I'd have answered the phone. I keep it in my pocket. When you phone someone, they answer you share information . Everyone knows they've all got the message. Press send and you're in the lap of the gods as to how long it might take to arrive. In yesterday's case, several hours.(by which time the chemist was shut )
For patch club admin I send mails to my fellow committee members so everyone gets the same info at the same time and no missing any out. For 3 of those ladies I then have to send a text to remind them to read their mails because they claim not to like PCs and internet. None is older than I.
As per @Hostafan1 - for something as urgent as Morphine, a text message after the chemist has shut for the weekend is somewhat useless when a phone call would have enabled a quick trip within opening hours. In this particular case, expediency matters.
I'm with you. The first attempt(s) should be by phone, then if that fails, by text/EMail or whatever. You shouldn't start with text when you're conveying important info - different if it's inconsequential drivel.
In the specific situation I agree that an initial phone call would have been better. Our GP and dentist hardly ever call, they always text instead. As NorthernJoe said, it's much quicker for them. Just saving a minute or two per call will add up over the day / week.
That's fine - but if you call first a couple of times and get no reply what have you actually lost in way of time, 1 minute? - and what have you gained if you do get through in way of personal contact in a stressful time? But everything is becoming impersonal and the more it's accepted, the more it happens.
Change of subject - moved to Belgium in 1991 and then France in 2016. In all that time I never saw Halloumi cheese on sale until Thursday so, having seen people on cookery programmes extolling its virtues, I bought some.  Dry fried it as directed but, whilst it has marginally more flavour than boring mozarella, it just squeaked.
I'd have answered the phone. I keep it in my pocket. When you phone someone, they answer you share information . Everyone knows they've all got the message. Press send and you're in the lap of the gods as to how long it might take to arrive. In yesterday's case, several hours.(by which time the chemist was shut )
Not in our family. You call them and it might take several hours to get through. I live in a family which is busy and not phone obsessed. Some ignore phone calls and only look at their phones for texts and missed calls infrequently in that order.Â
Whilst not the case in this particular scenario, there is also the problem of those who do not have the equipment to send/receive texts and rely on a basic landline albeit with an answerphone system. If the recipient doesn't pick up, I find it hard to believe that leaving a message is any more difficult or time consuming than sending a text.
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When you phone someone, they answer you share information . Everyone knows they've all got the message.
Press send and you're in the lap of the gods as to how long it might take to arrive. In yesterday's case, several hours.(by which time the chemist was shut )
In this particular case, expediency matters.
Who needs a squeaking cheese?