten around either." Unless, of course you're of the iOS persuasion, and engaged in a round of "Face Time" - I don't even want to be speaking with you right now, but I have to see your mug, as well?
Finally, the cellular-cynic coup de grace, and the Galactus of my disdain... the Group text. You've complimented the new-born pic from the Grandparent sender, but 2 or 3 out of the other dozen participants want to "catch up" while your notification tone continues to haunt you like a Chinese water torture, even though you've deleted the text multiple times!?!
Sorry to hijack the thread, but the OP must've found the final brass member by now, eh?
To answer your original question, if someone wants something (ie a Job, new Wife or gig) they will usually give you an answer within 2-3 days.
Took me a while to learn that silence is the exact same as no. And of course lots of 'tards like to keep their options open, because its all about the "me" generation now.
Took me a while to learn that silence is the exact same as no. And of course lots of 'tards like to keep their options open, because its all about the "me" generation now.
Rejection happens.....but it happens less often when you have confidence and are straight-up with people. Even if it doesn't work out, you have an answer and you can move on quickly. In my experience, when you move strong....you usually win. Don't be the grape getting squashed in the middle of the road...
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Give me their numbers. I'll call them right now.
CALL THEM!
When they answer the phone, hang up suddenly.
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When they answer the phone, hang up suddenly.
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