Alpo Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I got an email today from my bank. Warning me about scams. Listing how several different types of scams work. >Grandparent Scam The caller will claim to be your grandchild. They will then claim to have been arrested, injured or lost their wallet and need money right away. Ask the caller to answer a personal question only your grandchild will know. Check your grandchild’s whereabouts by hanging up and calling your grandchild directly. Chances are, your grandchild is just fine.< Check by hanging up and calling my grandchild directly. Hmmm. My grandchildren don't know how a telephone works. They know how texting works, but every time I've called either one of them it just goes to voicemail. And they never call back. They will text me, but they don't call. I really don't think they're aware that you can do actual voice communication on that phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 My grandson has called me three times in his life. It always seems like when I call him he is in class or at a school band function and cannot answer. I learn this via a text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I just don't get the fascination with texting. I know I'm an old troglodyte, but I just don't get it. It drives my grandkids nuts that I only have and use a flip phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 The younger grandson seldom call anyone. He’ll text now and then, but usually he doesn’t communicate at all. The other day he called his dad who lives with us. All he wanted was for his dad to wish the family dog a happy fifteenth birthday!! Three weeks later and my son is still grumbling about that one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 They would not call me first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said: I just don't get the fascination with texting. I know I'm an old troglodyte, but I just don't get it. It drives my grandkids nuts that I only have and use a flip phone. Texting is great for loud environments or quick questions. I can text a question and be back to what I was doing quicker than you can get the phone out of your pocket, flip it open to say hello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 @Alpo I found if you don't answer texts from the grandkids or their mother, they will eventually start calling to get what they want. They still won't call to shoot the bull or invite you to things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I've adjusted pretty well to texting. It has some advantages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangler Rich SASS #42157 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I thought you were going to go into the workings of XY or a Step Switch at the Central Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 53 minutes ago, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said: I've adjusted pretty well to texting. It has some advantages. It can be useful, if I need a address or phone number, I can have someone text it to me instead of me having to write it down. Same for directions. But what Alpo is referring to is texting INSTEAD of just talking. THAT I don't get either. I can see leaving somebody a message if your NOT having a conversation with them, but CONVERSING through text is just stupid, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Still have my land line and it is used the most and NO voice mail...I do not text...My flip phone will receive a call and make a call...Other than that, I do nothing else with it...Five minutes of texting equals 30 second phone call... Texas Lizard Old school...Maybe...But happy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 "Indirect" communication often has its uses. We found that 35 years ago in law offices when voicemail came along. My flip phone, which I used until about a year and a half ago, until it wouldn't take a charge, handled texts. But it was the old system with the phone pad as the key system. If, like me, you insisted on proper grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization, it could be painstaking to use. The iPhone does make it easier. Text can also be more convenient for everybody than email when, in fact, you need to send....text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 13 minutes ago, Texas Lizard said: Still have my land line and it is used the most and NO voice mail...I do not text...My flip phone will receive a call and make a call...Other than that, I do nothing else with it...Five minutes of texting equals 30 second phone call... Texas Lizard Old school...Maybe...But happy... I also have a landline, with no voicemail. I shut THAT off as soon as I got the line installed. I do have an answering machine. And I'm still rocking a flip phone. I use the phone to make and receive calls, and I do use the camera, but not much. Pretty much to take a pic that I will send to my email, (via text). When I need to give my number to someone, they get the landline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Sandor, SASS #74075 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 I never had a cell phone until I inherited my wife's tiny already-ancient LG flip phone. The service never supported texting, which was a nightmare on those things anyway. When Verizon's 3G went belly-up, they eventually sent me a brand spanking new flip phone that is easily twice the size of the old one - nice big screens, much bigger buttons, actually can connect to the internet - at an abysmally slow rate...But, the service still doesn't support texting, although Verizon can text ME when they want money, or to thank me for sending them some. As far as I'm concerned, that's enough texting for me. I prefer to hear the voice of the person with whom I'm trying to communicate. I grew up interpreting meaning through pitch, stress, and juncture. To me, much preferable than trying to figure out someone's intentions by reading lower case, all caps, emoji's, etc. Anyway, to Alpo's question, since my grandson can't text me, he does actually call and verbally communicate. In addition, he gets a kick out of occasionally using my old push button phone that I keep for my land line when the power goes out - on average twice a year or so. When it happens, I still have phone service running on the phone company's batteries/whatever...Unplug the slightly old-fashioned answering machine/phone that needs house power to operate, plug in the old basic black pushbutton, and I'm good to go. So, in the literal sense of the question, yes, the kid does know how to use a (real) telephone, actually thinks "it's kind of cool in a weird sort of way" - his words, not mine. CS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 I use text, short ones, a fair amount. I'm as much an atavistic throwback as anyone, but it has its place. Confirm tomorrow's lunch; save the conversation for the lunch. Every communication does not require a conversation. Sometimes, in fact, writing communicates better than conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowCatcher Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Texting was made popular when it cost money to make calls. Kids found out that they could text in almost unlimited amounts on early cell phone plans, so it became the preferred choice. Later fixed cost plans did little to change that already adopted approach, and texting took off with all it's additional capabilities (emojis, pictures, etc.). It is a passive communications system - you don't have to respond right away, you can wait. I've always advised my staff that they cannot say that they have contacted someone if they have sent an e-mail or a text, nor left a voice mail. They must have actually talked to the individual to say they contacted them. SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 When I moved into this house 17+ years ago. I set up this phone in the living room. Soon I noticed a couple of my young little cousins staring at the phone. Then it finally dawned on me that they had never seen a dial telephone before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 24 minutes ago, punxsutawneypete said: When I moved into this house 17+ years ago. I set up this phone in the living room. Soon I noticed a couple of my young little cousins staring at the phone. Then it finally dawned on me that they had never seen a dial telephone before. My now 23-year-old grandson at about 10 found our old dial phone in our basement, where it was still hooked up. His grandma was there, as he picked up the receiver and started to punch at the numbers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 I got one of those calls a few years ago saying he was a police officer in Cleveland and my grandson was in jail and needed bail money. He was being held on a drug charge. I asked to talk to him. He was being processed. I told the guy on the line to have Jeff call me when he could. He said he would. I told him my grandson's name was NOT Jeff and I had spoken to him two hours earlier where he was staying with other grandparents in California. The lie went dead before I could even get my litany of profanity going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 23 hours ago, Alpo said: I got an email today from my bank. Warning me about scams. Listing how several different types of scams work. >Grandparent Scam The caller will claim to be your grandchild. They will then claim to have been arrested, injured or lost their wallet and need money right away. Ask the caller to answer a personal question only your grandchild will know. Check your grandchild’s whereabouts by hanging up and calling your grandchild directly. Chances are, your grandchild is just fine.< Check by hanging up and calling my grandchild directly. Hmmm. My grandchildren don't know how a telephone works. They know how texting works, but every time I've called either one of them it just goes to voicemail. And they never call back. They will text me, but they don't call. I really don't think they're aware that you can do actual voice communication on that phone. Happened to my sister, her granddaughter called and said she was in jail and needed money to get out. She was whispering and my sis couldn't tell who it was. She has twin granddaughters. My sister asked why she was in jail and the voice said "I was drinking and driving and got caught." My sister then asked, "Is this Alex"? She said yes. My sister then said "Well I know this is not Alex because you hate alcohol ", they hung up! My sister was a smart cookie. I miss her, she passed away 4 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 If my Grandson ever calls looking for funds, I will likely freak. We have no kids, so therefore no grandkids! Fun to play along with them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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