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[–] [email protected] 59 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

I’m the same way with my mail.

I’m a millennial - I don’t check my mailbox for 6+ weeks at a time.

If I order something, then I know about it and expect it at my door (because it’s fedex, amazon, or ups).

Otherwise, it will have to wait until I happen to remember I have a mailbox.

For example, with bills - I expect you to have my email address and use it, because I supplied it whenever I established xyz account.

Exceptions:

  1. Around the holidays when people send out holiday cards!
  2. For a local property tax exemption, my county refuses to email it. Their requirement for receiving the exemption is that you live here locally, and part of their way for verifying that, is by sending the request form to your local physical address.
[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I don’t check my mailbox for 6+ weeks at a time.

That seems dangerously negligent.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Welfare checks have been conducted over less.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

When it's too cold out to wanna walk all the way up there, I've gone for 3-4 months at a stretch. All I ever get is garbage anyway, so it's only ever mattered twice, and one of those was an expected package.

No one's ever called me a welfare check :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I’m in the military lol. The government definitely knows I’m alive by 0600 sharp every morning.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

I've had a P.O. box for years because I don't want to disclose my home address when I register domains. Maybe I should check it one of these days...

[–] almar_quigley 4 points 11 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I'm like this with email. I do a quick visual scan about once per week... or fortnight... because it's almost all SPAM, and no matter how many blocks and filters I create, it does little to hold back the tide of trash.

Everyone who matters knows the only way to reach me reliably is via text message.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I nearly missed a jury duty notice because of this habit. I only check if I know money or a specific bill is coming.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 11 months ago

Sms aren't limited by my availability....you can send them at 4am in the morning so i can ignore them for 2 weeks for no reason. Meanwhile if you call me at 4am I'd still be awake but it's none of your business why and i wouldn't answer them anyway so why bother.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Annoyance issue.
--late Boomer

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago

You've got a point. A whole lot of boomers are annoyance issues leading us millennials to not answer our phones

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago

Because sms respects my time. I can check it when I can I do not need to stop everything I am doing for it. A call doesn't, I have to stop everything to pick it up.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 11 months ago

Why should I feel obligated to be available for a phone call?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago

The professional thing to say here is "spam prevention".

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago

Why would they even ask that lmao. "Eat my entire ass" that's why, fuck you.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

As an older millennial I use the phone just fine, thank you very much.

It's Facebook and other random proprietary crap being used for IRL communications (especially important stuff like community associations, etc.) that I can't deal with.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I refuse to use Facebook and any time I hear someone talking about using it I just think of how much better off everyone would be without it. I haven't used it in probably 5 years but I could only imagine it has got worse.

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[–] protput 4 points 11 months ago

I make an exception for WhatsApp because I (and literally everyone in our country) uses this instead of SMS. I never use SMS.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago
[–] Arthur_Leywin 21 points 11 months ago

I wouldn't mind people calling me if I didn't expect 90% of my calls to be scams.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Genx and haven't liked to pick up the phone my whole life

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How did you make plans with friends before cell phones? You never talked with a boyfriend or girlfriend for hours on a landline?

[–] Cmot_Dibbler 17 points 11 months ago

That doesn't mean they liked talking on the phone.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Most likely I'd make plans face to face. I have spent too many hours on the phone with loved ones, but that's usually planned or expected. I don't like picking up the phone if I don't know who it is, and even then I'd often rather avoid. Just send me a message please instead.

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Same. I used the phone before there were other options, but I always hated it. I don't like being able to hear someone but not see them. It gives me anxiety.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Im just autistic and can't hold an unrehearsed phone conversation, let alone irl conversation, to save my life.

[–] TesterJ 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I once signed up for something that required separate home and cell phone numbers. Some shipping service or something. And it wouldn't let me put the same number for both. Like come on, nobody is paying for landlines nowadays. I ended up putting my parents' phone number for the home phone (which they coincidentally just got rid of this week.)

[–] maniclucky 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

(AreaCode) 867-5309 is your friend in this and for random "Insert your phone number for the rewards program" things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

fun fact: most phone companies do not allow that phone number to be given out due to too many people calling it as a direct result of that song.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

"I can, I just don't want to be"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

"My rate for voice services is $0.35 per minute. Ask about by bulk rate for 15, 30, or 60 minute increments when prepaid. Any calls without prepayment will be billed at the per minute rate, net30 terms. Please have a PO# ready when calling."

[–] cokane_88 10 points 11 months ago

Antisocial is why

[–] Enasni 9 points 11 months ago
[–] 22decembre 8 points 11 months ago

"because I don't want it."

[–] eager_eagle 7 points 11 months ago

what kind of bs is that? 500 characters wouldn't be enough to fit my uneducated reply to that stupid question.

[–] MiddleWeigh 7 points 11 months ago

Shit I ignore texts for days too. 😒

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I would love to get contacted by telephone. I hate SMS.

[–] UnculturedSwine 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Am I the only millennial that doesn't mind phone calls? Don't get me wrong, I very much prefer an SMS or email if it will suffice but phone calls tend to be quicker if you need something taken care of immediately.

[–] Screwthehole 12 points 11 months ago

Phone calls are for immediate concerns that's why you need to answer your phone. No one will call you unless it's important

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[–] erockdanger 5 points 11 months ago

Where's the joke

/s

[–] samus12345 4 points 11 months ago

Mine would be "antisocial."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Anxiety issue tbh

[–] akiratoriyama 3 points 11 months ago

UK visa website?

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