Talking on the phone

Voice notes are so Irish-coded

But also, I have increasingly found that I prefer having the phone on speaker to holding it up to my ear

With you on the practicality of this in theory but it irritates me I'm talking to someone and can hear them doing other stuff and/or becoming distant from phone at times.

irritates me *when

I apologize ahead of time, like "I'm just making a salad" or whatever. I wouldn't do something like dishes, where the noise would be especially intrusive.

There's also the option of earbuds, which my wife uses when she's on the phone, but I've always found irritating for some reason.

I miss what it was like to have a conversation OTP before Facetime, video chat, etc when we were all privy to multitasking without making our phone mate feel like we aren't paying attention

I like talking on the phone with people I like… I think video chat is super awkward, and will generally only do it for work if the client wants it or if i need to screenshare. Basically 99% of everyone looks awkward on video chat/facetime.

I actually like phone on speaker because in my brain it simulates the acoustics of an in person conversation? Maybe that’s just my weirdness… idk

Voice notes are so Irish-coded