My teenager barely uses the telephone as a communication device. Mind you, the little genius has no problem tying up the line for hours, but the brat does so with a modem. As far as physically picking up a telephone and punching in a phone number, this action is as foreign to my teen as operating the actual buttons on the television.
Remember when telephones were the way we all talked to each other? Guess what? People still do that!
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"It simply amazes me how many adult webmasters seem to be phone-disabled." |
Look. I know we live in a wonderful age of immediate, worldwide communication. I know that applications like email and instant message programs are here to stay. I dig all that stuff. I have to. I telecommute for a living. I live in Texas. My boss lives in Canada. We chat daily because of the glorious Internet.
If it weren’t for the web, I’d still be a hairdresser. I’d still be driving to work. I’d still be planning what I’ll wear to work tomorrow. I’d still be worrying if I had enough gas money or if my car would break down. The adult web has given me the means to make a living from the comfort of my home. I fucking love the net.
Still, it simply amazes me how many adult webmasters seem to be phone-disabled. All the time I hear them gripe about ten emails sent with no reply. I see them bitch because this sponsor or that designer can’t be reached through ICQ. What I don’t often see is the adult webmaster who makes a phone call. It’s like the telephone was invented for the sole purpose of enabling an Internet connection.
If you’ve got a question or a problem with another adult service, sponsor or vendor the absolute, best way to deal with them short of a physical visit- is by telephone. In spite of recent technological advances, the phone will get you answers and solutions faster than email and faster than ICQ.
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You probably receive a ton of emails to your inbox every day. Imagine how many emails an adult sponsor or web host gets. Think about your ICQ. Do you always have it turned on? Does having it turned on mean you’re there to answer? Let’s not forget the message boards. Say you take your situation to the forums. Do you realize just how many adult boards there are out there? How can you be sure the desired party will read your message? The fact is you could make all the above efforts and still not get a reply. The fact is you’ll get more results with a telephone than you will with the wonderful World Wide Web.
Don’t think I’m picking on the just affiliate webmasters. My phone obsession reaches to adult sponsors and service vendors as well. Nothing chaps my ass more than the absence of a simple phone number on a contact information page. To me that lack implies both apathy and dishonesty on the part of the company.
I know. There are real drawbacks to phoning. Most adult entities are located in other states and countries. Long distance dialing is costly. As well there are language and cultures issues because the adult web is planet-wide. Just the same, one phone call probably isn’t going to bankrupt you. In addition, setting up a toll-free phone line can be quite affordable.
Another issue is the time of day you place your call. Before you dial, think about whom you’re calling and what time zone they’re in. Technology may have changed but business hours have stayed pretty much the same, the world over.
You might be a night owl but a lot of people prefer to answer business calls during the day. That big company probably has a physical office outside the home. Call after hours and you’ll get an answering machine. If that adult company works from home, you might wake someone up and make them angry.
As an old broad I worry about the younger generation. Are we raising an age group who doesn’t understand the power of an elementary phone call? Will they forget how to write letters too? I wonder.