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WCDT - Strips 4811 to 4815 (20th to 24th June 2022)

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Jimor:
Phone calls with people I know are fine, but if I have to cold call somebody I don't know, or getting on voice chat online, I hate hate hate it. And just like both characters in the comic, I stream and talk for hours at a time to people in chat no problem, but I rarely do multiplayer if it means I have to voice chat.

dutchrvl:
I detest phone calls as well, although with good friends and family I can tolerate them (still not a huge fan though).

Why so many dislike them, I dont know, there must be a theory behind it.

My own theory is that the lack of visual cues (body language, facial expressions, etc) when talking to someone makes people very insecure about both whether they're interpreting the other person correctly, and about whether their own words are going to be misinterpreted/misunderstood (with accompanying feeling of guilt for not speaking clearly enough).

Or maybe that's just me, lol

Either way for all the above reasons I think initial phone screens by companies are terrible ideas when they are trying to preselect candidates (edit: unless the job requirements include having to make many phone calls, perhaps). I am absolutely horrendous in phone screens and am always relieved when I somehow make it to a face-to-face interview (whether video or in person) because I know I'll be fine in that setting.

sitnspin:
I have a history of audio hallucinations so phone calls make me very uncomfortable. I've never gotten used them and probably never will.

Farideh:
I like emailing and texting, even though you don't get body language cues there either. It's more about the fact that there is no rush, I can think about what to write down and revise that. Can't do that with a phone call.

dutchrvl:

--- Quote from: Farideh on 21 Jun 2022, 13:56 ---I like emailing and texting, even though you don't get body language cues there either. It's more about the fact that there is no rush, I can think about what to write down and revise that. Can't do that with a phone call.

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Yeah, I probably should've added that it's the combination with the instantaneous of the messaging (i.e. talking) that is the problem when visual cues are absent. :oops:

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