We were all ranting about how WhatsApp was down yesterday – but could you do it for a whole week?
aged 25-34. The only person I regularly speak to over the phone is my boyfriend, who lives in another city.It’s a far cry from my teenage years, when I’d spend hours each week “hogging the landline” – my dad’s favourite phrase – to talk to my mates. And if I’m honest, I kind of miss ringing people ‘just for a chat’: calling friends and family to see how they really are, rather than only resorting to phone calls when I can’t find someone in a crowded bar.
His phone rings so many times that I’m not sure he’s going to pick up at all. When he does, he sounds nervous, and I wonder if he thinks I’m calling to give him an earful about cancelling. I wait for someone else in the group to ask the questions that are burning inside me, but no one does – clearly, nobody else is that nosy – and my thirst for answers remains unquenched. I don’t like this.Call a friend from uni. His phone rings and rings and rings and rings until eventually it cuts out, but he messages back almost instantly: “What’s up?” Unable to reply by text, I try phoning him again.
Suddenly, I realise that if texting is banned, surely Insta-chatting must be a violation of the rules too - in spirit, if not in letter. Startled at how easily I slipped back into message mode, and feeling guilty about inadvertently exploiting a loophole, I wrap up our discussion.’s offices today. F and I have known each other since primary school and used to talk on the phone all the time as teenagers, but these days, almost all of our non-face-to-face communication takes place via WhatsApp.
In the end, I fall asleep without having spoken to him at all. Not replying to his texts feels wrong – like I’m being cold or stroppy, when actually I’m not annoyed at all. Here’s something that’s genuinely good about texting: it lets you quietly tell someone you’re thinking of them, without interrupting their day at work or night out. And that’s nice, I think.’s offices.
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