How long do you normally spend talking on the phone?

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I much prefer to just message someone and keep the chatting for when face to face. So most of my calls are short and sweet, a few mins at most.

Sunrising · Accepted Answer

When I'm talking on the phone it's usually for ages and ages.

Let me explain.

I am like yourself a message person, I prefer to text people and receive texts, usually if someone wants to talk on the phone it's usually at an inconvenient time for me.

I much rather leave my talking on the phone to visiting people instead.

I have a friend that doesn't text and I'm usually on the phone with him for 15 minutes to 20 minutes I would guess.

Now here is where I'm on the phone for ages and ages.

When I have a complaint with large private, publicly traded corporations, possibly over bills, or problems with their service, I tend to be on the phone for a long time.

First of all I'm put into a queue which could be 30+ minutes, then once speaking to someone they put me on hold to find my information, then they pass me onto someone that can deal with my problem.

This occurred recently and I was eventually told I speaking to the wrong company because the company's had separated, and were not one company anymore.

On speaking to the right company the rigmarole started again, and eventually I was redirected to my original company.

I give up and cancelled my service with them, but I found out cancelling a service is not straight forward, and needed more phone calls.

There was a happy ending to this story, and I have one company less I won't be phoning again lol.

Lliam · Accepted Answer

I don't talk on the phone much. Mostly it is short calls when my wife calls to say she is on her way home from work. Sometimes we call to ask each other something quick.

My best friend died of a heart attack a couple years ago. We met in the 1980s at work. He was a few years older than me but we were totally on the same wavelength. His wife was a wonderful person but died of cancer in the late 2000s.
I used to call him at least once a week and we had the best time chatting. I never got along with anyone so well.

My sister lives a long way away but we text almost every day and sometimes send photos. Every once in a while (maybe once a month on average), we talk on the phone. Those conversations are often a couple hours long.

I'm in touch with a guy who was one of my best friends beginning in high school. We used to party a lot, go on long backpacking trips, and do a lot of shooting. We chat every once in a while and sometimes those conversations last well over an hour.

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

I never talk on the phone unless it is a medical emergency, a sales call, a banking issue, a government administration issue, or a social gathering logistics relay issue.

My family and friends prefer to text rather then call.

I am typical to a lot of guys who only call to arrange the movement of things or people, and do not talk over the phone for recreational dialogue.

I did talk over the phone every day when I was younger but once we got older, we preferred text and face to face conversation.

As a teenager, I would play board games with my friend over the phone because we were both honest and neither of us would cheat in the game even though the game happened over the phone and not in real life.

queenofcardio · Accepted Answer

Some conversations are short and some are long. Usually it's a few minutes

molonski2 · Answer

Actual phone calls ( non business ) are becoming more of a rarity , so I have a few people I video call , but it's different in that we are all over the world..

So it's generally 30 mins plus. ..

I get basically Fck all calls to my Thai number ( they use LINE app ) , just deliveries stuff like that.

Iron_Man · Answer

I enjoy talking on the phone unless you’re an idiot and can’t communicate. Or all you do is ask me questions about my life and you offer nothing in return. But if I don’t know you well I don’t wanna talk on the phone really I’d rather just text talking on the phone is for family or love interests or buddies that don’t live in your hometown anymore.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

I don’t frequently talk on the phone anymore. So calls tend to include a lot of catching up and often last at least forty minutes and it’s not rare that they last double that.

OneViewpoint · Answer

As long as necessary or until I get fed up on a disorganized Teams call with the organizer not controlling his/her own call.

capriVib · Answer

This month I've talked for about 120 minutes which is actually a lot for me normally its around 90 minutes a month so thats like 3 minutes a day.

EzraIsShy76028 · Answer

I don't really call much. Usually text. Calling sort of gives me anxiety tbh lol.

midnightmoon05 · Answer

Depends who I am talking to… those who are worthy of my time… I can be on the phone for 30 minutes or more.

tiredpanda · Answer

It depends on who I’m talking to and what the matter is. It can take anywhere from 2 minutes to like 2 hours lol.

lilBigPotato · Answer

I don't call very often. If I do it's usually quite short but it depends a lot on who I'm talking to.

AngryCarl3 · Answer

As little as possible. When my brother calls, not less than half an hour. It's like he has to talk at least that long to justify picking up the phone.

Tarifa · Answer

LOL I can relate to most of the situations in the picture.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Depends on who I'm talking to. If it's just a business call, a few minutes, if it's my lovely wife, an hour or two.

NathanDavis · Answer

about 10 to 30 minutes depends if business or family/friends

xawyx-3 · Answer

Usually less than a minute, I prefer texting.

thund3rlight · Answer

depends on the call, really, sometimes I spend hours on talking, and sometimes a few minutes, max.

dudeinohio · Answer

I prefer to not use the phone, so i keep calls as short as possible

Abbycado · Answer

Not much. I text more often.

browsingthroughthe · Answer

A few minutes personally 🤳🏻📱

Nikki1989 · Answer

It can be hours at times.

WhitneySnow · Answer

I mostly text but agree with that chart!

rgb008 · Answer

As long as I can until my phone loses battery

Kelly6 · Answer

@purplepoppy ~5 minutes

Paige2006 · Answer

20-30 mins

Athena1998_ · Answer

Mostly text, except with my parents.

wkhan_87 · Answer

A few minutes

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