Remember when you had topick up a phoneand dial a number when you wanted to talk to someone?
Just 30 years ago, the concept of emailing or texting someone was a completely foreign concept.
Text messages used to be short when texting first became a thing.
But are voice notes really effective…and good etiquette?
We asked the pros to sound off.
The Drawbacks Of Voice Notes
Still, there are some legit cons to this form of communication.
Plus, they’re not as easy to save for later and are not as quick for the recipient.
Automatic transcriptions are making this easier to work around, though.
Should You Send A Voice Note?
Voice notes are best reserved for very casual, personal relationships, Leighton adds.
Its polite to ask how a potential recipient feels about voice notes before sending, the pros agree.
“Then wait for the person’s reply, Oldham recommends.
Our etiquette experts strongly advise against it when…
