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Maybe I'm just old and out of touch, but honestly if it takes more than like 3-5 messages, yes I'd prefer a call. I got shit to do, not write a small novel in messages on my phone.
It honestly depends on the person asking. There are people who aren't complete morons where a call is a valid way to quickly solve a problem or exchange info.
But I sent a guy an email asking a simple multiple choice question, he messages "quick call?", calls, shares his screen, shows me my own email with his written response in reply, and reads it to me.
Wow... this fist fight just got a fucking upgrade.
I'm neurodivergent and messages are significantly more accessible to me, especially in a work context.
I struggle to take in audio information, so if it's important then messages are much better because I can refer back to them. If it's not important, it's not worth the interruption because messages also don't take me out of my workflow because it's asynchronous so I can read and respond when I've got a moment. A 5 minute unscheduled call is significantly more disruptive to me than an hour long scheduled meeting.
No matter how many times I tell my boss all of this, I get at least one unscheduled no context "do you have a minute to chat?" every single day and it's effect on my productivity is very problematic.
Tell him you're busy, and to leave a voicemail. Then speech to text it.
But the person on the other side also has shit to do and taking a call may disrupt their work.
There's no silver bullet. In some situations one thing might be better for both, while in others, not so much.
My android, before inputing text, has a button where the send key let's you send a voice message to their DMs
In my comment, I was the guy on the other side. If you're going to write me a small novel and try to debug something via dozens of messages, I'm just going to call you. Clearly you're available if you have the time to write out those messages I'm not interested in waiting for you to type everything out.
but isn't typing more efficient? I can read and type faster than I can speak for sure