Do you dial or do you tap?
Meaning...Are you a phone person or are you an emailing, texting, blackberry messenger, facebook or twitter type of person? I started thinking about this on Saturday night when a great friend said to me on parting, "Don't forget to call." I immediately said, "What do you mean, of course I will call." She then said, "Don't be silly, you never call. You are the worst caller on the planet." Mortified, I looked at her with shock and horror, "Is that true. Do you really mean that?" Her knowing look said it all....
I am a bad telephone person. I stand guilty before you as charged. It is true, I know it and I hang my head in female shame. The prophetic words of Abba, the unforgettable Swedish singing sensations will be forever on my mind, Ring ring, why don't you give me a call? I am certainly not an 'out of sight, out of mind' person but my inclinations run towards the tapping. I will spend hours, days, even weeks writing emails, replying to texts or madly blackberry messangering away. I loose sleep over a back load of emails and the thought of an empty inbox to me is euphoric, it is the same feeling I get after a rigourous spring cleaning. You know what I mean - a job well done, all is right with the world. It is a real 'righteous' moment. On the other hand, when it comes to picking up the telephone something always seems to get in my way. I can't really say I am too busy because we are all too busy and I can't really say I don't like chatting because I do love a chat. There is nothing better than a good chat, a good cuppa and a good girlfriend (sadly I had to forgo the cigarettes from that winning trifecta years ago).
I think my busy little tapping fingers have taken over my social skills. I have let my fingers do the chatting. Without knowing, tapping has become second nature to me and my preferred choice of communication...quelle horreur. In the mean time I will be practising my newly found, charming telephone manner - no call will be too long and no detail too minor for discussion. I want to make marathon like phone calls. I will chat until my ear or both my ears are burning; a call of this duration will require much changing of the handset between both ears. I will chat until I no longer have one tiny word or catchy little anecdote left inside to spin. I promise...
What do you think....dial or tap....tap or dial? Which one are you? xv
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