Voice notes - Annoying or Convenient?
Discussion
Full disclosure: I'm a Boomer so prone to occasional grumpiness and Ludditedness.
Voice notes left on my messaging apps give me the right hump. Reason being is that I would have to endure listening to someone's (often whiny) voice for 10 seconds or more, whereas scanning a written message can be done in a couple of seconds.
I think it's disrespectful of the recipient's time, although I appreciate that it's easier for the sender.
I never listen to them.
What say you?
Voice notes left on my messaging apps give me the right hump. Reason being is that I would have to endure listening to someone's (often whiny) voice for 10 seconds or more, whereas scanning a written message can be done in a couple of seconds.
I think it's disrespectful of the recipient's time, although I appreciate that it's easier for the sender.
I never listen to them.
What say you?
I’m lucky in that none of my mates use voice notes. We all hate them. If you’re feeling lazy just use dictation. If it’s a long message it needs to be a phone call.
One colleague showed me a 2+ min voice note she got from a friend. It was just a rambling rant. Had to memorise key points and respond to each. I think I would just ignore
One colleague showed me a 2+ min voice note she got from a friend. It was just a rambling rant. Had to memorise key points and respond to each. I think I would just ignore
Good, useful and convenient.
I used one yesterday to leave a message for my BiL about the death of his brother. I am sure he'd had enough of the same conversations about it and so I just said my piece and he didn't have to have another difficult conversation. Much better than a text based message too.
I used one yesterday to leave a message for my BiL about the death of his brother. I am sure he'd had enough of the same conversations about it and so I just said my piece and he didn't have to have another difficult conversation. Much better than a text based message too.
Convenient. I send them all the time, never read other people's though.
I'm kidding. I would only listen to it if I felt there was a good chance I would benefit from it, otherwise it will get listened to at some point between now and my death. Maybe. For the reasons everyone mentions. Just don't open them unless they're really, really, really important. Like from a client or your wife who will cut your nads off.
I'm kidding. I would only listen to it if I felt there was a good chance I would benefit from it, otherwise it will get listened to at some point between now and my death. Maybe. For the reasons everyone mentions. Just don't open them unless they're really, really, really important. Like from a client or your wife who will cut your nads off.
Al Gorithum said:
Full disclosure: I'm a Boomer
Me too.Voice Notes serve the occasional purpose but agree they're become over-used.
I'll adopt the default Boomer view and say there's a wider malaise amongst the younger generation (and increasingly, some of our own); that being the unwillingness to hold a phone conversation with people.
I work a fair bit with younger people and see often them attempting to resolve a complex issue using text based messaging. I asked one recently why he doesn't just call the other person to discuss whatever it was they were trying arrange and he looked at me like I'd suggested he perform a dance or something other random.
And I have clients and colleague not that much younger than me rather go through the faff of setting up a Teams meet than pick up the phone.
All very odd.
My wife will sometimes leave me and/or others with long, quite rambly voicemails. I find them infuriating and delete them once I've passed the 5 second mark or whatever it is.
If I want to speak to someone and they're not there I'll message them along the lines of "can you call me about x".
If I want to speak to someone and they're not there I'll message them along the lines of "can you call me about x".
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