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[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago

decline

"I'm not busy but I'm not currently accepting calls. What's up?"

Although I usually respond to čare you doing something/busy/things like that with "why, what do you need?" since my family loves trying to guilt trip people who have just said they aren't doing something into doing whatever bullshit they're calling for...

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

decline

“sorry I don’t have my headphones with me and my phone’s mic has been acting up. What’s up?”

[–] diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But your cam seems working!

[–] NecroParagon@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

I was hoping for a quick game of charades! This is perfect! I'm glad you're not busy

[–] lemmyng@piefed.ca 10 points 1 week ago

"I don't want to be busy either."

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago

See that at work.

Busy?

No?

Well you are now! (Phone rings)

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Protip, you can delete the FaceTime application on an iPhone.

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can't delete teams from the workstation

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

But the camera is always malfunctioning

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

Never answer with a "no". Just say "what's up?"

[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

this is a corpo reminder to ask your coworkers "when are you available for a call about x"

give all information and context possible

do not say "hi" and then immediately call when you get a reply

also if you are scheduling calls do not schedule them the second after or before lunch

also not everything needs a call !

give people time to reset FFS

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also, just Teams me the question and I will answer it and move on. I really do not want to talk.

[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

sadly managers do not take this answer, I've tried many times and I've been upfront

I found it more productive to let them know etiquette for calling, random cold calls are extremely annoying, disrupts my work, resets my context by switching to a new one. Not only that but I don't have your answers now so why do you call now and expect answers to questions I have zero context of ?

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Autodecline.

I don't do video calls. Period. I don't care who you are and my job is not tied to calls so fuck off. Family, friends, acquientwhatevs, don't care. No video calls, ever. I am outright hostile about this >_>

Although I did think about simply reversing phone to show nature instead when I got one of these while going for a walk in a local park.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I just reply to questions if I'm busy with "what's up?" I'll decide if it's more valuable than whatever I was doing

[–] megopie@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

I don’t mind phone calls, but do not fucking do a video call. Like, I’m and not done up properly, I am probably walking around doing a chore, also, the quality will be shit because my connection will be questionable.

Audio is fine, you don’t need to see my face to catch up.

[–] texture@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

im either busy or actually busy. theres your problem.