Every time you ask a query online, you seem to have to put your mobile number in the contact form. I have tried to get away with not entering it, but the page won’t let you proceed until you do. I was recently enquiring about further education, and contacted around twenty institutions. Imagine, twenty places, all trying to call you, each and every day. I kept missing the calls, and we played tag-team. I  pleaded for them to email me the pertinent details, rather than insist on talking to me. I simply didn’t have time for all the calls.

There are many reasons why answering the phone may not be possible.

1. You are using your mobile to navigate with Google Maps, and the phone dips out whenever a call comes through.
2. You are a migraine or Trigeminal Neuralgia sufferer, and answering the phone during an attack is not possible.
3. There is thunder and lightning about. I have had people that I love suffer electrocution during storms, so keep well away from my mobile as soon as the clouds gather!
4. The phone is charging in another room, and you forget about it.
5. I am early to bed and early to rise, and have programmed my phone not to ring after a certain time of night.
6. You are working or studying, and  haven’t the time to hold a phone conversation.
7. You are driving or otherwise travelling.
8. You are at the theatre, cinema or enjoying the arts in any capacity.
9. You are spending quality time with your child.
10. You need time to relax.
11. Calls coming from unscreened numbers make you nervous.

These are just some reasons off of the top of my head! If I didn’t email and text, and spent every day with the phone to my ear, I wouldn’t get anything else done.

Caitlin Fitzsimmons investigated this issue in the Sydney Morning Herald. Do you agree that phone calls are disruptive? Wouldn’t it be easier to text a message, rather than play a tiresome game of tag?  I use my mobile to get around the city, take photos, look at my emails, and shoot off a text. What is yours primarily used for?