Sentences with phrase «as phone calls instead»

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Companies that want to stay ahead of the curve should take note, as those messaging applications are now the preferred communication method instead of phone calls, text messages and emails.

When customers call, do you use your phone as an answering machine instead of an easy tool for two - way dialogue?

Today very few «cash registers» are set up to accept a phone instead of a credit card, and similarly only one widely available phone in the U.S., Google's Nexus S, is tricked out with the necessary chip for so - called Near Field Communications that the industry hopes to adopt as the standard for transferring data from phones to in - store terminals.

In addition to being free, it offers many features found in advanced phone systems, such as smart call routing, voice - to - email transcription (read your voice mail instead of listening to it), and VoIP.

I did not receive a phone call back about the belt issue, but instead got a complete refund and 25 % of my next order (communicated via email), so I guess I am (somewhat) satisfied, though have concerns about items being sent out without vital accessories such as belts.

The phone call stage is often decisive for a sugar dating relationship, as an interaction as simple as this can easily help you figure out whether this man truly has potential as a Sugar Daddy or if you should try dating someone else instead.

My very first phone conversation with Kristen, in Internet sales, was very informative and most importantly, Kristen did what most people wouldn't do, she said she would call me back, as soon as she went out to the vehicle to check on something that I questioned and called me back in less than one - half hour!!!! Instead of assuming the answer, she went out and checked the details!!

But, instead of ignoring or avoiding these phone calls, you should work with your creditors to negotiate an installment payment plan that you can afford to get them off your back as you make progress toward paying off your debts more quickly.

Purchasing and Assembly I called an placed an order with Montague by phone as I like to talk to someone when possible instead of doing it online.

Instead, use an entirely different method, such as an encrypted text message using Signal, or over a phone call.

As for the speaker that lets you hear calls with your ear to the phone, the company has done away with it and instead uses an exciter to turn the entire display into an earpiece.

Mattersight assigns personality profiles to the people who call major brands, and it wants to bring that same service to intelligent assistants, using voice biometrics as an identifier instead of phone numbers.

Instead of pressing a physical button or touching the screen, you can squeeze the phone's frame to perform an action, such as launching Google Assistant or muting a call as your phone is ringing.

Instead, be candid about your weaknesses in the area of accounting, your disappointment in yourself for the error and your dedication to focusing on the parts of the administrative job that you excel at, such as managing complex schedules of C - suite executives or fielding phone calls from persistent journalists.

Many downloadable applications such as Facebook, Viber and Whatsapp can be used instead of texting or phone calling, and they're free!

* small other point... instead of fighting with CanWest... how about working with them to not only have us portrayed as CREA wants, but provide them with the tools to entice those watching to pick up the phone and call their local realtor.

It went something like this: hotel check - in, locate room, locate wifi service, attempt connection to wifi, wonder why the connection is taking so long, try again, locate phone, call front desk, get told «the internet is broken for a while», decide to hot - spot the mobile phone because some emails really needed to be sent, go «la la la» about the roaming costs, locate iron, wonder why iron temperature dial just spins around and around, swear as iron spews water instead of steam, find reading glasses, curse middle - aged need for reading glasses, realise iron temperature dial is indecipherably in Chinese, decide ironing front of shirt is good enough when wearing jacket, order room service lunch, start shower, realise can't read impossible small toiletry bottle labels, damply retrieve glasses from near iron and successfully avoid shampooing hair with body lotion, change (into slightly damp shirt), retrieve glasses from shower, start teleconference, eat lunch, remember to mute phone, meet colleague in lobby at 1 pm, continue teleconference, get in taxi, endure 75 stop - start minutes to a inconveniently located client, watch unread emails climb over 150, continue to ignore roaming costs, regret tuna panini lunch choice as taxi warmth, stop - start juddering, jet - lag, guilt about unread emails and traffic fumes combine in a very unpleasant way, stumble out of over-warm taxi and almost catch hypothermia while trying to locate a very small client office in a very large anonymous business park, almost hug client with relief when they appear to escort us the last 50 metres, surprisingly have very positive client meeting (i.e. didn't throw up in the meeting), almost catch hypothermia again waiting for taxi which despite having two functioning GPS devices can't locate us on a main road, understand why as within 30 seconds we are almost rendered unconscious by the in - car exhaust fumes, discover that the taxi ride back to the CBD is even slower and more juddering at peak hour (and no, that was not a carbon monoxide induced hallucination), rescheduled the second client from 5 pm to 5.30, to 6 pm and finally 6.30 pm, killed time by drafting this guest blog (possibly carbon monoxide induced), watch unread emails climb higher, exit taxi and inhale relatively fresher air from kamikaze motor scooters, enter office and grumpily work with client until 9 pm, decline client's gracious offer of expensive dinner, noting it is already midnight my time, observe client fail to correctly set office alarm and endure high decibel «warning, warning» sounds that are clearly designed to send security rushing... soon... any second now... develop new form of nausea and headache from piercing, screeching, sounds - like - a-wailing-baby-please-please-make-it-stop-alarm, note the client is relishing the extra (free) time with us and is still talking about work, admire the client's ability to focus under extreme aural pressure, decide the client may be a little too work focussed, realise that I probably am too given I have just finished work at 9 pm... but then remember the 200 unread emails in my inbox and decide I can resolve that incongruency later (in a quieter space), become sure that there are only two possibilities — there are no security staff or they are deaf — while my colleague frantically tries to call someone who knows what to do, conclude after three calls that no - one does, and then finally someone finally does and... it stops.

The internet was down and we tried to get the Mermaids to text us, instead of calling so we wouldn't have to answer our phones, but couldn't get that across (though they are very nice as are the web techs).