Sorry, but this story is going to be a rant.
I just learned this is a thing: The latest generation to enter adulthood doesn't know how to answer the phone.
You call them, they pick up the phone, then they sit there and wait for YOU to say "hello."
They're just breathing into the phone and not saying anything like a freaking SERIAL KILLER!
Please read the rest of this guy's explanation before your protest:
[F]or clarification: the candidates have self-scheduled these calls and [I]'m calling at the exact time that they chose and also received a reminder email about an hour beforehand. [T]hey also have my number ahead of time so they know who's calling!
They know it isn't spam, they've scheduled the call. They just pick up the phones and sit there WAITING FOR YOU to talk.
Do these young people not know how insane this is?
[Spoiler: They don't]
THERE ARE 16,000 LIKES ON THIS REPLY!!!
That's not how phone calls work.
We established this with the first freaking phone call from Alexander Graham Bell.
This reply has 2,000 likes!
No, it's not a "universal rule"!!! This is the OPPOSITE of the universal rule.
Did these kids even have parents?
Another reply:
This is literally how I feel:
WE HAVE AN ENTIRE GENERATION WHO NEVER LEARNED: "Ring, ring, hello?"
Am I just old? Am I out of touch? Are the youths the first people, after a century of phone calls, to figure out you're not supposed to talk when you answer the phone?
I honestly cannot believe this is a real thing. 🤦♂️
I am officially frightened for the future.
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