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Every now and then in Linguistics, we talk about how people tend to feel safer with written communication, because there's the aspect of editing and organizing one's thoughts unavailable in face-to-face verbal communication.
You know what sucks worse than talking to people? Leaving voice-mail. Because then your awkward is preserved on analogue tape, to be replayed and judged at the other person's leisure.
Why won't this damn apartment manager call me back?! I'm sick of leaving progressively more desperate and flustered sounding messages on his machine, trying to find out if I have a place to MOVE INTO in the next few days.
You know what sucks worse than talking to people? Leaving voice-mail. Because then your awkward is preserved on analogue tape, to be replayed and judged at the other person's leisure.
Why won't this damn apartment manager call me back?! I'm sick of leaving progressively more desperate and flustered sounding messages on his machine, trying to find out if I have a place to MOVE INTO in the next few days.