Originally Posted by
steveholt
Facetime/video call, perhaps. But calling someone else under 30 on the phone? Absolutely not.
I actually much prefer the phone to a video call/facetime, more reliable with poor signal and it can be far more efficient than texting.
Originally Posted by
MeltingAlf
Interestingly as someone under-30, I did tell a friend off who was twice my age for his propensity to like to call me unprompted over the most unimportant/non-urgent/inane stuff which could have been discussed over text.
In a previous job, I was email and text obsessed and avoided the phone like the plague. But some wise words from a manager resonated with me I have recognised some situations that are better discussed over the phone.
That all being as it may though, I think there has been a general shift since the pandemic in which people are forgetting basic etiquette for their fellow passengers who probably do not want to see or hear your meeting/tiktok/call to mum onboard a flight or in the lounge.