Are you f***ing kidding me

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Originally Posted by jr131981

you missed the main point of my post, part of the blame does go to me for not making it perfectly clear.

my point was, with todays technology and prevalent usage of computers, communicating via email is equivalent, at least in my and many of my under 30 friends eyes, to a phone call. also, in many industries, email is preferred bc there is proof of the communication whereas a phone call becomes a he said she said situation.

you do make a good point about the communication skills needed to umpire.

I'm not under 30 (just barely), but I'm in IT. It's what I do for work, it's what I'm good at, it's what I know. I've run chat sites, blogs, have my own YouTube channel, etc. And while I agree that our generation considers an email as being almost the equivalent of a phone call, it's still not the same.

There's a certain amount of respect shown when you actually take the time to call someone as opposed to firing off a quick email. A phone call demonstrates your availability to that person, whereas an email can easily go ignored/unanswered. A phone call is a two-way conversation, an email only goes one way. A phone call opens doors, an email can close them.

At work, if I don't want to deal with someone's BS, I use email. If I don't have a problem with them and want to actually take the time to work with them on something, I do it over the phone or in person.

I'm not saying that's what's going on here, but that's the message that can certainly be sent when one opts to use email to communicate instead of making a call.