Phone call?

[Old Garage-Bander]

I did it guys. It went alright, better than expected. I'm going to stay looking. He said he would contact me if things looked like they were heating up. As of now there wasn't much going on.

That's great! You da man!

 

[Buszkock]

I did it guys. It went alright, better than expected. I'm going to stay looking. He said he would contact me if things looked like they were heating up. As of now there wasn't much going on.

Now you have a positive point of reference for the next time you grow anxious about the idea of talking on the phone.
I use this technique for lots of things I have anxiety about and it gets me through them.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

I can't believe that so many young people are reluctant to use the phone. A generation (or two) of social cripples.

Of course, someone must be to blame for that!?

 

[Charlzm]

I understand evolving communications etiquette and all, but a "Help, someone wants to talk to me on the telephone" post is a bit much.

I am sure the guy is just leery about meeting a stranger and wants to make sure you're not a slavering meth head looking to steal his gear.

I'm no child and I hate phone calls. I'm starting to suspect most people do, too, hence the rise of social media and texting. it's faster and a "just the facts" medium and it allows us to craft the image we want to present.
I would literally rather meet a person cold for the first time than speak to them on the phone.
But then again, I'm just weird like that. I hate using the phone nowdays, unlike when I was 15 years younger.

 

[Sixgunn]

Cats love cat food.

Not mine. She loves ice cream!!

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Let me go a step further: I can't imagine hiring someone for a band......where they will be up on stage expected to entertain an audience.....if they are so introverted that a phone call stresses them out like it does many here.

Huh?

If a guy can't talk on the phone to a stranger, he just isn't going to magically change into an outgoing dude on the gig.....I don't really care what label differentiation you care to slap on it.

One of my last singers was a great entertainer on stage, but he was quite shy and soft spoken in person. I'll see if I can find a video to post.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

I'm no child and I hate phone calls. I'm starting to suspect most people do, too, hence the rise of social media and texting. it's faster and a "just the facts" medium and it allows us to craft the image we want to present.
I would literally rather meet a person cold for the first time than speak to them on the phone.
But then again, I'm just weird like that. I hate using the phone nowdays, unlike when I was 15 years younger.

Hey! I'm weird too. Just in different ways.
Is there a weird bass player club on TB?
I was not good enough for the Mediocre Bass Player Club.

 

[Jean Rodriguez]

Oddly enough, I'm twenty and I much prefer to have a phone call than to be mindlessly and soullessly texting away. There's something about a phone call that feels way more genuine than some bloody text that anyone can write.

 

[Son of Wobble]

I'm no child and I hate phone calls. I'm starting to suspect most people do, too, hence the rise of social media and texting. it's faster and a "just the facts" medium and it allows us to craft the image we want to present.
I would literally rather meet a person cold for the first time than speak to them on the phone.
But then again, I'm just weird like that. I hate using the phone nowdays, unlike when I was 15 years younger.

I agree with your assessment that people today want "just the facts" as you put it. Don't give me the whole conversation, or the whole album, or the whole relationship: just the filet, please, be it via text, iTunes or Tinder.

Incidentally, same rules apply for those of you writing ten-paragraph posts in this thread: Do really think your banal observations merit so much real estate? Respect your audience by saying it in five sentences or less.

 

[Shishard]

The correct response to a person who says, "that makes me feel uncomfortable" is "The world doesn't revolve around your comfort. Taking ownership of that simple fact is the first step toward adult maturity."

Usually, that makes them REALLY feel uncomfortable, at which point my work there is done.

This is truth. Weather you have serious issues or not the world is not nice. You have to learn to work in it or become a shut in. I do not like the everyone gets a trophy approach to life ....even though I should...you know....get a trophy....I did show up and stuff....

 

[Hahaha]

A phone call is a lot easier for someone with dyslexia. Strut me, I kown.

 

[Robroy]

A phone call is a lot easier for someone with dyslexia. Strut me, I kown.

 

[d-dave]

But it started out as "I hate phone calls." The other stuff came along as he was getting beat up over not wanting to have a phone conversation. He should have been up front about the other issues, well uh... up front.

My amp doesn't work. Can anyone tell me exactly why?

MmmmHmmm. Ain't plugged in.

 

[gjohnson441496]

Back in my day

party line for a phone

You're an old fart. Haha!
So am I

 

[Robroy]

You're an old fart. Haha!
So am I

When I was really young I heard of party lines and thought it sounded like fun. I mean, are parties not fun? But they were anything but.

 

[Robroy]

I agree with your assessment that people today want "just the facts" as you put it. Don't give me the whole conversation, or the whole album, or the whole relationship: just the filet, please, be it via text, iTunes or Tinder.

Incidentally, same rules apply for those of you writing ten-paragraph posts in this thread: Do really think your banal observations merit so much real estate? Respect your audience by saying it in five sentences or less.

 

[Robroy]

Incidentally, same rules apply for those of you writing ten-paragraph posts in this thread: Do really think your banal observations merit so much real estate? Respect your audience by saying it in five sentences or less.

Some of my favorite posts are the multi-paragraph ones - if the poster is good.

 

[Son of Wobble]

Some of my favorite posts are the multi-paragraph ones - if the poster is good.

Big if.

 

[Robroy]

Big if.

That is truth.

 

[gjohnson441496]

Some of my favorite posts are the multi-paragraph ones - if the poster is good.

I agree. I don't mind reading long post if they are coherent and broken up in paragraphs. But, I'm an old fart. OTOH, wht I lke abt Twttr is tht preciseness is the point.