How Much Time Do You Spend On The Phone?

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Lon

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I just checked my own phone usage and so far in the month of July I have spent a total of 18 minutes on the phone.
Partly because of my extremely poor hearing but also because I get very few calls.

I do not have a home phone (land line), just my I Phone. How about you?
 

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Probably a small amount like you Lon, of actually talking on the phone. Sometimes I am put on hold while doing business, and that's the longest a phone is ever in my hand. I've never been much of a chatterbox on the phone.

A couple of times a year I'll spend an hour or more on the phone catching up with a close friend or family member, but on a daily basis, not much at all. We only have one cell phone that share, whoever goes out takes it, if we both go out I generally have it.

When we call each other it's short, sweet and to the point, we continue the conversation face to face at home. It amazes me how much time some folks spend on the phone everyday, I always wonder what they have to talk about so much, maybe what they ate for lunch?
 
Only as long as it takes to ascertain the validity of each call: get numerous machine-generated calls, if a long silence after I pick up, I hang it up. imp
 
Well I have to spend quite a lot of time on the phone at work..but in my personal life I'm not a phone hog, never have been. I make a call and it only ever takes a few minutes, I've never been one to spend chatting on the phone for ages. Only exception is my daughter and I may be on the phone 15 minutes once a month , but she emails back and forth most days or texts...so apart from her and an elderly friend who I call at Christmas for about an hour to speak to both her and her hubs ..I keep all my calls short..
 
Hardly any. A friend will sometimes phone us to invite us to their house or to drop by ours. Labour party asking us to vote for one of the other. Robocalls that last a millisecond as I hang up. Phone mechanic or doctor for appointment.

Otherwise I communicate in person, by text, email, FB, Whatsapp and Skype.
 
very little.....my sisters once a month and my children now and again....I see our children most every week so no need to call.....I do very little business anymore on the phone.
 
I've got a LG Tracfone, and hardly ever use it. But I paid for 5 years of service a long time ago, and that breaks down to maybe $6 a month for the service... I have around 4000 minutes left on it.
It's fine when traveling alone for emergencies, and it works great for taking pictures.
 
I still find the phone necessary for making appointments, also chatting with relatives now and then; unfortunately, I think I'm suffering from phone phobia, have answering machine on full-time!
Much prefer e-mail, as you need to think more carefully before you write!
 
I talk on the phone quite regularly, with friends almost every day, but don't spend hours yakking long distance like I used to anymore. Its essential for making medical appointments too. Never been afraid of the phone since I used it so much when I worked.
 
You can Skype people who are far away for free and talk as long as you want. One time charge for webcam if your laptop doesn't have one already.
 
Lon said:
I just checked my own phone usage and so far in the month of July I have spent a total of 18 minutes on the phone.
Partly because of my extremely poor hearing but also because I get very few calls.
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I have a hearing problem too so I tell others to just text me when they call me, if they cant do that then the hell with them.
 
I don't skype, because it would mean the people at the other end would have to be set up with it too, and they usually are not. Its a two-way street there. Some people I know don't even want to use the computer or have no service, so emails are out. Technophobes still abound, unfortunately.
 
Cookie said:
I don't skype, because it would mean the people at the other end would have to be set up with it too, and they usually are not. Its a two-way street there. Some people I know don't even want to use the computer or have no service, so emails are out. Technophobes still abound, unfortunately.
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That's a shame. I know many technophobes. Took me years to get my technophobe sister on Skype, and also my sis in law in Australia. I love Skyping my granddaughters. I've done it since they were born and the oldest is 10.
 
I use the phone some, not a lot as I had rather text....hearing problem here too, I have to go through the ritual of telling too many people...."I am hard of hearing, please speak slowly and distinctly.."
 
I love to have a nice conversation on the phone with old friends who live across the country -- it's a lot easier and cheaper than the alternative. But sometimes, because you can't see that person, you are relying only on voice for communication, so things can get missed. But it's better than nothing.
 
Ameriscot said:
You can Skype people who are far away for free and talk as long as you want. One time charge for webcam if your laptop doesn't have one already.
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Yes Annie I use Skype to Lisa in Russia, and we talk for hours, but otherwise rarely use a phone, I have never been a phone person, preferring face to face, we didn't have one in the house as a child, so I guess I never got used to it. :confused:

My daughters on the other hand are always on their mobiles/cell phones.
 
We have a landline as well as a fairly old flip mobile phone each..only time hubby turns his on is if we are going our seperate ways in large shopping centre it's handy to just give a quick call and say I'm near ???i will wait there for you ..
Other than that we spend very little on the phone..
 
I doubt if a have as many two calls a week, both in and out, on my landline, and even less on my mobile (cellphone), usually just to sometimes order a pizza on the way home!

Only 39 numbers in the whole world, including all mobiles, can call me direct. My monitoring device device either tells all the others to leave a message or that I'm not interested, depending on the caller.
 
Jackie22 said:
I use the phone some, not a lot as I had rather text....hearing problem here too, I have to go through the ritual of telling too many people...."I am hard of hearing, please speak slowly and distinctly.."
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One of the huge benefits of the internet and particularly discussion forums is that they enable those who suffer with hearing loss, and or profoundly deaf. It brings everyone onto the same level playing field , and conversations are held without difficulty and frustration. :) I come from a profoundly deaf/mute family a genetic problem on my paternal side, so I know just how much the internet has helped enormously in soo many ways for my family members
 
hollydolly said:
One of the huge benefits of the internet and particularly discussion forums is that they enable those who suffer with hearing loss, and or profoundly deaf. It brings everyone onto the same level playing field , and conversations are held without difficulty and frustration. :) I come from a profoundly deaf/mute family a genetic problem on my paternal side, so I know just how much the internet has helped enormously in soo many ways for my family members
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You are so right about the internet, Holly, mine hearing problem is genetic too, it can get comical at family gatherings.....
 
In reading through the replies to this thread they certainly show a uniformity which reflects my phone usage as well. So how do we then explain the phenomenon we all see every day when we're out and about of people everywhere driving, walking, sitting, waiting in line all with a cell phone pressed to their ear?
 

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