When an unknown number calls me, I just stare at the screen until they give up because I don't use my phone for that uwu
Definitely get a spam call blocker. Totally worth it.
I just put the ringer on silent 🤷♂️
I'm usually this way, too. I feel kinda bad, but...they can just leave a message if it's important, lol.
Buuut late last night, we were having quite a mess of tornadoes and storms, and my mom was out driving with a dying phone...shortly after 1AM, I got a call from an unknown number with a local area code, and I thought it may be my mom using someone else's phone, so I made myself answer it. It was some random super high sounding dude, only said a very confused "hello?" and then hung up when I, also confused, asked who this was.
I wonder if maybe I encountered another phone-anxious weirdo, lmao.
Emergency situations are definitely something else, I agree that it's important to answer phone calls when there's a decent chance someone close to you might need to reach out using someone else's phone, especially if it's a local area code. The worst thing that's happened to me (so far) is that I missed a call from a company that wanted to offer me a job. They sent me an email asking to call them back, and now I work for them :3
The right phone call in the wrong place can make all the difference in the anxiety.
That's not introversion, that's an unchecked mental health problem.
I recall there was another similar Lemmy post using this concept art of gman in a kitchen that had text like "JUST GOT CALLED" and "FAT AT THE COMPANY CHRISTMAS PARTY" but I failed to find it. I expect that post inspired this one. Does anyone know how to find that post?
idk, i cropped this one. No idea if this is a known meme format xd
I remember seeing that before seeing this post, it's surely what I was looking for! Thank you!
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !withoutthepunchline@lemmy.world
When an unknown number calls me, I just stare at the screen until they give up because I don't use my phone for that uwu
Definitely get a spam call blocker. Totally worth it.
I just put the ringer on silent 🤷♂️
I'm usually this way, too. I feel kinda bad, but...they can just leave a message if it's important, lol.
Buuut late last night, we were having quite a mess of tornadoes and storms, and my mom was out driving with a dying phone...shortly after 1AM, I got a call from an unknown number with a local area code, and I thought it may be my mom using someone else's phone, so I made myself answer it. It was some random super high sounding dude, only said a very confused "hello?" and then hung up when I, also confused, asked who this was.
I wonder if maybe I encountered another phone-anxious weirdo, lmao.
Emergency situations are definitely something else, I agree that it's important to answer phone calls when there's a decent chance someone close to you might need to reach out using someone else's phone, especially if it's a local area code. The worst thing that's happened to me (so far) is that I missed a call from a company that wanted to offer me a job. They sent me an email asking to call them back, and now I work for them :3