“I view all unplanned phone calls as a personal attack, quite frankly. The ultimate pass-agg move. Especially if the call comes moments after I’ve sent a WhatsApp, because then they know I’m holding my phone and there’s no escape.”
Kiefer Sutherland growled those famous words at us back in 2002’sand, at the time, they were 100% accurate. In the years that have passed, though, technology has moved on. Nowadays, everyone has a, entire generations have grown up without ever using a landline, and when’s the last time you saw a phonebooth IRL, hmm?
“Irrational? Maybe. But it makes so much sense in those first moments of panic as my phone buzzes in my hand.”One friend, who wishes to remain anonymous, adds: “I view all unplanned phone calls as a personal attack, quite frankly. The ultimate pass-agg move.if the call comes moments after I’ve sent a WhatsApp, because then they know I’m holding my phone and there’s no escape.
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