#4 – Hitting Decline
We’ve all been there, and what an inefficient, insufferable place it is to be. You’re talking on your iPhone to a friend or family member (possibly on their iPhone too) and all of a sudden you find yourself in a 100 ft. x 100 ft. dead zone (another white people problem) as your white people conversation about Starbucks and little league batting averages fades into oblivion.
Neither person knows what to do. “Should I call back?” “Should I wait for her to call back?” “Should we just exchange texts?” “Should I get a Blackberry?” Somebody needs to write the official “what to do when you get cut off by a dead zone” manifesto. I’d pay upwards of $7 for that. Seriously, I would.
So while you’re deep in thought about the business potential of a call back manifesto she calls back, and in a frantic act to answer your iPhone while traveling >70 MPH on the road you accidentally hit decline instead of accept.
Then things get ugly. You try to call back right away and get a voicemail. Then she calls while you’re calling and you’re both simultaneously on each other’s voicemail and nothing good is happening. This is when both parties should just hang up and exchange a good night text. It’s for the best.
