#communication-etiquette

#communication-etiquette

You get a coffee. The barista tells you how much you need to pay. You say thank you. They take your card for payment. They say thank you. They give you the coffee. You say thank you. They say thank you for your thank you. Then you say thank you for their thank you. By this point, the words thank you have lost all meaning, and both parties are exhausted by the pointless stream of politeness.

A voicemail is a response to someone not answering their phone; essentially a plea for you to call them back. I'm never going to call them back. Exactly. A voice note, on the other hand, is an audio recording you post to someone in lieu of a text message. It doesn't sound that different. Here's the main difference: voicemail is dead, voice notes are hugely popular.