Yep, the phone call is back
At some point over the past decade or so, the phone call became the redheaded stepchild of communication. It’s been dubbed inefficient, interruptive, and even rude. But now, in the era of social distancing, people are using the phone again to call friends and relatives. What’s more, the people they’re calling are actually picking up.
“I have always hated talking on the phone,” says Maggie McGowan, a 27-year-old Ph.D. candidate studying English in San Diego.
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