How To Make Friends on the Telephone

Dan writes "What a wonderful find--it seems since the internet, we've forgotten the correct way to communicate with people. So here is a book to teach us the proper etiquette, as well as how to handle complex modern communications devices."

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Re:Ok, thats great

[Anonymous Coward]

Sometimes technology can cause people to forget the obvious ways of doing things.

She was probably trying to avoid pissing you off. Over the years, I've rarely gotten someone upset by calling them or sending them a message, but I've had many who stopped talking to me or chewed me up on the spot because I knocked on their door (yes, even when there was an emergency). Your friend had probably thought of the idea but dismissed it because she's had similar experiences.

It's sad but most likely, your friend wasn't as much the problem as our collective attitudes tending towards anti-socialism.

-hadohk