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People are so accustomed to cell phones and texting...

I give people at work my business card, for them to email me documents and things.

I can't tell you how many times I never receive it. When I ask them about it they say

"I texted you that yesterday/last week"

You cannot text a landline work phone...🤦

Do they think I'm giving them my cell phone number or what??
I don't get it
maybe put on the card it's call-only? that said, texting for business matters is not very professional lol. at least email it, ppl.
G00GLE · 22-25, M
You can text a landline it's just really horrible
DrWatson · 70-79, M
I think that some people will never get that into their heads, since they have never had a landline phone.

Years ago, I had what I affectionately called my "geezer phone". It was a flip cell-phone, with no internet. Texting was very crude (three characters per key). And the storage capacity was limited.

I had a friend who kept sending me long poems he was writing. A single poem would get broken up into about 10 messages (there was a character limit per message) which I had to read separately. And, in doing so, he was wiping out earlier messages from my inbox.

No matter how many times I asked him to stop, he could not get this into his head. He would send these things, and then ask "What did you think of my poem?"

🤦‍♂️
iamnikki · 31-35, F
@DrWatson lol omg. Yes I remember flip phone and 3 hits per number. My first phone was a flip. Then I graduated to sidekick style phone. The ones that swing out when you open it.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@iamnikki I remember those too. But I bought my first phone, the flip, when most people already had smart phones! lol. Hence my term, "geezer phone!"

But back to your post: I expect a work phone number to be a landline. A business card usually includes an email address or even a fax number (still!) for sending data.

We geezers can tell the difference! 😂
iamnikki · 31-35, F
@DrWatson yes I had to upgrade my mom about 10 years ago. She was 45 at the time, with a flip phone lol.

Yea fax is annoying to me. Just gimme an email 📨
Longpatrol · 31-35, M
That's daft. Not just habit but actual stupidity.
Northwest · M
Not too many people use business cards. In the US, it is possible to text a landline from a cell phone, but it's not going to be a text. Your cell company will check the line prior to sending a message, if it's a landline, then it will convert the text to a voice message, and will call the number. If someone picks up, it will ask if the person wants to listen to the message, if no one picks up, it goes to voice mail.
iamnikki · 31-35, F
@Northwest well I have a job that gave me business cards. I have not received anyone's texts to my landline phone...
Northwest · M
@iamnikki Not all landline phones are capable of accepting these types of voice messages. Yes, business cards are standard issue, but things are changing.
Quetzalcoatlus · 46-50, M
Your card must specify it’s a land line. Most ppl use cell phones these days
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
@iamnikki why did you respond to me and him like that 😂
iamnikki · 31-35, F
@DeluxedEdition like what ? All I did was give info on the card info that you both thought was missing.
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
@iamnikki please don’t take offense to this because I genuinely thought it was funny. you responded to him with Ebonics 😂
BecaA57 · 61-69, F
Anymore the assumption is that it is a cellphone unless you specifically say office line. Although I thought when you texted a landline you get a message telling you that. Might be carrier specific I guess
iamnikki · 31-35, F
@BecaA57 why would I have my cell number on my business card? I work at a homeless shelter for context...
BecaA57 · 61-69, F
@iamnikki Because many people get their cellphone from the company and are expected to receive calls/text.
iamnikki · 31-35, F
@BecaA57 doesn't apply here.
It would say cell if it were a cell. But I didn't print/make the cards myself
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
That’s just flat out ignorant... but that kinda gave me an idea.... cant beat them join them. Keep your business cards and make some e business cards too!
does it state no text landline only ?
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iamnikki · 31-35, F
@NightsWatch no, why should it. Most smart people know you don't text a business phone.
@iamnikki um okay
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
@iamnikki with all due respect I agree with you. Why should you add text options to a homeless shelter business card. That doesn’t make a lot of sense. If someone needs that card do you really think they’ll be texting it from the latest smart phone? 🤔

I have NEVER texted a business card. Even if it includes the cell because I didn’t consider it an option

 
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