One Less Reason To Talk

LA Times reports that Coca-Cola is doing away with voice mail.

All but 6% of employees at Coca-Cola's Atlanta headquarters and nearby technology plaza recently opted to shut off their landline voice-mail systems. The expectation is that without voice mail, employees will have one less thing to check in on. Many had already expressed a preference for doing away with it, the company said.

The main driver behind this project is not cost savings. It is changing the tools and methods in which we communicate as a company," spokeswoman Amanda Rosseter said in an emailed statement.
Alternative methods include email, texting, and calling cellphones.

Are you finding it harder to talk to people?   Emails seem to be the 1st choice of communication for most people.  Now texting or instant messaging is very common?  Seeing someone in person? Less likely.  Chance they will pick up a call?  Some people do, and some don't.