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Emails: permanent written record I can refer to later

Can reply in my own time

Low labour

Low resource use

Phone call: Times/dates mentioned will be forgotten often

Active demand of time

I don't pick up because that phone number looks weird but also my phone's vibrate function is weak

High labour

High data cost per information

My shrink's office seems to want to keep billing information and past/present appointments secret. (This also seems to be worse in local industry, everything has to be a meeting instead of a two line email)

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[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Reasons they might prefer phone calls over emails:

  • Email is a written record you have and can potentially use against them. They can tape phone calls but they know you're unlikely to tape them.

  • It is easier to upsell something in a phone call than in an email.

  • If there are more emails than there's time to answer, they get a backlog. If there are more phone calls than there is time to answer you get a backlog or give up altogether.

  • It is easier to push a customer towards the resolution they want in a phone call than in an email.