No calls, thanks

A quick piece in the New York Times cites anecdotal evidence showing that voice calls are becoming endangered beasts, at least for interactions among people with preexisting relationships.

For the most part, assiduous commenting on a friend’s Facebook updates and periodically e-mailing promises to “catch up by phone soon” substitute for actual conversation. With friends who merit face time, arrangements are carried out via electronic transmission.

Surprisingly, the piece never mentions the most common kind of phone call I get: the telemarketing cold call.

Although I grew up with the phone, I've never liked it. As Miss Manners observed in the article, "The telephone has a very rude propensity to interrupt people."