Saturday, August 20, 2011

Phone Calls or Texting?

OK so I've kind of noticed that all of my post except the one explaining (so all 4 of them) why I started this blog were kind of depressing/sad/what ever. So I decided to post one that really doesn't matter. At my mom's house (my parents are divorced and I live with both parents switching off on a regular basis) we all like to prove our points and well think we are right half the time. So I guess whenever we have an argument it turns out into a debate. Which you might be thinking "well that could be considered anyone's family" but it seems like we go through all of the stages openings, arguments, rebuttals and actually looks like a debate team practice. It's kind of funny except it can last for a long time. So, I was thinking, because there's not much to do at my job once I finish reading the books I brought, which is better a phone call or texting someone (without factoring money, types of phones, etc)? Here's what I came up with:
Texting:
Pros: quick, can easily multitask, if you don't have time or don't want to respond at that moment you can easily put it off till later, can talk to someone in person and text someone else (OK a little rude at times but still possible), can save your conversations, can have multiple conversations at once.
Cons: Can't hear the persons voice, can get easily confused if someone is serious or if they are joking, can easily be tricked thinking its one person when it's really another, people don't always feel like they have to respond to you, sometimes you have to wait a long time to get a response, not always very personal, can be dangerous if used at the wrong time, can easily accidentally send a message to the wrong person
Phone Calls:
Pros: Can hear the persons voice, can tell the others tone of voice, in a way its like the person is with you, can have multiple people on the same call, the call can always go to voice mail if your busy, easy to have long conversations, personal
Cons: Could possibly cause cancer though not proven yet, usually takes longer, can't multitask easily, harder to get off the phone then to just stop texting, can be dangerous if used at the wrong time
My conclusion: Both of these are very useful and have their advantages and disadvantages. And they both have their times of use.
When to use texting:
To send a quick message, with friends, not for serious conversations, not for breaking up with people, when you are busy, when you want to have a conversation through out the day
When to use phone calls:
With your family, with friends, for serious conversations, with the one you love

Of course there are other pros/cons to each and have other times to use each but these are the ones I came up with today at work.

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