@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 23 days agoWhat's something people use the internet for that can be done just as easily offline?message-square91fedilinkarrow-up1129
arrow-up1129message-squareWhat's something people use the internet for that can be done just as easily offline?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 23 days agomessage-square91fedilink
For me it’s calculating. Too many people put math into their search engines and not their calculator.
minus-squareElaine CortezlinkfedilinkEnglish16•23 days agoFor me it’s ordering takeout. I never order takeout online, I always call up the place with my phone 🤷♀️ much easier to customize an order this way too
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•23 days agoAnd often cheaper as they aren’t getting gouged by apps. My local pizzeria happily said ’ call us direct and you’ll get a discount’
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•23 days agoI hate the phone: wayyy too much telephone tech support early in my career. So I walk up and talk to a human.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•22 days agoI’ve had local places refuse to take my order over the phone. “use our app or come in” yeah, they don’t last long. I can imagine their last thoughts are, “why won’t anyone eat here?”
For me it’s ordering takeout. I never order takeout online, I always call up the place with my phone 🤷♀️ much easier to customize an order this way too
And often cheaper as they aren’t getting gouged by apps. My local pizzeria happily said ’ call us direct and you’ll get a discount’
I hate the phone: wayyy too much telephone tech support early in my career.
So I walk up and talk to a human.
I’ve had local places refuse to take my order over the phone.
“use our app or come in”
yeah, they don’t last long. I can imagine their last thoughts are, “why won’t anyone eat here?”