StevesPhotography wrote:
The heaviest object in the universe.............

Your mom.

Bullhead Photography wrote:
Actually My Ex-Motherinlaw is the heaviest object in the universe.

She has the distinction of holding a dual title.

She is also the loudest object in the universe...

Amen my Brother..........Amen

StevesPhotography wrote:
...........is a telephone.
I know this has been done to death, buried, dug up and reburied but I think its something that is worth repeating so new models here think about it.
Right now I have no less than six mails in my MM inbox from models who wrote me eager for a shoot and wanted to schedule. To each I replied with my phone number and as I type this not one has called after well over a week.
My home phone and my office phone, I am the easiest guy in the world to get in touch with.
Its funny with how small and light phones have become yet still, they weigh far to much for a model to pick up.

This thread is a perfect example of why the MM forums are almost useless.  Anyway, I agree with your situation.  I am also the easiest person to get a hold of of but people still contact me, but when I respond with my phone number, they disappear, BUT THEY CALLED ME!  At this point, I have to double book, and the one to show up first wins!

SunSpotPhotography wrote:
I hate phones.  Much prefer e-mail for all my communication.
.... I do my scheduling and reminders on a computer, so leaving me a message on my phone is both impractical and inconvenient for me (don't get me wrong, if someone leaves a message on my phone, I don't get mad about it or anything, and I always return the call)....

..No time wasted listening to someone speak when I can read significantly faster than they can talk.  No need for the caller to repeat the same thing half a dozen times, reiterate their phone number, etc etc.  Like I said, if someone calls me, no big deal, it's just that in the back of my mind I'm always thinking how much easier it would be if they'd just drop me an e-mail....

Oh Hamilton, we are cut from the same cloth.

I hate the phone. Hate it with a blinding passion. When online I can listen to music, eat, look up the spelling or usage of a word if I'm not sure about it, take notes, reply to one job and apply for another at the same time. If I'm on the phone, I can really only be on the phone. It interferes with multitasking and makes me feel as if my time is being wasted with stuff that could've been handled in email much more efficiently. Plus I have no record of what was negotiated or discussed where if the conversation is in email or on a messaging system, I have the log or the email right in front of me for later if I need clarification on anything.

I understand when a photographer wants to talk a little on the phone before a shoot, maybe a 5-10 minute chat to get a voice to the face and to solidify things, that's fine. But when it turns into a 30 minute long blabfest that goes on and on for eternity and still nothing is firmed up, I get annoyed. I hate it when someone calls me about a job two or three times a week for weeks on end. Book up or shut up. The only thing worse than having someone flake repeatedly in email is having them be wishy-washy and indecisive on the phone. Quality time completely wasted.

Tiffany Dal wrote:
...My boobs!!! haha!!!



Tiffany

As the late great Benny Hill would say "Not many of them to a pound I'll bet" or "Oh she was big, everybody has the right to be big but she abuses the privilege."

Nemi Bea wrote:

Your mom.

Damn that's fucked up!

MM Jen wrote:

Oh Hamilton, we are cut from the same cloth.

I hate the phone. Hate it with a blinding passion. When online I can listen to music, eat, look up the spelling or usage of a word if I'm not sure about it, take notes, reply to one job and apply for another at the same time. If I'm on the phone, I can really only be on the phone. It interferes with multitasking and makes me feel as if my time is being wasted with stuff that could've been handled in email much more efficiently. Plus I have no record of what was negotiated or discussed where if the conversation is in email or on a messaging system, I have the log or the email right in front of me for later if I need clarification on anything.

I understand when a photographer wants to talk a little on the phone before a shoot, maybe a 5-10 minute chat to get a voice to the face and to solidify things, that's fine. But when it turns into a 30 minute long blabfest that goes on and on for eternity and still nothing is firmed up, I get annoyed. I hate it when someone calls me about a job two or three times a week for weeks on end. Book up or shut up. The only thing worse than having someone flake repeatedly in email is having them be wishy-washy and indecisive on the phone. Quality time completely wasted.

This is the most amazingly chilling forum post I've ever read.  I've said almost those exact words from your first paragraph so many times I couldn't count that high.  Until now, no one has ever shared my passion for acknowledging the inherent inefficiency of telephones.  All the stuff about doing ten things at once and all that... so totally me.  You rock.

- Hamilton