Comments on: Six Seconds That Cost Billions http://battractive.com/blog/2008/09/11/six-seconds-that-cost-billions/ Stand By Your Friends. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeanine Deal http://battractive.com/blog/2008/09/11/six-seconds-that-cost-billions/comment-page-1/#comment-16654 Jeanine Deal Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:48:21 +0000 http://battractive.com/blog/2008/09/11/six-seconds-that-cost-billions/#comment-16654 Laura, I'm with you on this one, for the most part. You can be such an awareness genius at times! I love reading your stuff. In the back of my head I know that I've had fleeting thoughts like this, but never actually put it all together like you did here, never thought about the cumulative time wasted, diminished productivity and collective stupor (sounds somewhat like what watching too much TV can do). I've even thought (ha-ha), "Would I be rude to hang up while this guy is talking?", or "Do I need to continue holding on for more important messages?" The "hang up" vs. "disconnect" is a generational thing, though, at least in my opinion. I still relate to hanging up. Disconnect sounds to me more like an accidental thing or a cold thing, as in, "What the h--- happened? My phone got disconnected!", or, "The only way to end the relationship was to disconnect." But then, I am a little older than you… Chow for now! Jeanine Laura,

I’m with you on this one, for the most part. You can be such an awareness genius at times! I love reading your stuff.

In the back of my head I know that I’ve had fleeting thoughts like this, but never actually put it all together like you did here, never thought about the cumulative time wasted, diminished productivity and collective stupor (sounds somewhat like what watching too much TV can do). I’ve even thought (ha-ha), “Would I be rude to hang up while this guy is talking?”, or “Do I need to continue holding on for more important messages?”

The “hang up” vs. “disconnect” is a generational thing, though, at least in my opinion. I still relate to hanging up. Disconnect sounds to me more like an accidental thing or a cold thing, as in, “What the h— happened? My phone got disconnected!”, or, “The only way to end the relationship was to disconnect.” But then, I am a little older than you…

Chow for now!

Jeanine

]]> By: David http://battractive.com/blog/2008/09/11/six-seconds-that-cost-billions/comment-page-1/#comment-16653 David Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:49:27 +0000 http://battractive.com/blog/2008/09/11/six-seconds-that-cost-billions/#comment-16653 I've always been annoyed by this as well, and thinking about it now I wonder how much collective human time is wasted on this message. I’ve always been annoyed by this as well, and thinking about it now I wonder how much collective human time is wasted on this message.

]]> By: Kimberly http://battractive.com/blog/2008/09/11/six-seconds-that-cost-billions/comment-page-1/#comment-16652 Kimberly Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:22:54 +0000 http://battractive.com/blog/2008/09/11/six-seconds-that-cost-billions/#comment-16652 press pound for more options? What other option is there? Love your cowbell that was a great recording voice. press pound for more options? What other option is there?
Love your cowbell that was a great recording voice.

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